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Final call for the @bsrome.bsky.social and Early Medieval Europe early career fellowship, for a month's stay in Rome plus some travel costs to get there. Deadline tomorrow.
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January 29, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Final call for the @bsrome.bsky.social and Early Medieval Europe early career fellowship, for a month's stay in Rome plus some travel costs to get there. Deadline tomorrow.
bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
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Check your learning time! Obviously it's multiple choice.
What does AI stand for?
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Archive Intelligence
c) Actual Intellect
d) Ahhhhh Interesting
5/
What does AI stand for?
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Archive Intelligence
c) Actual Intellect
d) Ahhhhh Interesting
5/
January 28, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Check your learning time! Obviously it's multiple choice.
What does AI stand for?
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Archive Intelligence
c) Actual Intellect
d) Ahhhhh Interesting
5/
What does AI stand for?
a) Artificial Intelligence
b) Archive Intelligence
c) Actual Intellect
d) Ahhhhh Interesting
5/
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*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor.
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
BREAKING: Reform UK have announced GB News host and far-right commentator Matt Goodwin as their candidate for the Gorton and Denton by-election
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 PM
*Not so fun fact. Matt Goodwin was my dissertation supervisor.
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
Only briefly mind. I swapped after he said that my idea - a study and survey on the politics of the homeless (less than 1% vote) - was of "no academic interest".
I got a 1st 🎓
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The wonderful @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social has a hugely interesting new article just out in Early Medieval England & its Neighbours, all about Alfred the Great's embassy to India - free to read here #India #AlfredtheGreat #medieval www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
King Alfred and India: an Anglo-Saxon Embassy to Southern India in the Ninth Century | Early Medieval England and its Neighbours | Cambridge Core
King Alfred and India: an Anglo-Saxon Embassy to Southern India in the Ninth Century - Volume 52
www.cambridge.org
January 14, 2026 at 10:03 AM
The wonderful @caitlinrgreen.bsky.social has a hugely interesting new article just out in Early Medieval England & its Neighbours, all about Alfred the Great's embassy to India - free to read here #India #AlfredtheGreat #medieval www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Squeezing my research and teaching work in the gaps between academic misconduct meetings
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
Squeezing my research and teaching work in the gaps between academic misconduct meetings
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It's set to be a gloomy day tomorrow, so how about some medieval loyalties instead! We have a very promising selection of 20-minute papers and 5-minute presentations, with a general discussion for all to join at the end. Bring a hot drink and join us online 1.30-4.30pm GMT! (zoom link at request)
The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Workshop is taking place tomorrow, 1.30pm-4.30pm on Zoom - please get in touch with myself or @mediev-el.bsky.social for the Zoom link and see here for more details of the programme: medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/2026/01/06/t...
The 3rd Medieval Loyalty Research Network Workshop, 24th January 2026 – Loyalty in the Medieval World
medievalloyalty.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk
January 23, 2026 at 11:14 AM
It's set to be a gloomy day tomorrow, so how about some medieval loyalties instead! We have a very promising selection of 20-minute papers and 5-minute presentations, with a general discussion for all to join at the end. Bring a hot drink and join us online 1.30-4.30pm GMT! (zoom link at request)
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You're watching BBC Scotland.
January 23, 2026 at 11:26 AM
You're watching BBC Scotland.
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It is amusing that, despite how academics *have* been saying for c.40 years that the ancient Britons weren't labelled Celts, most normal people have just carried on assuming they were called Celts so this is only a big reversal for *us*
We're very important and impactful, honest
We're very important and impactful, honest
Only just getting to Patrick Sims-Williams's argument last year that the word "Celts" *really was* applied to Britons in antiquity: if this beds in we are going to have to apologise to a lot of undergraduates...
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January 22, 2026 at 12:53 PM
It is amusing that, despite how academics *have* been saying for c.40 years that the ancient Britons weren't labelled Celts, most normal people have just carried on assuming they were called Celts so this is only a big reversal for *us*
We're very important and impactful, honest
We're very important and impactful, honest
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We had a blast yesterday launching A Companion to Rome (c. 400-1050) into the world. Thank you to our kind hosts, the KFG Religion & Urbanity, Jörg Rüpke and Susanne Rau, our respondents Mateusz Fafinski and Cinnamon Ducasse, and the audience. And our authors and further collaborators, of course!!
January 22, 2026 at 8:14 AM
We had a blast yesterday launching A Companion to Rome (c. 400-1050) into the world. Thank you to our kind hosts, the KFG Religion & Urbanity, Jörg Rüpke and Susanne Rau, our respondents Mateusz Fafinski and Cinnamon Ducasse, and the audience. And our authors and further collaborators, of course!!
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Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...
www.ft.com/content/c894...
January 22, 2026 at 7:50 AM
Or consider being born to parents who can give you a role in the family firm?
www.ft.com/content/c894...
www.ft.com/content/c894...
