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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

The passing of Chris Wickham is hard to take in. Few have made a bigger contribution to their field, with such personal warmth. He's going to be missed by a lot of people.

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

For those not on Instagram, details of a memorial service in memory of Rosamond McKitterick: 5 p.m. on Friday 23 October 2026, at Great St Mary’s, the University Church.

screen shot from Sidney Sussex College's Instagram account.

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

i’ve been upset at some public contributions in recent years by a couple of my university teachers, esp cos they were very clever, and i really respected their work and teaching back in the day

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

ohh thanks so you're not moving permanently yet? bluesky doesn't really have enough goat, so i've been feeling the loss of yours

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

@blueheronfarm.bsky.social wondering what has happened to your goats? have you passed on the farm to new people?

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

An academic tribute to Rosamond McKitterick, published by Reti Medievali. www.rm.unina.it?p=554

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Rosamond McKitterick (1949-2026) – Reti Medievali

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Thanks v much Levi. Yes it was shocking how quickly things went downhill with her health, but in a way fantastic that so recently she was still utterly undiminished and unjaded, with full engagement and enthusiasm for her work. She sent me a new draft, and it was of characteristically top quality

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’ll remember her on absolutely top form, enthusiastic about her continuing work and the world. She was always fiercely supportive of my academic work, and equally of my music. My life has been a lot richer and more interesting for having known her, and it’s clear that a lot of us feel that way.

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

I’ve been happy to see many wonderful tributes to Rosamond McKitterick by @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social , @proflroach.bsky.social , @samottewillsoulsby.bsky.social and others. I was lucky enough to see her in Feb this year, when she came to see me sing in a baroque opera, something she loved.

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Cambridge University History Faculty @camhistory.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are very sad to announce the death, after a short illness, of our colleague Professor Rosamond McKitterick, Professor Emerita of Medieval History and Emerita Fellow of @sidneysussex.bsky.social (31 May 1949 – 13 June 2026). Colleagues and students pay tribute: www.hist.cam.ac.uk/news/profess...

Professor Rosamond McKitterick, 1949-2026

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

A long interview with the early medieval historian Rosamond McKitterick, reflecting on her life and work, ably conducted by Richard Pollard youtu.be/pvBdJyUAwyY?...

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Interview with Rosamond McKitterick (Dec. 2025)

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

i suppose i used to think of capitularies in part as delivery mechanisms for a kind of gene therapy to instil in the audience a certain view of the world (hierarchies, concepts of office, morals, etc) and sometimes set out something like "policy" in v loose terms. fun comparison

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

historians teaching the carolingians: do you or your students ever compare truth social to the capitularies? what do you / they say? @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social @proflroach.bsky.social @anotheraspirin.bsky.social + others

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

extremely nice to have my Doktormutter Rosamond McKitterick in the audience at Oper Frankfurt last night, with the bonus of David and Christina Pössel, a Doktorschwester. There was hint of T and I 2006-8 in a v nice way. @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social I'm about to find out what the others are doing

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

can we please have more goat stuff here on bluesky? (levi especially is a big hit in our household)

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

what does one of those look like?

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

i spent a loooot of time writing python code to compare contents of manuscripts. i also had to do loooots of data entry, c75% from mordek green book, for my code to crunch. i think that if the green book were now availble as some kind of etext, an AI system would prob just save me months of labour

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

i've seen quite a lot of things in my life, but i think this the best one

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

agree here. i'd read all about what a paradise for cyclists paris had become, but my experience was very very different. most roads are v narrow: deliveries block roads. cars cramped so become v aggressive. there are some lucky routes, but cycling is much much better in lyon, frankfurt, even london

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

you are. i just followed you through it

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Tonight we open Peter Grimes in Lyon. Chistof Loy's production was so successful at Theater an der Wien that it's getting a second revival in France. It's a very bold, particular take on the piece, with an excellent cast here too. Really worth catching if you can. www.opera-lyon.com/en/programme...

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Peter Grimes – Opéra national de Lyon

Peter Grimes, Opéra national de Lyon

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

are you there at the moment? working in lyon at the moment and v interested in visiting

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Blue Heron Farm @blueheronfarm.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Look what happened overnight! Silly Rosemary's baby left the barn and had them out in the dewey field. But everyone is fine.

Two rather large baby goats. A black and white and a dark gunmetal gray brown and white All right off and in a playpen

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Emily Wood @ebwood.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Mark Rothko, Untitled (Yellow and Blue), 1954, private collection

Abstract painting with a band blue sandwiched between two bands of golden yellow, the top one thick and the bottom one much thinner. The borders between the colors are rough.

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

fwiw i loved "persecuting society" as an undergrad, and bought it as a present for my wife @martaherman.bsky.social . she never studied history at all, and loved it on every level, "one of the best books I've ever read in any genre". there weren't many historians of this grade i reckon

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Paul Magrath writer @maggotlaw.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Like sending lettuce before action.

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

my experience is that it's some of the very worst and v good tv, confusingly smashed together. prob worth it in my book but manage your expectations

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

oh cool no i'll read that tonight hahah

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

for me this is v v interesting (comments about romanitas in the past vs present particulary thought-provoking here). anyone have any immediate reactions, thoughts @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social @proflroach.bsky.social etc?

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Admiral Hortensia @admhortensia.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Merry Christmas, goats! May you all have a wonderful holiday however you do or do not celebrate. #merrychristmas #happyholidays #seasonsgreetings #goats

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Dozthenurse @dozthenurse.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Here's one of my pygmy goats, Shirely, with her amazing smile!

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

happy birthday! really happy for you, and thanks so much for sharing these brilliant goats with us

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

what an excellent goat - so grown up now

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Marta Herman @martaherman.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Last week's Wagner recital, or: joy, and risk 🪽 Risk, because @twgfaulkner.bsky.social & I both debuted so much new repertoire : Erda, Marke, Fricka, Wotan, Waltraute, Pogner... Joy, because the risk paid off and we shared a special evening with a wildly supportive audience in our Wahlheimat 💜

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Marta Herman @martaherman.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

All smiles for our Wagner+ duo concert today, 16Uhr, Stadtmuseum Neu-Isenburg 🌞 @twgfaulkner.bsky.social + me with the wonderful Björn Huestege🎹 singing all our favourite *gods and royals with strong opinions*, v excite 🤓

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

brilliant. i'd love it if you'd let me know if you find any other good goats here

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

great goat. i also love goats, but am struggling so far to find goats on this site. twitter used to be amazing at goats. @blueheronfarm.bsky.social is one of the top goat accounts that has moved over fully. really recommend following them

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Thomas Faulkner @twgfaulkner.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

following the herd over here, but haven't yet found the diversity in goat accounts that was one of the glories of oldskool twitter. (in recent times the centre of gravity has moved to japan, interestingly). i have @blueheronfarm.bsky.social and @yusai00.bsky.social . anyone got any further tips??

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