aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 07/08/2026That feeling when you find evidence for the historical case you’re trying to make, and the one and only source turns out to be Daniel Defoe… 010
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 17/07/2026"He's like a human capybara. Everyone is really chill when he's around." - Overheard in the pub garden 010
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Another afternoon of transcribing early modern recipes; and already a reminder of how very lucky we are to have non-millipede-based healthcare in the 21st century 111
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 02/05/2026This Corrosion Amsterdam Pancho & Lefty Kids in America Fields of Athenry She Moved Through The Fair Smalltown Boy China Girl Ca’ the Yowes The Parting Glass 020
Reposted by @aeoliansquee.bsky.socialDr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 19/04/2026Did you miss yesterday's fab talk on bodily transformation and horror in British and Irish traditional songs? Watch it here! youtu.be/Yfw6wvTFvLIyoutu.beSinging Bones: Bodily Transformation and Body Horror in British and Irish Traditional SongsYouTube video by Romancing the Gothic 23213
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 15/04/2026Passing the open door of an unassuming storage unit in Borough, I found myself looking in on at least half a dozen pink fluffy cycle rickshaws; their twinkly LED lights giving the whole space a comforting pink glow. It was like peering into a nest. 010
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Join me and @RomGothSam on 18th April as I talk about bodily transformation and body horror in traditional songs! I’ll be looking at ‘The Cruel Sister’ and how it fits into wider themes and beliefs in early modern folk storytelling. Links to sign-up + playlists below 152
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Just your typical sunny afternoon hang-out in Lewisham, amid the discarded mattresses 020
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Entirely in agreement with Dr Lowdham (1665-1712), here - 100 swallows *is* a bonkers number of swallows for one recipe. 000
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Continuing my historical transcription adventures today, I have run into a late 17th century recipe for almond milk where the first step is to quarter and boil a cockerel. 011
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 10/02/2026Today I received a notification that my parcel would be delivered by Benhur. The delivery was timely, but I was a tiny bit disappointed by the lack of chariot. 000
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 31/10/2025Happy Halloween, all! In honour of the occasion, here is a fun little story I wrote a couple of years ago www.aeoliansquee.co.uk/stories/shir...aeoliansquee.co.ukAeolianSquee - Story: Shirley FrankensteinWeird fiction short stories by Lily Bentley. 000
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Forgot to dress up for the office Halloween shindig, but this has not prevented colleagues from asking about my Halloween outfit. #AGothIsAlwaysPrepared 010
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Having started the week touring medieval churches in Suffolk, and ended it at the #WarningToTheCurious conference, I think it is fair to say that I am now as steeped in M.R. James as the mortal soul can bear. Big thanks to @romgothsam.bsky.social for another fabulous Romancing the Gothic event! 131
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 24/08/2025I have survived my first conference talk! And I have come away with thoughts on the nature of supernatural belief and how it connected with early modern trials, which I am writing down in rough form while they are fresh in my mind. 1/13 100
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 17/08/2025Surely few better ways to start a day than a tea and a bacon roll, an impromptu harp and guitar recital, and randomly finding a wee knitted guy to take home all in the same half hour. #FolkEast is the greatest! 000
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 07/08/2025Come for my FIRST EVER conference paper, where I will be talking about M.R. James's 'Martin's Close' and supernatural justice in early modern England. It's going to be a brilliant weekend, and even better, it's recorded, so if you can't make the times, you don't miss a thing! 074
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 07/08/2025The Purple-Gold Jumping Spider has evolved to be perfectly camouflaged in a tin of Quality Street. (Photo by portioid, via Wikimedia Commons: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ir...) 061
aeoliansquee.bsky.social @aeoliansquee.bsky.social · 01/07/2025I appear to have made my seasonal transition from 'I won't run the AC, it is like trying to work in a submarine engine room', to 'you will have to pry this AC unit from my pleasantly cool, dead hands' 000
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