It’s time to party Medieval style! 🍻⚔️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4483... A6 card design adapted from: Gottinger MS Philos 63 Belliforts f.86, 1405 #medieval #knights #marginalia

My new (and first) book, The Drunkard in Victorian Fiction and Culture is out in May with @edinburghup.bsky.social. You can now pre-order which is pretty cool. Even cooler is that you can get 30% off with this flyer/code. Recommend to your university library if you think it will be of interest. 🍷

🥳We're so pleased to announce that two Salvation Army periodicals are now available on the British Newspaper Archive. 'The War Cry' for 1879-1985 & 'The Social Gazette' for its entire run of 1893-1917. A total of more than 70,000 pages! 🙌 www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/titles/BL/war-cry 🔒

BARS 2026 Conference Registration now OPEN! We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 BARS Conference, Romantic Retrospection, hosted by the University of Birmingham, is now open.

The SRS invites applications for its Postdoctoral Fellowships, ŵ a stipend worth £15,000. SRS Fellows can hold jobs alongside their fellowship provided they do not take up more than the equivalent of 3 days a week over the course of the academic year. Apply by 30 April rensoc.org.uk/apply/postdo...

Postdocs X 2 in #History Åbo Akademi University. The location of work is in Turku, Finland. abo.rekrytointi.com/paikat/?o=A_... #skystorians 🗃️

Reminder to get those abstracts in this weekend for GMS, folks!!

Fascinating programme on the cutteslowe walls that divided the cutteslowe estate from a 'wealthier' housing estate including roads and pavement with spikes on top from 1934-59. Amazing! I lived in that area for years after I moved to Oxford and had no idea.... www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/serie...

Does anyone know if this is just in the US or also true in the UK?

Better late than never! 👋 I'm excited to have the Gender Studies list at Routledge here on BlueSky and to connect with the brilliant scholars working across gender studies, and to hear about the research and projects unfolding right now. ✨ #GenderStudies #SexualityStudies #QueerStudies

Running a writers retreat today for our People Development team at Bristol today. Lovely views with plenty of mysterious fog....

Can anyone recommend any good neo-Victorian novels from the last two years that I might have missed?

Anyone seeking funding to examine esoteric academic dress (from outside the UK & Ireland)?

Can anyone help?

🧵I think a major misunderstanding about science is that people think it's about "facts". It isn't. Scientists might have thought that once, and many still do. But the core of scientific methodology is to find predictive MODELS. And famously, "all models are wrong, but some are useful". 1/N

Studious ducklings heading for library 🦆

Yes, this is very good

A couple of talks I'm doing in the next few weeks... On Friday I'm talking about the Lost Pubs of Cockermouth at Cockermouth Library, 2pm (might be fully booked, but I'll be doing it again as a guided walk in the summer with Kirkgate Arts and Heritage)

Went to see Project Hail Mary film last night feeling nervous and exciting as I loved the book so much. Still feeling joyful - seeing the parts I loved on the big screen brought me to tears. Wonderful.

THIS 👇

This is a joke that gives and gives. I just keep on thinking about it and chuckling.

Genetic overlap of chronic pain, musculoskeletal-specific pain, substance use disorders and substance use consumption: Common addiction and substance-specific effects

Local gambolling den.

I am forever fascinated by what jobs Linked-In thinks I 'may be suitable for' - feels like an overoptimistic parent. Today it was Forestry England's Resiliance Officer which sounds interesting but I'm not sure I would be the best pick... Anyone else enjoy these for the same reason?

So, arguably a little late (waiting for web update) but some exciting news: since January 2026, @susielaurie.bsky.social, Shuhita Bhattacharjee, Julia Kühn, Rachel Dickinson & I are now fully in place as the new Co-Editors of the @jofvictculture.bsky.social 🌟📃 academic.oup.com/jvc/pages/Ed...

Looking forward to reading this, one of the results of the Oxford Diseases of Modern Life project. And refreshing to see an academic book priced at a point that doesn't require a loan! global.oup.com/academic/pro....

