Autumn in the Dolomites 🧡 #landscape #nature #mountains #photography

We're delighted to be joined by fantastic colleagues, Jade Whitlam and @helengittos.bsky.social, for our upcoming lecture series for @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social. Don't miss this chance to explore this fascinating region & period! 🔗 bit.ly/SilkRoadslectures #skystorians #medievalsky #history

Read The Independent's review of our new John Le Carre exhibition: www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...

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In the beautiful Tuscan rolling hills, this group of cypress trees grow together in a ring. It almost looks symbolic, particularly as captured here at sunrise in the mist. #bluesky #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #naturephotography #travel #nature #drone

Unsolicited writing advice, no. 18167: There is no "typical reader," just as there is no "typical writer." Your first responsibility is to yourself; to create the most honest, well-written, carefully-researched story you can. Finding readers comes later.

BARVY PODZIMU… fotka z podzimního podvečera v Českém středohoří 🇨🇿 #bluesky #landscape #nature #landscapephotography #autumn #trees #canon #Autumnlandscape

Love at First Fright is out today in the UK!

In person & online! A talk about our newly opened exhibition 'John Le Carré: Tradecraft': visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/oct25/... Co-curators Jessica Douthwaite & Federico Varese & the Bodleian's Head of Public Engagement will discuss JLC's archive & the development of this exciting exhibition

Never give up on your dream that one day, you will finally have a bookshelf with a rolling ladder.

Here, on the occasion of #InternationalTranslationDay, MS Reykjavík, GkS 1812 IV, 4°, fol. 34v with Arabic star names in Latinised form and Old Icelandic translation. The glossary is the oldest Scandinavian source containing Arabic terms. #medievalsky #histsci handrit.is/manuscript/v...

Autumn in the Dolomites 💛

This sounds incredible! Congrats to Emma, and I can’t wait to read it! 📚💘 #Romancelandia

I recognize that "hustle culture" is all the rage, but what about "casually perusing a quaint bookstore on a cobblestone street in Edinburgh during a pouring rain" culture?

After hours in the castle for late-night filming in the bedroom of Loopy Ludwig, the Swan King of Bavaria.

Reflections at Tarn Hows. #LakeDistrict #landscapephotography #TarnHows #Treescape #Nature #photography #photographersunited #photographersofbluesky

Marc Bloch will be admitted to the Pantheon in Paris! The date for the "Panthéonisation" is set for 16 June 2026. Meanwhile, @sorbonneparis1.bsky.social has launched a website to keep track of the many conferences to celebrate the event. Some of them start this month. marcbloch.pantheonsorbonne.fr

The elephant rides again! 🐘 Join us on a journey from the palaces of Baghdad, through the streets of Córdoba and all the way to the forests of Aachen #medievalsky

The three Lochs of Gleann a' Chaiginn Mhòir #IsleofMull #Scotland #Argyll www.damianshields.com

At the end of the day, don't we all just want to go on bookstore crawls, bakery crawls, library crawls, and museum crawls?

RIP Claudia Cardinale, who got one of the greatest introductions in the history of cinema imho! youtu.be/eIHrAErHYc0

Yesterday marked the start of the Autumn equinox, but we were busy celebrating #MedievalMonday. We hope this beautiful photo of the Radcliffe Camera, framed by the autumnal leaves of Exeter College gardens makes it up to you.

Happy Equinox! Autumn sunset in the North Cascades.

Khiva/Xiva is beautiful at the golden hour.

I’m so glad @legallyhea.bsky.social posted about the Hallmark adaptation recently; otherwise I might not have known about this wonderful debut. Sarah’s love for her characters (as well as birding / nature / conservation) comes through so clearly. I highly recommend BWB. 📚💘 #Romancelandia

Mausoleum of Sultan Sanjar, Merv, Türkmenistan. Seljūq architecture, fantastic.

Welcome, Autumn! 🍂🍁💚

Beautiful. Wishing joy and peace to all who observe these holydays. 🙏☮️

In the relatively undisturbed countryside outside Paris, Henri Biva depicts the river in the early morning, focusing on strong light effects and foliage detail (Morning at Villeneuve l’Etang: From Waters Edge, 1905)

On 21 September 1937: J.R.R. #Tolkien's The Hobbit was published. The book tells of a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, and his journey with thirteen dwarves to recover their treasure from a dragon, Smaug. It's sold over 100 million copies and is one of the best-selling books of all time. #BookSky

Shrouded in fog #photography #nature #landscapephotography #trees

Tonicha Upham, Death Rituals: The Rūs and 'Vikings' in Arabic and Persian, is available #OpenAccess until 2 October. #MedievalSky www.cambridge.org/core/element...

I will be there speaking on Action Scenes and Love Scenes. Also unveiling a new talk: Raiders of the Lost Archives with @shawntelle.bsky.social

’Cats are connoisseurs of comfort’ (James Herriot)

I've been so excited to share my captures from THIS morning. You can see a gaggle of canada geese resting on the water and a small flock taking flight against a stunning backdrop of misty trees on what is called Temple Island. A morning I will never forget! #canadageese #misty #sunrise #photography

Coolest call for book proposals! #romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

Check out our new blog post from @rrgould on Ibn Faḍlān’s Mission to the Volga, Michael Crichton's Eaters of the Dead, and The 13th Warrior! wp.me/p48OqK-1qu

Don't stop searching for joy. Track it down if you can. Look in cluttered bookstores, movie theaters, spooky cemeteries, and mossy forests. Take joy out for tea, adventure, and gentle mischief across the land.

Moss forest I have come back here! This forest, just near my home, becomes bathed in light on humid mornings, transforming the surroundings into a scene of enchanting beauty.

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Does anyone else wish to communicate only with the Refreshment Department?

En 1229, pour défendre leurs droits et privilèges et protester contre le roi, les professeurs de Paris font grève pendant... plusieurs années ! Un fil, en écho à cette journée de grève du 18 septembre ⬇️ #medievalists #medievalsky

Whatever you do, please don’t stop reading. Read for joy. Read for education. Read for resistance. Read banned books. Read books by marginalized authors. Read about experiences that differ from your own. Just. Keep. Reading.

A beautiful fall morning near Mt. Tahoma, Washington

It's Sapphic September, and I've rejuvenated the book rec stash with fresh titles! I have to say, I think my favorite types of sapphic stories are the 'she's a little bit fucked up and a lot bit haunted' and the good ol' 'I shall protect you with my life, my lady.' What about you? (1/3)

I had so much fun writing this article, getting to follow al-Manṣūr’s diplomacy across the early medieval world from Carolingian Francia to Tang China. #medievalsky #globalmiddleages

Muqarnas from Gur-i Amir/Goʻri Amir, Samarqand, Uzbekistan. #uzbekistan #O‘zbekiston

'Woke up this morning with a terrific urge to lie in bed all day and read. Fought against it for a minute. Then looked out the window at the rain. And gave over. Put myself entirely in the keep of this rainy morning' excerpt from Rain, by Raymond Carver.