In the latest METh, here's the Open Access article I wrote with Elisabeth Dutton on 'The Life of Job' performance. The article talks about how we staged this short 15th-C play at a feast, in a barn, with acrobats, and a bit about audience response. openaccess.boydellandbrewercms.com?id=-325848

We are really excited to announce the second of our fantastic keynote speakers: author, literary historian, Middle English and Biblical poetry expert... our very own Dr Cathy Hume (@cathyhume.bluesky.social)! 🎉🎊🎉

Here are 2 films by Camilla Adams from my 'Life of Job' medieval play project that might interest academics/ theatre & heritage people. 1) straight recording youtu.be/wYo4JwsOuP4 and 2) a 'making of': how we staged it at a feast at Winterbourne Barn. youtu.be/IK3My_DqvE8. Please share! #medievalsky

The Making of the Life of Job

YouTube video by Cathy Hume

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Great new @ippr.org report from @sachahilhorst.bsky.social, making very clear the link between the decline of community spaces and the rise of the radical right. Sacha reimagines the 20th century miners' welfare fund as a model for reviving social infrastructure: www.ippr.org/articles/pla...

Places to come together: Rebuilding local solidarities against the far right | IPPR

In late July 2024, the seaside town of Southport in Merseyside burst into the national consciousness when it suffered two different, violent events in succ

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This is a tiny book of hours, use of Metz. It is bound in modern velvet, and features a miniature of the Virgin Mary nursing the baby Jesus - iconography specific to artwork made in Metz (dated between 1375 and 1399) (Ms. Codex 1566) 🔗: bit.ly/4kJdOex

And more decorated/illuminated letters to download and print and print for free, and then colour in. Good for children in the holidays, teachers who want a bit of a quiet time (!!), and adults who want to spend some time thinking only of what colours to use! www.patricialovett.com/mediaeval-de...

Dot Porter@leoba.bsky.social · last yr.

This is AMAZING!! I love it!

Do you like: magic? women? magic women? history? romance? biblical poems with dodgy rhymes? Then please come to @imc-leeds.bsky.social session 837, magical learning in history and literature, Tues at 4.30pm, with @magicnotwitches.bsky.social, Harry Lewis and me, chaired by @hattiesoper.bsky.social

Hey kids! First time at the #IMC2025 @imc-leeds.bsky.social? Here are some of Old Man Kramer's Hot Tips! #medievalsky

A beautiful illustration from MS Ashmole 150; a Tudor pattern book. Well worth a look at on Digital Bodleian: digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/385c...

Ulrike Graßnick@ulrikegrassnick.bsky.social · last yr.

ABCD #medievalsky @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social MS Ashmole 1504, f. 45v

Custard is the elixir of life

Do you like: magic? women? magic women? history? romance? biblical poems with dodgy rhymes? Then please come to @imc-leeds.bsky.social session 837, magical learning in history and literature, Tues at 4.30pm, with @magicnotwitches.bsky.social, Harry Lewis and me, chaired by @hattiesoper.bsky.social

1-year temp. medieval lectureship at KCL, covering Alice Rio's teaching, closing date 20 July: my.corehr.com/pls/coreport...

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Medieval play to be performed for first time in 500 years

Audience members can expect "a unique experience combining feast and drama"

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Satan: What did you say? Job: er... Satan: You haven't got your 'Life of Job' tickets? But there are only 10 DAYS UNTIL FRIDAY 27 JUNE! Job: ... I haven't quite got round to it... Satan: There's patience and then there's procrastination. Get on it. www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...

Today is Pentecost. This beautiful image is taken from a 15th century 'Honresfield Book of Hours', depicting the Virgin and Apostles sitting beneath a dove. [MS5204 f. 90v] #LambethPalaceLibrary #Manuscript #Pentecost

I spent yesterday morning the NMS collections at Granton, where Helen Wyld showed us the incredible Fetternear Banner. An extraordinary survival of Scottish Pre-Reformation (c. 1520) linen embroidery - stunning to see it up close.

