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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Very good. Now what will happen in Sachsen-Anhalt? 🤔

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Befindlichkeitsmanagement in order to stay in solution mode - I like it. Sounds like a survival skill for our times.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Sneak peek! FanFic & Metaphors We Love By. By special arrangement with UCU here’s my first #fanFiction paper, now in my IR while their LGBT+ Research Conference proceedings get sorted. My take on conceptual #metaphors of #theology and #QueerDesire in #GoodOmens #slashfiction bit.ly/4goD2QK

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Fanfiction and metaphors we love by: a conceptual metaphor analysis of ‘sinful’ queer desires in the fic Vine Slips of a Strange God

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

You’re right, that’s the famous one - but I suspect this one with them both in the same bed is what Rob was alluding to! youtu.be/DOj3KOZwTjg?...

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German at Portsmouth @germanatportsmouth.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

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Treating English as neutral and universally accessible is holding UK universities back. Yolanda Cerda and Bee Bond argue for a rethink of the way non-English languages are understood as a deficit. wonkhe.com/blogs/the-se... via @wonkhe.bsky.social

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The sector needs a language policy reset

Treating English as neutral and universally accessible is holding institutions back. Yolanda Cerda and Bee Bond argue for a rethink of the way non-English languages are understood as a deficit

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

This particular one was owned by John Midgley, part of the #MidgleyCollection @thejohnrylands.bsky.social 19thC bindings. Stunning collection www.library.manchester.ac.uk/rylands/spec...

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detail (The University of Manchester Library)

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

^^^ Nayler aka Naylor for the expert @stuartkmasters.bsky.social of course 😁

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

If your research has been almost exclusively based on #distantReading of digital substitutes it’s goosebumpy when you encounter a 1656 #JamesNayler text close up @thejohnrylands #QuakerStudies #earlyModern

Title page of Love to the Lost by James Naylor, with book snake and request slip.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

My DMs are open (I hope!) or you can get me on rachel.kirkwood@manchester.ac.uk

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

On a scale of 1 to 10, how sad am I for planning potential uni open day visits on a #spreadsheet? Including an elegant #pivotTable of course? #dataNerd #librarianParent

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Definitely a connection! I found that the only pre-1650s use of the ‘sink down’ metaphor (as used by GF and other Friends) in the same spiritual context was Bõhme. Can supply concordance evidence from EEBO if required!

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Tesco’s own brand is also good. And half the price.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

“Eh up mi duck, av ya sin The Mercreh?”

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Oh, my sides. “Ich wil wende forth …” 😆💗🎶

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

More properly known as the Leicester Mercury.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Yup! You can even buy your copy of the Leicester Mockery 🗞️there in July fortnight 😆

Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Reposted by Rachel J Kirkwood

The Eye exposed Covid profiteering back in 2021, long before this week’s inquiry findings that nearly £10bn of PPE was written off as wasted, and that a “VIP lane” fast-tracked the politically connected. 🧵1/2

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Delighted to be able to offer #Perdita Manuscripts (Adam Matthew Digital) at UoManchester Library, alongside our extensive #earlymodern resources.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This is what leadership and inclusive church community looks like.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Loads of good stuff coming your way at the University of Manchester #Library

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Reposted by Rachel J Kirkwood

‘Thousands of university job cuts in humanities and social sciences are creating widespread cold spots for languages, classics and theology degrees, the British Academy has warned’ www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Humanities among degrees being ‘extinguished’ by hard-up universities

Exclusive: Experts fear rise in education ‘cold spots’ and social immobility as 4,000 academic posts lost in one year

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Ha! Whenever my husband needs a screwdriver he has to borrow one from me. Because although he owns many many screwdrivers, and I only have one, I know where it is shelved. #librarianSkills

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

It’s looking (and smelling) apocalyptic across greater Manchester. Since we can’t ban idiocy, could we at least ban fireworks? And disposable barbecues? #moorlandFire #Dovestone

Manchester’s skyscrapers against a yellow smog-filled sky.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Not my favourite purveyor of coffee, but at least they have nutmeg. Curious for the Digital Trust & Society Forum today #CDTSforum26 @UoM_CDTS @DigitalUoM.bsky.social

Cappuccino with nutmeg, banana loaf, and a conference badge.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Just another misogynist trying to control the narrative. Probably compensating for some lack …

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Faculty of Humanities @uomhums.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

How safe do women feel using our roads, and where are the gaps in understanding? A new study led by @manchester.ac.uk with GMCA is capturing women’s lived experiences of travel and road safety across Greater Manchester. www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... 📊 Take the survey: uom.link/RoadSafety

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New survey seeks women's experiences of travel and road safety in Greater Manchester

Women across Greater Manchester are being invited to take part in a major new study exploring how safe they feel when travelling around the region, as researchers seek to know more about the unique ch...

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Ah fabulous details! Now I can see that the poor (abused) French horn is one with a detachable bell. Nostalgic for the yellow 2CV I used to drive in 1988 💛💛

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

Tip Toe is RTD at his absolute prescient best. I had to watch it one episode at a time, mind you. Scary stuff. (The location for Spit & Polish is the venue for our annual 🏳️‍🌈 quiz)

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Maybe the council’s parks dept?

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

You’re a bit far from. Bradgate Park! Are there deer in Abbey Park??

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

We love and appreciate you deeply. Hope some light reaches your basement occasionally x

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

This line was so devastatingly powerful! For me this is the moment when Az finally works through his cognitive dissonance about heaven (you’re supposed to be the good guys) and realises that nothing about God’s set up actually makes sense.

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

“That’s a question for Josefine,” Bargeld says – before proceeding to answer it himself. Yeah, there was a bit of that when Blixa & Gudrun Gut were talking at @britishlibrary.bsky.social David Bowie in Time last year. Good article tho.

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Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Thank you so much Rachel, what you (all) achieved in that carefully balanced ending was extraordinary; STP wld be proud. Love is strong as death, truly. “To the world!”

Rachel J Kirkwood @drkirky.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

<sigh> Derby doesn’t seem to be doing much better, as far as I can tell from the sidelines.