CFP for Sofeir conference 'Irish Exceptionalism', Strasbourg, 26-27 March 2026 www.sofeir.fr/cfp-irish-ex...

Letter written by poet & librarian Philip Larkin from 1985 up for auction. Larkin lived in Hull for more than 30 years. 👇 BBC News - 'Remarkable' Philip Larkin letter up for auction www.bbc.com/news/article...

A Batch of Undelivered #WWII Letters Intended for Japanese Soldiers Ended Up in an Oregon Museum Decades Later. Now, Experts Are Returning the Lost Correspondence to Their Families share.google/xDgDAyDfAo9B...

Happy #LeftHandersDay to all you lovely left handed folk out there! 💪

Lovely to see Alice Thornton and @cordeliabeattie.bsky.social getting some love in the press. 'A female Samuel Pepys' Thornton is a bit less self-obsessed! www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

#OtD 4 Aug 1765 French actor and revolutionary Claire Lacombe was born. She took part in the 1792 Paris insurrection and co-founded the Society of Revolutionary Republican Women, an organisation so radical it led all women's organisations to be banned stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1040...

#OtD 1 Aug 1993 Joy Gardner, a 40-year-old Jamaican woman, died in north London, a few days after police tried to deport her. They held her down and wrapped 13ft of surgical tape round her head, suffocating her stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8055...

On International Day of Friendship, why not visit our online 'PenPals' exhibit! It explores friendships & connections between writers in South-West England, incl. Daphne du Maurier & Agatha Christie. ➡️ specialcollectionsarchive.exeter.ac.uk/exhibits/sho... #InternationalDayOfFriendship #Archives

Umberto Eco’s enduringly popular manual “How to Write a Thesis” is more than a guide for undergraduates; the book is a celebration of the magical process of self-realization.

Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.

Pursued relentlessly by the government of Vladimir Putin, the Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died in prison. He left behind an account of his final years—and an admonition to his country and the world.

Harvard hired a researcher to look into its connection to slavery, and then allegedly fired the researcher for finding too many enslaved people www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...

News | @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social begins process to repatriate human remains – delegation of Naga representatives visit museum to discuss return and care of ancestral remains

Would you like to see your name on this page? Simply write us a letter at The Letters Page School of English The University of Nottingham Nottingham NG7 2RD and you will receive a personalised, hand-folded aerogramme in return! More details at link in bio. 🔗

British Library to reinstate Oscar Wilde’s reader card 130 years after it was revoked www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...

Call for Contributors! @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals! Deadline: 30 September 2025 More info here 👇 ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...

This will be of interest to many.

We are delighted to announce Maeve Hagerty as this year's McCurtain/Cullen Prize Winner. womenshistoryassociation.com/2025/05/30/m...

Rest in peace Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

"Seas off Cork a 'marine desert' due to overfishing of sprat, says owner of whale-watching business." Sprat, the basis of entire ecosystems, is being hoovered out to turn into fishmeal, an *insanely* wasteful process. Who or what gives them the right??? www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster...

Thanks so much for an amazing experience at #WHAI2025 @whaireland.bsky.social I had an absolute blast & met a bunch of very friendly scholars - feeling super inspired & motivated right now! 😊

Settling into sunny Carlow and getting warmed up for first day of #WHAI2025 tomorrow - very excited! 😆

Still publishing research articles at nearly 102 years old The first time she did fieldwork was in the 1940s, the last time was in 2020 & another research article will be published with geologist Kari Egede Henningsmoen listed as one author #WomeninSTEM www.sciencenorway.no/geology-rese...

Today’s poetry from @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social will counterbalance the xenophobia from some of our political leaders. The UK needs immigrants! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

“We will not be silent in front of the man-made humanitarian catastrophe that is taking place before our eyes in Gaza.” A joint statement from Ireland, Iceland, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Malta and Slovenia.

Dr Trainor Memorial Lecture THIS Monday 12 May at 11am @PRONI_DFC To watch online: us02web.zoom.us/j/8267590917... 2025 marks 40th anniversary of Foundation's journal 'Familia' - its editor Trevor Parkhill will speak on Emigrants' letters as a source for Irish historians & genealogists #genealogy

Camogie sportswear has evolved dramatically, reflecting broader changes in women's sportswear and celebrating strides towards equality and functionality. NMI Curator Siobhán Doyle dives into camogie kits' history and current controversies. www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

We're launching The Bee magazine today because the UK publishing and writing industries have a bit of a class problem.

Charlotte Brontë's Book of Ryhmes written when she was 13 in 1829 which contains 10 works has been published in a new paperback book which is available for £20. 👇 BBC News - Book of Charlotte Brontë's teenage poems on sale www.bbc.com/news/article...

❛ When I read a book, I put in all the imagination I can, so that it is almost like writing the book as well as reading it - or rather, it is like living it. It makes reading so much more exciting, but I don't suppose many people try to do it. Author Dodie Smith, born #OTD in 1896.

Distance education, including pedagogy and communications: my article on #18c distance education outlines some trials, tribulations and triumphs, including how key relationships, communication and emotions are to making it work. Useful to reflect on in the present doi.org/10.1111/1468... #education

Letter by high-profile Titanic survivor sells for record £300,000

Massive thank you to the organising committee for all of their hard work putting this together. Thanks also to those who will be giving papers next month. Its shaping up to be a really good conference at the end of May.

Man who bought a military uniform about 5 years ago finds a letter from December 1945 in the pocket written by a woman to her sweetheart in the RAF. 👇 BBC News - Bid to reunite family with letter to RAF darling found 80 years on - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

PhD opportunity at TCD under the supervision of Dr Deirdre Foley and Dr Lindsey Earner Byrne.

BBC News - New funding to 'save' William Blake's cottage www.bbc.com/news/article...

Learn about the "Words on the Wave: Ireland and St. Gallen in Early Medieval Europe" opening at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street- Opening 30th May 2025 until 24th October 2025

Jon Fosse, A Shining

The Stone Ring Field at Hunn, Norway #standingstonesunday

A lovely obituary for a much-loved friend. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

@lbangorstories.bsky.social Fellow Bangorian here! Looking forward to the podcast 😊