Special offer for May only: my award-winning tome 'A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth' is available on Kindle for just 99 of your English pence. www.amazon.co.uk/Very-Short-H...

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Religion and Theology degrees are among those humanities programmes scheduled for closure at the University of Cardiff. Please consider signing this petition in protest. chng.it/JC8MgNQyp7

I wrote about JD Vance's visit to Dachau today, and how Christians appropriate sites of Jewish murder into Christian penitential narratives: religiondispatches.org/jd-vance-is-...

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WE ARE HIRING - TWO RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR 15 MONTHS We are looking for someone who can use their expertise in ancient languages such as Coptic, Syriac, or Middle Persian to investigate late antique / early medieval sources for domestic slavery. Apply here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

And as for the prayers and blessings - I have no (clean) words.

This inauguration is one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen.

I’m trying so hard not to comment on Melania’s hat #inauguration

Greek and Croatian translations, both beautifully produced. Big thank you to the translators and publishers.

I love this piece

As night follows day, every dead sheep in the area will be blamed on them, though Eurasian lynx are specialist roe deer predators, and avoid open areas, where sheep graze. This is what happened when a lynx escaped in Wales: all dog attacks became "lynx attacks". www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

I’ve only been back at work for two days and I’m already behind with emails.

The Proustian rush of Hamlyn Children’s Bible in Colour - what’s your favourite?

‘A serious but nonetheless entertaining look at the human race’s long-term prospects’ Kirkus Reviews looks kindly on ‘The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire’ www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

my students in the last decade have become teachers, barristers, lawyers, civil servants, midwives, ICU nurses, journalists, accountants, academics, advertising execs, museum curators, TV producers… because we give them broad skills. If I had to train them to do *a job* they’d all be historians.

Ah, a screenshot from the old days when bantz was a thing and Twitter was Twitter.

I’ve known Bishop Helen-Ann Hartley since our doctoral days (she remains a very important person to me). And she’s *always* stuck her own neck out to defend those who are vulnerable, marginalised, or traumatised. She’s always been completely ace. www.thetimes.com/article/a57c...

A little late. But can't wait to get stuck in. If @proffrancesca.bsky.social writes half as well as she speaks publicly, this will be a belter.

End-of-term present from one of my students, who was clearly paying attention in lectures when I explained (and then repeatedly referred to) the gods’ ‘Ready-Brek radiance’. If you know, you know (hi 80s kids)!

Hom sap is on a rapid one-way slide to extinction. But not before you get a chance to read all about it. 'Put this at the head of your reading lists immediately people. Before it’s too late -- Eric Idle. Pre-Order here: www.panmacmillan.com/authors/henr...

A complaint via email from a YouTube viewer. Can’t think why I didn’t mention temple prostitution … 🙄

Yes, I said that too (live TV on a Sunday morning can be very triggering 😂)

And this.

And I said this, too

I did say that

Coming soon … the Greek translation of my book God: An Anatomy. Particularly chuffed about this one 🇬🇷

I’ve got an invitation code for Bluesky if anyone wants it.

Another starter pack - this one for Hebrew Bible scholars.

Do you already know the great work of our colleagues from #Qumran -digital? You can read nearly all Hebrew/Aramaic texts with a critical apparatus. They also have a lexicon (not finished yet). The best function is the translation via mouseover. lexicon.qumran-digital.org/v1/index.htm...

What a brilliant, sensible thing to do 😊

It’s here, a *start* of an Islamic Studies Starter Pack. Please spread the word. This is a work in progress… Scholars of Islam in all regions and periods, let me know, and I’ll happily add you. go.bsky.app/EYU1bFe

Can’t wait for this - it’s going straight on my students’ reading lists for next year

I’ve had such a warm welcome here … thank you! Feels like the kind of place where it’s safe to share a pic of me FaceTiming my dad’s cat.

Hello, I’m new around here … I’m trying to move on from The Other Place and so looking for my people - old pals or new #academicsky #religionsky (is that even a thing?)