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Bristol24/7 @bristol247.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
A Bristol academic will lead a discussion on a curious Victorian phenomenon at the fitting setting of Arnos Vale Cemetery
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Bristol academic to lead discussion on macabre Victorian phenomenon
The curious phenomenon gripped the 19th-century Britain
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
On 18 March, Dr Pam Lock will be giving a talk at Arnos Vale Cemetery on the influence of ideas about spontaneous human combustion on the development of alcohol medicine, based on her article in Addiction: onlinelibrary-wiley-com.bris.idm.oclc.org/doi/10.1111/.... All proceeds will go the cemetery.
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Bristol academic to lead discussion on macabre Victorian phenomenon
The curious phenomenon gripped the 19th-century Britain
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Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (He/They) 🏳️‍🌈 @benwt.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
More good news! I've been awarded funding by the YMCA/AHRC to lead a heritage engagement and knowledge exchange project @bristolunienglish.bsky.social. 'The Remarkable History of Barley Wood' will see me set up a community archive of the manuscripts I've uncovered at the property 1/
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Book Talk And Discussion with Professor Lyn Innes, author of Fugitive Families: Making Black Lives Matter in Victorian Britain. 19 February, 16.00-17.30, Arts Complex, Lecture Theatre 2 Lyn Innes (C.L.Innes) is Emeritus Professor of Postcolonial Literatures, University of Kent, Canterbury.
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Want to impress someone special this Valentines Day? 'Medieval Love Letters' by Myra Stokes and our own Ad Putter has some helpful medieval love letter templates, including 'How to dissuade women from taking the veil' and 'Persuading someone to marry for money'! #medievalsky #skystorians
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Sarah Scaife, PhD researcher at University of Exeter & University of Bristol, has had her article from the Journal of Medical Humanities included in the new National Centre for Creative Health's Creative Health Research Round-Up 2025. ncch.org.uk/resources/cr... @ncch.bsky.social
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National Centre for Creative Health
The National Centre for Creative Health will advance good practice and research, inform policy and promote collaboration, helping foster the conditions for creative health to be integral to health and...
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
The 2026 English Department Research Seminar Series kicked off today with great talks from Dr Florian Stadler and Lauren Smith, and continues next week Dr Billie Gavurin on 'Palaeoanthropology and the Fantastical in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth-Century Literature'.
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
📻 Dr Laurence Publicover (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC Radio 4 #InOurTime to discuss Shakespeare's Henry IV, Part 1 with @oldfortunatus.bsky.social, @lucycmunro.bsky.social & Misha Glenny Listen to the full programme 👉 brnw.ch/21wZOlR @bristolcms.bsky.social
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
New from Prof Ralph Pite, Edward Thomas's Prose: Truth, Mystery, and the Natural World, out now with Oxford UP:
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Ralph Pite. Edward Thomas’s Prose: Truth, Mystery, and the Natural World
The Edward Thomas memorial stone, on a hillside near Steep in Hampshire, simply describes Thomas as ‘POET’. Nonetheless, the plaque includes a quotation fr
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
'How do we reawaken and revive our cultural institutions and also give energy to those working with minuscule resources?' Dr Edson Burton (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) writes on Bristol's bid to become UK City of Culture 2029 for @bristol247.bsky.social www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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'Culture can help create a new narrative of Bristol'
Edson Burton says that becoming UK City of Culture would be transformative for Bristol
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
📺 Dr Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) joins BBC #PointsWest to discuss Hannah More, the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist and philanthropist Visit the new project website to find out more about her work and letters 👉 brnw.ch/21wZegO
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Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2026 @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
We want to finish the week with some exciting news: following last year's success, the Bristol Common Press will be running a workshop at our 2026 conference too! 🎉 Can't wait!
Image of Gutenberg and a Gutenberg-style press, next to the following text: Join us in our working historical print shop at the University of Bristol! Founded in 2021, and now with four historic presses, the Bristol Common Press is dedicated to exploring global print cultures through teaching and research.A person holding a letterpress card reading "I made an impression in Bristol!"An Albion press, and the hand of someone who is operating it.
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
New collection from our very own Dr Sean O'Brien @seanobrien.bsky.social, edited with Dr Madeline Lane-McKinley, The Return of the 90s: A Cultural History of the Present, from @plutopress.bsky.social. Sure to be of interest to students and colleagues alike. Available for pre-order now!
