Carolyne Larrington
@profcarolyne.bsky.social
medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author
When AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong | Richard Hermer
When AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong | Richard Hermer
Let’s be clear: the risk to humanity is unprecedented. Without an urgent public debate and robust use of international law, we will lose control of the future, says Labour life peer Richard Hermer
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Ukraine blows up Yandex centers, and world wide negative noise quiets down to almost nothing…Alberta separatists, German Nazi groups, etc. Just in case you didn’t believe the importance of Russian influence and destabilization around the world…#SlavaUkraini
Medieval Norse Church Discovered in Greenland www.medievalists.net/2026/09/medi... #Greenland #archaeology
Medieval Norse Church Discovered in Greenland - Medievalists.net
The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen…
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🧵 A reminder #OTD that 'Hardrada' makes no sense in any language. The Norwegian king who died at Stamford Bridge in #1066 was called Haraldr harðráði in Old Norse. Such bynames or nicknames can (and should) usually be translated. His means something like 'Hard Ruler' or 'Stern Ruler'.
#OnThisDay 1066 Harold Godwineson surprised his brother Tostig and Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge and won a famous victory. Here's my account: www.marcmorris.org.uk/2013/09/the-...
Beautiful words from Carney: In the heart of Germany, above Weimar, there is a wooded ridge called Ettersberg. For decades, Goethe walked, thought, and wrote there. An oak on that ridge came to bear his name, a living monument to the highest ideals of European culture www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/spee...
Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament
Thank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session.
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Reminder of this series starting in a few weeks. Quite a bit on creative writing, dramatisation of fantasy, as well as key talks on weird fiction.
@oxfordfantasylit.bsky.social · 3mo agoThrilled to announce an exciting 'open to the public' seminar series as part of our annual 'Weird and Wonderful' talks hosted by ExeterCollegeOx, running Oct-Dec 2026 in Oxford. Attendance is free but please register at: english.web.ox.ac.uk/seminar-seri...
Have to say, I love this slightly more chaotic photo from our #NorseMap launch. It was a lot of fun :)
The AfD and Reform immigration policies are almost identical. There is no plausible reason for considering one far right and the other not.
Adam Bienkov@adambienkov.bsky.social · last mo.Watching BBC News and it's striking to hear the presenters repeatedly referring to the AfD as "far-right" whilst refusing to ever say the same about the hundreds of actual masked blackshirts currently swarming British ports
Just moving billions of dollars in gold out of north America to London due to generalised ‘geopolitical unrest’. Carry on - nothing to see here www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
DNB: Netherlands bank moves billions in gold to London in 'crisis preparedness' move
The Dutch central bank removes some of its gold reserves from the US and Canada, saying it is because of "increasing geopolitical unrest".
bbc.co.uk
A new post in The City of Lost Books: Ursula Moray Williams, Adventures of Puffin (1939). It has everything, including information for trainspotters and planespotters. And of course puffins. thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk/fantasy-1939...
Fantasy 1939: Ursula Moray Williams, Adventures of Puffin
Moray Williams’s most celebrated books, Adventures of the Little Wooden Horse (1938) and Gobbolino the Witch’s Cat (1942), take place in an imaginary location corresponding to somewhere in Northern…
thecityoflostbooks.glasgow.ac.uk
This article — an excerpt from Jon Ronson’s new book — is a must read, even though I’m not sure I understand what I just read (but I do have a mild concussion, so maybe it’s a me thing) www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
A party, 101 princesses and an eccentric millionaire: Jon Ronson on a mysterious castle – and what it taught him about masculinity in crisis
When my son texted me from a Connecticut fortress in the middle of the night with an alarming message, it set me on a quest to understand the bizarre lifestyle of its owner
theguardian.com
Huge shoutout to @drdavidrundle.bsky.social, one of our KOM directors, working alongside @tamarajatkin.bsky.social, on their fascinating research uncovering the range of literature enjoyed by citizens of medieval Guernsey. Many congratulations! #MedievalSky #SkyStorians #Manuscripts #Fragments
Manuscript fragments hiding in plain sight shed light on medieval Guernsey’s literary life
Researchers say texts from 12th to 15th centuries ‘hint at a culture which has not even been imagined’
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I think a lot of people would be surprised to learn how much gatekeeping there is for what gets into bookshops - which might explain why so much of the history shelf in UK looks rather tired* * except of course /your/ sparklingly novel book, if your book is there ;)
Katrina Navickas@katrinanavickas.bsky.social · 2mo agoYep. I am really trying to market my book myself as, wonderful as my publishers are, the post-publication bit is predominantly up to the author. My book isn't therefore on the shelves of most Waterstones or even most independent bookshops.
Born from a demon, raised in violence, and destined for a remarkable transformation. ⚔️😈 Meet Sir Gowther, the terrifying knight at the centre of one of Middle Ages' strangest romances. www.medievalists.net/2025/08/sir-... #MedievalRomance
Sir Gowther: The Demon Knight - Medievalists.net
Discover the medieval tale of Sir Gowther — a knight born of demonic origins whose violent youth gives way to a powerful story of repentance and redemption.
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A face peers out from the hilt of a wooden weaver's sword. This artefact is believed to date to the 11th century, and it was discovered during archaeological excavations at the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site in Cork City. #Ireland #SpeirGhorm #Archaeology
Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research. Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Jason Arday accuser given three-month teaching ban but can continue research
Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspension
theguardian.com
The tech bros really are the most craven crowd of rent seekers ever vested upon us
"Þjóðríkr the bold, chief of sea-warriors, ruled over the shores of the Hreiðsea. Now he sits armed on his Goth(ic horse), his shield strapped, the prince of the Mærings."
Judith Jesch@judithjesch.bsky.social · 2mo ago
Same kinds shit happening in the UK. Who do I vote for to take the side of HE as a beneficial force in society? Like one of the driving forces of our prosperity and societal progression?
David M. Perry@lollardfish.bsky.social · 2mo agoRed State Universities: we believe in indoctrination and job training Students: we hate that is there another option? Blue State Universities: we promise to have no values except job training. It ain’t enough. My latest. Gift link.
Looking forward to reading the latest from @drdjohnston.bsky.social! I ordered my copy during the U of Liverpool Press sale, but the post office lost it — fortunately the press sent another copy at no charge.
#WyrdWednesday Queen Elizabeth I had a dress embroidered with various creatures, flowers & several sea monsters. The dress was reputedly embroidered by Bess of Hardwick, who later commissioned Nicholas Hilliard to paint this portrait of her wearing it, still on display in Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire.
Roman stone altar with a horned god believed to have been a fertility god native to the North East of ‘Britannia’ Durham University Museum of Archaeology 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology
Noah and his beautiful longship ark Bodleian Library MS. Junius 11; 'Cædmon Manuscript'; 1000 CE; England; p.66 @bodleian.ox.ac.uk
For many academics in the UK, there are increasingly narrow career pathways - teaching only contracts or conducting 'strategic' research. In our latest dispatch, Eva Nanopoulos interrogates how the university's two-tier system reinforces precarity
The Two-Tier University
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Look what's coming at the end of September!! Isn't it pretty?! www.arc-humanities.org/978180270364...
Political Nostalgias—Ancient and Medieval Worlds - Arc Humanities Press
This volume is the first in a sub-series entitled Political Nostalgias. This book considers nostalgia as it was understood in ancient and medieval worlds an...
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