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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Had fun Sense and Sensibility with Gillian Dow, Muireann O'Cinneide and Mary O'Connell on 'Talking History' last night. May have got onto one of my favourite topics: how Alan Rickman's casting is one of the deftest pieces of casting in cinematic history. www.goloudplayer.com/episodes/jan...

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Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility

This episode, marking the release of the new adaptation, features: Dr Gillian Dow, Associate Professor in English at the University of Southampton, Prof Jennie Batchelor, Head of the Department of Eng...

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Though the researcher in me lives in the 18th/19th centuries, I have had the extraordinary pleasure of reading all of Nicoletta Asciuto's completely illuminating (pun intended), Brilliant Modernism. I am so happy that it has been recognised by ESSE as winner of their 2026 first book award.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

This pattern has been following me. I own 3 versions of it across the Lady’s Magazine and New Lady’s Magazine (all 1790s). Then one day I found some cards and a plain cotton handkerchief. And voila. Well, not quite voila. It took a while not least because my unladylike hands and silk are not pals

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I am beyond thrilled that Miss Lambe, the stunning portrait of Jane Austen’s only character of African descent, by the brilliant Lela Harris has found a permanent home at Harewood Hpuse. Miss Lambe was created for Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter in 2025: harewood.org/stories/a-ye... 1/

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A Year On, Harewood Acquires Lela Harris's Portrait of Miss Lambe - Harewood House

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

For #WorldEmbroideryDay a few things from the last year. I will forever be grateful that my Nan taught me to sew as a child and that decades later my love of the Lady’s Magazine (1770-1832) and years searching for its 100s of embroidery patterns got me to pick up my needle again. 1/

An unfinished fancy pattern of stylised red outlined flowers in chain and slanted satin stitch.

A square work bag with a bouquet of flowers stitched in ribbon, chain and satin stitch.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I preface this by saying this is a lovely farm and museum but this sight literally gave me nightmares….

Two mannequins. A nurse in 1910s clothing stands above a black haired, moustache clad man in a hospital bed. She holds a very large syringe and a vacant/sinister expression.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

For a few weeks now I can’t upload any images from my phone to BlueSky? I haven’t had a problem before. Is it just he? Am I doing something wrong?

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Martin Hewitt @vicmanch.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

We're running a short online survey to inform development of the Curran Index. If you're interested in Victorian periodicals, whether or not you've used the Curran recently, please complete the survey! Survey closes 10th August. Please retweet. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Curran Index User Survey

Thanks for being willing to complete this short survey. Whether or not you have used the Curran Index recently (or at all) we are looking for opinions on how the Curran can best be improved and develo...

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I’ve just finished Alice Hattrick’s Fancy Work, a gift from a colleague. A book about embroidery and identity, about May Morris and her partner, MF, about work, domesticity, play and illness, about the archive and our future, it is an enthralling read. I have also been sewing. Not fancy but working.

A book with a white cover and the title Fancy Work and Alice Hattrick in blue caps. This is next to an unfinished embroidery (red silks on a white handkerchief) of a stylised floral design or “fancy pattern”.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Congratulations to Stephen Donovan and Matthew Rubery on their riveting and rigorously researched page turner of a book, Undercover: Victorian Investigative Journalism in Fact and Fiction (CUP) which has won the RSVP 2026 Colby Scholarly Book Prize, for which I had the privilege to serve as Chair 1/

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The single issue #C18 periodicals I shared on my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course were highlights for the majority who had never seen one before. I couldn’t use this May 1763 London Magazine as it arrived today, but the Magazine and its rivalry with the Gentleman’s got many mentions. Next time.

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Dr Adam James Smith @elementaladam.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

It's a @bsecs.bsky.social take over at the York Georgian Festival this year, with events featuring @historymatt.bsky.social & @brycchancarey.bsky.social 🎉 Book your tickets: www.mansionhouseyork.com/york-georgia... #18C #18thC #18thCentury #YorkGeorgianFest

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

🧵The class of 2026 for H-210: The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700-1830 at the University of #York for #rarebookschool. Our final day was at the Minster Library at the Old Palace, looking at the York Press (Credit: RBS/Stephanie Gross) 1/

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

So happy to share the wonderful news that Elizabeth Tyler (Professor of Medieval Literature and Deputy Head: Research of English and Related Literature) has been made Fellow of the British Academy!

