Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Onwards to the Lincoln Centre for the Jerome Robbins special collection, part of the New York Public Library…🫡 010
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Princeton - absolutely breathtaking. Really enjoying my time researching in Special Collections here! 131
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Representation of the Pagan (Muslim) Corflambo (burning heart), Stories from The Faerie Queene (1922), by Mary Macleod. See Spenser Book 4, Canto 8, 38. 334
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 15/07/2026Stories from The Faerie Queene (1897, 1900), by Mary Macleod. Introduction: John W. Hales. #archaic #prose #poetry 032
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I’ve wanted to visit @pennmuseum.bsky.social since I was a young teenager and was ridiculously excited to finally see Queen Puabi’s headdress in real life — somehow I never thought I would! Also very taken with these beautiful ornamental horse bits c.1000BC, Iran… I want one for my handsome Flint🥹🐴 000
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I am in Philadelphia for exciting archival research for PhD chapter 3! UPenn Special Collections and Historical Society of Pennsylvania awaits… and how beautiful are the apartments round Rittenhouse Square? 150
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Happy Pride! As I couldn’t watch the central parade, we had our own little horsie parade. Passers-by were delighted! 000
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulCharlotte Bowyer @charlottebowyer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Excited to see @lhmenaul.bsky.social’s article ‘Once upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature’ is finally out (I was lucky enough to get an early look, and it’s fascinating!) 🥂 doi.org/10.1093/crj/...doi.orgOnce upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literatureAbstract. This article explores the recasting of Homeric narratives as folklore-fairytale in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Britain, taking W 121
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 25/06/2026I am so excited to share that my very first academic article has been published by the Classical Receptions Journal! ‘Once Upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literature’ is open access, so do please give it a read! doi.org/10.1093/crj/...doi.orgOnce upon a Homer: classical epic as folklore-fairytale in nineteenth-century literatureAbstract. This article explores the recasting of Homeric narratives as folklore-fairytale in the latter half of the nineteenth century in Britain, taking W 030
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulJeremiah McCall (he/him) @gamingthepast.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Routledge Companion to Video Games and History should be out in November. Exciting news! My chapter "Historical Games in Class: An Introduction for Educators" was my, if you will, culminating overview on the topic before I dove into analog & Twine for the new book. www.routledge.com/The-Routledg... 25010
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulVoices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · 13/05/2026We're very grateful for the wonderful suggestions we received last week - please keep them coming! 066
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDaphne Keller @daphnek.bsky.social · 12/05/2026I love to start the day with a good 404 error, and this one is *really* good. 528348
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026#Skyhistorians ££££ for MA and PhD students and ECRs working on women's and gender history. Spread the word (repost: liking is nice, but it won't reach an audience beyond yourself). 058
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulNewcastle Uni Special Collections & Archives @ncllibspeccoll.bsky.social · 11/05/2026New exhibition open: When Britain Stood Still: The General Strike at 100 Explore how workers, politicians & trade unionists responded to the 1926 General Strike & how opposition was organised against it www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/exhibitions/when-britain-stood-still #GeneralStrike100 0115
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 11/05/2026Minority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gainstheguardian.comMinority groups brace for surge in racism after Reform UK election gainsMany members of minority communities fear results in Birmingham and elsewhere could lead to rise in hostile rhetoric 159534
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 06/05/2026The Erechtheion, shot on Kodak Gold 35mm by me… Bring back film photography 🫶🏻 030
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026Paleolithic art: A wild #horse head engraved on slate. The realistic rendering of the drawing is amazing! Wild horses were important hunting prey in the #IceAge. Was it about capturing memories of a successful hunt? Found in Saaleck, dating 19.000-12.000 BC. 🧵1/2 📷 me 7785110
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulAlice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 05/05/2026This is now what passes for “science” from the BBC. Hackneyed cliches, faux mystery, factually incorrect statements. 1. Archaeologists are, once again, “baffled” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukMystery of Welsh medieval cemetery deepensSkeletons and artefacts unearthed from the site near Cardiff Airport are baffling archaeologists. 871614470
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulReuters @reuters.com · 05/05/2026David Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100 reut.rs/3P0iwuMreut.rsDavid Attenborough, 'the voice for nature,' turns 100Britain's David Attenborough, who has for decades been the world's most authoritative voice on the natural world and whose documentaries have been watched by hundreds of millions, will on Friday celebrate his 100th birthday. 10533159
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 05/05/2026"The window depicts “angeli ministrantes” and “angeli laudantes” – ministering and praising angels. Burne-Jones designed the angels, Morris the decorative leaf design." #architecture #restoration #church #cathedral www.theguardian.com/artanddesign... 1177
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 02/05/2026My favourite artefact I saw at the Ackland Museum, Chapel Hill, was this 3rd century statue — the sculptor had even gone to the trouble of chiselling in the horseshoe and frog onto the sole of the horse’s foot 🥹 000
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Landed safely back from Chapel Hill at Heathrow at 10am. By 2pm galloping over fields strewn with wild deer and thinking about the classical horses I spotted at the Ackland Museum. I really do have highly enjoyable jobs. 020
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 01/05/2026My obsession with finding Pegasus in unusual places was warmly rewarded at the Wilson Library’s Special Collections at Chapel Hill. Thanks @esing.bsky.social for organising such a great opportunity for us visiting from King’s College London! 041
