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Dr Jamie Paris @jamieparis.bsky.social · 5h

I got page proofs for my forthcoming article on Black Love and Wake Work in David Chariandy’s Brother. The article is being published by ESC, a journal I have absolutely loved since grad school.

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Punk Rock History @punkrockhistory.bsky.social · 4h

Released 47 years ago today "Smash It Up" by The Damned and Happy 70th Birthday today Dave Vanian 🖤 The Damned - Smash it Up - Old Grey Whistle Test, Stage wrecked! #punk #punks #punkrock #oldschoolpunk #smashitup #thedamned #history #punkrockhistory #otd

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 09/10/2026

A campaign to be proud of. A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it happen.

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Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 22h

This week in clouds. #MentalHealthMatters 💙

Composite photo of seven different cloud photos, one taken each day this week.
A cloud diary.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 22h

My mum and Madame Fifi (the cat who lives with mum aka 'mum's cat' by the ill-informed) are currently embroiled in a feline/human version of 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' The psychological tension is palpable

A smoke-coloured British short-hair cat (this is Madame Fifi) snoozing on the edge of a beige cushion

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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

109 years ago today, the world was blessed with the genius that is the great Thelonius Monk Born October 10, 1917 in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, he's also the second most recorded jazz composer in history behind Duke Ellington. No one played like him

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Iain MacInnes @iainmacinnesuhi.bsky.social · 23h

A rather pleasant Sunday morning after a very wet Saturday...

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Adam Roberts @adamroberts.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yesterday evening I attended an lovely book launch (remember when those were a thing?) for @gailmarshall.bsky.social 's superb "Britain in 1859": www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

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Britain in 1859 - Britain in 1859

Britain in 1859 - August 2026

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 10/10/2026

Show your solidarity by changing your profile picture and help spread the word. Head to our campaign website to access campaign resources, download materials and find out how you can take action to defend education. Education. It’s ours. Let’s fight for it. educationitsours.org.uk

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Paula ⚪️ @paulaflucas.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Shout out to all surviving despite their environment 🍃 #MagicalMundane #Noticing

A small yellow daisy (Ragwort) plant growing between a dirty black painted wall & a grey painted pavement slab. In full sunlight its leaves casting a shadow along the grey pavement.

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Welcome to day 8 of #LisaFest, featuring the excellent Andrew Hiscock. Andrew's chapter is the most Shakespeare-heavy in the volume (I have forgiven him tho), but in putting Shakey's Coriolanus in dialogue with Alexandre Hardy’s contemporary Coriolan, he emphasises the shared source material for...

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“Hence, and shut your gates upon’s”: The Bitter Politics of Welcome in Shakespeare’s Coriolanus and Alexandre Hardy’s Coriolan

Andrew Hiscock

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Shane Glackin @eltorosolo.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

McGill are bigging her up after closing her department. Clownshow all round.

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Yes - the photo wouldn't upload 😩 It's fantastic 👏

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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

I do not agree with Adam Tickell (is my polite response)

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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026

what a grim and mean little quote

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 08/10/2026

LSBU wants to sack 66 academics and rehire them on worse contracts before Christmas. That's fire and rehire. Our members rallied on campus today. LSBU has now agreed to talks at ACAS. Management needs to come ready to listen.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm having a 24 hr flash sale on my upcoming zoom w’shops: *20% OFF*bird illustration & mental health w’shop this Sat AND botanical illustration w’shop 7Nov: Learn to draw plants/birds &how creative activity is like taking 3 different meds for mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/collections?...

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The humanityes are transformative, empoweringe, and democratic. Thei must be taught yn the spirit of open conversacioun, manye voyces, inquirye, and curiositye. When the humanityes are taughte as obedience of stale traditions & fandom of elitism, thei are not the humanityes any more, just dogma.

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Stephanie McCarter @stephaniemccarter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

It's nice to have these Sulpicia translations out in the new issue of Illinois Classical Studies.

My translation of Sulpicia I (= Corpus Tibullianum 3.13):

At last love came, the sort to shame me were there talk
that I concealed it rather than exposed it.
Persuaded by my pleading Muses, Cytherea
brought him to me and laid him in my lap.
Venus fulfilled her promise! Let them tell my joys,
whoever will be said to lack their own.
I would not want to trust my words to wax-sealed tablets
so none could read them sooner than my love.
I'm glad I sinned--how dull to craft a face for talk!
Say I was worthy with a worthy man.

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profchander @profchander.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“Patricia Akhimie, the show’s curator, spent two years developing the library’s most expansive temporary exhibition since its 2024 gallery renovation, with the help of six research fellows and a team of assistants.”

