Dinah Roe
@preraphsrule.bsky.social
C19th literature. Victorian Poetry. Pre-Raphaelitism. Caregiving / Care. Editing Complete Poems of Christina Rossetti (Longman). Visit the Poetry By Carers project website https://carerspoetry.org/ for poems by caregivers.
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Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
November 28, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Happy Birthday to William Blake, who knows where the wild things are...
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'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
UK universities ‘could cut 10,000 jobs every year’
Academics claim changes made to higher education system a decade ago have divided sector into ‘winners and losers’, with government-imposed limits on income exacerbating financial challenges
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
'David Maguire and Alex Bols, vice-chancellor and chief of staff respectively at the University of East Anglia, updated their prediction made last autumn that 10,000 jobs could be lost in 2024-25, claiming this same amount could in fact be lost every year going forward.' 1/3
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What did I tell you?
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
What did I tell you?
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This beautiful hare disappeared for more than 20 years. Then in 2009, I presented a documentary on Radio 4 telling the fascinating story of the book and the race to find the hare and it finally resurfaced as a result.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This beautiful hare disappeared for more than 20 years. Then in 2009, I presented a documentary on Radio 4 telling the fascinating story of the book and the race to find the hare and it finally resurfaced as a result.
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
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You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
November 26, 2025 at 10:12 PM
You know what we won't need once handwriting recognition software has done its thing? Archivists, curators, conservators, catalogers, codicologists, or paleographers. We won't need archives either. We won't need diplomatics, editorial theory, book or media history, or material culture studies 🗃️🧵
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One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Jewelled golden hare that sparked national treasure hunt set for auction
Artist and author Kit Williams hid a golden hare with clues to its precise location given in his 1979 book
www.independent.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
One of the most beautiful bits of english eccentricity and glorious design is coming back to Sotheby’s and should be bought by a musuem (or me) for THE NATION. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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'The University of Dundee has been told it cannot make any compulsory redundancies until it has a three-year recovery strategy in place as part of conditions placed on its bailout from the Scottish government.' 1/3
Bailout conditions restrict compulsory redundancies at Dundee
University told to come up with a plan for financial recovery before it enforces more job losses
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:00 AM
'The University of Dundee has been told it cannot make any compulsory redundancies until it has a three-year recovery strategy in place as part of conditions placed on its bailout from the Scottish government.' 1/3
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The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
November 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The multi Academy Award winning 🇺🇸 American romantic drama “CASABLANCA” directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Dooley Wilson premiered at the Hollywood Theater in New York City #OnThisDay in 1942
🎬 #WarnerBros
🎬 #WarnerBros
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The re-issue of my 1999 book "Witchcraft, Magic, and Culture" is now out, £19.99. Glad to see it with an attractive new cover!
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
The re-issue of my 1999 book "Witchcraft, Magic, and Culture" is now out, £19.99. Glad to see it with an attractive new cover!
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In academic writing it is vitally important to know when you have said enough to prove your argument. It is at this point that you must add every single other piece of evidence you have come across
November 26, 2025 at 8:30 PM
In academic writing it is vitally important to know when you have said enough to prove your argument. It is at this point that you must add every single other piece of evidence you have come across
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My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
November 26, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My Brain:
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
"Psst, here's a great idea for your book."
Me:
"I'm busy. I'll write it down later. I'll remember it."
Morgan Freeman:
"But he did not remember it, for his brain soon moved on to wonder how cottage cheese gets made."
#WritingCommunity #BookSky #WriteSky
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A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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'More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries. We need universities like Nottingham to be pumping out Russian and Mandarin graduates each year, to work across Whitehall.' 1/2
The procession of university language closures will trip up UK diplomacy
The government needs to signal its demand for elite foreign language skills before more universities leave provision to inferior alternatives, says Ian Proud
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:57 AM
'More than ever before, we need British diplomats, spies and soldiers to speak the language of our adversaries. We need universities like Nottingham to be pumping out Russian and Mandarin graduates each year, to work across Whitehall.' 1/2
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So I'm editing the Edinburgh Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. Relatedly, if you're in the UK and you or your library possess the deluxe large paper British edition (1912 or 1914 versions), please let me know. It's the version with Iguanodon footprints on the cover.
November 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
So I'm editing the Edinburgh Edition of Arthur Conan Doyle's The Lost World. Relatedly, if you're in the UK and you or your library possess the deluxe large paper British edition (1912 or 1914 versions), please let me know. It's the version with Iguanodon footprints on the cover.
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“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing+ music +acting, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable, there will be no future except constant war.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible
The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...
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November 23, 2025 at 6:16 PM
“Authoritarian governments view culture as a threat because in the writing+ music +acting, you can sometimes glimpse alternatives to the current reality. We live in a timeline that says AI domination is inevitable, there will be no future except constant war.”
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...
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unlikeliest tho it is, this account is now always chicago pope o'clock
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth reut.rs/48tKTYY
Don't let AI do your homework, Pope Leo tells US youth
Artificial intelligence may be a useful tool for learning, but don't use it for your homework, Pope Leo told about 15,000 U.S. youth during a question-and-answer session on Friday.
reut.rs
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 PM
unlikeliest tho it is, this account is now always chicago pope o'clock
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www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:40 PM
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
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How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
More then 2,000 trafficked children and lone child asylum seekers missing from UK councils’ care
Charities say vulnerable young people are being failed by local authorities, the police and central government
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:43 AM
How is this not the top story on every news bulletin?
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This has been happening for years and instead of doing anything to protect children successive governments have made the situation worse. This isn't just on councils. It is part of failings on a State level.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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The recently reopened Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum and Gallery featuring plenty of favourites from the collection #art #paintings
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 AM
The recently reopened Pre-Raphaelite galleries at Birmingham Museum and Gallery featuring plenty of favourites from the collection #art #paintings
Yes. But. I think these American writers are missing some important British cultural contexts regarding this garment.
www.vulture.com/article/im-b...
www.thecut.com/article/wick...
www.vulture.com/article/im-b...
www.thecut.com/article/wick...
I’m Being Driven Insane by Wicked: For Good’s Sex Cardigan
Help.
www.vulture.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Yes. But. I think these American writers are missing some important British cultural contexts regarding this garment.
www.vulture.com/article/im-b...
www.thecut.com/article/wick...
www.vulture.com/article/im-b...
www.thecut.com/article/wick...
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for – podcast
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for – podcast
Tech critic Corey Doctorow explains why for so many the internet – from Amazon to Google to Instagram – seems to be getting worse
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
‘Enshittification’: how we got the internet no one asked for – podcast