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Andy Bull @f-in-darke.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

It's nice to know that in the post-Brexit dystopia that Viz comic 284 envisages, jobbing musicians will still be catered for (though admittedly they are quite tough candidate requirements)

Satirical recruitment advert for 'Global Pillage Food Haulers', seeking 'Professional Flamethrower Electric Guitar Player qualified to Grade 3 or above.'
"When our army of shirtless misfit steampunks go on a battle raid to acquire new stocks of tinned food, they need someone to whip them up into a proper fighting frenzy so that their lives no longer matter to them.
Could YOU be that person?
An exciting vacancy has arisen for an experienced musician qualified to Grade 3 or above in Flamethrower Electric Guitar to play thunderous heavy metal chords and riffs while dangling off a crane on the front of a fast-moving rusty vehicle with lots of exhaust pipes. The successful candidate will have a Mohican haircut, no ears, chains attaching his nose to his nipples, and his head and neck painted bright red.
Generous package - £25k minimum, company vehicle (pick-up truck chassis with lorry engine and human skulls on front) and small share of spoils following a successful raid. Plus negotiable bonus to reflect substantial risk of being smashed into another vehicle or dropped and ran over by the giant wheels of your own truck.
Send CV and the names of 3 referees to: Ratfucker Castrolux, Head of Recruitment, Global Pillage plc, 35 Devastation Street, Necropolis Sector 4 (formerly Swindon).
Global Pillage plc - Keeping a Tight Grip on the UK's Dwindling Food Stocks"

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Hugh Jass @satanicmechanic.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wagner was the "Warhammer paperback novel" of his time

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History and Heritage Yorkshire @handhyorkshire.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Beverley Minster holds what is believed to be the largest collection of medieval musical carvings in the world, featuring more than 70 distinct stone and wood musicians playing roughly 20 different types of instruments. I love the expression on this one.

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Flitcraft @flitcraft.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A reminder to those in Scotland that you can get a National Library of Scotland online membership to access JSTOR without this limitation - and lots of other online resources.

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wint @dril.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

people ask me if i listen to bieber and i smile simply and say simply yes. Then I show them this and they lose their fucking shit

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Chris Hutchings #ChoirsForClimate @hutchingsmusic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Only Edinburgh people will get this but I had to make it.

In a swimming pool mother labelled "Edinburgh City Council" is helping a happy young child labelled "North Bridge" who is clearly standing in shallow water. A slightly older child labelled "South Bridge" struggles to keep his head above water.
Below, a drowned skeleton is labelled "George IV Bridge".

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Stewart J. Brookes @stewartbrookes.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

IIIF tip of the day: with some IIIF viewers, “turning the pages” doesn’t change the URL. If you want to link to a specific page in, for example, Universal Viewer, simply add &cv=n to the URL, where n=the folio or page number, e. g. iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifes... @iiif.bsky.social

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Scottish Universities Press @scotunipress.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We’re excited to announce that Beyond the state: Music in the rural creative economy, written by Simon McKerell is officially out now. Get your copy today and discover what everyone is talking about. Read now: books.sup.ac.uk/sup/catalog/book/su…

Cover of 'Beyond the State' by Simon McKerrell showing a live music event at dusk with purple lighting and audience silhouettes.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Beatus at the beginning of Psalm 1, and scribal collophon: 'Cormacus scripsit hoc psalterium ora pro eo. Qui legis hec ora pro sese qualibet hora'. BL Add MS 36929; The 'Psalter of Cormac'; 1275 CE-1325 CE; Ireland; ff.2r, 59r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Nick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

🎶Right about now, the funk soul brother Somewhere between 1 and 7pm, the funk soul brother Three more deliveries before you, the funk soul brother We cannot locate your delivery address, the funk soul brother Your package has been left in a secure place, the funk soul brother🎶

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Katie Bank @spparkle.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

O Yes. Would any man or woman (or anything) desire forming a panel on the 'Cries of London' (or Les Cris de Paris or Cries di Wherever) for SRS 2027 at the Warburg? Or anything related? Any medium, any time in the EM period. Please tag anyone appropriate! rensoc.org.uk/cfp/12th-bie...

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Okay, so with seemingly no prospect of a job anytime soon whatever I do or say, I am once again asking: For freelance RA work suitable for a contemporary historian, for research and writing, for journalism… which I already do on a regular basis as a newspaper columnist…

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

"This document is too tough to read! I need to get an AI to transcribe it" - foolish, decadent, a researcher unaware of the fragile beauty of the past "This tome is incomprehensible to me for now. I must study the ancient languages to learn its arcane secrets" - a wizened sage, their third eye open

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Nathan Melson @nsmelson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I did this years ago on Twitter, but, here's a list of tools/utilities that every medievalist show know about and have bookmarked: #medievalsky

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Eduroam giveth, and eduroam taketh away

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Rachel A. Fletcher @rafletcher.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Interested in the history of #OldEnglish scholarship? @emgallimore.bsky.social, Thijs Porck and I will be editing a volume on OE in the long 19th century; if you'd like to contribute a chapter, the deadline for abstracts is 1 Sept 2026, first full drafts due Sept 2027. Spread the word! #medievalsky