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 01/05/2026From the Sword of Democles, 1812. Ackland Museum Chapel Hill. 010
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 28/04/2026First time travelling internationally for my PhD and my first time in the US — Chapel Hill University looking beautiful! 030
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulRichard Morris @ahistoryinart.bsky.social · 24/04/2026From 21 May, Tate Britain will host the first major European exhibition of Whistler’s work in 30 years. The show will include portraits, drawings, prints, and designs, from his teens in St. Petersburg to the enigmatic late self-portraits. The show ends 27 September. 310518
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Classical Equid #5. Possibly an Amazonomachy scene. 4th-3rd C BC. Heraklion Archaelogical Museum. 010
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026 Classical Equid #4. Bronze Pegasos figurine. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 010
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Classical equid #3 Bellerophon and Pegasus. National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 010
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Classical equid #2 The Riding Goddess. 13th-12th BC. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 030
Lucinda Menaul @lhmenaul.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Jockey of Artemision, 150–140 BC. Classical equid #1. Trying to find as many horsey artefacts from antiquity as I can on my trip round Greece… National Archaeological Museum, Athens. 010
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 13/04/2026This is Sadie. She was finally reunited with her human, astronaut Christina Koch, after her mom’s voyage around the moon took her the furthest any human has ever been from their dog. She can't wait to hear all about the universe. 14/10 (IG: astro_christina) 198155582705
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulPaul Chamberlain @paulchamberlain.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Callanish #StandingStoneSunday 112618
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Opens 16 April and runs until 20 September 2026. #Skystorians 0177
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulRM @dorsalstream.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me. It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children." 266176866055
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulLetterform Archive @letterformarchive.org · 04/04/2026Coming to our Reading Room gallery, April 9 to 26: Tristram Shandy, The First Modern Book, curated by @debbiemillman.bsky.social. Learn more and plan your visit: letterformarchive.org/visit/#on-view 0229
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 03/04/2026With humans now pushing beyond earth orbit in #ArtemisII it's worth looking back 5000 years to another extraordinary celestial endeavour The megalithic builders of Bryn Celli Ddu passage grave on Ynys Môn/Anglesey carefully aligned the entrance with the rising summer solstice sun ☀️ 📷 My own, 2024 850980
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulMarc Morris @marcmorris.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Download my Castle book for 99p. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... 89820
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDr Ian McCormick @wokestudies.bsky.social · 03/04/2026"In the Elizabethan era controls on the size, shape and price of bread sold meant that London bakers could only make ‘spice cakes, buns, biscuits, or other spice bread’ for burials, Christmas or on the Friday before Easter." #Christianity #religion www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/a-his...english-heritage.org.ukHoly or heretical? A history of hot cross bunsDr Eleanor Barnett delves into the history of this Easter staple to discover its association with magic, superstition and religion 5276
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulAnna Girling @annagirling.bsky.social · 03/04/2026This goldfish breaking the fourth wall from its bowl with a reflection of a window to the outside world (in James Cadenhead’s 1886 ‘Lady with a Japanese Screen’ at the wonderful Edinburgh City Art Centre) is like a whole modernist novel in one morose fishy gaze. 0123
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulMatthew Sweet @drmatthewsweet.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Must be weird to know for sure what the opening line of your obituary will be. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comReform housing spokesperson sacked after Grenfell ‘everyone dies’ remarksSimon Dudley fired after his comments were condemned by prime minister and families of fire victims 37922
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulZanna Van Loon @zannavanloon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026Blank pages invite use. In this 1578 print album by Philip Galle, published in collaboration with the Officina Plantiniana, a later reader used the flyleaves and leftover white space to sketch contemporary faces and figures. #bookhistory #rarebooks #earlymodern 💙📚📜 47220
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 01/04/2026‘Epstein had been both buying from and selling through Christie’s since at least 2004. He had also been the point person for sales of some hugely valuable modern masterpieces from the collection of Leon Black.’ Erin L. Thompson (@artcrimeprof.bsky.social) on the blog. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/ma...lrb.co.ukErin L. Thompson | The Epstein MarblesOn 20 April 2018, bidders gathered at Christie’s showrooms in Rockefeller Plaza for the auction house’s annual ‘... 0195
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/03/2026‘A 15th-century recipe collection, open at a drawing of a swaddled baby in a rocking cradle, provides a wider context for the other proteins found on the birth scroll’s surface: honey, milk, egg and legumes.’ @cjfaraday.bsky.social at the Wellcome Collection. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukChristina Faraday · At the Wellcome Collection: ‘Expecting’ 02711
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulNina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/03/2026This marvellous head of a drunken old woman is associated with the cult of Dionysus, god of wine, indicated by the ivy wreath on her head. 🍷 Dating to the Hellenistic period. Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden 📷 me 🏺 #Archaeology 517527
Reposted by Lucinda MenaulDan Conway @magisterconway.bsky.social · 12/03/2026The more I think about the AP Latin Pliny backlash, the more I believe it stems from a core misconception that Latin prose is supposed to be easier than Latin poetry. Poetry isn't easier or harder than prose, it just takes a different set of skills 162