As promised here is the link to the consultation on the future of @leedsmuseums.bsky.social Abbey House #Museum which is threatened with closure to save £160,000. Please do respond if you can: museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/pQoMAtw/abbe...

You know you are in California when there’s a vending machine for press on nails, right?

I’m heading off to #AARSBL24 soon, if anyone going wants to hear us talk about the pub as a transformative space, social class, and contemporary spirit communication, we are on Saturday, 12.30 CC-9. Or feel free to ask for a copy of our paper! Always happy to chat all things spiritualism.

For folks attending the AAR in San Diego – The “Victorian Virtual Travel: Visions of Buddhism” display is ongoing at the San Diego Central Library (downtown) through November. #aarsbl24 #sblaar24 The display is a mixture of 19th century “cutting edge” print materials that --->

Robin goch ar ben y rhiniog Yn gofyn tamaid heb un geiniog, Ac yn dwedyd yn ysmala, "Mae hi'n oer, fe ddaw yr eira." #Welsh #Folklore

'If reason can’t save the world, no wonder #magic and #superstition are on the rise'... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Sticking my head above the parapet as missing online academic chatter - I’m Caroline, sociologist of religion in Britain but I love a bit of history, currently writing a book on Spiritualism in Yorkshire, inside and outside institution, including in pubs. Often writing about British Buddhism.