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Christopher McCabe @cjmccabe.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Microsoft is planning to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire & be the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

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Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft wants to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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Dr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

*** Lectureship in Creative Writing *** School of English, University of Leeds Salary £41,064 to £59,966 p.a. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Today, a friend sent me a photo of an anthology of work on Jane Austen for which I was invited to write the introduction on the shelves of Toppings in York (my favourite bookshop). What a thrill! Also today, in 1817, #JaneAusten died aged 41.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

We had a great week on The Rise of Periodical Print Culture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social at the University of York. I have 300 photos to sort through, but for now, I am thinking about all I have learned from the booksellers, librarians and cataloguers, academic and grad students on this course.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Great session looking at periodical serialisations of Cook’s Voyages yesterday, including their illustrations, for H-210 The Rise of Periodical Print Culture for @rarebookschool.bsky.social here in York.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Huge thanks to recently completed @cecs-york.bsky.social PhD, Rachel Feldberg) for her brilliant walking tour of Georgian York, following in the steps of Jane Ewbank, for @rarebookschool.bsky.social here in York.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

A busy day on my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course “The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700-1830” yesterday in York, including sessions on topics including illustrations and reading practices. We also enjoyed typesetting and printing a charade at Thin Ice Press with @wordsmith.bsky.social

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Day 2 of The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700-1830 for @rarebookschool.bsky.social is a wrap. We had sessions on who's who in the periodical trade, on seriality and dedicated sessions on both the reading of periodicals in the eighteenth century and on reading periodicals in digital formats.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Was doing prep for my RBS coursewhen I realised I have a bunch of embroidery patterns in my New Lady's Magazine collection (this from Sept 1788) that I haven't digitised. Isn't it lovely? When things quieten down I will upload it to Patterns of Perfection. #needlepainting

An engraving for needlework showing a basket of fruit including a pineapple, peaches loose and on a stem, a bunch of grapes, with a butterfly on the far left on a grape.

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Rare Book School @rarebookschool.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

We're pleased to offer courses in York, UK, for the first time, including @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social's The Rise of Periodical Print Culture, 1700–1830! There's still space in our other York course, The Culture & Craft of Wood Type w/ Nick Gill & Helen Smith: rarebookschool.org/courses/details/t65

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Thrilled to be putting the final touches on the course work book for my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course. It’s going to be a full and I hope fabulous week at the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social and York Minster. 1/2

An image showing the masthead of Gazetteer and New Daily Advertiser for 15 June 1771 and cropped images from the Lady’s Magazine and Gentleman’s Magazine

Some cropped text from a course booklet indicating topics including formats and paratexts.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

It was so great to be part of this. My own contributions were talking about Jane Austen, Her Writing and Her Craft and co-running this craft workshop with @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Huge congratulations to Lauren Working whose fascinating, important and beautiful book, A Golden World: How the Americas Transformed Renaissance England (Faber), was launched a week ago at Daunt Books in Holland Park.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Brill time today at York Festival of Ideas where I talked abtJane Austen, Her Writing and her Craft to a lovely audience before co-running with @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social an 18th century craft workshop (embroidery, shell work etc.) An incredible day with incredible bibliophiles and crafters.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

What a privilege it was to hear the fabulous @katewilliamsme.bsky.social talk about her new book #Regina at #YorkFestivalofIdeas tonight!

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Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Absolutely thrilled that English and Related Literature at York has been ranked 6th in the Complete University Guide for 2026. The ranking speaks to the strength and depth of our vibrant, diverse and inclusive curriculum, our research expertise and ambition and our wonderful community of students.

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Rosemary Griggs @ragriggsauthor.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Lace from the Shaldon Lace School, established by Flora Lancaster Lucas around 1905 to give work to experienced lace makers and pass on their skills to local girls after school. On display at Teignmouth and Shaldon Museum. #TextileTuesday #lacemaking #lace

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Thrilled to be one of the four authors of “Eighteenth-Century Embroidery”, module 4 of the Royal School of Needlework’s online course on the history of embroidery. My focus is on domestic women makers and the everyday labour and creativity of needlework in the home.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

I am totally bowled over by this review of my book. The book came out nearly four years ago now, but this was totally worth the wait. Truly humbled and pleased the book speaks to people and that the magazine it's about is being enjoyed by so many readers today. www.romtext.org.uk/reviews/rt25...

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Jennie Batchelor, The Lady’s Magazine (1770–1832) and the Making of Literary History (2022)

Visit the post for more.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

This is the most wonderful news. Huge congratulations to the hugely talented Melissa Oliver-Powell, Lecturer in Film and Literature in @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social!

