Reposted by Cat SpencerClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 26/06/2026My latest project, a sourcebook on Vikings in Britain and Ireland, has just gone to the copy-editor. It's due out April next year. Always a bit nervous/exciting when that happens #medievalsky 67811
Reposted by Cat SpencerEloise Kane @eloi.se · 15/04/2026So here is a thing, I'm going on a tour to witter about my book to real people! The first few are nice and local, before I get to go hang out with @catjarman.bsky.social at Althorp Lit Fest. Come and say hi! 1222
Reposted by Cat Spenceraudreym @audm.bsky.social · 06/03/2026#TheWriteWomen: In March, post a book by a female author every day • It has to be a book you’ve read • It has to be a book you enjoyed or learned something from #booksky 📚💙 #books #authors #women ♀️ 6/31 "River Kings" by @catjarman.bsky.social 2162
Reposted by Cat SpencerStoryteller Fran @storytellerfran.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Back-to-back Viking goodness. I loved @judithjesch.bsky.social’s new reworking of the Orkneyinga Saga - a great Introduction, excellent references, and very readable! Then @catjarman.bsky.social’s amazing River Kings - what a ride, what a journey! That little carnelian bead has my heart. 🥰 4172
Reposted by Cat SpencerRedskies @redskies.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Read #TheBoneChests by @catjarman.bsky.social 2233
Reposted by Cat SpencerLouie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025Reading River Kings by @catjarman.bsky.social and very much enjoying the picture of 200 Vikings trying to raid Paris for wine and being unsuccessful. NEVER GET BETWEEN THE FRENCH AND THEIR WINE, lads! 2281
Reposted by Cat SpencerRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...yalebooks.yale.eduOffaAn authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Merci... 18318
Reposted by Cat SpencerChristian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 10/09/2025At a breakneck speed of 0.008 knots (or 25cm/min), the Oseberg ship is once again on the move today, for the first time in almost a century.vikingtidsmuseet.noThe Relocation of the Oseberg Ship Is Underway - Museum of the Viking AgeFinally, the day has come for Norway's most spectacular moving project: The Oseberg Ship is entering the new museum building. This article will be updated regularly throughout the day. 04715
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Completely obsessed with these incredible animals. This is Andora, the most inquisitive of the four. There’s a lot going on in that little head! She’s food obsessed, but still a little too shy to eat from my hand. Getting there! You can see our alpacas if you visit Althorp this summer! 2544
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 07/06/2025This was the most incredible birthday present - a complete surprise!! Thank you @charlesspencer.bsky.social, I love them! 😍 1310
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 03/05/2025It’s MS awareness week and recently, @charlesspencer.bsky.social and I attended an event at the Houses of Parliament arranged by the MS Society. We were there to speak to over 140 MPs, Lords and MPs’ staff about the realities of the 150 000 people living with this devastating condition in the UK. 3427
Reposted by Cat SpencerAmy Elizabeth @amyelizabeth.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Student 1: “I’m only on chapter 1 and there’s a mass grave, a guy missing his *you know* and four kids that might have been human sacrifices .” Student 2: “You ARE taking a class with Amy.” (They’re talking about chapter 1 of River Kings by Cat Jarman) 2312
Reposted by Cat SpencerClare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 13/04/2025It is lovely to be at Althorp literary festival listening to fantastic writers including Cat Jarman talking about ‘The Bone Chests’ reviewed for the journal ‘Óenach: Reviews’ here #medievalsky oenach.wordpress.com/wp-content/u... 0163
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 28/03/2025Really excited for the Althorp Literature Festival 11-13 April. We have some fantastic speakers: my favourite is the wonderful Bernard Cornwell, who is coming over from the US especially for this. There are still a few tickets available - please help spread the word! althorp.com/book-tickets... 0161
Reposted by Cat SpencerJoanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 27/03/2025Unsolicited writing advice, no: 73: Stop calling yourself an "aspiring writer." Just write. Now, you're a writer. Keep writing, reading, observing, learning. Soon, you'll be a better writer. 532137255
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Delighted to hear the German edition of River Kings came out well - thank you for this lovely review @domwass.bsky.social! 0150
