Respect for Andy Burnham promising a new National Care Service Good to see him saying it will be "care that is about people not profit" Burnham should also insource ALL private contracts back into the NHS End privatisation and REINSTATE THE NHS as a fully public service

Charles Perrault's version of Cinderella is one of the most popular, and it is this version that installed the pumpkin-as-carriage that Disney animated: this New World crop had become so ingrained in European society by the 17th century it bled into fairy tales. #FairytaleTuesday

Three girls (1932) by Amrita Sher-Gil. Then, Amrita Sher-Gil, influential Hungarian-Indian painter #WomensArt

Andy Burnham must take public services into PUBLIC OWNERSHIP (not just public control) Including water monopolies, energy monopolies and care💧⚡️👨‍⚕️ Force companies to deliver on their duties LET THEM GO BUST when they don't END PRIVATISATION 👇 weownit.org.uk/research-and...

How and why Andy Burnham should deliver public ownership

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“Modernity has not erased Gothic darkness; it has merely displaced it from the realm of superstition to the realistic and quotidian.” -a banger from Sam George and Bill Hughes @ogomproject.bsky.social while discussing *The Black Vampyre* in their new book.

This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

IN MINNESOTA.

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This is the Stolen Neighbors Quilt. Each of the 11,000 squares represents a person taken by ICE in Minnesota.

PINOCCHIO is frankly terrifying; he's set alight, enslaved to a puppet master, lynched by ruffians, swallowed by a fish, plunged alive into a boiling pot and nearly carried off by rabbit undertakers, before becoming a real boy. Illustrations by Folkyard 1914 edition #FairyTaleTuesday

FAIRY ARTIST Excited to have spoken to the curator of Richard Dadd 'Beyond Bedlam' at the Royal Academy today and to have browsed these remarkable fairy works full of awe and wonder! What an exhibition!

CFP Sea Changes; Latin American/Latine Gothic; Seven Sages of Rome; vampires Sea Changes publications Regarding the CFP for Sea Changes publications, we omitted to ask that you…...

CFP Sea Changes; Latin American/Latine Gothic; Seven Sages of Rome; vampires

Sea Changes publications Regarding the CFP for Sea Changes publications, we omitted to ask that you please email us with expressions of interest by end of October if you intend to submit, including an abstract (200–300 words) and short bio (150–200 words). We can then give you feedback on whether your topic is a good fit for the proposed publications (and is not already being covered, for example). We can also then give you further guidance on addressing the overriding theme of Sea Changes and Gothic enchantment. Hispanic Heritage Month and Latin American/Latine Gothic…

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“In Gaelic tradition, the last sheaf or sguab mu dheireadh…was crafted into a superstitious charm, which could take the form of a simple plait of straws tied up with ribbon, or may be crafted into a corn dolly and even clothed.” #FolkloreThursday www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/blog/a-rich-...

CFP: Geographies of Horror 🗺️ 🧟 Papers are invited on the spatial dimensions of horror texts for an upcoming conference. Abstract deadline: 1st Oct baas.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

CFP Geographies of Horror - British Association for American Studies

Call for Papers: Geographies of Horror Department of English Studies (University of Zadar) in collaboration with The Society for the Study of the American Gothic (SSAG) Keynote speaker: Jeffrey…

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Thanks for the rich harvest of Autumn-lore over the past hour, this is @botanicafabula.bsky.social handing over the #folklorethursday mantle to the magical @mythcrafts.bsky.social who will take you up to the break🍂 I'm now off to gather beech mast!

Hello #Folklorethursday and thank you @botanicafabula.bsky.social for hosting the last session. This is @mythcrafts.bsky.social offering you a virtual cup of mulled wine as we toast to the stories of the harvest season. Img: The Autumn by Alphonse Mucha

Leading a creative writing workshop on Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) in Special Collections at Kent, writing objects and subjects big and small. Wed 28 Oct, 2pm until 4pm, Templeman Library. Email D.kavanagh@kent.ac.uk to reserve a place. #CreativeWriting #GulliversTravels

Did you know #C19th Manchester was once a Shakespearean powerhouse? In our new author blog, discover how an unexpected library find uncovered a forgotten story of innovation, performance & civic ambition, manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/09... #Shakespeare and #Manchester, out this month!

And the fun just keeps coming: Peterson Fellowship applications are now open! This award offers $20,000 USD to support 4 months of dedicated primary research into long #19thC periodicals worldwide. Open to faculty, independent, and retired scholars. Applications due 15 Nov: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...

Peterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVP

Each year, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) intends to grant one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship (henceforth, “the Peterson Fellowship”) in the amount of $20,000 to a single research...

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www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DSX678/t... We are looking for a special scholar to lead our remarkable team in 18th century literature @engfac.bsky.social

Thomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at University of Oxford

Discover an exciting academic career path as a Thomas Warton Professorship of English Literature at jobs.ac.uk. Don't miss out on this job opportunity - apply today!

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Lectureship in Creative Writing at the University of Leeds; full time; ongoing contract. jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Lectureship in Creative Writing

Ranked 29th in the world (QS 2026), the School of English at the University of Leeds operates at the leading edge of recent developments in literary studies and creative practice. Located within the F...

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“All it takes is a good pen (aka sharpie) and some intelligence”

The last of the werewolf books from the 1930s to be reprinted, LYCANTHIA by Frances Layland-Barratt, will be available to order on Amazon from next week. Introduced by James Doig and published through my Mislaid Books - this is one of the *rarest* horror titles out there.

We’re feeling so much safer now. 🙄

Only 11 days to go... if you're planning on submitting a paper proposal to speak at the 2027 Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now conference, now is the time 🌳 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

✨CFP✨ Join us in Sheffield for our international Radcliffe conference (24th-26th June, 2027). As well as papers & keynotes from world-leading experts, expect a range of exciting events - announcements to come soon 👀 Click 👇 for more info & submit your proposal!! www.annradcliffe.org/conference/

CFP: Sea Changes publications Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river Following our very successful…...

CFP: Sea Changes publications

Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river Following our very successful conference in September 2026, we invite participants from that event and other scholars to submit essays to be included in an edited collection and a special journal issue. Full fathom five thy father lies;Of his bones are coral made;Those are pearls that were his eyes:Nothing of him that doth fade,But doth suffer a sea-changeInto something rich and strange.Sea-nymphs hourly ring his knell: Ding-dong.Hark! now I hear them,—ding-dong, bell.

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GOTHIC LIBRARY Manchester's most gothic building just happens to be a research library! Spending a little time in a nook with a book whilst doing some @ogomproject.bsky.social planning!

I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk

Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water

An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water

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I've just emailed my MP to give them the answers for Thames Water. The case for public ownership is undeniable. Can you take 2 mins to email your MP? weownit.org.uk/tw-briefing-... @weownit.org.uk

Email your MP - give them the answers for Thames Water

An action to send your MP a briefing, detailing the reasons why public ownership is the best next step for Thames Water

weownit.org.uk

IN THE COMPANY OF WOLVES Sharing @ogomproject.bsky.social book for #InternationalWolfDay. The shadowy silver wolf on the cover refers to the #wolf within gothic studies & references extinction and the werewolf as spectre wolf. Out in paper @GothicMUP manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526171979/

Microsoft wants to build three massive AI data centres in Leeds. It’ll drain thousands of litres of water from the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop the council's final sign-off, but we need more voices. Add your name: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/pr...

Stop the Microsoft AI megasite in Leeds!

Microsoft want to build three huge AI data centres at Skelton Grange. It would drain the River Aire and become the city's biggest carbon emitter. We can still stop it - add your name to the petition.

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