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

So looking forward to the Heritage Reframed Yorktalks and workshops on 5 June. I am talking about Jane Austen, her Writing and her Craft and I’ll also be co-running an 18th-century craft workshop with @chloewigstonsmith.bsky.social. More here: yorkfestivalofideas.com/2026/yorktal...

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YorkTalks, York Festival of Ideas

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Incoming incredible special issue alert, courtesy of @drbeard79.bsky.social!

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

He needs an iron, but he’s done. Been working on him on and off since Christmas. And when I eventually move house, he will be flanked by Jane Austen and Agatha Christie. Design/kit by @emjpeacock #embroidery #tapestry

A tapestry of David Bowie with red hair a blue jacket and yellow, blue and black tie.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

I've long wanted my own copy of the 1784 Lady’s Magazine. It’s a volume I have written a lot about, not just in my book on the magazine, but in separate work on periodical illustrations, particularly those that accompany its serialisation of Cook’s Voyages. 1/

Title page for the Lady's Magazine for 1784, Printed for G. Robinson, No. 25 Paternoster Row.

Engraving of a "Young Woman of Otaheita brigning a present". The presents (plural) are two shields and a roll of tapa cloth.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Klaxon: MHRA-funded postdoc opportunity at York working with the brilliant Prof Mary Fairclough.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Such a pleasure to be in the audience for Prof Ros Ballaster’s superb Copley lecture for @cecs-york.bsky.social at Heslington Hall earlier this week. Prof Ballaster was talking about touch and the 18th century woman artist in a brilliant and archivally rich presentation.

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Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at York @cecs-york.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📚 🥳 All welcome at our hybrid book launch for Gender, Science and Sociability in the Diary of Jane Ewbank of York (1778-1824), edited by Matthew Daniel Eddy, Rachel Feldberg and Jane Rendall (Boydell Press: 2026) 📚🥳 🗓️ Wednesday 13 May, 5pm 📍 H/G21, Heslington Hall 🔗 🎟️ www.york.ac.uk/eighteenth-c...

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Ewbank book launch 13 May - Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, University of York

The Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies at the University of York, together with the book’s editors and contributors, cordially invite you to join them in person or online to attend a celebration of...

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Such a pleasure to be one of the interviewees on episode 7 of Michael Kramp’s brilliant podcast, Jane Austen and the Future of Humanities. Episode 7 is about Emma: and the challenges of living in community. Downloadable wherever you get your podcasts!

A screen shot of the podcast landing page on apple, featuring an engraved portrait of Jane Austen.

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It was fun to wrap up the Regal Rasanblaj last week with an embroidery workshop led by my #JaneAustenEmbroidery collaborator, Alison Larkin.. Alison gave us some pretty little sunflowers to attempt (a nod to those more elaborate sunflowers on Queen Marie-Louise Christophe’s commissioned gown).

A hoop with a white handkerchief in it on which is stitched two small sunflowers

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

What a day at The Regal Rasanblaj: Haitian Court Fashions, Transatlantic Connections and Regency Making at Greenwich yesterday, organised by Nicole Wilson. I learned so much from the creative practitioners, members of the Haitian Heritage Group, historians and art historians who presented. 1/

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Beyond thrilled that my terrifically talented colleague, Dr Melissa Oliver-Powell (Lecturer in Film and Literature) has had her first novel longlisted for Discoveries 2026, the writer development award of the Women's Prize. womensprize.com/announcing-t.... #UoY #English #York

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Announcing the 2026 Discoveries longlist! - Women's Prize

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Huge congratulations to @jtwelsch.bsky.social on authoring this moving, difficult and brilliant book.

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Alexis Wolf @dralexiswolf.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Do you or one of your colleagues need an index created for a book in the humanities? I make beautiful indexes (yes, such a thing does exist!) I have space to take on 1-2 additional projects in April/May. Get in touch!

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Delightful surprise while looking through my 1803 Lady’s Monthly Museum. I wonder how long these flowers have been there and if they were used as a bookmark?

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Jennie Batchelor @jenniebatchelor.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Never had a Lady’s Monthly Museum in its original wrappers in my hands before, but now I own this from May 1803. I’ll be using it along with other items from by personal collection and the much more extensive riches in the @uoyborthwick.bsky.social in my @rarebookschool.bsky.social course in July.

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