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An Intriguing Exhibit on Shakespeare and Black Women

The Folger looks into some under-explored history.

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Beyond Shakespeare @beyondshakes.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🎟️The line up for our Christmas Revels!🎟️ The Towneley Second Shepherds Play A Christmas Mess Narcissus - A Twelfth Night Entertainment Christmas, His Masque by Ben Jonson Plus a host of short bits and pieces, and a post show discussion. 6 Dec, White Bear, from 1pm www.ticketsource.com/beyondshakes...

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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Universities are shedding jobs, departments are closing and students are losing local options. Jo Johnson remains convinced that competition and student choice are working as intended.

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will pooley @willpooley.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

me, hoping today won’t be a day of a million emails, as i log on to my job at the “literally all we make is emails” factory

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Dundee UCU @ducuuo.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Day 13 of 25. We are now halfway through our industrial action to rule out compulsory redundancies at the University of Dundee. Join us on our picket line today for a friendly atmosphere and chat. Bake sale tomorrow too.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The threats to our resilience are the same as the threats to our democracy: corporate lobbyists shaping policy, with dire consequences for our ability to withstand crises. Burnham seems to want to change this. But is he aware of scale of the task? My column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot

The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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Rachel Willie @racheljwillie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

By popular demand (OK, a handful of “eeek, I missed the deadline. Can I still submit” emails), we’ve decided to extend the deadline until 16th October. Who knew a CfP deadline coinciding with teaching ramping up would cause such havoc?! #Skystorians

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Welcome to day 6 of #LisaFest, where we will be looking at @lucycmunro.bsky.social's excellent chapter. Whenever I think of The Knight of the Burning Pestle, I always think of Lucy, so it was wonderful to have her contribution be on the play! The chapters in the volume thus far have been...

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Playing Apprentices and Apprentice Players in Beaumont’s The Knight of the Burning Pestle

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Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄 @aidannorrie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

For day 5 of #LisaFest, I am delighted to be sharing the chapter by my partner-in-crime for this endeavour. @matthewsteggle.bsky.social's fabulous chapter is on the various stories about an overlooked Arthurian figure, Chinon. In addition to the excellent nod to Bridget Jones, Matt applies his...

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Chinon of England at the Edge of Reason

Matthew Steggle

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 06/10/2026

“We are ready to talk.” UCU members at Nottingham are taking sustained strike action against devastating job and course cuts. The action is having an impact. It’s in management’s interest to get around the table and resolve this dispute. Support the strike: educationitsours.org

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Stefan Hanß @stefanhanss.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Truly delighted to see THE MICROSCOPIC MATERIAL RENAISSANCE (@manchesterup.bsky.social, 2027) announced: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781807076757/ Stay tuned! @uomhums.bsky.social @uomsalc.bsky.social Research generously funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social & @leverhulme.ac.uk

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Archive of @britishacademy.bsky.social Fellow Stuart Hall is now live. Includes looking at his impact on the history of communication theory, culminating in the architecture of contemporary AI models www.theguardian.com/society/2026... Archive link: stuarthalldigital.bham.ac.uk/archival_mat...

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Thatcherism via the Walkman: Stuart Hall’s British cultural studies preserved online

Project lead says it celebrates ‘incredible contributions’ Jamaica-born sociologist made to Britain’s culture

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The co-authors: @jwhittle.bsky.social @markhailwood.bsky.social @hkrobb.bsky.social And a link to the open access book: www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...

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Taylor Aucoin @aucointaylor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Our book The Experience of Work in Early Modern England has turned one. They grow up so fast! 🎂 This blogpost marks the publication anniversary with a brisk walk through the labours & fruits of #earlymodern #autumn 🍎🍺🐂👇 drtayloraucoin.com/2025/11/20/t... #history

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The Autumnal Experience of Work in Early Modern England

This post is part of a series marking the print and online Open Access (free) publication of The Experience of Work in Early Modern England. The book is co-authored by Jane Whittle, Mark Hailwood, …

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Are you studying, researching or teaching Black British histories? Try using the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH). It contains 680,000+ resources from 55 BCE to today! Watch our video 'Researching the history of race and ethnicity in BBIH' to learn more buff.ly/iXI2MwX

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How to use BBIH

Learn more about using BBIH, including videos and free online reading lists.

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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 07/10/2026

Goldsmiths has spent £14m on consultants since 2019. Now it's replacing striking lecturers with staff who need only "an interest in teaching". Joe Newman, Goldsmiths UCU co-president, on management's strike-breaking. 📰 @novaramedia.com

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