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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Chose the wrong evening to pop into Bluesky to check how the Discourse is doing without me

Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Meta: I see you're a Catholic (actually this was my work account so, very Catholic), here is some content about Mormons.

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I have not written a post for a while, but I thought I'd write something to celebrate 6 years of running. deepdownthings.substack.com/p/keep-runni...

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Keep running

Celebrating six years of running.

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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

9pm, two days after harvest

Converging lines of wheat stubble climbing a hill to a horizon where, silhouetted left to right: dark smear of treetop, 14th century church tower, sparse ash crown, two further bulks of the tops of trees, the whole suffused with a steady orange and peach evening light. SUFFOLK, UK

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I am running a 25% off sale in my Etsy shop throughout July, if you'd like to pick up a bargain! Free UK postage included. www.etsy.com/shop/Commono...

An embroidery hoop with an embroidery of waterliles with yellow flowers.

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Please consider signing the petition to help defend Exeter University from cuts, which will disproportionately affect the Humanities. c.org/wkJSMYtrJF

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Sign the Petition

Stop Redundancies at the University of Exeter

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Ben Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

I've written about the Haldon Hills, a landscape you have probably have never heard of. I love it, and you might enjoy reading about it. deepdownthings.substack.com/p/the-ancien...

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The Ancient Hills

Between the Moor and the Sea

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

Every exit is an entrance somewhere else.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 29/11/2025

We love a secret doorway. 📷The secret door in the Library at Osterley, London by John Hammond

A bookcase opens to reveal a doorway in a large country house library

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

It’s time

Nigel Slater’s The Christmas chronicles (grey hardback cover with gold embossed titles and four slender tree boughs) on a wooden table

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Other work by the Ladybird artists ‘Stopham Bridge in Autumn’ Artist: SR Badmin

The stone bridge with numerous bends is shown in a soft autumn light

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

They’ve been talking about the Budget for so long I’ve only just realised when it is, having been stuck in a permanent loop of “nearly budget, when is budget?”

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Helen Macdonald @hjm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Bertie is the very spirit of Christmas chaos

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Just had an alert in Outlook asking me if I wanted to send an email during my work hours, on Tuesday 8am. Sir, I don’t start work at 8am, so that wouldn’t be during my work hours. Also, I haven’t finished work for today. I finish at 6 or 6.30. When did Microsoft start deciding my work hours?

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weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

they had goth baddies in the 17th century as evidenced by the fact that a woman named Caterine Morte had a skull coat of arms

a book page with a coat of arms showing a skull, next to it is written Caterine Morte

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Beth Fuller @bee79.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

If, like me, this utter betrayal by Labour is making your blood boil, can I ask you let them know your feelings here www.gov.uk/government/c...

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Earned settlement

The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.

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Lev Parikian @levparikian.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

For reasons, I found myself Google-translating the Russian expression “я вас люблю”, but because I couldn’t be bothered to turn on Russian script on my phone, I put in the transliteration, “ya vas lyublyu”. It means “I love you”. Or at least I thought it did.

Swahili detected

ya vas lyublyu

English
On the other hand, Lydia

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

It is hat hair season and the time of year when I wonder why I bother to comb my fringe at all.

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Simon L @simonl.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Genuine hotel corridor carpet I saw in France once. I think it contains the souls of former guests.

Hideous haunted hotel corridor carpet featuring blurred figures and faces

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MꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

How delightfully quaint some of these old Devon village names are, their etymologies lost in the mists of time.

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Jesuit Refugee Service UK @jrsuk.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Today’s announcement by the Home Secretary marks an unprecedented and damaging departure from the UK’s long tradition of offering people sanctuary and the chance to rebuild their lives.

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

ok, yep - I defy anyone to work out which is which

The side of an woman's effigy tomb showing the bottom of her dress and her feet (she lays on her back). The dress is depicted as many wiggled folds of fabric, and we can see the soles of her small shoes.

A close up of the side of a Viennetta - white ice cream with three 'folded' layers on top of flat layers. It looks a lot like the folds of drapery in the other photo.

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Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 15/11/2025

I hate portmanteau words but “slopaganda” is magnificent

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Quite how this pumpkin manages to capture the November 2025 mood quite so accurately, I’m not sure.

A small pumpkin with a carved face depicting a mix of horror and exhaustion sitting in a large flower pot filled with weeds on a rainy day

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Other work of the Ladybird artists. The Beech Wood Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

The scene looks as if it has come straight out of the pages of ‘what to look for in autumn’ but is not. The scene focuses on the woodland floor and the creatures who live among the lovely rusty leaves

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

“In 2019, researchers at the university also found the secret to protecting your seaside chips from scavenging gulls was to stare at them. The study revealed birds were more likely to steal food when they avoided the gaze of their victims.” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Shouting at gulls could stop food stealing - study

Exeter researchers played different recordings to gulls in nine Cornish towns.

