Daisy Black
@daisyeblack.bsky.social
Medievalist, English lecturer, storyteller, dramaturg, writer, folk dancer. BBC/AHRC New Generation Thinker. Early drama specialist. she/her.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Chief exec of OfS 'said the OfS believes there are 24 institutions at risk of exiting the market in the next 12 months, seven of which are large providers with more than 3,000 students. There are another 25 or so institutions of various sizes at risk over a two- to three-year period, she added.'
Seven ‘large providers’ at risk of going under in the next year
Skills minister says no higher education institutions are at imminent risk of collapse this year but OfS confirms more than 20 providers are being closely monitored
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society
Excited to be telling this story in Emmeline Pankhurst's dining room in Manchester tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-oli...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-oli...
Yde et Olive: A Medieval Love Story
Eventbrite - The Pankhurst Trust (Incorporating Manchester Women's Aid) presents Yde et Olive: A Medieval Love Story - Thursday, 20 November 2025 at Pankhurst Centre, Manchester, England. Find event a...
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November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Excited to be telling this story in Emmeline Pankhurst's dining room in Manchester tomorrow.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-oli...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-oli...
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Posted this last night. In case you missed it, Hope Projects does amazing work with people utterly abandoned by the state. Giving them some money will annoy Nigel Farage, Shabana Mahmood, Lee Anderson, Tommy Robinson and the Daily Mail.
Shabana Mahmood and the Labour government have appalled me so much that it’s time to give The Hope Project, which supports destitute refugees, the equivalent of my old Labour Party membership fee again.
You can too: click I Want To Help and scroll down to Donate
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
You can too: click I Want To Help and scroll down to Donate
hope-projects.org.uk/about-hope/
About Hope - The Hope Projects
Why does Hope exist?
Imagine fleeing persecution and having to seek protection in another land. You’d hope for welcome, sympathy and for your rights to be respected. Sadly the British asylum system i...
hope-projects.org.uk
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Posted this last night. In case you missed it, Hope Projects does amazing work with people utterly abandoned by the state. Giving them some money will annoy Nigel Farage, Shabana Mahmood, Lee Anderson, Tommy Robinson and the Daily Mail.
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It was great to write this blog post for the @guildmedmak.bsky.social and to give readers a little glimpse into my creative-critical practice, as my 'ecocreative' translations turn from storms 🌧 and ice ❄ to heat and fire 🔥 via the OE poem on The Phoenix #medievalsky.
As the weather gets colder, warm the cockles of your creative-critical heart by reading our new Meet a Medievalist Maker blog post by @jamespaz.bsky.social, which is filled with fiery reflections on his 'ecocreative' process🔥
Read more by following the link below👇
Read more by following the link below👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: James Paz — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
www.guildmedmak.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It was great to write this blog post for the @guildmedmak.bsky.social and to give readers a little glimpse into my creative-critical practice, as my 'ecocreative' translations turn from storms 🌧 and ice ❄ to heat and fire 🔥 via the OE poem on The Phoenix #medievalsky.
A wild week beckons, with 'Yde and Olive' in Leamington Spa on Tues and Edinburgh on Fri.
I'm teaching it on my Queer Medieval module too, so my students will likely give me new ideas for the performances!
Leamington: daisyblack.uk/event/storyt...
Edinburgh: daisyblack.uk/event/yde-an...
I'm teaching it on my Queer Medieval module too, so my students will likely give me new ideas for the performances!
Leamington: daisyblack.uk/event/storyt...
Edinburgh: daisyblack.uk/event/yde-an...
Yde and Olive at Leamington Literary Society – Daisy Black
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October 12, 2025 at 8:27 PM
A wild week beckons, with 'Yde and Olive' in Leamington Spa on Tues and Edinburgh on Fri.
I'm teaching it on my Queer Medieval module too, so my students will likely give me new ideas for the performances!
Leamington: daisyblack.uk/event/storyt...
Edinburgh: daisyblack.uk/event/yde-an...
I'm teaching it on my Queer Medieval module too, so my students will likely give me new ideas for the performances!
Leamington: daisyblack.uk/event/storyt...
Edinburgh: daisyblack.uk/event/yde-an...
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Our History Research Seminar @uninorthampton.bsky.social kicks off next Wed 1 Oct with a talk by me on my new project 'Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982'. It will be at 12pm UK time and on Teams. Email rachel.moss @ northampton.ac.uk for a link.
September 25, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Our History Research Seminar @uninorthampton.bsky.social kicks off next Wed 1 Oct with a talk by me on my new project 'Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982'. It will be at 12pm UK time and on Teams. Email rachel.moss @ northampton.ac.uk for a link.
An honour to talk to my creative friends about storytelling and 'behind the scenes' in Yde and Olive. You can read all about it here, see the next performance in Manchester on the 17th September, or catch one of the last venues on my tour: daisyblack.uk/events/
'I researched medieval birthing chambers, read combat manuals, tried on replica armour, and befriended a horse and a hawk.'
