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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Going to have to work out how to store the exciting scent created for my research which is currently making my bag and hotel room smell a bit strange thanks to @liamrfindlay.bsky.social

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Thanks to @claireturner.bsky.social for organizing a stimulating and very smelly day on the senses yesterday. Met some lovely people and enjoyed putting together my paper on alcohol and the senses in Victorian fiction and culture to get some of my thoughts together on this.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Thanks to the brilliant @devikanarayan.bsky.social for snapping this lovely short of @deborahlam.bsky.social interviewing me at my lovely book launch this week. Loved celebrating with you all, thank you.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Was it this incident? One of my favourite illustrations from the period.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

This is my regular reminder that I'm for hire if you want to give your staff or PGRs a facilited writing day this summer. They're is a great way to provide time and space to write in a structured and healthy way, and to spend time together in a way that builds relationships in a positive way.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thanks to @joparsons.bsky.social and the brilliant organisers of the love and loss workshop for inviting me last week and bringing together such interesting people. It's always a treat to go to the @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social but it was looking particularly lovely in the sunshine on Friday!

A selection of pictures of Arnos vale Cemetery in the sunshine. Lots of green trees, interesting buildings and a variety of tombstones with different speakers

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

My new (and first) book, The Drunkard in Victorian Fiction and Culture is out in May with @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can now pre-order which is pretty cool. Even cooler is that you can get 30% off with this flyer/code. Recommend to your university library if you think it will be of interest. 🍷

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Running a writers retreat today for our People Development team at Bristol today. Lovely views with plenty of mysterious fog....

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thanks so much to @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about my research on spontaneous human combustion and alcohol medicine last night. It was so much fun and the cemetery was as beautiful as ever. Photo credit: @joparsons.bsky.social

View over cemetery from lecture space with two columns framing

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

A few weeks ago we found this frog in our front garden. Weeks later I am still wondering where he came from. Was he underground, left by previous owners, and made his way to the surface like a splinter? Was he just a little hidden and the wind revealed him? Is he a gift from the frog people?

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 07/03/2026

An early caturday reading in bed with my two lovelies

In bed. Rosa, a tortoiseshell cat sitting on my torso, next to my kindle, trying to persuade me it isn't too early for breakfast

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

@jendeavour.bsky.social looks less professional than Rosa's noodle bar to me....

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Had a lovely evening teaching our public course on Detective and Crime Fiction yesterday. Great discussions of 'The Law and the Lady' by Wilkie Collins to kick of our theme of 'cold cases' this year. Makes me realise how much I love teaching mature students from across Bristol. I will miss it.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Might be of interest. Spotted while photocopying and though it looked good. We have an amazing group of medieval studies lecturers here so likely to be sparklingly informative!

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Final session of my 19th C unit for my brilliant mature students tonight so thought I'd dress as a Victorian heroine to entertain them. Its been such a blast to teach these brilliant students and awaken a new love of Victorian fiction in (most of) them. Finishing with Dracula so trying Mina vibes.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

If you are based in Brighton/Bevendean and want something warm on this cold evening, go and try a delicious spud from my brother in law's new van. Details and more info here: www.rathergoodspud.co.uk/new-page Please share (and enjoy).

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Lovely retreat today for the University of Bristol CoSEM CDT at DesignWest on the harbour side. Everyone has gone for lunch so I'm admiring the view while I guard their laptops....

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Did you know that I run writers' retreats for PGRs & academics? So if you are looking for a way to offer a quiet space to write in a healthy and productive format that breaks the isolation of writing, get in touch. I do one day and residentials. More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com

Photo of block typing in a lovely pile by Amador Loureiro on Unsplash

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible! Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Upstairs in Small Bar looking lovely for our Think While You Drink Event for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social later. Thanks to @kellywasgcb.bsky.social and Bob for getting it all ready today. Looking forward to seeing all the happy tasters using those glasses for good later.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

One to add to my unusual signs collection...