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The Return of the 90s - Pluto Press
Why are we so obsessed with the 90s? This is an insightful political reckoning with an anomalous decade
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
A reminder that our 8 week public course on #Crimefiction is running at #BristolEnglish from 4 February to 1 April 2026 and might still have a few places left! Click here for more information and to book: www.bristol.ac.uk/english/stud...
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Detective and Crime Fiction | Department of English | University of Bristol
8 week short course on detective and crime fiction
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Bristol PGR Medieval Conference 2026 @bristolcmspgr.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We're delighted to announce the first of our amazing keynote speakers: medieval historian, author, co-host of 'Gone Medieval' and 'We're Not So Different' podcasts, and co-creator and host of several HistoryHit TV series... Dr Eleanor Janega 🎉🎉🎉(@goingmedieval.bsky.social)! #medievalsky #skystorian
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
'It's a possibility that seems difficult to avoid' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) research on Anne Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare, features in a BBC article on the Oscar-tipped new film, Hamnet Read more 👇 www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...
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'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son
Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks.
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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
We are running our short course on Crime Fiction again in 2026. 8 weeks of evening classes @bristoluni.bsky.social. Join 8 university tutors sharing some of their favourite cold cases in detective fiction in an accessible but intellectually stimulating way: www.bristol.ac.uk/.../detectiv...
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
✍️🗻 Dr @stevedehailes.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) tells us about his Medieval Mountain AHRC project which seeks to raise awareness of our historical relationship to mountains & our continued role in their preservation Read more about the project 👉 brnw.ch/21wXUsn
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Next Thursday 4 Dec, Professor Ad Putter will be delivering a free lunchtime lecture at the Central Library to accompany a new exhibition of Bristol’s medieval manuscripts! Book here bristol.events.mylibrary.digital/event?id=252... ‘How to read medieval English handwriting’ @bristolcms.bsky.social
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Prof Ben Pohl @benpohl.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
🚨 Hwæt, medievalists: following its successful inauguration last year, the Bristol Medieval Studies Summer School will be running again in 2026! 🚨 Please share the good news or—even better—sign up yourself: www.bristol.ac.uk/centre-for-s... We're so proud of this course, and we'd love to see you! 🚨
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Not sure what to do on a particularly rainy Friday in Bristol? ☔️ We’ve got you covered! Old English Reading Group runs at 3pm in Hattie’s office, no experience or prep required! Email harriet.soper@bristol.ac.uk for more info! ☺️ *Old Norse isn't running today but will be back next week!*
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
For this week's CMS seminar, we are lucky enough to be joined by Bristol's own Dr Kathleen Thompson for a paper on 'Leperhouses and Lordship: Some Ideas from Medieval Bristol'. We can't wait to find out more! #medievalsky #skystorians
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Dr Emma Parker’s monograph Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been awarded the British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies Monograph Prize for 2025! 🏆🏆🏆 @bacls.bsky.social
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Tonight! Andy Brown and William Wootten will introduce and read from their new poetry collections 6pm, 11 November, B.H05 LT, 7 Woodland Road, BS8 1TB. Admission Free, All Welcome
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Tomorrow (Weds)! English research seminar with Akshi Singh, ‘Henry James and Haunted Tulips: The Spoils of Poynton Revisited’. 5 Nov, Room G.H01, Arts Complex, 3-5 Woodland Road, 4-5pm
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The Collected Letters of Hannah More: A Digital Edition @hannahmore.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Welcome! We're a digital project @bristolunienglish.bsky.social bringing together and promoting the correspondence of the celebrated playwright, poet, abolitionist, philanthropist, moralist and educationalist Hannah More (1745-1833). Please follow and repost for updates!
Letter from Hannah More to Cadell & Davies, 1811. Huntington Library, 	
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
We hope that everyone is having a wonderful reading week! Here's a sneak peek at some of the CMS Research Seminars we can look forward to in the second half of the semester! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We love (haha) this review from the CMS' Prof Ad Putter!
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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 21/10/2025
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Dr Noreen Masud, University of Bristol 
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Dr @noreenmasud.bsky.social, Associate Professor in Creative and Critical Writing from the Department of English, has been awarded a prestigious Philip Leverhulme Prize, awarded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk - one of only 30 recipients from across the UK who will receive £100,000.
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
We're very excited to be able to share this seminar online! Be sure to email Hattie to register! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
This Thursday we have a very special CMS Seminar, which will be a crossover with the GW4 collaborative project 'Medieval Studies: Mobilising Digitial Humanities'. Very excitingly, it will also be online! Contact harriet.soper@bristol.ac.uk to register for online attendance!