Meet performance storyteller @daisyeblack.bsky.social in our new Meet A Medievalist Maker blogpost! 👇
Meet performance storyteller @daisyeblack.bsky.social in our new Meet A Medievalist Maker blogpost! 👇
Meet a Medievalist Maker: Daisy Black — The Guild of Medievalist Makers
www.guildmedmak.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An honour to talk to my creative friends about storytelling and 'behind the scenes' in Yde and Olive. You can read all about it here, see the next performance in Manchester on the 17th September, or catch one of the last venues on my tour: daisyblack.uk/events/
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@britishacademy.bsky.social will be running a webinar for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants on Monday 8 September at 12.00 U.K. time. Register to attend here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
Microsoft Forms
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August 13, 2025 at 7:51 PM
@britishacademy.bsky.social will be running a webinar for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants on Monday 8 September at 12.00 U.K. time. Register to attend here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
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Jane Bonsall just came by our stand at #IMC2025 to show off her latest book "Women and Magic in Medieval Romance". Save 50% and get free shipping on your copy with code BB094 here: buff.ly/R42jWOe @janebonsall.bsky.social #MedievalSky
July 9, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Jane Bonsall just came by our stand at #IMC2025 to show off her latest book "Women and Magic in Medieval Romance". Save 50% and get free shipping on your copy with code BB094 here: buff.ly/R42jWOe @janebonsall.bsky.social #MedievalSky
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Throwing your students under the bus is a bad idea if you are an educational institution.
This is completely disgusting. UPenn was afraid of losing funding, and they've decided humiliating Lia Thomas is a worthy price to pay to save themselves.
Lia Thomas did nothing wrong. She followed the rules and competed fairly and honorably. UPenn's leadership are cowards.
Lia Thomas did nothing wrong. She followed the rules and competed fairly and honorably. UPenn's leadership are cowards.
JUST IN: UPenn will strip a trans swimmer, Lia Thomas, of her records and ban trans athletes in women’s sports, caving to Trump admin demands.
July 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Throwing your students under the bus is a bad idea if you are an educational institution.
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Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel, 'Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World'!
With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
![Session 2C: Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World [Room K019]
Chair: Fran Allfrey
Laura Varnam (University College, Oxford): Wealhtheow on the Whale-Road and Beyond: Poems for Heorot’s Queen and Reflections on Writing Her Story / Herstory
Sheila Passey (University of Wolverhampton): Reclaiming Aethelflaed: Feminist Storytelling and the Challenges of Adapting Early Medieval Herstories into Modern Historical Fiction
Daisy Black (University of Wolverhampton): A Many-Woman Show: Yde and Olive, Women’s Work and Storytelling as Medievalist Feminist Praxis](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:3xv3r2tyxi54yayomcjzybtt/bafkreig5zqeufsh6g2fb3myaedfgjbsybnfcbyuden7ubohyy3vyotzy6e@jpeg)
June 22, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel, 'Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World'!
With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).
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This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
June 7, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵
Open to everyone! To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daisy-blac...
June 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Open to everyone! To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daisy-blac...
I am just writing a paper about adapting this show to present at this conference too!
And rounding up our #MAMOmonth plenaries and performances, on Wednesday we are delighted to host Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social), in her performance of 'Yde and Olive'! Dr Black is a medievalist, theatre director and storyteller.
Wednesday 25th, 6:15-8pm, King's College London Chapel.
Wednesday 25th, 6:15-8pm, King's College London Chapel.
June 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
I am just writing a paper about adapting this show to present at this conference too!
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@shahidhabari.bsky.social
introduces a powerful episode of BBCRadio4 BBCFreeThinking on a subject of perennial interest (to me especially): *wolves*. She talks to @adamweymouth.bsky.social
Zoe Gilbert, @daisyeblack.bsky.social
Ben Goldsmith, Brian Zimmerman
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
introduces a powerful episode of BBCRadio4 BBCFreeThinking on a subject of perennial interest (to me especially): *wolves*. She talks to @adamweymouth.bsky.social
Zoe Gilbert, @daisyeblack.bsky.social
Ben Goldsmith, Brian Zimmerman
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Wolves
How wolves shape our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 28, 2025 at 8:35 PM
@shahidhabari.bsky.social
introduces a powerful episode of BBCRadio4 BBCFreeThinking on a subject of perennial interest (to me especially): *wolves*. She talks to @adamweymouth.bsky.social
Zoe Gilbert, @daisyeblack.bsky.social
Ben Goldsmith, Brian Zimmerman
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
introduces a powerful episode of BBCRadio4 BBCFreeThinking on a subject of perennial interest (to me especially): *wolves*. She talks to @adamweymouth.bsky.social
Zoe Gilbert, @daisyeblack.bsky.social
Ben Goldsmith, Brian Zimmerman
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Delighted to see that my creative-critical Old English eco-poetics article is now out, Open Access, in Postmedieval (thanks to @postmedieval.bsky.social): link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky #oldenglish
Storm-thoughts and ice-songs: A creative-critical response to Old English eco-poetry - postmedieval
This article looks at how ecocritical readings of The Wanderer, The Wife’s Lament, and Exeter Book riddles can inspire an ‘ecocreative’ way of rewriting and reimagining Old English verse. My creative-...
