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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway

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We are the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Based in the School of Humanities, we offer research-led degrees in Modern Languages, Comparative Literature & Culture, Liberal Arts.

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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We're deligted to have performed strongly in this year's National Student Survey. Judged by overall positivity we are positioned: 3/25 for French Studies 4/28 for Iberian Studies 3/12 for Liberal Arts (compared with institutions listed in The Guardian University Guide). More detais here:
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National Student Survey Results 2026
On 8 July the results of the National Student Survey for 2026 were published, and we're delighted and proud to report on a range of really positive results in our subject areas and courses.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
This week our wonderful colleague and current Head of Department Professor Ruth Hemus @rhemus.bsky.social will be on BBC Radio 4's 'In Our Time', discussing Dadaism. The show airs at 9am on Thursday 19 March, and will then be available online and via the BBC Sounds app. Don't miss!
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Dadaism
How, in 1916 in Zurich, artists responded to the absurdity of war by creating absurd art.
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Joseph Ford @drjoeford.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
**Open Day next Weds 26th Nov, 2-4pm at Senate House** for the 2026-7 intake on the intercollegiate MA in Languages and Cultures Across Borders. Register your place: ilcs.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... @llc-rhul.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @uclssees.bsky.social @ilcs.bsky.social
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Open Day: University of London MA Languages and Cultures Across Borders
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
The 2025 David Vilaseca Memorial Lecture, entitled 'Dalís', will be delivered on 11 November (online) by Dr. Alicia Kent of @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Free and open to all! Full details here: www.royalholloway.ac.uk/research-and...
'Apparition of Face and Fruit Dish on a Beach' by Salvador Dalí, 1938. Oil on canvas. Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford CT. A painting of a face and a fruit bowl on a beach with hidden figures and visual puzzles set against a rocky backdrop in tones of yellow, brown and orange with blue and red highlights.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
We are pleased to announce that @royalholloway.bsky.social will offer 3 studentships funded by the AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLA) in 2026-27. Deadline for applications: 13 January 2026. Awards to start in September 2026. Further details below.
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AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards
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Leeds City of Languages @leedscitylanguages.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Do you want to boost your language students at A-level? Sign up to this webinar with Michael Slavinsky, founder of Languages For All, a charity which aims to increase the number of students at A-level & degree level from state schools. More info 👇: leedscityoflanguages.leeds.ac.uk/programme/we...
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at @royalholloway.bsky.social invites expressions of interest from potential applicants to the 2026 @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social Early Career Fellowship scheme. Details of the process and deadlines here 👇
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Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships, 2026
The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway University of London invites applications to the Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship scheme, 2026.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Wishing good luck to those getting their A-Level results tomorrow! If you enter Clearing keep calm and don't worry. We will have places available on courses including Languages, Liberal Arts and Comparative Literature and Culture. Call us from 8am on Thursday! Tel: +44(0)1784 772455
A poster for our Clearing Hotline: Tel. +44(0)1784 772455
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Linguistics in MFL Project @inmfl.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Another #language piece in the @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com (by our own @saschastollhans.bsky.social) focusing on #German and the benefit of language learning/of a curriculum that introduces students to #linguistics and linguistic concepts theconversation.com/learning-ger... #edusky
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Learning German has many benefits for young people – and it’s not as hard as its reputation suggests
Learning a language gives you unique insights into different cultures, societies and perspectives.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Congrats 🎉to our doctoral student Gareth on the publication of a great article - read open access here 👇👇
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Welsh universities have always been centres of excellence in languages, German in particular - no more, it seems. Cardiff is ditching excellent courses in German, Italian and Portuguese, and now Bangor is proposing the same for German and Chinese. Please sign / share the petition.
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Sign the Petition
Stop cuts to Modern Languages at Bangor University
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Centre for Visual Cultures, Royal Holloway @cvc-rhul.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
On 27 May, 4-6pm, our annual collaborative postgraduate research seminar with the @royalcollegeofart.bsky.social takes place (online, via MS Teams). All very welcome to join and listen to the six of our researchers discuss their projects. Details and a meeting link here. @llc-rhul.bsky.social
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
This was excellent - congratulations to Joe and fellow panellists! Catch up with it via BBC Sounds if you missed it.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
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BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Molière
The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.