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Exciting news! 📣 The CMS' own Dr Sig Sønnesyn (@sigsonnesyn.bsky.social) is giving a lecture tomorrow (Tuesday) on 'Meaning, Intelligibility, and Fusing Horizons: Medieval Thought as a Case Study' at 3:30pm in G.HO1, Arts Complex. All welcome. We can't wait! 😀 #medievalsky #skystorians
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Michael Kalisch on Andrew O’Hagan’s On Friendship - Book of the Day & lead review in the @newstatesman.bsky.social 📖 www.newstatesman.com/culture/book...
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Emma Parker @dremmaparker.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Joyous to give my 1st keynote @ the postgrad forum of @gapsnet.bsky.social, sharing research on #SouthAfrican & #British women writers Despite the terrors of British HE, this event proved how doctoral research (inc at @bristolunienglish.bsky.social) can illuminate new paths for postcolonial studies
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Hwæt is this wonderful scene of creative chaos? Could it be the very successful first week of Old English AND Old Norse Reading Group?! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
What an amazing CMS event! We were so excited to celebrate not only Kathleen and Melek’s wonderful new book, but a bumper crop of new books from CMS members Matt Lampitt, Leah Tether, Rachael Harkes, Marianne Ailes, Adrian Ailes, Ad Putter, and Ben Pohl! 🎉🥳 Congratulations once again to all!
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
We're so excited for the first Centre for Medieval Studies Research Seminar of the year! Join us on Thursday at 4pm, with our CMS Welcome Party to follow straight after! All welcome! We hope to see you there! #medievalsky #skystorians
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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A new semester means a new exciting round of CMS seminars! Here's a sneak peek of what we have to look forward to over the next few weeks!
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
PhD student Sarah Scaife has recently published a new open-access 🔓 article in the Journal of Medical Humanities: ‘Medicines of Uncertainty and Objects of Care: Creative Engagement with an Ancient ‘Folding Almanac”. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Emma Parker’s Life Writing and the End of Empire: Homecoming in Autobiographical Narratives (Bloomsbury, 2024) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize! www.litencyc.com/book-prizes/...
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Grief affects us all, and yet people often struggle to talk about death & dying. 🦋 @goodgrieffest.bsky.social is a social venture spinout at @bristoluni.bsky.social that brings people together to talk about death & grief, providing information, support & a sense of community More 👉 brnw.ch/21wVqxR
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
💥 COMING UP: Join Suzannah V Evans (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) for the launch of her debut poetry collection, Under the Blue Told through a series of prose poems & postcards, Under the Blue is a meditation on humanity & empathy 📅 Fri 5 September, 7-9pm 📍 @bookhaus.bsky.social 🎟️ bit.ly/3V9L7Nv
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English at Bristol @bristolunienglish.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Bristol Balloon Fiesta took over the skies this weekend! 📸 by Dr Ronald Musto, including of the balloons rising up early on Saturday morning…
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
'A perceptive critical study that recognizes the power of images and the need to explain them.' Dr Laurence Publicover's (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) book, Fathoming the Deep in English Renaissance Tragedy, is reviewed in this week's @thetls.bsky.social www.the-tls.com/literature/l...
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Ships don’t lie
Sixteenth-century Europe faced a significant gap between the desire to traverse the globe and the ability to build safe, seaworthy ships. New trade routes were opening up; new countries were coming to...
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Arts Matter Bristol @uobartsmatter.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
'These letters are a fascinating window into Anne’s world.' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social (@bristolunienglish.bsky.social) examination of a letter fragment which may reveal new details about the marriage of Anne & William Shakespeare is considered in NY Books www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Who Is Mrs. Shakspaire? What Is She? | Charles Nicholl
On a summer’s day in 1978, Frederick Charles Morgan was at work as usual in the ancient library of Hereford Cathedral. He was a hundred years old but
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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.
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Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
And southasianbritain.org is live - 33 months in the making - partnership by @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social & @britishlibrary.bsky.social, funded by @ukri.org/ahrc - 750+ entries, 30+oral histories, newly digitised archival docs & more; spread the word
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Home | South Asian Britain
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Florian Stadtler 🦀 @flostadt.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Come join us for our first @remakingbritain.bsky.social project event to launch the South Asian Britain: Connecting Histories digital resource, a partnership of @uobartsmatter.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @bristolunienglish.bsky.social @britishlibrary.bsky.social
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