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Finally had a chance to go through some of our finds from last year's excavation at #CerneAbbey & thought I would share this gem. Book clasps are quite common finds on monastic sites but this little fella is the finest I've ever excavated & must have come from a pretty fancy prayer book or psalter
January 21, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Finally had a chance to go through some of our finds from last year's excavation at #CerneAbbey & thought I would share this gem. Book clasps are quite common finds on monastic sites but this little fella is the finest I've ever excavated & must have come from a pretty fancy prayer book or psalter
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January 21, 2026 at 1:58 PM
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always a lot of panic about right wing young men, the second most progressive demographic in britain
The Greens do better among women than men in all age groups, including a 14pt gender gap among 18-24 year olds (44% of women vs 30% of men)
While Reform UK lead by 17pts among over 65 men, they trail the Conservatives by 6pts among older women
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
While Reform UK lead by 17pts among over 65 men, they trail the Conservatives by 6pts among older women
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 21, 2026 at 6:03 PM
always a lot of panic about right wing young men, the second most progressive demographic in britain
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I need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you!
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January 21, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I need at least 3 more folk to sign up for my Edinburgh Adult Education Programme archaeology classes at Craigentinny, or the course will be cancelled. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let them know. Thank you!
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adulteducationedinburgh.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...
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I feel like we should all take a moment to remember that Ukrainians are still dying and this guy is just spitting bilge about fucking Greenland being "unprotected" from Russia.
January 21, 2026 at 3:03 PM
I feel like we should all take a moment to remember that Ukrainians are still dying and this guy is just spitting bilge about fucking Greenland being "unprotected" from Russia.
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Very sad news indeed.
It is with deep sadness that the Master and Fellows of St Peter’s College share news of the death of Professor Stephen Baxter, Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History. Our full tribute will be shared soon. https://ow.ly/cy8J50Y0yrB
January 21, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Very sad news indeed.
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Surprise, surprise. Yusuf talking nonsense. Here's the graph with pensions stripped out. The complete opposite of what he claims.
Keep numbers away from Yusuf as you would fire from a toddler.
Keep numbers away from Yusuf as you would fire from a toddler.
January 21, 2026 at 9:51 AM
Surprise, surprise. Yusuf talking nonsense. Here's the graph with pensions stripped out. The complete opposite of what he claims.
Keep numbers away from Yusuf as you would fire from a toddler.
Keep numbers away from Yusuf as you would fire from a toddler.
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In the face of European leader after European leader meekly invoking “rules-based order”, “international law”, “closely monitoring”, “the UN Charter”…
It’s almost alien to see someone say “yeah, no, that was a lie and we all knew it.”
It’s almost alien to see someone say “yeah, no, that was a lie and we all knew it.”
January 21, 2026 at 8:43 AM
In the face of European leader after European leader meekly invoking “rules-based order”, “international law”, “closely monitoring”, “the UN Charter”…
It’s almost alien to see someone say “yeah, no, that was a lie and we all knew it.”
It’s almost alien to see someone say “yeah, no, that was a lie and we all knew it.”
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UK users of Ancestry - how easy is to search census data by settlement/street rather than individual? Seems all set up for family history- but I need the data for a place study. Don't want to pay for access if I can't get the info I need
January 21, 2026 at 8:56 AM
UK users of Ancestry - how easy is to search census data by settlement/street rather than individual? Seems all set up for family history- but I need the data for a place study. Don't want to pay for access if I can't get the info I need
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Using or teaching literature in the language classroom? Come and talk to us in Nottingham: 30th March
January 21, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Using or teaching literature in the language classroom? Come and talk to us in Nottingham: 30th March
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It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
also, side note, but why are these deranged outbursts by a deranged racist & misogynist ‘embarrassing’ for Starmer, who’s trying to prop up a security alliance in the face of madness, and not ‘embarrassing’ for the journalists working on these stories who’ve done so much to sanewash Trump?
January 20, 2026 at 12:03 PM
It's also all a bit...'Franz Ferdinand's assassination an embarrassment for the 'Visit Sarajevo' tourism campaign', it is certainly *true* but it is missing the point.
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Tomorrow, 21 January, 4-6pm, in person and online!
Until March, you will also be able to get a 35% discount, see below.
(I realise that the volumes are still prohibitively expensive 😢)
Until March, you will also be able to get a 35% discount, see below.
(I realise that the volumes are still prohibitively expensive 😢)
January 20, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Tomorrow, 21 January, 4-6pm, in person and online!
Until March, you will also be able to get a 35% discount, see below.
(I realise that the volumes are still prohibitively expensive 😢)
Until March, you will also be able to get a 35% discount, see below.
(I realise that the volumes are still prohibitively expensive 😢)
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11% of British people hold a favourable view of Robert Jenrick, according to new YouGov polling
January 16, 2026 at 2:08 PM
11% of British people hold a favourable view of Robert Jenrick, according to new YouGov polling