"I am the sacred property of Hera-in-the-Plain: Kyniskos the butcher dedicated me, a tithe from his works." Sybaris, c. 520 BCE. I wasn't looking for this object, but now I love it so.

🚨 NEW: 27 Members of Parliament have signed a motion to reject the EHRC Code of Practice edm.parliament.uk/early-day-mo... Ask yours to join them: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

🚨 Parliament is back today. Join us in asking your MP to reject the EHRC’s harmful Code of Practice: equalrecognition.eaction.org.uk/rejectthecode

The updated code of practice for services, public functions and associations has been laid before Parliament. The guidance tells organisations how they should approach trans inclusion. Here’s what that means 👇 goodlawproject.org/the-code-of-...

The UK Government is expected to publish its updated Code of Practice tomorrow – just in time for their holidays.

ENTER OUR DRAW TO WIN A BOOK! We have signed copies of @badancient.bsky.social's The Far Edges of the Known World to give away! Click the link for instructions on how to enter. Open until May 20th, UK residents eligible only. www.ancienthistory101.org/GIVEAWAY

Me: I wish I could have the afternoon off from marking Turnitin: [collapses] Me: not like that! I have so much to do!

As a humanities scholar this is bizarre. I don't think you should be listed as the author of a paper if you haven't read it or don't understand the things it references. That feels... basic?

Well, this definitely feel like way too apt a metaphor for... *gestures incoherently at Everything Right Now*

Universities fuel local economies, so it's not just students and redundant staff at risk, it's restaurants & bars, cultural institutions, cleaners, builders, plumbers, fitness instructors, massage therapists, landlords, we are all part of an ecosystem.

What did #WCCWiki do in April? LOTS! First off, a new #Wikipedia page for Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou (1896 – 1979), an archaeologist and numismatist. She was born on the Greek island of Paros & was 1 of the 1st women to graduate from the University of Athens in Archaeology #WCCWiki

I've hit 100 responses to my survey on personal tutoring - half way there! If you're an academic in UK HE who's had pastoral responsibility for students in the last five years, whatever that's called, I'd love to hear your thoughts - it shouldn't take more than ten minutes. Do share if you can.

A Durham UCU statement regarding last week's ruling in favour of Sussex University in their appeal against the £500,000+ fine imposed upon them by the Office for Students, and what we see it as meaning for providing adequate support for trans students and staff against transphobia.

I think about this all the time.

Today's #WCCWiki editing - archaeologist & numismatist Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou, one of the first women appointed to the Greek archaeological service, has a new #Wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirene_... #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social

Apply now: Combined Classics Library Bursaries With the Hellenic & Roman Societies, the ICS is running a small grants scheme (up to £300) to assist unfunded scholars to visit the Library in summer 26 to advance or complete a project of research or scholarship. Deadline 7 June: shorturl.at/oAF6D

Colleges not told about investigation into Simon Goldhill | Varsity www.varsity.co.uk/news/31560

🎁📖🏺 GIVEAWAY! 🏺📖🎁 We've run the rule over Curtis Dozier's excellent "The White Pedestal" and to celebrate, we have a copy to give away. To win it, have a read of the article and follow the instructions at the end... www.workingclassicists.com/zine/book-re...

Oh, will you look at that - I had missed that my WCC And Me blog post is up on the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social blog - just in time for #TenYearsOfWCC!

Really looking forward to seeing lots of you at the WCC tenth anniversary later! Let's start a hashtag, like the olden days. 😄 #TenYearsOfWCC @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social @lizgloyn.bsky.social @annapjudson.bsky.social @chrissieplastow.bsky.social

Wrote a bit about the Oscan inscription featured in my latest round of #epigraphy #baking! itsallgreektoanna.wordpress.com/2026/04/21/e... #EpigraphyTuesday #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky🏺 @durhamclassics.bsky.social @katherinemcdon.bsky.social @diffendale.bsky.social

fabulous! our new Oscan inscription now in cake form! I'm just sorry I'm not there to partake... What would Nimzis think?! Certainly the Italic world had no shortage of ritual cakes...

All ready for the British #Epigraphy Society spring meeting @durhamclassics.bsky.social! Epigraphic conference cake to be revealed later...

⚖️ One year ago, the Supreme Court promised us our rights were still protected. 🟰 Since then - our lives have become less free, less safe and less equal. Where is the dignity and respect in this? 📝 It's going to take more than minor tweaks to make a difference here. What happens now? ➡️

No paywall copy of the article in the Times about unwanted sexual advances by Simon Goldhill at Cambridge. Thank god students in 21st century report this shit and the universities take it seriously archive.ph/2026.04.09-1...

