There are paler things than you which breathe into fresh graves and tend to tulip bulbs and dirt, pour the water of death into small talk and make you into a gilded cut rocked from the sky. Believe me when I say there is no separation or hunger between these roots, yours and mine.

Pembroke College is looking gorgeous! #bsecs2026

I’m in Oxford for #BSECS2026 at Pembroke College, having braved blizzards to get here. No snow in Oxford, but there is plenty of light and shade.

Getting trollied at an Oxford College #BSECS2026

Behold! We have printed materials! #BSECS2026 much snow was braved in the pursuit of these boxes (I also sat warming up in a cafe Nero for longer than I should have!)

So looking forward to attending #BSECS2026 this week! I’ll be presenting my paper, ‘All histories great and small: The importance of biography as an approach to (women’s) eighteenth-century history’ tomorrow (eek!).

It’s officially a snowy #BSECS2026 wrap up warm everyone!

I’ve arrived for #BSECS2026 - don’t worry, I am incredibly early because I am picking up the programmes from the printers (a very 18thC task). Looking forward to welcoming everyone to @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social over the next few days! It’s going to be stimulating, convivial & rewarding …

Wishing all my #18thCists friends best wishes for #BSECS2026. Sorry I can’t be there this year!

Excited to attend the @bsecs.bsky.social 2026 annual conference this week! Always happy to hear about ongoing digital projects or ideas for new ones. Let’s connect—come say hi or DM me if you’re around. #c18th #BSECS2026 #DigitalHumanities #c18dh

Cancellation policy for #BSECS2026 is listed here: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

Thrilled to see Eva Gore-Booth biography anniversary edition now included in the @manchesterup.bsky.social trade catalogue 2026. Due in print March 2026! dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/manchester-u...

Blows my mind that some of the same journalists who see Trump as a want-to-be dictator at home are earnestly discussing the "challenges" for this same man to "bring democracy" to a country it just illegal invaded. Please grow up.

What’s the point of Starmer?

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani: “Unilaterally attacking a sovereign nation is an act of war and a violation of federal and international law.”

Happy New Year #18thCists #skystorians! We can't wait to welcome you to @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social NEXT WEEK for #BSECS2026. You can register FOR THE CONFERENCE ONLY [no accommodation or meals] at the registration desk from 8am, 7 January. Programme available here: www.bsecs.org.uk/conferences/...

After ending the old year with #39c3 I'm very much looking forward to starting the new year with #BSECS2026 Do scholars rest in summer? #skystorians #academia #conferencelife

Some useful info for anyone staying @pembrokeoxford.bsky.social for @bsecs.bsky.social #BSECS2026 www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/guest-inform...

Starting the new year like

Good notes for would-be #Reform voters.

I realise that this is, undoubtedly, the worst time of the year to hold a launch. Everybody I know is away on holidays, for example. Hoping to hold an in person launch when @poetryireland.bsky.social reopens its doors later in the year.

A joy to start the year seeing one of the very first poems toward my new project about faith(lessness) and the divine. Thank you, Allison Blevins, for believing in my work again and Jill Khoury for again giving my work a home at @rogueagent.bsky.social: www.rogueagentjournal.com/tlau

Walked right by Bill Nighy in St Pancras as he was disembarking the train from Folkestone. He looks a million dollars.

www.sal.org.uk/event/queeri... Tuesday 27th January 2026 I will be presenting Queering the British Holiday @antiquaries.bsky.social Book tickets (FREE) in person or zoom. NO PASSPORT REQUIRED! 😊

I’ve had a lovely week spending Christmas with my family in Ireland. Now back to Blighty tomorrow to get back to work & continue the many preparations for #BSECS2026 - exciting!

Didn’t think I could love Diane Morgan more but here we are #Uncanny

Christmas Eve jog (very slow)

Not now, haunted Victorian shoes

Just watched ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ in its entirety for the first time thanks to @curzon.com loved it!

This book, to be precise. www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

"In an era where the authentic written word is under threat....English isn't just about reading the past--it's about understanding the power of words and narratives in the present and future and giving our students the skills to successfully navigate the world". True of all UK English programmes.

I’ve been thinking of queer Christmas films and wondered if you could all help me add to the list. So far I’ve got the following… #QueerXmasFilms

My winter solstice #Newgrange poem for the day that’s in it. Published in Drawn to the Light edited by Orla Fay

An 18th-century treatise by coffee enthusiast Benjamin Moseley, arguing for the drink's multitude of benefits when it was still relatively new to Europe: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/moseley-coffee

Amazon has one hardcover of my book left with a 35% discount. Someone must need a Christmas present still… www.amazon.com/Flooded-Past...

“So total is the cis woman’s right to safety that she cannot even be asked to stop and think of the other; just as the total right to Jewish safety means that any appeal to the dignity of Palestinian life is already an antisemitic assault”. - powerful piece @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#ukhighered

Pleased to be interviewed for this much needed piece on the rising transphobia in higher education. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/trans-s... (Archive link: archive.is/oYqXS)

Ready to be festively spooked 👻 🎄@barbican.bsky.social

They used to "laugh and call him names." Now they're all dead

Editing 1K words out of something today. Wish me luck! #Acwri

Palaeographers: you definitely should consider applying to this illustrious fund:

Regional economies will suffer so much. Where’s the government?

🎁 Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁 Day 10 is 'Elegy for a Corkwoman Who Died in Winter' from 'Quality Control at the Miracle Factory' by Patrick Cotter 💖

Great to see the programme for the @long18thsem.bsky.social for next term @ihrlibrary.bsky.social . You can register to attend either in person or online here: www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Journey to Manchester by train begins. Looking forward to addressing the University of Manchester’s ‘Queer 18th & 19th century Research Network’. I’ll be speaking about queer/crip bodies in life writing, satire and the sentimental novel #Crip #18thcentury #memoir

Me during the Q&A

The older I get, the more I realize my teenage derision with Mrs. Bennet was naive at best. She has FIVE kids on the brink of pecuniary distress and needs a lie down sometimes. Meanwhile, I had an unpleasant 10 second interaction with a stranger, and I'm done for the day.

The most realistic scene in DS9 is when Gul Dukat whined about how the Bajorans never erected a statue in his honor. A prophetic text.

Working on this talk today!