Penny Fielding
@penfielding.bsky.social
Edinburgh Literature Prof. Scottish writing, spy novels, cocktails, music.
My lovely students in my Victorian Gothic class made me this Christmas Card. It’s a work of genius.
November 26, 2025 at 1:03 PM
My lovely students in my Victorian Gothic class made me this Christmas Card. It’s a work of genius.
This is my ideal image of philosophy--Shaftesbury and his brother in their lounge wear.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
This is my ideal image of philosophy--Shaftesbury and his brother in their lounge wear.
Spent the weekend reading this. When you give it the time that readers had in 1820s, it becomes compulsive. A thriller with a twisty plot, multiple well-drawn characters, and a narrative that keeps everything in place.
November 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Spent the weekend reading this. When you give it the time that readers had in 1820s, it becomes compulsive. A thriller with a twisty plot, multiple well-drawn characters, and a narrative that keeps everything in place.
Wonderful afternoon of Purcell and his friends from the Dunedin Consort. His sense of music being the most important thing there is is restorative.
November 17, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Wonderful afternoon of Purcell and his friends from the Dunedin Consort. His sense of music being the most important thing there is is restorative.
He was better known for landscapes like this one, but I really love the community of the Londoners dancing round on Bonfire Night.
November 10, 2025 at 6:51 PM
He was better known for landscapes like this one, but I really love the community of the Londoners dancing round on Bonfire Night.
Some things stay the same in Berlin #Fernsehturm
October 18, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Some things stay the same in Berlin #Fernsehturm
Frozen treats … if you’re a polar bear.
October 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Frozen treats … if you’re a polar bear.
Notre Dame has spruced up pretty well
October 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Notre Dame has spruced up pretty well
Congratulations to @drleith.bsky.social and Kevin James for this wonderful volume and for inviting me to write about spies.
September 7, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Congratulations to @drleith.bsky.social and Kevin James for this wonderful volume and for inviting me to write about spies.
At Port of Leith Distillery with the bro.
August 22, 2025 at 8:24 PM
At Port of Leith Distillery with the bro.
The Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the National Gallery is terrific if your in Edinburgh before November
August 18, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The Andy Goldsworthy exhibition at the National Gallery is terrific if your in Edinburgh before November
Apparently in the 1930s academics could pay for their summer holidays by writing reviews and articles, or at least a book on English lyric poetry.
August 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Apparently in the 1930s academics could pay for their summer holidays by writing reviews and articles, or at least a book on English lyric poetry.
Acquired a copy of Upton Sinclair’s spy novel World’s End and it had this inscription. “Head high and don’t give up hope for a better world”. But who was Karl and what was he doing in Glasgow in 1943?
August 10, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Acquired a copy of Upton Sinclair’s spy novel World’s End and it had this inscription. “Head high and don’t give up hope for a better world”. But who was Karl and what was he doing in Glasgow in 1943?
Long lunch after a Queens Hall concert. @jennyrichards.bsky.social
August 9, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Long lunch after a Queens Hall concert. @jennyrichards.bsky.social
Whiskey sours anyone?
August 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Whiskey sours anyone?
Had a preview of the library's acquisition of this fabulous collection of Walter Scott character portraits. The artist much preferred illustrating feisty heroines, and although he does feel he has to include the most famous hero, Ivanhoe is a complete fop.
July 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Had a preview of the library's acquisition of this fabulous collection of Walter Scott character portraits. The artist much preferred illustrating feisty heroines, and although he does feel he has to include the most famous hero, Ivanhoe is a complete fop.
me and my book project
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
me and my book project
Look at these pommes boulangère that I made.
July 18, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Look at these pommes boulangère that I made.
Just donated to the restoration of the place I learned to swim. Then a freezing purgatory only made bearable by wagon wheels and hot vimto, but in the future a sun-drenched aquatic paradise (apparently). Anyway, best of luck to them.
July 17, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just donated to the restoration of the place I learned to swim. Then a freezing purgatory only made bearable by wagon wheels and hot vimto, but in the future a sun-drenched aquatic paradise (apparently). Anyway, best of luck to them.
We'll just tell the kids they're Rice Krispies
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We'll just tell the kids they're Rice Krispies
And my favourite--some kind of alchohol indused fantasy of Stephen King's "It".
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
And my favourite--some kind of alchohol indused fantasy of Stephen King's "It".
Just check the fire, darling, while I skewer your neck with this spear
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Just check the fire, darling, while I skewer your neck with this spear
This guy is clearly dead
July 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
This guy is clearly dead