Arts Emergency steps in for those young people with creatives ambitions who lack the resources & connections to pursue them. We back those who’ve been locked out. We open doors that felt impossible to reach. Donate to @biggive.bsky.social & double your donation at no cost to you! 👉 bit.ly/3P57NyZ

Thanks so much to @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social for inviting me to speak about my research on spontaneous human combustion and alcohol medicine last night. It was so much fun and the cemetery was as beautiful as ever. Photo credit: @joparsons.bsky.social

Job Klaxon! Three great opportunities for up-and-coming postdocs at Newcastle www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/43...

A few weeks ago we found this frog in our front garden. Weeks later I am still wondering where he came from. Was he underground, left by previous owners, and made his way to the surface like a splinter? Was he just a little hidden and the wind revealed him? Is he a gift from the frog people?

Today is Saint Gertrude of Nivelles Day. The Patron Saint of Cats🐈‍⬛😺🐈‍⬛ And Paddy's Day obvs. 🙂🍻

This is Poto. Please do not disturb her, she is busy is yearning. 12/10 (IG: bbo.ddo.poo)

We are sold out in person but there are still a few spaces online if you'd like to join my talk on spontaneous human combustion and alcohol medicine on Wednesday at the beautiful Arnos Vale Cemetery: arnosvale.org.uk/spontaneous-...

As a massive crisp fan this sounds very fun, and important work UK Independent Crisp Tasting Championships returns to Bristol pub share.google/iOaBkHCbEhUz...

📷 Looking for photo essays in the humanities Before I scour every journal archive ever - would people be willing to share/name any photo essays published in academic journals they had published or really like? I'd like to have a look at some examples :)

Wow is this true? My god!

Lovely to see the Drapers honoures in this way: Bristol micropub named among UK's best share.google/M410g0QbdZmV...

@ihr.bsky.social Food History Seminar on Thurs 12 March wins this week's paper title prize with "Pig-ture This: Photography, Pigs, and Philippine Tourism, 1928-1933", doesn't it? Join them for piggy tails online via Zoom at 12:30-1:30 U.S. ET / 4:30-5:30pm UK time www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

'Early and Mid-Career Alcohol Researcher Event' | @sarnalcohol.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/early-and-...

Spot on 🧵 I've seen education transform peoples lives. People this chap would gladly leave behind. People I bump into who tell me how improved their lives are since I worked with them on Access to HE courses at an FE College in Bristol.

This appalling fat cat wants to shut the door on all my mature students, many of whom left school after GCSE and give up a lot to go to university. I can tell him that they’re the hungriest for education and far from being unable to graduate, they regularly get the highest grades. Hateful man.

An early caturday reading in bed with my two lovelies

Oh this makes me cross. I've spent years teaching mature students w/o A-levels. This totally depends on the student, their background, their spark to learn & the support they get. Seeing them light up w their love of learning & changing their lives for the better. share.google/zeGQcZQJ94KD...

Brilliant news! Watched @benwt.bsky.social presentation on this project today and it looks so awesome. A great example of public centred yet academically rigorous and exciting research. A hard trio to achieve!

Lovely piece on my upcoming talk in @bristol247.bsky.social by a recently graduated student from ELCE. Please share - we have seats and all proceed go to the brilliant @arnosvalecemetery.bsky.social www.bristol247.com/student/news...

: Half of UK universities face a deficit next year. Up to 50 could close. That is a sector in crisis. Simply blaming a tuition fee freeze and nudging fees up with inflation is not a plan. Where is the long-term strategy for higher education? #Universities #HigherEducation

Signed giclee prints of my Woman in Black illustrations. Visit: nicktankard.co.uk to see them. Email: [email protected] for enquiries or to make a purchase. £75 FREE UK P&P on giclee prints (email me for worldwide shipping). Much appreciated 👍🏻😉

Reposts of my posts about the originals and prints of The Woman in Black/Signalman illustrations MASSIVELY appreciated. Cheers! 😊👊🏻