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Dr Amy Waterson @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Registration for Nineteenth-Century Legacies is open! Join us at Royal Holloway, University of London (Egham June 3rd) for excellent papers, plenary speakers, and a roundtable discussion. Complete form by 19th May to confirm attendance. forms.office.com/e/RdenySx4D3
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Don't miss 'In Our Time' on BBC Radio 4 this Thursday, 24 April, which will feature our colleague Professor Joe Harris as part of a panel discussing the life and work of the playwright Molière. The programme airs at 9am (BST) and will then be available as a podcast on BBC Sounds.
bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Molière
The great French playwright and comic actor who flourished at the court of Louis XIV.
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Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies @spanishbulletin.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Why did Salas Barbadillo actively contribute to soror Juana’s canonization bid & how were his writings shaped by censorship, patronage & the debate on Mary’s immaculacy? Find out in latest article by @arantzam.bsky.social of @llc-rhul.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Writing the Next Saint: Salas Barbadillo, Juana de la Cruz and the Politics of Saint-Making in Early Modern Spain*
Antonio Jerónimo Salas Barbadillo published his Triunfos de la beata soror Juana de la Cruz in 1621. This article discusses the politics of saint-making in the Madrid of the first quarter of the se...
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This tree, near our building on campus, is quite the show stopper!
A tree in full white blossom, with a building and a blue sky in the background.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Out today: a new book by our colleague Jon on an essential German film classic!
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Dr Amy Waterson @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Deadline extended: 25th March 2025. Submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London on June 3rd. See below for more details. Event generously supported by BARS and BAVS.
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
In case of interest to London people - tickets (£6.50) now on sale for my talk / book launch at the BFI Reuben Library on Monday 14 April: 'New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin'.
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Buy cinema tickets for New Writings: ‘People on Sunday’ and the Cultural Networks of Weimar Berlin with Dr Jon Hughes | BFI Southbank
2025-04-14T18:30:00.000
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Great to see our Centre for Visual Cultures here - do give them a follow!
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Spectacular afternoon on campus!
A photo of one of the towers of Royal Holloway’s Founders Building in the .Another photo of the Founders Building against a blue sky.Royal Holloway’s campus in the sun.
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Dr Amy Waterson @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
There's still time to submit your abstract for the Nineteenth-Century Legacies colloquium being held at Royal Holloway, University of London in June, but the deadline is coming up fast! Applications are due Saturday, Mar. 15, so ⏰ is of the essence! See below for more details.
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Journal of Literature and Trauma Studies @litandtrauma.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
@projectmuse.bsky.social @univnebpress.bsky.social
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BookBlast® Official @bookblast.org · 26/02/2025
Updated Post: Top 5 French Reads IV Book Blast Presents buff.ly/4bi2xif
top 5 french reads bookblast diary french reads january 2019
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Additional cool fact about Madeleine Carroll - she graduated with a BA in French from the University of Birmingham. www.westbromwichhistory.com/people-place...
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
New research from our colleague Arantza 👇👇
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Outside Write (Chris Lee) ⚽️ @outsidewrite.co.uk · 24/02/2025
The German 50+1 rule explained via @footpolpodcast.bsky.social Great episode, chP
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French Studies @frenchstudies.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
The call for papers for this year's SFS Postgraduate Conference 'CONDITIONS' closes on Monday 3 March 2025. Send in your entries before the deadline next week! 📨👇
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Fascinating podcast from BBC World Service, looking at Dolores Ibárruri, nicknamed La Pasionaria, whose catchprase ¡No Pasarán!' ('They shall not pass') became the battle cry of the Republicans.
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Witness History - La Pasionaria: Heroine of the Spanish civil war - BBC Sounds
Dolores Ibárruri was dubbed La Pasionaria for her fiery speeches in the Spanish civil war
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Erik Hansson @erikhansson.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
International Mother Language Day 2025 - a worldwide holiday to celebrate #multilingualism and linguistic diversity globalvoices.org/special/inte... via @globalvoices.org #imld25 #language #langsky
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International Mother Language Day 2025 · Global Voices
On Mother Language Day 2025, Global Voices is celebrating the 7,100 languages spoken worldwide. This Special Coverage celebrates that multilingualism and acknowledges the ways language can foster peac...
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Our educational website #TheHolocaustExplained includes eyewitness testimonies from survivors to support learning about the essential facts of the Holocaust, as well as unique primary source materials from our archive Explore the site now 🔗
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The Holocaust Explained: Designed for schools
This website has been created to help learners understand the essential facts of the Holocaust, its causes and its consequences. We aim to answer questions that people most often want to ask in an…
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
An excellent and informative website in defence of the Modern Languages department at @cardiffuni.bsky.social. Well done to the team behind this ✊✊ #SaveCardiffLanguages
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Home | SaveCardiffLanguages
