A poster for an event called The Novel and Labor on May 1, 2026 at the University of Pennsylvania featuring a black and white photo of haystacks x'ed out.
Looking forward to this whole workshop, especially the public conversation on the novel and labor with Dora Zhang and Lilith Todd on May 1 in Philly!
www.english.upenn.edu/.../2026/05/...
Stop callinge them "data centers" and starte callinge them "slop peripheries"
Peter Jackson's Neverending Story
Monty Python's Magic Mountain
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Crime & Punishment
Jane Schoenbrun's Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Bigger scale: Michel Gondry adapting Flowers for Algernon
Smaller Scale: Jane Schoenbrun adapting The Picture of Dorian Gray
Postcard featuring illustrations of piskies, wearing read and green outfits, holding hands and dancing around. Green text reads: 'Cornish Piskies' and red text reads: 'Good Luck'.
What better way to end the working week than with luck bestowed by some mischievous Cornish piskies!
We came across this charming and joyful postcard, dating back to 1915, whilst box-listing an archive this morning.
📷 EUL MS 408 Box 27: 1
#FridayFeeling #Archives #Piskies #Cornwall
A yellow vase with a bulbous shape and narrow neck containing bright yellow daffodils pale yellow and deep purple blue bell shaped flowers, and a twiggy branch with yellow buds
#FridayFlowers it’s raining again so I’m bringing the sunshine in; mini daffs, forsythia and the feral hyacinths (which always come up before the new season ones in pots) #GardenFlowers
'The Caricaturer's Stock in Trade' (1786) A print showing sketches of famous individuals, among them: King George III, his wife Queen Charlotte, their son the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Devonshire, and politicians including Lord North, William Pitt, and Charles James Fox. The figures are in profile, except for Fox, who looks out at the viewer, and Lord North, who is seen from behind. Each individual is identified by a handwritten label, almost certainly a later addition to the print.
A #caricature print from 1786 showing the individuals most satirised by caricaturists at the time, including #GeorgeIII , #QueenCharlotte, and Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire 🎨
#historysky #18thcentury #arthistory
Really pleased to share that my review of 'Exploring Environmental Violence: Perspectives, Experience, Expression, and Engagement' by Marcantonio, Lederach & Fuentes is out in Ecokritike!!
OA access: journals.h-net.org/ecokritike/a...
#envhum #envhist #environment #h-net
We really should be talking instead about abolishing A-levels. They force young people to over-specialise too early. They need good range of knowledge and keen critical thinking skills at that age, not narrowness.
Finally it's publishable (if not perfect - spot the mistakes!). Open access until March 17 #nuntastic #earlymodern #womeninmusic #skystorians #earlymusic
#FeelgoodFriday CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 to Emrys Jones who has won one of our #BSECS2026 Teaching Prizes. His prize-winning course introduces students to #18thC Britain's cultures of fame via a wide range of materials to identify parallels between the 18thC public sphere & our own
#skystorians 🗃️
Small brown colored bat with fluffy fur
Nothing quite like Yuma myotis booty fuzz. 🦇
#bats #arizona #wildanimals #cuteanimals
Oh no! Slightly regretting clicking the graphic media warning. Hope you can reduce swelling!!
Commiserations re the form
Congratulations on finding Narnia!
More commiserations on finding the form to fill in to ensure the university is properly insured for your travel to Narnia
Fixed rule of university life: if you're trying to fill in a form, the form template you need will be completely inaccessible.
Been clicking links for an hour. I've found mission statements. I've found policy documents. I've found Narnia. But I have not found the form.
He’s currently singing them a little song whaaaaaaaa chk chk chk
Bloomscrolling!
Our black cat Wilbur sitting up on our grey armchair looking out at some pigeons (unpictured)
Birdwatching
now I want to see Kelly Reichardt's "The Third Policeman" – no hijinks, just a precise matter-of-fact look at the madness of it all
Sam Raimi’s The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Bandcamp Friday purchases 3/3
Ben Nobuto, Hope Spiral - a great single combining electronics with brass combatting doom with Blake’s ‘Auguries of Innocence’
Bandcamp Friday purchases 2/3
Anzû Quartet, adjust - bought cos I love their recent Messiaen
Bandcamp Friday purchases 1/3
Andrew Wasylyk, Irreparable Parables
Bought cos I like his collaborations with Tommy Perman AND the title is pleasing PLUS birds on the cover
2: Late Night Tales: Barry Can't Swim
I've heard a bit of Barry Can't Swim, most of it I've loved. Looking forward to this as LNT mixes are often proper "Indulgent DJ First Track" stuff spun out for an hour, which I find interesting.
barrycantswim.bandcamp.com/album/late-n...
Some new music hits Chez Nutbeem today, waiting on the CDs cos I'm old fashioned like that, but Bandcamp downloads have been done.
1: Enter The Sound by Dub Pistols & Freestylers
dubpistols.bandcamp.com/album/enter-...
Bloody love both Dub Pistols and Freestylers.
A stack sits on a black sand beach with some mountains behind, a little snowy, some frozen low cliffs, and white waves coming in. Backlit, so harsh light.
Sometimes you have to break the photography rules and shoot into the sun!
Fauskasandur (possibly, or could be Lækjavík - names on maps vary!) in south-east #Iceland yesterday.
Out in August! 💚 cup.columbia.edu/book/body-ho... #horror #bodyhorror
Our calico kitten Hazel lying at the very back of a grey cat bed looking like ‘Will no one think of my poor nerves!?’
Hazel in full on Mrs Bennet mode as strangers* are in the house 😱
* my mum and dad who she has met before and who have made sufficient fuss of her in the past
Always wanted to see Eoin Colfer's The Wish List on the big screen as a teenager and I reckon if Edgar Wright is ever after a return to form, he'd be the guy to do it
