Nice to be back in beautiful Durham for a few days 🌥️

Thank you @bars.bsky.social & the B'ham #BARS2026 team for a fruitful few days; grateful to our Literary Arboretum panellists & everyone who came along to hear about Romantic trees 🌳 & was an honour to speak about PBS, plants & ooziness on the 18c Ecologies Network roundtable w inspiring scholars🍃

Had a fantastic time at #BARS2026 presenting my paper on Byron, exile, belonging and pine trees as part of the Literary Arboretum panels🌲. So brilliant to hear so many fantastic papers on such varied topics📚

MHRA Research Fellow Amy Wilcockson was in @uk.theconversation.com back in May, talking about Shelley's 'Mont Blanc' and climate change: theconversation.com/ten-compelli...

Ten compelling poems about climate change – chosen by our experts

These poems span over 200 years and a range of emotions, from sorrow, to fear and hope.

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My lovely friend Mary Colwell has fought for a Natural History GCSE, supported by many, including Caroline. For it to be proper natural history, we need lots of naturalists to give their opinions on the proposed framework. Please consider visiting the public consultation www.gov.uk/government/c...

GCSE natural history proposed subject content

We are seeking views on the proposed subject content for a new GCSE in natural history.

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Caroline Lucas@carolinelucas.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡

ISLE, a leading journal in the environmental humanities, is seeking 2 Associate Editors to begin on July 1, 2026. Read the call for applications (deadline June 15) at www.asle.org/stay-informe...

Because Wye not?

River Wye formally recognised as living ecosystem with intrinsic rights

Charter to be adopted along river’s entire catchment from Cambrian mountains to Chepstow and Bristol Channel

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In honour of having just taught my first class on my "Byron and Shelley" module at Tübingen University, some photos from my first few weeks here ❤️ Included my very own office that I'm very excited about!

For all you #birders out there (including me) - 'Birdbrain' benefits: new research shows that seasoned birders had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to working memory, spatial awareness & object recognition. #BirdBrain Link for more information: www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

'Birdbrain' benefits: How being an expert birdwatcher may boost cognition

New research shows that seasoned birders — including older adults — had denser tissue in parts of the brain tied to attention and perception.

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Byron Society PhD Bursary - up to £5,000 for 2026-27. ​ New & existing full-time PhD students enrolled at a UK university & working on any aspect of the life, work &/or influence of Lord Byron can apply. Deadline: May 1st, 2026. More details: www.thebyronsociety.com/phd-bursary #C19th #byron

Byron Society PhD bursary -

The Byron Society invites applications for a PhD bursary of up to £5,000 per year.

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#EnglishCreates: Futures We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP: 'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.' universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

Research from our Biosciences Department and the British Trust for Ornithology shows that hotter European summers are reducing migratory birds’ ability to fuel up for their long journeys. These changes could have serious consequences for bird populations across Europe & Africa. 👉 bit.ly/46eofTf

Hotter European summers put migratory birds at risk - Durham University

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Other work of the Ladybird artists. ‘Missel Thrush’, 1937 Artist: CF Tunnicliffe

✨️Job Alert✨️ College Lecturer in English: Eighteenth-Century English Literature 📍King's College, University of Cambridge 📝Full-time, fixed-term. Closing date 19 January ('candidates are encouraged to submit applications as soon as possible'). www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQA485/c...

College Lecturer in English; Eighteenth-century English literature at King's College, Cambridge

Looking for a new job opportunity in academia? Check out this job opening for a College Lecturer in English; Eighteenth-century English literature on jobs.ac.uk!

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So nice to be back in Durham for a few days despite the cold weather. ❄️ Always miss this place when I'm away for too long

Some species declared extinct this year were last seen in the 1800s. Others vanished decades ago. Extinction usually happens quietly, earlier, & out of sight. We don’t lose species suddenly. We lose them invisibly. Dark extinctions are the rule, not the exception. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost

Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...

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Excited to be contributing an essay on Byron and Shelley, human potentiality, and the politics of the ocean to this edited collection! 📖🌊

Dr Amanda Blake Davis 🌱@abdavis.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Excited to share 'Percy Bysshe Shelley in Collaboration: Influence and Intertextuality', ed. with Merrilees Roberts and @paulstephens.bsky.social, forthcoming with @themhra.bsky.social 📖✨️ www.mhra.org.uk/publications...