Any Cicero and/or text crit #ClassicsBluesky folks who can help out more specifically than I can?

As a linguist, this is true. #linguistics

As we mourn the great Averil Cameron, I point you to her autobiographical talk from 2017: on being working class and female in Ancient History wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2017/05/22/s...

And the BIG BAD I SAID NO blogpost is live! (If you know the cartoon I'm referring to, welcome: childhood memory unlocked). Huge thanks to everyone below who commented on my post about 'how [and whether!] to say no in academia'. drlauravarnam.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/t...

Hey if you need something to do over this long weekend, have a go at my PhD student Anna-Merete’s survey. It’s sentences to rate, you just need to have any English variety as your first language, and it’ll take you 10–15 minutes. #linguistics docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

This #Caturday, have two very comfortable #ArchaeoCats from Herculaneum #AncientBluesky🏺

Breaking news: we've just signed a once-in-a-lifetime loan agreement to bring rural England's most iconic artwork home for the first time in 1,000 years. Introducing our 2027 major exhibition - Bayewe Tapestry: the Fight to Wool England.

Bluesky academic pals, I’m planning to write a blogpost about ‘saying no’, or at least, ‘how to consider whether to say yes’ to an opportunity. What are your top tips? 🙏🏻

This is a really good petition. It holds the government accountable for their failure to protect trans people, gender diverse people, and women against anti-trans hate and lawfare. Please sign and share everywhere! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

Reminder: March 31st deadline for applications to travel bursaries for @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration! Up to 7 available for grad students and un(der)employed Classicists. Info & to apply: wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c... #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

March’s #WCCWIKI editing session is happening next week! Tuesday 24th at 1pm. Join with the link below!! 🏛️🏛️ Join Zoom Meeting us06web.zoom.us/j/85192010168.

Have you had personal tutoring responsibilities in a UK HEI in the last five years? I'd love to hear from you! I'm running a short survey on interpersonal relationships & care within personal tutoring, which takes ~10 minutes to complete. Please do share: I'm keen to get a wide range of responses!

Celebrating Women in Classics: Ten Years of the Women’s Classical Committee UK Join the ICS and WCC on Wednesday 22 April for a round table discussion and Q&A on the theme of ‘Celebrating Women in Classics’. Drinks reception from 5pm; panel discussion at 6pm: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

We're sure all you can think about today is that it's World Plumbing Day. 👨‍🔧💦 So here's the Palace plumbing - ceramic pipes that carried water around the formal gardens and fed fountains and ornamental basins and the like. (1960s excavation photo) 🧵👇

REVEALED 👀 Who wrote the letter Wes Streeting relied on when he paused the puberty blockers trial? https://goodlaw.social/t7ks

Reminder: sign up for the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration, April 22nd @ics.bsky.social! Free & all welcome; travel bursaries available for grad students & un-/under-employed Classicists attending wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c... #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺

That Starmer keeps Mahmood in post shows this is not just the actions of an inhumane Home Secretary, but a deeper rooted ideology of hostility and xenophobia within this government. No-one benefits from blocking Chevening scholars. This is cruelty for sake of it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The official statement from Grammarly is so typical of AI boosters/tech companies of late. ‘Sure, we’re resurrecting the dead to exploit them for a few dollars and the ‘experts’ have no idea we’re using their names and reputations, but we hoped to make more money before anyone really noticed’

Over twenty years ago, a court ruled that forcing trans people to live “in an intermediate zone as not quite one gender or the other is no longer sustainable”. That decision became the foundation for the UK’s Gender Recognition Act. Here’s how ✍️ @jessothomson.co.uk

I can just tell you now what their conclusion is going to be.

Come on, lexicographers, just admit it when you've got no idea what a word actually means 😂 #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky

So, I have just learned about this prosciutto sundial (or HAM CLOCK as I will be calling it) and I am truly obsessed with this little guy! "The prosciutto has proved easier to describe than to explain" 😂 😂 perfect, no notes

Using Grammarly for the first time in forever ... WHAT? As a non-native speaker writing primarily in English, I used to use it to check prepositions, point out too long/convoluted sentences etc. It now offers to summon colleagues both living and dead to "expert review" the piece??? What?

🎆 Celebrate ten years of the Women’s Classical Committee UK 👉 Join for a special celebration event in London on 22 April: wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c... 🤩 Featuring our very own Katharine Russell on the impact of retellings of Classical myth on the study of Classical Civ in schools