Reposted by Cat Spencerpfriend82.bsky.social @pfriend82.bsky.social · 06/03/2025#AmReading #WorldBookDay #RiverKings @catjarman.bsky.social 0161
Reposted by Cat SpencerreveredDoom @reverenddoom.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Excellent book by @catjarman.bsky.social - some really interesting facts in here about dating objects and also a nice narrative style. Will definitely be reading Bone Chests soon #history #vikings 1112
Reposted by Cat SpencerRichard Osgood @richardosgood.bsky.social · 02/02/2025A watery-theme today at Winchester Cathedral with whales, mermaids, monarchs holding back waves, ships , and a contemplative soggy statue. Check out ‘The Bone Chests’ by @catjarman.bsky.social to learn more about the monarch’s remains! 4567
Reposted by Cat SpencerRory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · 05/01/2025A very exciting and important new piece of reading from @helengittos.bsky.social on connections between 6th/7th-century England and the Near East. Highly recommended! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...academic.oup.comSutton Hoo and Syria: The Anglo-Saxons Who Served in the Byzantine Army?*Abstract:. The Sutton Hoo ship burial is one of the most famous examples of a group of lavishly furnished graves of the late sixth and early seventh centur 415246
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Agree - this is really important context for understanding the world the Rus/Vikings were part of! 1150
Reposted by Cat SpencerΧοδαδαδίος Ρεζαχανίδης, PhD, KRT, Duc de Téhéran @sasanianshah.bsky.social · 14/12/2024Testing BlueSky’s capacity for historical threads! A thread about my recent paper on Ibn Fadlan, (not) the Vikings, & 10th c. Eurasian trade & diplomacy. Read if you like medieval history, Middle Eastern history, Iranian history, numismatics, economic history, & investigative historiography! 1/? 1230398
Reposted by Cat SpencerCharles Spencer @charlesspencer.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Last night with @catjarman.bsky.social at Hatchards for their Author Evening - we were signing copies of our The Rabbit Hole Book, “99 chapters on the History of Stuff” - a cornucopia of quirky history, coauthored with @richardcoles.bsky.social - he was excused, as he’s in the jungle right now…. 0404
Reposted by Cat SpencerNy Björn Gustafsson @nybjorn.eurosky.social · 27/11/2024Here are some photos - all captured by Felix Petersson/Swedish Radio: 04311
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 23/11/2024Seeing as the other lagoon is being eaten by lava, it was lucky we’d booked the Sky Lagoon…. 😬 3270
Reposted by Cat SpencerCharles Spencer @charlesspencer.bsky.social · 22/11/2024With the wonderful Brenda Blethyn & the stellar crime novelist @harlancoben.bsky.social this evening at the British Embassy, Reykjavik, after we all spoke at the Nordic Noir book festival. A great event that I felt fortunate to be a small part of. Great to be interviewed by @catjarman.bsky.social 4859
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024The Icelandic volcano this afternoon - a spectacular welcome to Reykjavik. I’m here to speak at the #NordicNoir literature festival tomorrow with @charlesspencer.bsky.social. They have a fantastic lineup - can’t wait! 0291
Cat Spencer @catjarman.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Just arrived to a very warm welcome from Iceland! 😬 #nordicnoir 2390
Reposted by Cat SpencerDr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 19/11/2024A fragment of #Roman terracotta pottery, into the surface of which someone a incised a sketch portrait of a man, some 1900+ years ago - a very round-headed bald man, with a big nose & bushy eyebrows. This is one of my favourite pieces of ancient graffiti! 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology 1142686
Reposted by Cat SpencerIan M @ianm70.bsky.social · 20/11/2024The @catjarman.bsky.social introduces us to Alice Kyteler - condemned for witchcraft in this episode of the Rabbithole Detectives podcast podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...podcasts.apple.comThe Longest Jump in a Stretch LimousinePodcast Episode · The Rabbit Hole Detectives · 20/11/2024 · 56m 081
Reposted by Cat SpencerPast Horizons Archaeology Equipment @pasthorizons.bsky.social · 16/11/2024www.theguardian.com/science/2024... The Tyne knife handle depicts a gladiator known as a secutor, a muscular fighter who carried heavy equipment including a large shield, a heavy helmet with limited visibility, and a sword.theguardian.comGladiator knife handle found in Tyne ‘reflects spread of Roman celebrity culture’Handle depicting secutor gladiator found on ‘edge of empire’ to go on display 0353