Call for Contributions
Dynamics of Old English Scholarship in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discoveries, Disputes and the Development of a Discipline
ed. Rachel A. Fletcher, Ellen Gallimore & Thijs Porck
The long nineteenth century (1786–1914) was a dynamic and transformative period for the scholarly study of Old English.
The legacies of nineteenth-century scholarship remain deeply embedded in the study of Old English today. As a result, contemporary scholars must engage not only with early medieval language and literature itself, but also with the intellectual and ideological lenses through which nineteenth-century scholars recovered, edited and interpreted this material.
We hope to bring together a peer-reviewed edited volume with papers on various aspects of the scholarly study of Old English in the long nineteenth century, with an additional focus on European continental
contributions in line with the ERC-project EMERGENCE (‘Early Medieval English in NineteenthCentury Europe’). Proposals for chapter contributions of c. 8000 words are welcome from scholars from all academic backgrounds. First drafts full drafts are due at the end of September 2027.
Possible topics/themes include but are not limited to:
- Discoveries of Old English texts
- Disputes about linguistic or literary interpretations of Old English
- Developments in the discipline of Old English studies
- Personal, religious, political and ideological motivations for the study of Old English
- Biographical contributions about scholars of Old English
- Scholarly correspondence on Old English matters
- Editing and printing of Old English texts
- Teaching of Old English
Please send an abstract (500 words) and short bio (150 words) to Rachel A. Fletcher
(r.a.fletcher@hum.leidenuniv.nl), Ellen Gallimore (ellen.gallimore@york.ac.uk) and Thijs Porck (m.h.porck@hum.leidenuniv.nl) before 1 September 2026.

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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

While it's nice to see more noise about how terrible JKR is, as a trans woman I would appreciate it if there was less focus on "here's what you can read instead" and more "here's how you can materially help trans people". We're the victims here, please stop centring the purity of your bookshelves.

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Charlie Lynch @charlielynch.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Book sale in Edinburgh!!! 📚

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Sihong Lin @sihonglin.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Glasgow is hiring a lecturer in medieval history (c.800-1500) on an open-ended basis. We are a lovely bunch in the medieval area, would be great to have a new colleague! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSF052/l...

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Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) at University of Glasgow

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a Lecturer in Medieval History (Research & Teaching Track) on jobs.ac.uk!

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It's wonderful to see stellar, trail-blazing scholars quoted in multiple papers at #IMC2026. It's extremely depressing to know that they are no longer in academia because of the toxic cocktail of precarity & systematic, structural oppressions, incl transphobia & ableism

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

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Alicia Spencer-Hall @aspencerhall.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Sneak peek of keynote #s1199 at #IMC2026 👉 1-2pm, Weds 8th 👉 Esther Simpson Building: LG08 #MedievalSky 🗃️ @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Title slide of presentation. A statuette or St Wilgefortis, robed in cream, pink and blue, smashes a mirror. Overlaid is the text: "TIMELY IMAGES": MEDIEVAL TRANS SAINTS, HISTORIOGRAPHICAL DYSPHORIA AND/AS TRANS-TEMPORAL METHODOLOGY

ALICIA SPENCER-HALL
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
A.SPENCER-HALL@UCL.AC.UK
@ASPENCERHALL.BSKY.SOCIAL

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Israel's 'systematic' gendered and sexualised violence against Palestinians has been revealed in a damning new report Reporting from Hannah Emma Shedden ✍️ 🔗 www.thenational.scot/news/2...

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Dr Laura Sangha @lsangha.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Reading a very excellent yeoman will with so many rich details: - all timber sawn and piled in the faggot pile 🪵 - my last wives apron 🧑‍🍳 - 'one Fleshooke'🪝 - my cheese wring in Kenns house 🧀 - one pin cushion 🪡 - the Practice of Piety 📖 - Galens works 📙 - my virginals 🎵

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christhebarker @christhebarker.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Hey Bayeux Tapestry fans have I made the platform game for you? I’m sure someone else will have done this before but well now I have too… bayeuxgo.live

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Bayeux Go!

Bayeux Go! Thou art Harold. Go forth and win thine battle. Jump your way to victory, avoiding arrows…

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Stewart J. Brookes @stewartbrookes.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Sir John Stainer makes a cogent, academic case of the benefits of having children. [*Dufay and his Contemporaries* (Early Bodleian Music), 1898]

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Petter Hellström @nphellstrom.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The Linnaeus University (southern Sweden) is inviting applications for 5-6 fully funded PhD positions in the arts and humanities, including #history, #arthistory and #religiousstudies. International applicants without prior knowledge of Swedish are encouraged to apply.

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Doctoral studentships across the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Department of Cultural Sciences

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities invites applications for 5–6 doctoral studentships. The studentships are available

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Jules Rawlinson @julesrawlinson.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Job: Lecturer in Music at Edinburgh Uni. Musicology or Music Psychology, 2yrs Fixed Term, Part-Time 24.5 hrs/wk @edincollegeofart.bsky.social elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

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Lecturer in Music

The Edinburgh College of Art, University of Edinburgh is seeking to recruit a Lecturer in Music on a fixed term, part-time basis.