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

An longer mid morning writing walk today. Found these little guys having a board meeting

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Mid morning walk on a writing day. Lovely to see all the green coming back after our dry summer.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Yes. Why is it always pink? Although I did treat myself to a very purple keyboard last week and I LOVE its ridiculousness

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

This is an amazing idea. I have two for reasons I'm not going to go into. One is my trusty old Kensington (pictured here with jazzy background in honour of your dreams) and the other a very fancy one with extra buttons someone bought me. Kensington wins every time.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

Every year I run a few retreats in the summer at the beautiful university of Bristol botanical gardens (botanic-garden.bristol.ac.uk). Every year they get more established & more beautiful. I've run 2 this week for different groups and we have all been delighted by the plants, flowers a& dragonflies

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

Our next Think While You Drink features @philmellows.bsky.social in conversation with our fellow organiser & beer expert, Prof Sam Goodman, about his new book @beerbreaks.bsky.social at the Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (22 July at 6.30pm). A great place to get tips on good British holiday beers!

Bright green poster style advert for Think While You Drink with times and details about the event similar to those in the post. The bottom reminds us this is collaboration between Good Chemistry Brewing, the Drinking Studies Network and the University of Bristol.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Someone asked me how they could find my writers' retreats. I've recreated my diary of events to help you find me. Many are 'invitation only' but some are more open & some organisers generously offer extra places to others: writingwithpam.wordpress.com/diary/ Or you can book me yourself of course.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Yes we do! This was her best one though!

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Final paper of the #dangerouspleasures conference from Scott Martin on women's drunkenness in antebellum America.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Second paper of this last panel is Lara Martin lengel on straight edge and drinking/sobriety. Underage punk bands and concert goers were marked on the back of their hands with black crosses to indicate they were too young to be served alcohol

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Final panel of the #dangerouspleasurea conference is on women and temperance. First panel is a fascinating insight into the work on Seventeen magazine by Catherine Carstairs and Aidan Hughes giving advice to teenage girls about their own drinking and the drinking of other girls, boys & their parents

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Next up on the defiant pleasures panel is @jameskneale.bsky.social talking about the story of Jane and William feast and how their trial fits with wider attitudes to drunkenness and temperance. Excited to see the cover of his forthcoming book due out later this year share.google/lFABuT8ekP2s...

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

After lunch panel for the #dangerouspleasures is on defant pleasures. Our host, Lucy Cogan, shares some very recent work on the glimpses of Irish women's drinking she has found in the 18th and early 19th C

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Final paper for the second panel of the day at #dangerouspleasures conference from Hannah Hallieell on female drinking in French art of the fin de siecle. Wonderful pictures of course. Here are two great examples for comparison between representations of male and female drinking

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Great example of this are these two pictures she brought together to demonstrate this. Zoom in to see the similarities and differences

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Panel two reflects on visualizing pleasures. Megan Bennett starts with a brilliant reading of the land lady in literary and visual cultures of 18C

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Fascinating medicalised marketing for wine from New Zealand #dangerouspleasures

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

We kick off day 2 of the #dangerouspleasures conference for @womenandalcohol.bsky.social with a panel on women and alcohol in midlife. First paper is Antonia Lyons and Kate jersey on understandings of health and risk when drinking

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Final paper of panel 3 of the #dangerouspleasures from @danmalleck.bsky.social on invalid and tonic wines during Canada's prohibition.

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Paper 3 of the third panel of #dangerouspleasures conference from Iain Smith on women in Glasgow asylums especially inebriate asylums. Although more male drinkers overall but more women sent to these specific facilities!

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Second paper of panel 3 at the #dangerouspleasures conference is Fionnula Simpson talking about the figure of the doctor in Irish novels and their role in the drinking of women and the treatment of drinking women

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Paper 3 of panel 2 of our #dangerouspleasures conference . Useful reminder from Geoffrey Hunt that historians and anthropologists are slowly paying more attention to women's challenges to attempts to limit their drinking

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Second paper on panel 2 of #dangerouspleasures conference is by Sarah Fox on her research with women in South Asian communities and alcohol use/help seeking

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

As ever Judith Boyle has some brilliant quotations to discuss. I love both of these. But particularly the idea about big coats. Reminds me of the queens of the north on drag race UK - coats are for shoplifting....

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Panel 2 of #dangerouspleasures conference - our first paper is from Judith Boyle on the effects of the Irish equality act on public alcohol consumption

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Third paper of our first panel of the #dangerouspleasures conference is Katie Snow on Somerville and Ross's In the Vine Country (1893) and their writing relationship

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