Save Cardiff Languages is a campaign to save the teaching of Modern Language degrees and Translation at Cardiff University.
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Had a great afternoon taking a small but keen group of @llc-rhul.bsky.social students to the Holocaust Galleries at the Imperial War Museum in London. It’s such an impressive exhibition. We also liked the section of Berlin Wall!
A photo of a group students standing in front of a section of the Berlin Wall featuring the slogan ‚Change Your Life‘.A photo of the Imperial War Museum at dusk.
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Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies @ilcs.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
"For Cardiff University final-year languages student Darcie James, 23, the headlines hit close to home after her university last month announced plans to cut 400 jobs and close some courses."
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'My university course made me who I am - now it's being cut'
Universities are cutting jobs to make financial savings, with students and staff bearing the brunt.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Feeling foxy? We love the woodland sculptures on our campus. Watch this space for the others…@royalholloway.bsky.social
A carving of a sitting fox created out of a tree stump.A close up of the fox carving.
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Jon Hughes @riderjon.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
A petition in support of Modern Languages at Cardiff, which the university wishes to axe. I know this department very well and their staff and students deserve better.
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Sign the Petition
Save MLANG at Cardiff University!
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
How fabulous to see this feature from our colleague James Kent in @theguardian.com! The photograph in question can currently be seen in the Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London - it runs until 16 February.
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Cary with her goose Axiuli and her cat Haytoo: James Clifford Kent’s best photograph
‘When I asked Cary why her white cat Haytoo was covered in dark patches, she said, “Oh, he likes to sleep on the stove and sometimes his fur catches fire”’
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
We're looking forward to this upcoming talk, hosted by our Centre for Visual Cultures. All welcome. Thurs 6 February, 6-7 pm, Windsor 0-02, Royal Holloway (Egham Campus). Dr Niccola Shearman (Courtauld Institute): 'A black and white world: the German modernist woodcut and the period eye, 1918-24'
A woodcut featuring an image of a man wearing a robe.
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
A very cool world record. Which books are the record-holders in other languages? In German it is - we think - Grimms' Fairy Tales (but nowhere near 600 translations).
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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.
A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.
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Sietske van der Veen @sbvanderveen.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Thank you, @historyinpublic.bsky.social, for publishing (a shorter version of) my lecture for the symposium ‘Sounding the Spaces of Historical Experience: Remapping the Cinema of the Holocaust’ at @llc-rhul.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social last year: doinghistoryinpublic.org/2025/01/23/i....
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Sarah Wright @sarahwright.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Fantastic day with local schools in full swing on campus - all passionate about languages! With Reach Academy/ RHUL APP project @michaelslav.bsky.social @llc-rhul.bsky.social
Prof Pieri’s lectureMichael Slavinsky starts things offIn the Picture Gallery to meet employers who use languagesOn a tour of campus
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The Wiener Holocaust Library @wienerlibrary.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"There are good reasons for arguing that for the Jews, especially the Jews of Central and Eastern Europe, the Holocaust definitively closed that era when notions of emancipation, religious tolerance, Jewish social and political progress, and civic acceptance came to an end"
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When the nineteenth century ended for Jews: The elderly and the Holocaust, with Professor Dan Stone
The Wiener Holocaust Library and the Holocaust Research Institute (HGRP) are pleased to invite participation in the public keynote lecture for its closed doc...
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Languages, Literatures and Cultures at Royal Holloway @llc-rhul.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A podcast recommendation for Hispanists, and anyone with an interest in sport, language and culture!
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Young Historians Project @younghistorians.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
She was honored with a Nubian Jak blue plaque on March 25th 2022, which was sponsored by Black History Walks and Royal Holloway, University of London. It stands at Grenville Street, London. You can watch the unveiling of her plaque here: youtube.com/watch?v=9yMpD7bf2A0 #OTD #EachOneTeachOne✊🏿
Nubian Jak blue plaque of Sarah Parker Remond. It reads as follows:

Sarah Parker Remond
1826 - 1894
African American Abolitionist, lecturer, suffragist, polyglot, UCL & Bedford College Graduate.
Lived at 6 Grenville Street, later became an Obstetrician in Italy

Roundals on plaque state the following:

Nubian Jak Community Trust
Black History Walks
Royal Holloway University

Picture courtesy of Royal Holloway University: https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our-alumni/pioneering-women/sarah-parker-remond/
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Bulletin of Spanish Studies & Bulletin of Spanish Visual Studies @spanishbulletin.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We are delighted to announce that the wonderful Professors @sarahwright.bsky.social of @llc-rhul.bsky.social and Lesley Wylie of University of Leicester are now Editors-in-chief @spanishbulletin.bsky.social, making us a 4-person model once again
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a black and white photo of a small white dog standing on its hind legs .
ALT: a black and white photo of a small white dog standing on its hind legs .
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