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Lawrence Harding (she/her) 🏳️‍⚧️ @lhardingwrites.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

I once amused my librarian partner by imagining the rules of a library run by the Fae. This extract from An Unofficial Guide to Obronstowe was my foray into faerie rules. There was also a sequel with a mobile library that went completely Baba Yaga. #HorrorWritersChat

1 - Count the shelves

Though the library itself may be small, it has been said by some that it seems to go on forever. Some also say that languages on the signs and spines of the books begin to shift and become unrecognisable. If this be the case, count the shelves. Do not go beyond four-and-twenty, for at that point you risk there being no way back.

2 - Do not neglect to pay fines

A contract made is not to be broken.

3 - Use correct currency for fines

Those manning the Obronstowe library favour hard cash. They are suspicious of ephemeral nature of online or notional transactions, liable to vanish under external circumstances.

4 - Silence is not encouraged.

Obronstowe Library is a community space, and the entities manning it are happy for light, non-disruptive conversation. If it is too quiet, they will even engage patrons in conversation. Do not be alarmed if this happens. It is preferable to the alternative – that the quiet voices coming from nowhere in particular can no longer be ignored.

5 - It is normal to get lost in a book.

For some, this can be for longer than others. Do not plan to spend too much time in Obronstowe Library if you have any pressing engagements for up to a week.

6 - Keep close watch on your children

This is an especially important safeguarding issue in Obronstowe. Should your children wander out of sight too long, you may not get the same child back – no matter what initial appearances suggest.

7 - Do not question the rules.

This should go without saying, but bear in mind that Obronstowe has staff who answer to powers that lie beyond the County Council, and are inclined to invoke them when needed.

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j-e-l 🎃 @jelbugle.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Hydration Break!

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Roslyn Potter @roslynpotter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Calling archival researchers working in any era! I'm seeking your stories of 'archival echoes'. These could be: ✅ the (re)discovery of a rare or once-lost manuscript 🗑️ a valuable text recovered from a bin or skip 🔥 a story of irreversible destruction (burning, etc.)

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Microsoft Forms

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Michael Pearce @michaelpearce.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Royal jobs in 1634: Thomas Miller keeper of hi[r] majesties lutes and musicall bookes and John Taillor one his majesties musitions for their annuitie or stipend of 12d per diem., Account of the receiver David Cunningham of Auchenharvie

Somewhat faded entry in the 1634 of royal income made by David Cunningham of Auchenhavie for 1634, TNA E101/439/2, for payment to the musicians Thomas Miller and John Taillor

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David Benedict @eggsbened.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Nightmare for a friend of mine in London. Please share.

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I'm feeling angry about generative AI again, so I'm posting this image from last autumn, when I was researching a thirteenth-century Danish fragment in Odense. The materiality of such fragments is a good antidote to the vapid bullshit of genAI. [Odense katedralskolebibliotek 25285]

Close-up of a corner of a small sixteenth-century book, showing the inside of the cover. The edge of the corner shows that the book is bound in a manuscript fragment. One of my fingers is pressing back part of the pastedown of the cover, revealing parts of square notes hidden by the paper.

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Kathleen E. Kennedy @themedievaldrk.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

It! Is! Here! Open Access (and already hoovered up by the scrapers no doubt such is our world) UK/EU paper copies will be available eventually but until then, EVERYONE now has free access! press.library.concordia.ca/projects/ill...

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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Cops violently arresting protesters from the Jewish Bloc for Palestine yesterday protesting the selling of Palestinian lands called “the Great Israeli Real Estate”. www.instagram.com/reel/DZkJCxm... There is only permissible way to be Jewish in the UK, and that is one who shuts up about Israel

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

I went to a powerful session on Palestine at the Jaipur Lit Fest @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. The standout was a horrific 10 minute presentation on the IDF's deliberate targeting of healthcare workers and children by consultant surgeon Nick Maynard. Read these: 1/3

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David Veevers @davidveevers.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Well I think I've just definitively dated the arrival of the very first enslaved people from Africa to an English colony in the Caribbean - the exact day which launched a slave plantation system that would see 3.5m people trafficked in its wake. And it seems that 400 year anniversary is upon us.

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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

us, lightly touching a document: I just need to move you so I can make sure you're properly supported on this table the document, the pages enormous: you SHOVE document? you throw the vellum like a paper aeroplane? oh! oh! jail for archivist! jail for archivist for One Thousand Years!!!!

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Pieter Beullens @pieterbeullens.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Interesting trace of craftsmanship! Leaf with an unfinished initial, sketched in detail but not coloured. Recycled as pastedown in the binding of another MS. digital.wlb-stuttgart.de/index.php?id...

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Andy Bull @f-in-darke.bsky.social · 31/05/2026

Told my wife about this, and it sounded similar to her. She's been getting similar on her book reviews Instagram, when she doesn't even have a book herself! Som bot out there is desperate for any books at all it seems

A screenshot from Instagram, with a message "I recently came across your book and would love the chance to read and share an honest review in my social media". The person is not a mutual follower

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