John Sabapathy
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John Sabapathy
@jwwsabapathy.bsky.social
Professor of history @uclhistory.bsky.social + co-convenor @anthropoceneucl.bsky.social. Editor at @enghistrev.bsky.social.

Institutions, rationalities, environments, mostly medieval.

https://tinyurl.com/2p8r9yeh + https://www.ucl.ac.uk/anthropocene/.
I didn’t know that about Rudkin! That makes a lot of sense (I started there at the very end of the Trott years, but it was Hosty who got me).
November 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
This was a lovely @timhayward.bsky.social profile that captured it beautifully.
The cult of St John
As one of London’s most important restaurants turns 30, longtime devotee and FT food critic Tim Hayward celebrates its legacy
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s amazing, Rudkin’s such an interesting writer. But am I being dim, are the school scenes filmed at KES?
November 22, 2025 at 11:38 AM
A fascinating version of the concert’s notes was in @financialtimes.com at the weekend.

#medievalAI
Who was the first algorithmic composer?
Amid fears of AI disrupting the art of composition, a London show reveals mathematical techniques dating back centuries
on.ft.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Is that in the old university quarter or the newer side nearer the Hbf?
November 14, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Interesting q. whether @johngapper.bsky.social's answer (viz. over-concentration of power internally + counter-productive gov. interventions externally) applies elsewhere. Certainly apt diagnosis for much UK university sorrow.
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM