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Culhwch & Olwen is an Arthurian comedy horror just waiting to be filmed

King Arthur when his court wizard snubs Guinevere

You know your PhD writing process is doomed when you spend five minutes laughing uncontrollably in the library because you accidentally typed ‘unfished’ instead of ‘unfinished’

It feels like this final is what the tournament deserves: it is going to hinge on a single, sixty-second moment of capital-c-Content. Ignore the other eighty-nine plus minutes, only one moment matters.

It turns out looking for reading on Christmas in medieval romance gets you a lot of false positives which I dare say are somewhat scandalous

Unfortunately, a stunned Paris is how they all got into this whole mess to begin with

Pop Crave@popcrave.com · 4w ago

‘The Odyssey’ women Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Lupita Nyong'o, and Charlize Theron stun in Paris.

Suetonius, in 60 AD, upon learning of Boudica

Matt Ford@mford.bsky.social · last mo.

The Celtics did what

Cool stuff about my project! One of us will be on Radio Cymru to talk about it tomorrow afternoon as well. #medievalsky #celticstudies

Study examines romantic language used by Medieval Welsh bards

Nation.Cymru staff Welsh poets’ use of the language of love and intimacy to describe their relationships with powerful patrons is being explored as part of a university’s research. The research projec...

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They know it’s coming? Wow, they *are* good

The biggest thing non Welsh-speakers are missing out on is using "Chwedl" to attribute speech. Imagine if you could say "Quoth" without sounding ridiculous, you're almost there.

A tale of both creating and discovering #archives: I became a detective in women’s cricket and found treasure in an old Lancashire cowshed www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/m... #History #Cricket

The Spin | I became a detective in women’s cricket and found treasure in an old Lancashire cowshed

The MCC Library has gone from three books to a proper archive with scrapbooks, letters, diaries and newspaper cuttings

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Working on trying to get the book trolleys named. Suggestions welcome

Library fun fact: we don’t rub out your annotations if they’re funny enough

We look forward to hearing your rabbit holes!

North West Medieval Studies Postgrad Network@northwestmedieval.bsky.social · 3mo ago

🎉 CFP for the annual NWMS Postgrad Symposium. To be held at Chetham’s Library Tuesday 4th August 2026. Open to any PG or ECR. This year we are particularly interested in research rabbit holes that you had to cut! Email title, ~150 abstract and short bio to nwmsreading@gmail.com by 17th July 🎉

Heorot this way

A highly enjoyable bit of cultural convergent evolution is that His Dark Materials has the same narrative structure as a 90s JRPG: First level: you, your childhood friend who will ultimately die have childish hijinks! Final level: you, your love interest and a motley crew fight God

Archbishop Jænberht in my emails today

BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast

BBC responds to interest in Cornish with new language podcast

Learn Cornish launched few months after language given new level of protection

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Hey look it’s me! Thanks so much to SSMLL & Cardiff for this amazing conference — just a ton of really good thoughtful research and impeccable vibes

Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures@mediumaevum.bsky.social · 3mo ago

We have now had time to digest all of the excellent papers (and Welsh cakes) presented at the SSMLL Annual Conference 2026: Medieval Wales. Special thanks are due to the School of Welsh and Centre of Medieval Studies at Cardiff University for their invaluable support of medieval Welsh research.

Seeing this post immediately after winning the local pub quiz, dressed as my alter-ego Mr. Tuesday Night. Guess you’re gonna need this guy

madeline odent@oldenoughtosay.com · 4mo ago

here’s a Topic: Describe the composition of the ideal pub quiz team. max five people

This reminded me of a stupid thing I did years ago: what if we sci-fi’d Beowulf?

dr. hazel 🕯️@hazelmonforton.com · 4mo ago

If you were asked to translate Beowulf into modern English, how would you translate ‘Hwæt’?

Enjoying this not least because I think I am occupying the “new band the festival organiser drafted in from the pub for Sunday 9am” slot on the poster here 😉💜

Society for the Study of Medieval Languages and Literatures@mediumaevum.bsky.social · 4mo ago

There's just ten days left to register for the upcoming SSMLL Annual Conference 2026: Medieval Wales (25th-26th April, Cardiff University). Students can attend in-person for just £20, or online for free (registration is required). Register today by visiting mediumaevum.org.uk/events/medie...

The transcription software we've been using really wants to call St Columba "St Columbo"

As usual excellent ! I’ve always been curious about the prominence of apples in medieval Welsh — not just in Avalon but also in the lovely Myrddin poem Yr Afallennau (www.merlinpoetry.wales/poem/003/). Were they a symbol of romanitas? Or the older British crabapple? I’d love to know!

3 – Yr Afallennau Prosiect Barddoniaeth Myrddin Cynnar

Prosiect Barddoniaeth Myrddin Cynnar, rhifyn ysgolheigaidd digidol cydweithredol rhwng Prifysgol Caerdydd, Canolfan Uwchefrydiau Cymreig a Cheltaidd Prifysgol Cymru a Phrifysgol Abertawe.

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Dr Danny Bate@dannybate.com · 4mo ago

If you'd welcome a windfall of historical language and etymology, all connected to the humble English word 'apple', then boy, do I have a new article for you. The star word leads us into the murkiest prehistory of English and the debate over an absent consonant. dannybate.com/2026/04/08/t...

Finally got author’s proofs back, so delighted to announce my new article: 🚨NOMENCLATURE OF ARTHUR🚨 After analysis of over 100 manuscripts, I’ve discovered that we’ve been misreading “King Arthur”. What we read as an ‘ng’ ligature was actually an insular ‘t’; he should be called “KIT ARTHUR”. 1/?

Asked by some prospective students as I was walking home what Cambridge was like. Once they found out what I do they asked if I could say “the really long name of that place”. Nailed Llanfair­pwllgwyngyll­gogery­chwyrn­drobwll­llan­tysilio­gogo­goch. I am the coolest man alive

Testament of Ann Lee: the second best film about Shakers of the last 12 months

Three consecutive weeks of pub quiz where I have identified an obscure bird fact. I am officially a bore