Spent bank holiday monday building* a new sofa and two new office chairs. Spending post-bank holiday tuesday achey and tired and missing my comfortable new chairs while I'm in the office. *mostly "supervising" my partner doing it

I deleted a post because the OP was a pervert.

On my way to Bristol for a night of Greek Mythology! Only a few final release tickets left 🏺 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

If you're a lecturer interested in pedagogy and in particular, helping working class students who might need a little extra advice to help them catch up with their privately schooled cohort, drop me a DM. Let's create something that will really benefit students.

If you google, "manosphere" or "what is the manosphere," almost every resource you find is aimed at concerned parents worried about their children. Why are we acting like the majority of manosphere users aren't grown men? As if misogyny is just a matter of being a misguided teenage boy?

I spent the weekend dressing as a pirate and playing D&D. Hard landing today into the reality of Monday morning.

I want to promote writers and historians who are excellent writers, who write about ancient history and myth, but who don't get enough attention because they weren't a mega famous comedian first: Let's do a thread - feel free to add your own

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My friend had no time for my self-pity party earlier 😂🫠

☂️ VC Showcase, @derbyuni.bsky.social ☂️

So excited to do Folklore & Women online for a US audience! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-w...

Such a nice feeling to come back from a week off and see that my event for the Derby Book Festival is now live! Tickets available from the link below!! 📚 www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/civic...

a nice corner of the internet in which to take refuge: www.libraryofshortstories.com

I’m not saying I’m stressed but my masseuse brought in a colleague for backup on my shoulders 😂🫠

The absolute best Hamlet I’ve ever seen @nationaltheatre.org.uk

I always feel so bad for authors whose books have been published by major publishers but they’re so poorly edited/proofread

Does anyone want to publish my review of Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere documentary & why I was … underwhelmed by it

I'm finally convinced by looksmaxxing

What if we just went back to reading a bunch of books and thinking about them together, and that was the class? With syllabi no longer than three pages.

I've been added to a list for "toxic" accounts that blocked bluesky AI. Badge of honour, really.

When your cat matches your book 😻📖

You can find us on instagram! Click here to find a clip from our latest episode with @mikebeer.bsky.social, discussing the Battle of Actium www.instagram.com/reel/DWhFxdh...

It's International Bipolar Awareness Day! I will accept awareness in the form of cash #WorldBipolarDay ⚫⚪

How men feared women! she thought, walking among the late-flowering roses. Not as individuals, but women when they talked together, worked together, spoke up for one another - then men saw plots, cabals, constraints, traps being laid.

'Graduates who received free school meals will earn almost £3,000 a year less than their more affluent peers with similar qualifications working at the same companies, says a new report that suggests class influences pay disparities more than demographics or degree outcomes.' 1/2

Bristol! Join me for a night of Greek Mythology 🏺 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

Leeds! Join me for a night of Greek Mythology 🏺 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-histor...

I was Nausicaa and I was … not accommodating

I had a dream about Odysseus last night..

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So we’ve all been listening to Lemon Pound Cake on repeat, right?

Two days to go - just a short while to go until my short course on short fiction kicks off at QUAD here in Derby! www.derbyquad.co.uk/events/short... #shortstory #shortstories #shortfiction #shortcourse #course #courses #writingcourse #writingcourse s #Derby #Derbyshire

A really important, probably the MOST important part of research is working out what sources/materials you need to answer your question And you can only get there by... reading those sources. Engaging with those materials An automated summary of everything on the internet will not get you there

If anyone has recommendations for presentation clickers, I'd appreciate it! (USB-C/Macbook)

I'm going to see Greg Davies tonight and I can't bloody wait!!

The worst kept secret ever: what I've spent my winter preparing, and why I want to create something for the me-of-10-years-ago... www.ancientalexandra.co.uk/p/launching-...

Ancient History 101 has launched! Find out where to listen and subscribe here: linktr.ee/ancienthistory101podcast

Just waved my partner off, who is going to sleep outdoors tonight to raise money for homelessness with YMCA Derbyshire ❤️

72,000 words. 186 pages. My book is now with the editors!

Working on the glossary for my book (!!!!) and realising how familiar I've become with some truly disgusting internet terminology.

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Had such a great time at the Media Literacy Ambassadors symposium, chatting to @derbycollege.bsky.social pupils about political red flags on social media, in collaboration with @theguardianfoundation.org 📖

Winds me up when big recipe accounts are like “new ideas for your midweek dinners” and it’s literally pasta bakes

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When you realise it's still light outside at 5pm! Photo: Justin Minns

Louis Theroux is releasing a manosphere documentary next month!!

Editing 📖

Highly recommend Shelby. She gave a most engaging Tom's Talk last year.