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May 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Delighted to see that my creative-critical Old English eco-poetics article is now out, Open Access, in Postmedieval (thanks to @postmedieval.bsky.social): link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky #oldenglish
Off to London to talk about medieval wolf folklore on BBC Radio 4.
In 950, King Edgar imposed a tax of 300 wolf skins on the Welsh.
Luckily for the wolves, William the Conqueror later imposed a tax of 1 king skin on the English.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
In 950, King Edgar imposed a tax of 300 wolf skins on the Welsh.
Luckily for the wolves, William the Conqueror later imposed a tax of 1 king skin on the English.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Free Thinking, Wolves
How wolves shape our world.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Off to London to talk about medieval wolf folklore on BBC Radio 4.
In 950, King Edgar imposed a tax of 300 wolf skins on the Welsh.
Luckily for the wolves, William the Conqueror later imposed a tax of 1 king skin on the English.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
In 950, King Edgar imposed a tax of 300 wolf skins on the Welsh.
Luckily for the wolves, William the Conqueror later imposed a tax of 1 king skin on the English.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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So exciting to see all the details of the MAMO come together - it's going to be good! A timely workshop here from @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
MAMO update: new details of a workshop organised by Dr Rachel Moss @menysnoweballes.bsky.social:
Resisting Radicalisation: Medievalism and the Extreme Right.
Taking place on Wednesday 25th June at the 5th MAMO conference - see our website for more details.
Resisting Radicalisation: Medievalism and the Extreme Right.
Taking place on Wednesday 25th June at the 5th MAMO conference - see our website for more details.
March 25, 2025 at 2:58 PM
So exciting to see all the details of the MAMO come together - it's going to be good! A timely workshop here from @menysnoweballes.bsky.social
After 3 sell out in-person performances, I'm looking forward to 'Yde and Olive' online on 26th March.
Live far away? Avoiding the plague? Want your stories to be less people-y? Want to listen while snuggled in your favourite blanket?
This story is for you!
livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/daisy...
Live far away? Avoiding the plague? Want your stories to be less people-y? Want to listen while snuggled in your favourite blanket?
This story is for you!
livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/daisy...
Daisy Black | Online Gig | Live To Your Living Room
Join Daisy Black on 26th March. Watch our online folk gigs from wherever you are in the world.
livetoyourlivingroom.com
March 14, 2025 at 4:36 PM
After 3 sell out in-person performances, I'm looking forward to 'Yde and Olive' online on 26th March.
Live far away? Avoiding the plague? Want your stories to be less people-y? Want to listen while snuggled in your favourite blanket?
This story is for you!
livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/daisy...
Live far away? Avoiding the plague? Want your stories to be less people-y? Want to listen while snuggled in your favourite blanket?
This story is for you!
livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/daisy...
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I find it hard to imagine another sector in which hundreds of job losses being announced each day would be so easily dismissed by so many.
Cardiff University confirms that in College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 699 jobs are “in scope” of redundancy with 86 in the School of History, Archaeology and Religion.
At the leading Welsh university in the capital of (checks notes) Wales 13 are in the (checks notes) School of Welsh.
At the leading Welsh university in the capital of (checks notes) Wales 13 are in the (checks notes) School of Welsh.
Cardiff University releases breakdown of academics 'in scope' for redundancy
Martin Shipton Cardiff University has released to Nation.Cymru the breakdown by School of the 1,807 academics who have been told their jobs are “in scope” to be cut. The university announced in Januar...
nation.cymru
March 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I find it hard to imagine another sector in which hundreds of job losses being announced each day would be so easily dismissed by so many.
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Please encourage your graduate students to submit to this year’s GMS essay prize! Deadline 30th April.
medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-bursa...
medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-bursa...
Prizes & Bursaries – Gender and Medieval Studies
medievalgender.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Please encourage your graduate students to submit to this year’s GMS essay prize! Deadline 30th April.
medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-bursa...
medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-bursa...
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Other plenaries are @michaeledenart.bsky.social, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace. MAMO will also feature a special performance of Yde and Olive by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. See more at our Keynotes page, which will be regularly updated: themamo.org/keynote-spea...
March 10, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Other plenaries are @michaeledenart.bsky.social, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace. MAMO will also feature a special performance of Yde and Olive by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. See more at our Keynotes page, which will be regularly updated: themamo.org/keynote-spea...
Excited to announce the tour dates for my first ever storytelling tour! Very excited to perform ‘Yde and Olive’ at so many lovely venues and festivals.
You can find out more about the show and find details for all these events on daisyblack.uk/storytelling/
Photo: @plashingvole.bsky.social
You can find out more about the show and find details for all these events on daisyblack.uk/storytelling/
Photo: @plashingvole.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Excited to announce the tour dates for my first ever storytelling tour! Very excited to perform ‘Yde and Olive’ at so many lovely venues and festivals.
You can find out more about the show and find details for all these events on daisyblack.uk/storytelling/
Photo: @plashingvole.bsky.social
You can find out more about the show and find details for all these events on daisyblack.uk/storytelling/
Photo: @plashingvole.bsky.social