Stephen Hopkins

Probably not based on a true story

Oof. There's sooo much to cram into so little time.

I'd try to do more with less: have them read a þattr like Thorstein Staffstruck for a glimpse of the saga world, and völuspá for a taste of Norse myth? Map key themes (feuding, legal system, compensation, etc) onto the narratives

Lord of the Rings "the beacons are lit" scene, but Gen Z'ed: Aragorn: "chat the beacon notification just hit. Gondor's asking for a carry." Theoden: say less

gondor ghosted us when the westfold got chopped

Only two settings here:
monk mode and monkey mode

I made it Dec 24. But it's aged like a fine Charles Shaw

Ted Danson Good place meme: You're paraphrasing the text. It's a lit crit insult. It's devastating. You're devastated right now.

This hits different in the age of AI

Once Dad got home

3 year old wearing a silicone Sutton Hoo mask that is comically large on his little body. His battle gear bears jelly stains from a lunchtime skirmish.

When you order a Sutton Hoo mask and it arrives while you're still at work...

Image of a French Venn diagram: chat (cat) on left, eau (water) on right, chateau (castle) in the middle. C'est ci ne pas un meme.

Hon hon hon 🚬🥖🇫🇷

Accusations of spin after the Norwegian match up at Stamford too

(for meme's sake I here assume that the Olympics were imposed by William after the previous autumn's invasion)

The curling controversy of 1067 was an unparalleled sweep

Agreed 💕

On the other hand, my wife would be... less than amused if I read from the OE hexateuch at Valentine's dinner

There are several more on abebooks from the same set (withdrawn from the Ghent U library)

As I said last week:

🥹 SO. BEAUTIFUL. 🥹

Two beautifully bound copies from the early English manuscripts in facsimile series

Title page of volume 12, the Nowell codex. Hubba hubba

I got my own Beowulf MS! It even works when the power goes out 💕

The old English illustrated hexateuch title page, with glorious full color image of Noah's ark looking like a Viking ship

MY PRECIOUSSSsssssss

Promisingly large package from DHL

OMG this is THE BIG DAY!

Graphic flaying of St Bartholomew

It's cool, the Dow is over 50,000

a young man with curly hair is singing a song with the words it 's gonna bay may written below him . ALT: a young man with curly hair is singing a song with the words it 's gonna bay may written below him .

When does the book come out, you ask?

Excited me next to the new poster of my book cover, "Translating Hell", out in May from Manchester UP

spotted in the faculty lounge... it's getting real!

It's rood to misname a pope

This embroidery kit I saw at Leeds last summer is feeling prophetic

The Hobbit graphic novel slaps imho

I have my iPod touch in my car via USB. It's a magical tine capsule...

(that sounds super cool btw!)

But it's ✨✨internalized capitalism✨✨

seriously I have no clue how I'm going to keep this a secret for a whole week

Lego Tower of Barad-dûr

normies on Valentine's Day:
🍫 🌹 🌹 💍

people of culture:

Caption: You hear IPA and think of pretentious beer, I hear IPA and think of an alphabetic system of phonetic notation... We are both terrible at parties"

/tʃiɹz/ 🍻