The modern première of the ‘Life of Job’ is on 27th June at Winterbourne Medieval Barn. Job suffers torments: property loss, family death, physical disease and a scolding wife. Uniquely in this play, God reprimands Job for how he treats his wife! Tix/ info at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...

Did you know that in medieval England, short plays often accompanied celebratory feasts? On 27th June at Winterbourne Barn, come and see the 15th-century ‘Life of Job’ for one night only: feasting followed by high drama, music, dance and acrobatics. Tickets at www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...

Tickets now on sale for a medieval feast performance of ‘The Life of Job’ at the Winterbourne Medieval Barn! This is part of a fascinating project by the CMS' own Dr Cathy Hume! Tickets are £25 (plus booking fee) and include a meal and a drink. Book today at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/winterbourne...

3D-print your own medieval toy! Thanks to my amazing collaborators Beth Kimber and @noreenmasud.bsky.social www.instructables.com/Buzz-Bones-t...

Buzz Bones - the Original Fidget Spinner

Buzz Bones - the Original Fidget Spinner: For as long as there have been children, there have been toys which make irritating noises. Originally made from the foot bones of a pig, Buzz Bones make a hu...

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Satire go home, you’re not needed anymore

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As part of the red-carpet treatment, Saudi officials arranged for a fully operational mobile McDonald’s unit to accompany President Trump during his stay. According to local reports, the unit was set up near the Saudi Royal Court.

In 2008 this incredible medieval wallpainting of St George slaying the Dragon was discovered at St Cadoc’s church, Llancarfan, Wales. Likely 15th century, the vivid mural was painstakingly uncovered from under c20 layers of lime wash in 2013. #WallsonWednesday #medievalwallpainting #StGeorge

Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this: now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition now to show them the public still backs this nature-friendly fix act.38degrees.org.uk/act/swifts-p...

Sign the petition: Save Our Swifts

Swifts have lost more than half their population in 20 years. A simple £35 brick in new builds could help save them. Labour used to support this – now they’re planning to backtrack. Sign the petition ...

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SMART. I did that on my first Kzoo trip 20 years ago. Might have to revert to that practice next year! (If you happen to know anyone driving from OHare on Wednesday who might like someone to chip in for costs in exchange for a seat in the car, please let me know!!)

Only two days until the conference kicks off! 😮😆We cannot wait to welcome everyone to Bristol! Be sure to check out the schedule ahead of Thursday! #medievalsky

'The fragment was preserved by accident in the binding of a book in Hereford Cathedral’s library' Prof @matthewsteggle.bsky.social uncovers new evidence which complicates the idea that William & Anne lived an unhappy marriage in a new piece for @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests

Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage

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Bristol University is threatening redundancies for staff in our Centre for Academic Language and Development, and is going about it in a highly questionable way, with v limited consultation and crazy timescales. Please consider signing this open letter: speakout.web.ucu.org.uk/save-bristol...

Save our staff at University of Bristol's Centre for Academic Language and Development (CALD)

Dear Evelyn Welch (Vice-Chancellor) cc Judith Squires (Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Provost) Staff at University of Bristol have been told that devastating job cuts are planned at the Centre for Academ...

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Now available for pre-order: Medieval Manuscripts in Bristol Collections: A Descriptive Catalogue by @themedievaldrk.bsky.social & Melek Karataş. The latest amazing title in our Bristol Studies in Medieval Cultures series @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social! Get yours: boydellandbrewer.com/978184384747...

Medieval Manuscripts in Bristol Collections - Boydell and Brewer

The first complete descriptive catalogue of the medieval manuscripts in Bristol area collections.Bristol has a rich but unsung body of manuscripts dating fro...

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Words To Live By Number 202

We're very excited to share our provisional conference schedule with you all! This is subject to change, but is unlikely to change much. We will be sharing the full programme soon too! #medievalsky medievalstudies.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/pgr-conferen...