Am I wrong to covert this impractical pigeon-hole set up?
04.03.2026 22:00
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Am I wrong to covert this impractical pigeon-hole set up?
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Gloucester Sunday
Do I know anyone working at the BnF in the next few weeks?
Mesmerised and slightly terrified by this cat video taken by my husband on the school run. Sound on 🔊
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I know really letting the side down😭
Gave a talk to the Cambridge Bibliophiles last night. Can 100% recommend the digs. Thanks Scott Mandelbrote and @peterhousecam.bsky.social for hosting me!
Never judge a book by its cover 😳
JOB!
Come and be my colleague!
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Coupled with general “quotation searches” (both all and books) failing to turn up a significant chunk of what was once discoverable this way.
Radiator cats
John Ford’s The Broken Heart (c. 1633)? “That remedy must be a winding sheet, a fold of lead,
And some untrod-on corner in the earth”
Spoken by Penthea as she resolves to die.
Still remember all the words to this!
Oh yay! This looks brilliant
Yes. Me too.
Reigniting this plea…
Calling all fifteenth-century scholars: if you have not yet submitted your proposal for this year's conference hosted by @memsunikent.bsky.social, now is the time to do so. CfP open until 31st January.
Job klaxon: for a medievalist working across English and history cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...
Everyone in my family just picks off and discards the marzipan/fondant, so controversially this year the cake will remain naked!
Just brilliant to see this in the wild. Big congrats @loughnrv.bsky.social and Will Sharpe
Hard recommend @tarallyons.bsky.social article that explores how this agreement worked scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/ind...
Just brilliant. Well done ❤️❤️
I’ve written a short piece about this book. Would you be willing/interested to take a look?
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