Well pals, it’s here. I hope you like it (or never tell me how much you hate it). It’s eye-wateringly priced, but please convince your institutions to buy it. Some of you are in the acknowledgments (& many more in the references). What a ride. #MedievalSky books.google.co.uk/books?id=yKL...

Blaenavon mountain. Everything incredibly, distressingly dry, & in the distance the smoke from a recent fire still smouldering.

ok this is a super specific question. I'm trying to find the MUFI (medieval unicode font initiative) code for the medieval Italian currencies lire, soldi, and fiorini that appear in mss as below. I've only found "lira" as a modern pound (lb) sign. Any help would be most welcome!

A long while ago, I wrote a pretty good piece on O Brother, Where Are Thou?, lies, & Oz. It was rejected on the explicit grounds that Real Classicists had no interest in engaging with "low-brow shallow comedy". Anyhow, at this moment of #Odyssey reception, here it is. medium.com/@anisestrong...

All Coens Are Liars: O Brother, Where art Thou? and Homer’s Odyssey

All Coens are Liars:

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I hope this is starting to make some sense...

James Paz@jamespaz.bsky.social · last wk.

"Fire, when we find it, is always after origins." Anne Harris, "Pyromena" in Elemental Ecocriticism, p. 47.

Idiot me has only just realised that when books are digitised & subsequently destroyed, the messages & endings can all be changed. Yet further justification for my book hoarding. Get those paper copies of everything you love, kids, before the green light of Daisy’s dock becomes a Starbuck’s sign.

Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK. Seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK. This consultation closes at 11:59pm on 7 October 2026 buff.ly/7bSArrY #Fireworks #pyrotechnics

Fireworks and pyrotechnics in the UK

We are seeking views on the regulation of pyrotechnics and fireworks in the UK.

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JOBS! We’re currently looking for two people to join us in the School of English @universityofleeds.bsky.social: Lecturer in Creative Writing jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1086; Lecturer in English Language (with interests in DH) jobs.leeds.ac.uk/AHCEN1087 Both are FT ongoing appointments

What a loss. I’d always anticipated seeing him live at some point, he was on my bucket list. Thanks for the music, Mr Hansard.

Tessa@tessicat.bsky.social · last wk.

Gosh that’s tragic. I always loved the music from Once especially ♥️ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Have you engaged with projects such as @zooniverse.bsky.social? One of my PG students is doing a user-centred study on how and why people engage on virtual/online/digital citizen science projects. Can you spare some time to help them? cityunilondon.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_... #pleasebekind

I’ve got no skin in the #Odyssey debate but I will say, a story in the oral tradition committed to writing & thereafter to print, is bound to adapt over millennia. I don’t see Nolan’s interpretation as anything other than a new edition, & I don’t really get the personal vitriol it attracted. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Kent County Council has decided to push ahead with plans to expand a quarry near Maidstone despite strong local and national opposition:

Reform UK councillors vote to destroy ancient woodland for Kent quarry expansion

The Reform UK-led Kent County Council is proceeding with plans to expand Hermitage Quarry near Maidstone, which could lead to the loss of Oaken Wood.

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I can’t articulate this fully but I’m very teary at the moment. School summer hols with Small & all that entails, whilst stage left the world burns. I found a dead shrew in the garden the other day, the heat had killed it. I can’t stop thinking about it. I’m trying to have hope but FUCK, you know?

Last day of term for me & magically another year of study completed. The second year slump was/is real & I’ve much diminished spoonage. However, Small’s off to a mate’s tomorrow & I’m having a day in the library to finish my draft chapter. For now, it’s an early night with Burton & Taylor ahead.

A bunch of early teens boys just walked past me down the Avenue absolutely blasting out Hall & Oates. Nice little bit of incongruity to enhance the day.

Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True

ALT: Hall & Oates - You Make My Dreams Come True

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Great book! Open access! #medievalsky

Dr. Krista A. Milne@kmilne.bsky.social · 4w ago

!!! The Destruction of Medieval Manuscripts in England: Institutional Collections (2025) has already been viewed over 8000 times 😭 thanks for the interest in this book everyone! Free open access copy available here: academic.oup.com/book/59790

Here I am in happier times with best buds Nathan Gill, now in jail for taking Russian bribes and George Cottrell, who went to prison for fraud then paid for my staff, security and social media and let me stay in his house near Buckingham Palace.

Part of the soundtrack of my 80s childhood, when Saturday nights smelled of my mother’s Silverkrin hairspray, the free poured vodka & orange she’d drink before heading to the pub, an ashtray full of Benson & Hedges, & the steam from my Nan’s iron. RIP Bonnie. It is indeed a heartache.

Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse

ALT: Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse

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🧵(1) Digitization & cataloging is complete for 36 Arabic manuscripts in the collection of Eyes on Heritage (al-ʻUyūn ʻalá al-Turāth, project code EOH), a cultural institution in Gaza. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

This is a fantastic opportunity: a Fulbright fellowship with the Center for Digital Narrative (@cdn-bergen.bsky.social) at the University of Bergen in Norway. Apps due by September 15!

Currently lying on my bed hugging a semi-frozen 2 litre bottle of water & praying for a storm. Living through climate collapse & the end of the world as we know it really sucks, not gonna lie.

Owls as depicted by Japanese artist Ohara Koson (1877-1945)

Hello folks who work with digitized manuscripts. What is your preferred metadata format? If you could get ONE, what would it be? TEI, Json, a spreadsheet, MARC, or something else? Please let me know and share this query! This is important!

Almost a perfect weekend. Inched ever further afield in My First Car™️ & also got notification that the Book is moving towards completion. Seems selfish to say, whilst the world is aflame, that on a personal level, this has been one of the best years of my life. #MedievalSky #DigitalSky

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Teaching Assistant in Prehistory at UCM Spain

Apply for the Teaching Assistant (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) Position in Prehistory at Complutense University of Madrid (UCM), Madrid, Spain.

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Omg no! 😮 Buffy star Anthony Head dies at 72 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Anthony Head: Buffy and Ted Lasso actor dies at 72 - BBC News

The 72-year-old British actor also had roles in shows including Merlin and Little Britain.

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Well shit. Time to get my affairs in order.

Exist, followed by a bear.

Just noting that when Sarah Everard was kidnapped and murdered by a police officer and a vigil held for her on Clapham Common, Farage urged people not to attack men or the police.

Job alert! Postdoc position in late medieval history and literature @uvahumanities.bsky.social in #Amsterdam. Come and work with us on chivalric literature and tournament culture in the project ‘Vivre le mythe'. #medievalsky #skystorians www.academictransfer.com/nl/jobs/3614...

Vacancy — Postdoctoral researcher in late medieval history and literature

<p>The Department of History, European Studies and Religious Studies (GER) has a vacancy for a postdoctoral research position for three years, 1.0 FTE. This position is part of the research project ‘V...

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