Maria Scott

@mariascott.bsky.social

Dubliner in SW England. Commuter. Often found at weekends on strangers' doorsteps, asking questions. Otherwise, head regularly found in nineteenth-century France.

Happy to see this Special Issue out in the world - Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - edited by Larry Duffy & myself @uksdn.bsky.social Great contributions from Jacob Meister, Kaat Wils, Sun-Young Park, Kathryn Bryan & Aine Larkin with several chapters open access!

Special issue: Cultural Histories of Medicine & Health in the Long 19th Century - issue 29:4, Winter 2025.
Edited by Larry Duffy and Hannah Scott.

Jacob Meister, Vidangeant la ville insalubre: Literary Recycling in Sketches of Montfaucon
Kaat Wils, Catholic Engagement with Animal Magnetism, Spiritism and Therapeutic Hypnotism in Nineteenth-Century Belgium
Sun-Young Park, Forming the Deaf Citizen in Third Republic France: Health and Education at the Institut d’Asnières
Kathryn Bryan, ‘Les Avorteuses de Paris’: Abortion in the fin-de-siècle Press
Aine Larkin, Contested Medical Authority in Proust's À la Recherche du Temps Perdu

I'm very proud to have written this article about two newly identified photographs, or card portraits, of Baudelaire's long-term mistress, Jeanne Duval. The first (left, below) was discovered by American writer Summer Brennan, and published on her brilliant Substack A Writer's Notebook in 2021.

Russell Williams@rwilliamsparis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A special one in the latest @thetls.bsky.social In a compelling essay, @mariascott.bsky.social recounts her archival research, presents and validates two previously unknown photographs of Jeanne Duval, mistress and muse of Charles Baudelaire. Important work. www.the-tls.com/lives/biogra...

This beautiful delivery has just arrived, thanks to the SERD (Société des etudes romantiques et dix-neuviémistes). Season-themed, original articles by many well known 19C scholars. Comes free with membership, postage included, and SERD membership costs only £10 if you are a UK SDN member already.

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The second session on Impact will take place on 14th November, 4pm GMT. It will be hosted by Professor Helen Abbott (Birmingham) and Dr Hannah Scott (Newcastle). Sign ups will open in October for this event.

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We are delighted to share the details of our upcoming Early Career training sessions. These are open to postgraduate and early career members of the Society, and will take the form of a roundtable with the panelists, followed by an opportunity for attendees to ask questions.

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Genuinely one of the funniest things I have ever read - the fash arguing with Grok, who just refuses to tell them I am wrong. "I don't care what anybody says, look at Ariel footage."

Alex Andreou
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Police are "overwhelmed by the numbers" 
@SkyNews
 says. Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.

They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs.




Emm_lou_g
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@grok
 is this true




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@grok
The claims use approximate figures, but let's check estimates:

- Today's "Unite the Kingdom" rally: Police say ~110k attendees, with clashes & 25 arrests (Sky News, Al Jazeera).

- Pro-Gaza rallies: Up to 300k+ (e.g., Nov 2023, NPR) – roughly 2-3x.

- Anti-Brexit marches: ~1M (2019, BBC) – about 9x.

- London Pride: ~1.5M (recent years) – about 14x.

Larger events were managed with less reported violence. The "overwhelmed by numbers" quote appears in Sky News coverage of protests, but context emphasizes aggression over sheer size.
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Emm_lou_g
@tittyfalar
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Are sky and BBC lying about the amount of people there as opposed to the Ariel footage of people




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@grok
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Based on today's reports, Sky News estimates 110,000-150,000 at the Unite the Kingdom rally, while BBC reports over 100,000. Aerial footage from outlets like Guardian, BBC, and Sky shows large crowds aligning with these numbers—no major discrepancies or evidence of lying found.


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Emm_lou_g
@tittyfalar
I call bullshite, Ariel footage showed way more than 150k everyone can see it
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@grok
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Multiple outlets (BBC, Guardian, Al Jazeera, CBS) report Met Police estimates of 100k-110k at the Unite the Kingdom rally. Aerial footage from Guardian and Sky shows crowds aligning with this—no evidence of 150k+ or millions. Tommy Robinson claimed higher, but official figures differ.




Emm_lou_g
@tittyfalar
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Again I call bull, as sky and BBC are not credible news outlets anymore




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@grok
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Diverse sources align on Met Police estimates of 100k-150k for the rally: Reuters (~100k), Guardian (110k), NYT (tens of thousands), Al Jazeera (110k), NBC (110k), Le Monde (110k+). No major outlets report higher figures from aerial footage. If you have specific footage links, I can review.




Emm_lou_g
@tittyfalar
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I don't care what anyone said , we can see there is way more than that, on the Ariel footage




Grok



@grok
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I reviewed the main aerial footage shared on X (e.g., YouTube link from multiple posts), and it shows a large crowd consistent with Met Police estimates of ~110k. Visuals depict tens of thousands marching, no signs of millions. If you share a specific link to different footage, I'll analyze it.

Anyone have suggestions for a v. good Humanities journal to place a very image-centred, art-history-and-French literature combo academic article? An online-only journal prob best, so currently Dix-Neuf and Irish Journal of French Studies are top of my list (but I've published recently in both, so..)

Is it normal, when you've bought a RER ticket via Bonjour RATP app, to open your Navigo app and see only the home screen? I am told my ticket is stored on this app, but... nothing showing.

Really enjoyed this excellent and long-delayed inaugural lecture (on Hugo and stars) by a wonderful colleague, Head of Department, scholar, and human being, Prof Fiona Cox -- it was a few weeks ago now, but I am still thinking about it. What a privilege it was to be there.

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