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

I’ve suspected this for a while, but the arrival of my new (work) laptop has confirmed that the search function in the newer Desktop version of Outlook is terrible. This explains a lot.

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Nigella Lawson @nigella.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

When I’m too busy even to think of what I might cook, this is the speedy storecupboard standby that I can alway rely on to rescue me deliciously: #RecipeOfTheDay is (yes, tinned) Sardine Spaghetti! www.nigella.com/recipes/sard...

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Sardine Spaghetti

In the normal run of things, I always know what I’m going to have for lunch or dinner. I care far too much about what I eat to feel comfortable just leaving it to chance. But there are inevitably thos...

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Other work of the Ladybird artists. The delicacy and detail here ‘Autumn Wedding’ Artist : SR Badmin

A finally detailed mixed media illustration of an old church completely surrounded by autumn trees.
Right in the foreground, near the Lichgate, a wedding scene is taking place

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Jonathan Foyle @jonathanfoyle.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Carlisle Cathedral's jazz nocturne of a vault.

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Steven Wilson @profstevenwilson.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Please sign the petition below in support of colleagues at Nottingham, where courses in the highly respected Dept of Modern Languages & Cultures have been earmarked for suspension.

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We Can Make an Impact.

Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

I have a range of seasonal hoops available in my Etsy which would make good Christmas gifts or perhaps Christmas ornaments for your home! Includes free UK postage. www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Comm...

Hand embroidery of Holly with berries on white fabric against a plain white background.

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

"When lamps are lighted in the town" (1968) Artist: A Buchanan

An illustration of night time at a tiny harbour in a fishing village.
The scene is in shades of grey and blue broken by the bright yellow light of a window

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Andy Lewis @andylewis.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

I’ve just seen a narrowboat that looks like it’s entirely crewed by cats, and it’s not even 10am

Four cats in the window of a narrowboat. An orange and white one, two black and white ones and a tortoiseshell and white one. Possibly dad, mum & two kittens.

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Dr Sarah J Young @sarahjyoung.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

This really is horrendous news. I did my PhD at Nottingham and the whole school of modern languages was an important and vibrant contributor to arts and humanities. It’s taken a few knocks since then, but this move is beyond shortsighted. Really feel for colleagues there. This has to be fought.

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

What is your favourite bird? These little sparrows are a detail of a two-fold painted and embroidered screen by Takeuchi Seihō.

A detail from a Japanese printed screen featuring three delicate embroidered sparrows in flight against a gold background

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Evan Davies on PM there suggesting that AI can replace the need to study Modern Languages 🤯

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

My favourite niche fact is that the 5th November is the feast day of All Saints of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) which is top trolling 😂 (If you know you know, etc)

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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Giovanni Cariani Portrait of a Venetian Gentleman, c. 1510/1515 He has attitude. (National Gallery of Art, Washington)

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

I briefly considered putting “recovering academic” in my bio at one point but I wasn’t an academic for very long (or at all if you consider I didn’t get an academic job) so that one is going for free if anyone wants it 😆

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Jane Hill @janehill.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

There’s no screening for ovarian cancer and it’s really difficult to spot: you can’t squidge your ovaries in the shower to check for lumps. Also it’s very good at masquerading at other things, like IBS and diverticulitis. Please take a look at this list of symptoms - and share if you can.

Cancer of the ovary, fallopian tube or peritoneum usually causes symptoms that are similar to common non-cancerous conditions. This can make it difficult to diagnose early.
If you have any of these symptoms or get these symptoms regularly, your GP should offer you cancer tests:
• a long-lasting bloated or swollen tummy
• feeling full quickly when you eat
• loss of appetite
• pain in the lower tummy area or back
• peeing (passing urine) more often than usual
• needing to pee urgently (feeling like you cannot hold on).
Other symptoms may include:
• a change in your normal bowel function (diarrhoea or constipation)
• weight loss for no obvious reason
• unexplained or extreme tiredness (fatigue)
• vaginal bleeding after the menopause.
If you are aged 50 or older and develop symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) for the first time, you should also have tests. IBS can cause bloating and changes in bowel function. But it does not usually start after the age of 50.

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Unfortunately a proportion of users faced with the words “Year of Birth” will in fact type in their birthday i words or entire date of birth if allowed to do so :/

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Elizabeth Harrison @corardens.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Overheard next to Dawlish Warren Golf Course: “I’m in a rabbit hole”

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