Some good news of late for animals. From this month, glue traps are now banned in Scotland. The proposed octopus farm in Gran Canaria (the first in the world) has been scrapped. Pockets of brightness in dark times.
Peter Adkins
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Lecturer in Modernism at University of Edinburgh | Author of 'The Modernist Anthropocene' and editor of 'Virginia Woolf and the Anthropocene' | Judge of James Tait Black Prize in Fiction | Views here not necessarily those of my employer etc etc | He/him
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It's finally here - huge congrats to Linden, Derek, Jane and Saskia (who transcribed some of the drafts)!
Gabriel Hankins@gabrielh.bsky.social · last mo.Big Woolf news, critical edition of Flush-- this will be a great source for nonhuman relational thought in Woolf and modernism more generally. cup.org/4w8HjMS
#Sneakpeak You can expect up-right apes, blue grains of fog, flesh-eating termites and cracked oil paintings as I "weird" Woolf.
British Association for Modernist Studies (BAMS)@modernistudies.bsky.social · last mo.It’s ModWrite Monday! ✍️Are you making final preparations for the upcoming conference in Loughborough, or are you onto something else today? Share with us using the hashtag #ModWrite
It’s ModWrite Monday! ✍️Are you making final preparations for the upcoming conference in Loughborough, or are you onto something else today? Share with us using the hashtag #ModWrite
The level of suppression of speech and action on Palestine in the UK carries on getting more and more shocking. 'The proceedings are believed to be the first brought against a barrister in respect of a jury speech in living memory, possibly ever.' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Barrister in Palestine Action trial facing contempt of court proceedings
Rajiv Menon KC accused of defying judge’s orders to not inform jury of right to acquit on basis of conscience
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This is horribly familiar. Solidarity with colleagues and students at Exeter!
Ben Phillips@benphillips1989.bsky.social · last mo.A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide.
Next weekend, Saturday 13 June, 6.00-8.00 pm British Summer Time. Join us for the final session in our live online Virginia Woolf Season. Our theme is Woolf’s Rooms. Ellie Mitchell will talk about Rooms in The Waves (1931). Brilliant. www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/vw-season-6/...
Lab workers are sounding the alarm on animal toxicity testing. See the evidence. Act now. toxicity.inc
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Lab workers are sounding the alarm on animal toxicity testing. See the evidence. Act now.
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"Data suggests there are now at least 180 dairy farms where cows have no access to the outdoors, up from about 70 in 2015."
Peter Adkins@peteradkins.bsky.social · 2mo agoHuge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Huge rise in factory-style dairy farming of ‘battery cows’ in UK as costs rise
Investigation finds number of dairy farms where cows cannot go outside has more than doubled since 2015
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'The dog ate a chocolate cake and a cream cheese. This morning he was ill under Nessa's bed.' The teenage Virginia Woolf (Stephen) on holiday in Hove in April 1899 having a right jolly time. The dog was named after a Walter Scott sheep herd, because of course he was.
Things are moving faster than we can document them - after a first round of analysis, we're now continuing the collection: we'd like to hear about recent cases in the UK or the Netherlands, but also get a better picture of the situation in Central and Eastern Europe. All input is welcome. 1/2
Philipp Krämer@phkraemer.bsky.social · 2y agoUniversities all over Europe are cutting language programs and closing the doors to the world. We want to get a more complete picture: where, when, why? If you know of any such cases, please tell us (and share the link with your language and linguistics contacts)! elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13...
DREAM postdoc for ME circa 2013 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft at University of York
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I am currently taking part in a marking and assessment boycott due to the U of Edinburgh's plans for mass redundancies and rushed, rash restructuring. In response, my employer is withholding 100% of my pay, essentially a lock out. No student supervisions. No prep for next year. No exam boards.
👏👏 worth reading Coetzee’s letter which is quoted at length here
JM Coetzee declines to attend Jerusalem writers festival over Israel’s ‘genocidal campaign in Gaza’
Nobel laureate says he previously considered himself a supporter of Israel, but ‘the campaign of annihilation in Gaza has changed all that’
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📢Funded PhD studentship alert! Are you interested in using digital tools to make heritage spaces accessible? You might be the perfect candidate for our new collaborative PhD with @uniofsurrey.bsky.social. Find out more: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim
Sussex University overturns £585,000 fine as high court rejects free speech breach claim
Ruling is blow to OfS after regulator issued fine over handling of protests aimed at professor over trans rights views Sussex University has overturned a £585,000 fine by England’s higher education watchdog after the high court rejected claims the university had breached free speech regulations involving its former professor Kathleen Stock. The ruling is a damaging blow to the credibility and management of the Office for Students, after the court rejected the regulator’s lengthy investigation into Sussex’s handling of the protests aimed at Stock over her views on transgender rights and her subsequent resignation in 2021. Continue reading...
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The BSLS and the JLS are pleased to announce the opening of the 2026 PGR/ECR Essay Prize Competition! Entries should be between 4,000-5,000 words in length, and are due by 5 June. More details here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call...
Call for entries: 2026 BSLS/JLS Essay Prize – The British Society for Literature and Science
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Field-defining journal on Energy Humanities moves to the OLH www.openlibhums.org/news/811/
Field-defining journal on Energy Humanities moves to the OLH
The OLH is pleased to welcome a field-defining journal to its portfolio of leading humanities and social sciences titles. Energy Humanities, which will begin publishing at the OLH in 2026, …
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In what (I hope!) will be the first in a series of events taking To the Lighthouse *back* to Skye, Bethan Roberts and I will be leading a workshop in Portree on Tues 5th May, reflecting on how Woolf's novel resonates with sustainability, housing, and tourism today atlasarts.org.uk/programme/to...
We are looking for a 3-year postdoc to work on a self-defined research project in environmental history that places electronic or digital technologies at the center of its historical inquiry. More details in the announcement linked to below. #envhist
Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities@greenhouseuis.net · 5mo agoWe're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum
Vivek Shanbhag’s Sakina's Kiss, translated by Srinath Perur, has been shortlisted for this year’s James Tait Black Prizes. james-tait-black.ed.ac.uk/indie-talent...
We are thrilled that BIG KISS, BYE-BYE by Claire-Louise Bennett has been shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize for fiction: james-tait-black.ed.ac.uk/indie-talent...
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*Announcement Time!* Delighted to share the shortlist for the James Tait Black Prizes in fiction and biography! I co-judged fiction this year and we had over 300 entries. The shortlisted five are exceptional. #JamesTaitBlackPrize www.ed.ac.uk/news/indie-t...
NEW: Nigel Farage has sold videos in which he endorsed a neo-Nazi event, repeated extremist slogans and supported a man convicted over his involvement in a far-right riot - @direthoughts.com & @michaelgoodier.bsky.social report www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...
Newly unearthed Nigel Farage videos reveal support for rioter, neo-Nazi event and far-right slogans
Exclusive: Analysis of more than 4,000 of Reform UK leader’s paid-for Cameo videos also shows they contain misogynistic remarks and antisemitic conspiracies
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