Submitted my thesis today. Almost 6 years of work and it's done. #phd #phdone

I wrote a piece for the CDBU blog with some low or no cost things our employers could do right now if they care about precarious staff as much as they say they do.

More than 200,000 Danish citizens have signed a petition to buy California as a response to Trump’s attempt to take Greenland. They say they will provide Californians with “rule of law, universal health care, fact-based politics, and a lifetime supply of Danish pastries.”

It's my birthday today. If you can donate to this for @bookaidint.bsky.social i would be eternally grateful. If you can't donate, please share 🙏🏼♥️

Are you a PhD student interested in using museum collections in your research? Our next free doctoral training webinar takes place next Wednesday. Join us for guidance and examples of uncovering marginalised and minoritised stories in collections. collections.reading.ac.uk/whats-on/doc...

#OTD 7 January 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft's Vindication of the Rights of Women was published. This text was hugely influential and is regarded as one of the earliest works of feminist philosophy. #WomensHistory #GenderHist

It's my birthday soon, and I am raising money for @bookaidint.bsky.social They send books to libraries, schools, etc around the world, helping people access stories, education, & possibility. If you’d like to help: www.justgiving.com/page/erinsbi... #BirthdayFundraiser #BooksChangeLives

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Sussex County Asylum Christmas, 1871. Service at 11, dinner at 1, a walk if weather allows, then evening entertainment and lights out at 11.15. Small comforts, even in confinement. #AsylumHistory #VictorianBritain #ArchiveFind #MedicalHumanities #HistoryOfMentalHealth #ChristmasPast #historian

Sussex County Asylum Christmas, 1871. Service at 11, dinner at 1, a walk if weather allows, then evening entertainment and lights out at 11.15. Small comforts, even in confinement. #AsylumHistory #VictorianBritain #ArchiveFind #MedicalHumanities #HistoryOfMentalHealth #ChristmasPast #historian

I will be featured on the Sunday Programme on Radio 4 on Sunday 21 December, talking about the Winter Solstice. It will be live from around 7.10 am Sunday but also listenable on the Radio 4 website. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...

It's been over 5 years since Boris Johnson blocked me on Twitter for continually replying "dickhead" to each of his posts, so I should be okay. 🤞😇👍🙌 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who knew you'd find special door openers for pixies and tomtens on the NTTransit trains? Take note of the little sign at their eye level 😍 Happy travels tomtens and pixies! #Folklore @deedeechainey.bsky.social @folkloringpodcast.bsky.social @njtransit--nec.bsky.social

Some of the vaulted ceilings at Peterborough Cathedral still retain their medieval painted decoration…fictive masonry, or ashlaring, with a classic flower motif 😍

10/10 no notes

Waiting on feedback on final chapter by sup but... I think I have my first final draft done. OF THE WHOLE THESIS. I have intro, chapters, conclusion and all the rest of the shit done. Let the editing begin! Holy shit you guys. #phd #phdlife #historian #medicalhistory #skystorians

Isabelle Eberhardt 💕 (+October 21,1897 in Algeria explorer,writer,Russian origin, traveled dressed as a man. The first European to experience Sufism in the Maghreb and to bear witness to it in her writings, "And yet, wandering is liberation, and life along the roads is freedom." Written in the sand

Forthcoming in May 2026 @threeroomspress.bsky.social : "The Immortal Journeys of Isabelle Eberhardt" by Hédi A. Jaouad. This new biography of Isabelle Eberhardt (1877-1904) will surely be of interest to many scholars in the field threeroomspress.com/the-immortal... #IsabelleEberhadt #biography

📜 From Old Books, 19th Century “The sigh of separation has reached me; it has burned this soul and heart. I do not know, O Lord, does that young beloved know of it?”

📷 Portrait of a Young Lady, Istanbul, 19th Century #history

this is what i propose: we get a lot of huge funded projects to use AI but actually use the money to pay historians it’s the perfect scam

Often tell myself I'm being a pompous a**hole in my writing. Bluntness works well. Final chapter of my thesis to edit before I have a full final draft. Aiming to submit my #phd in April next year. Quietly freaking out. #phdlife #research #histmed #history #historian

Reminder that from the beginning of next year I’m available for work! Writing, narrative design, historical & narrative consultancy, research, teaching. I’m particularly fond of applying historical approaches to worldbuilding & storytelling in interactive mediums

No surprise that the delightful duo of @romanpalace.bsky.social and @durotrigesdig.bsky.social are foremost in my engagement... #troublemakers

The library tree is up! This year’s theme is Read Around the World - ornaments made from book covers from every country. See them all: guides.lib.sussex.ac.uk/c.php?g=7229... @sussexlibrary.bsky.social @sussex.ac.uk

I Know What You Did Last Sumer

So here’s the thing: I, a certified Disabled™️ Person, do not actually care if anyone fakes for an extra 20 minutes on the test. I care deeply about how the fear of that very thing puts up flaming hoops disabled people have to jump through. Maybe listen to disabled folk on this one.

✨ The York Magic and Witchcraft Conference is back for 2026! ✨ Join us in historic York from 24–26 June as we explore the mysteries of Nature and the Supernatural. 🪄🌿 Submit your abstracts by 14 March 2026 to [email protected] ☺️

Strike fatigue is real. Especially when we continue to see that strike action doesn't give any real results.

Cal Lane, Canadian trained welder and metal artist, transforms common tools and also industrial steel products into intricate sculptures #WomensArt

Travelling

@tripeuk.bsky.social so glad I found you guys 😍😍😍

This could be any number of people I know on here...

I hate to pull the immigrant card, but as an immigrant, it feels awful when elected MPs say I ‘need to go home’ and propose stripping me and all other immigrants of all our legal rights to live here. No, anywhere immigrants move is their home. The UK is my home.

Who's solving the Louvre robbery? Right answers only.

Edinburgh castle failing to render, likely thanks to the AWS outage

A few thoughts on High Noon, the film for our times. boxd.it/biZCvt

Current status of the thesis. Oh shit, I might actually get this done! #phd

You won’t remember most of the papers you read.
However, you’ll remember who made you feel like you could keep going. #AcademicChatter #phdchat #academicsky #phdsky

peace was never an option

🎞️ Oldest Video of Istanbul, 1897 (View of the Galata Bridge from a Steamship)

Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT! @romanpalace.bsky.social

Dearest @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, unfortunately Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep is OUT! @romanpalace.bsky.social

Hey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social, Perge is also off your to visit list... @romanpalace.bsky.social

Guess what, @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social

Somewhere else you can't go in Turkey @durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social #ephesus

İstanbul. Seni çok seviyorum. #istanbul #turkey #turkiye

The last couple of days #istanbul

Found another hypocaust for @durotrigesdig.bsky.social not to stand in... @romanpalace.bsky.social Don't bother coming to Istanbul, mate...

A very good omen for Small Blue butterflies. Kidney Vetch is the sole foodplant for the larvae of Small Blues - the UK's smallest butterfly. Seeing this flower in abundance on the chalk grassland bodes well for the species.