Dr Cora Beth Fraser
@corabeth.bsky.social
Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
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I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I feel you, ancient Mongolian ceramic hedgehog. I feel you.
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If you fancy kicking some of that Black Friday money our way we’d be super grateful!
You won’t get anything in return but a nice feeling and the knowledge that you’re helping kids all across the UK to learn about the ancient world.
We’re 80% of the way to our year target
ko-fi.com/workingclass...
You won’t get anything in return but a nice feeling and the knowledge that you’re helping kids all across the UK to learn about the ancient world.
We’re 80% of the way to our year target
ko-fi.com/workingclass...
Support Working Classicists
Support Working Classicists
ko-fi.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you fancy kicking some of that Black Friday money our way we’d be super grateful!
You won’t get anything in return but a nice feeling and the knowledge that you’re helping kids all across the UK to learn about the ancient world.
We’re 80% of the way to our year target
ko-fi.com/workingclass...
You won’t get anything in return but a nice feeling and the knowledge that you’re helping kids all across the UK to learn about the ancient world.
We’re 80% of the way to our year target
ko-fi.com/workingclass...
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Tomorrow is a month away from Xmas Eve. Please have a look to see if you have any children's clothes, books, toys, etc that are no longer needed & donate them to your local charity shop ASAP. The demand for these items is now, not after Xmas. People are skint but still want to make Xmas special. ❤️
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If you like classics/Greek mythology/ancient stuff/history or know someone who does, may I humbly recommend our book as a Christmas gift?
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology — Working Classicists
Information on Working Classicists’ upcoming book: A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology
www.workingclassicists.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:31 PM
If you like classics/Greek mythology/ancient stuff/history or know someone who does, may I humbly recommend our book as a Christmas gift?
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!
www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...
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We recommend treating yourself to something a little bit Roman 😉
@partialhistorians.bsky.social Hiya! Just wanted to let you know that Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More! is on sale with Kindle (US) for $0.50!
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CV1XXC4Y/
www.amazon.com/dp/B0CV1XXC4Y/
Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More!
Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More! - Kindle edition by Greenfield, Peta, Radford, Fiona. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Your Cheeky Guide to the Roman Empire: History, Trivia, and Tales, Including Caligula, Marcus Aurelius, Aqueducts, Assassinations, and More!.
www.amazon.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
We recommend treating yourself to something a little bit Roman 😉
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Many years ago, I helped set up The Returning Soldier Network, but circumstances meant that I had to step away for a few years as I tried to find secure work. Yesterday, I returned back into the fold as one of the project leads! So watch this space, plans are brewing... @milwelfhist.bsky.social
Who We Are
The Returning Soldier Network was established in 2018 to bring together researchers looking at the figure of the returning soldier from the ancient world to the modern day. The group includes acade…
returningsoldier.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Many years ago, I helped set up The Returning Soldier Network, but circumstances meant that I had to step away for a few years as I tried to find secure work. Yesterday, I returned back into the fold as one of the project leads! So watch this space, plans are brewing... @milwelfhist.bsky.social
Important thread.
70 teaspoons placed in tearooms around the institute & observed weekly over 5 months. 80% of spoons disappeared; spoon halflife~81 days. Communal room halflife lower than in specific labs. 250 spoons annually required to maintain 70 spoon population.
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
The case of the disappearing teaspoons: longitudinal cohort study of the displacement of teaspoons in an Australian research institute
Objectives To determine the overall rate of loss of workplace teaspoons and whether attrition and displacement are correlated with the relative value of the teaspoons or type of tearoom. Design Longitudinal cohort study. Setting Research institute ...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
November 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Important thread.
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It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
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I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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I've spent the last 3 years animating episode 1 of the Daleks' Master Plan for its 60th anniversary today! Yes, we had a slight technical hitch when I realised I'd uploaded the wrong version of the file, but we're good now!
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
Daleks' Master Plan - The Nightmare Begins Animation. Part 1
YouTube video by JanjyGiggins
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I've spent the last 3 years animating episode 1 of the Daleks' Master Plan for its 60th anniversary today! Yes, we had a slight technical hitch when I realised I'd uploaded the wrong version of the file, but we're good now!
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
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My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
Make Your Own Ancient Greek Myth Sisyphus and his Rock Advent Calendar - new for 2025
Help Sisyphus push his Rock up that hill and mark the run up to the festive season in a different way!Each day of December, move Sisyphus one step closer to the summit. Will he make it?Keep Sisyphus' ...
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
So pleased for the fabulous @openuniversity.bsky.social team who won International Collaboration of the Year at tonight's #THEAwards! 🏆
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So pleased for the fabulous @openuniversity.bsky.social team who won International Collaboration of the Year at tonight's #THEAwards! 🏆
Wonderful to be at the #THEAwards in Edinburgh this evening!
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wonderful to be at the #THEAwards in Edinburgh this evening!
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Publication day! Kindle version out now,physical copy next month from Bloomsbury. My chapter entitled ‘Sensory Deception and Manipulation in Ancient Aristocratic Banquets’ and looks at what connects emperors Domitian and Elagabalus, the Italian Futurists and molecular gastronomy.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Publication day! Kindle version out now,physical copy next month from Bloomsbury. My chapter entitled ‘Sensory Deception and Manipulation in Ancient Aristocratic Banquets’ and looks at what connects emperors Domitian and Elagabalus, the Italian Futurists and molecular gastronomy.
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CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
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This weeks sees the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This weeks sees the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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🎮CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! Download our #FREE Archeogaming Education Modules!
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎮CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! Download our #FREE Archeogaming Education Modules!
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
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November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.