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Katy Soar

@kjsoar.bsky.social

PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology @uniwinchester.bsky.social. Writer for Hellebore. Editor 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press), 'Circles of Stone' & 'Return of the Ancients' (BL Tales of the Weird). She/her. I have a dog.

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Katy Soar@kjsoar.bsky.social · 2w ago

Read all about the occult afterlife of ancient mystery cults in a piece by me and the magical @mjpcuervo.com

Hellebore@helleborezine.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Katy Soar@kjsoar.bsky.social · 4w ago

No Outlook, I do not want or need you to summarise my daily emails. I am, almost, a functioning adult and can read and then forget to reply all by myself.

Hardeep Matharu@hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · last mo.

Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago. We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?

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Ketan Joshi@ketanjoshi.co · 2mo ago

This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.

Ä14 Jason Arday found dead 2 hours ago — Mr Arday was found •unresponsive• at an address in Battersea. south London. on Froy afternoon. He was uter pronounced dead at the scene. A Read rnore Jason Arday says he was an illiterate, mute child. His . 6 hours ago — Jason Arday says he was an i&erate. mute child. Cambridge's youngest-ever black professor in 2023. Arday attended from the age of four to 11 r— mm-WI 3 A PhD is no longer a sign of brilliance — take it from Dr Arday 1 day aeo — Juon Arday resigns from the Unwersity of Cambrdge after The Telegraph reports he had falseb• claimed to have pubåshed a book We are all Jason Arday now S days ago — Jason Arday resons from the University of Cambridge after The Telegraph reports he had falsew cGimed to have published a book Aug 7.2028. Read more Cambridge professor claimed he was on Seven Up.. 2 Aug 2026 — He was not bom until 1985. Prof Arday is at the centre of a row about academk plagiarism after The Tekgragh that he had been accused The Jason Arday 'memoir' that now appears to be more . 7 days ago — Instead of tales of triumph over adversity. the now-fomer Cambridge professors autob"qraphy is a case study in self-rnythobgising, Arday failed to mention 'months-long coma' in autobiography 8 days ago — Jason Arday toz publishers he was k•ft a three-month coma fohwhg a car gash. but never wrote about the ordeal his memoirs_ Jason Arday is living proof that you reap what you sow 6 Aug 2028 — The Cambridge professor feed plagiarism alegations and made fantastical clä'ns about his life. so what did he expect woUz happen? Read rmre ÄIO Arday 'accused student of Miite privilege' after she 4 days ago — Forrner Cambrdge professor alleged* htplied that Roehamptm student was racist after cornplaint about essay SOOre. Jason Arday is rnerely a symptom of the Leffs corruption Aug 2026 — Lab-curs on school standards is on the same toxic assumptions that created his academic career. Cambridge hired Arday after 'listening to black stu…
Ruth Watson@ruthwatson.eurosky.social · 3mo ago

Has Westminster just given up on education and learning? All of these courses seem pretty essential to a functioning society. England is in real trouble.

Rachel Pope@prehistorian.bsky.social · 3mo ago

“In a letter to the Office for Students, which distributes the funding, Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, said funding should no longer be given to support nursing, computing, history, creative arts, performing arts, archaeology, and geography courses.” removepaywalls.com/https://www....

Hannah O’Regan@palaeohan.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Not only is it a terrible way to look at education, it’s also meaningless. It doesn’t include which university the person went to - I am willing to bet most Oxbridge graduates and the privately educated get higher wages, no matter which subject they take, through uni and school networks.

Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 4mo ago

This is one of the dumbest and saddest things I've ever seen. We should not think of universities in this way, and if we do that'll destroy everything that is both useful and good about them. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Nick Stone@typejunky.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Kids are on their phones too much. I don't know why they don't use the many youth clubs, public swimming pools, community clubs or sports facilities successive governments and skint local authorities have underfunded, closed or sold to property developers.

Kenny Brophy@urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 5mo ago

My new #UrbanPrehistory blog post reporting on the horrible fate of the Bogleys Stone of Fife - Barn Storm. This contains a trigger warning for anyone who thinks our heritage - and megaliths - matter. With thanks to Sam McKeand theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com/2026/05/19/b...

Barn Storm

It is not often I get angry, but a recent encounter with a standing stone has really annoyed – and shocked me. I am pretty used to prehistory being badly treated, and indeed a whole chapter o…

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Katy Soar@kjsoar.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Outside of dissertations, which were marked a little earlier, I have/had 133 assignments to mark over the coming weeks (some more detailed and requiring more feedback than others). I have completely lost all sense of perspective and wondering how normal that amount is compared to my peers?