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@medievaljay

Medieval historian interested in other stuff

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It was an eerie sight, the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything, all alone, ambling up Fitzjohn Street last night in the form of an oversized silver balloon.

06.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A balloon 4 above a balloon 2

A balloon 4 above a balloon 2

It was an eerie sight, the answer to the question of life, the universe and everything, all alone, ambling up Fitzjohn Street last night in the form of an oversized silver balloon.

06.03.2026 16:11 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Splashes of green and white foliage on Hampstead Heath. It’s alive! It’s ALIVE!

06.03.2026 08:26 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Very pleased to receive author’s copies of Offa, King of the Mercians from @yalebooks.bsky.social today. Looking superb, and an excellent publishing experience!

05.03.2026 12:48 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 15 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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The Heath looking foggily picturesque these days

05.03.2026 10:23 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

No, just a place of quiet despair.

04.03.2026 15:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

One last time, autocorrect: It is not Guibert de Cogent? Okay?

04.03.2026 14:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hate feeling relevant

04.03.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Two books: Norman Cohn's Pursuit of the Millennium and @medievaljay.bsky.social's Armies of Heaven. We've been here before. Just not with nuclear weapons.

04.03.2026 05:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the greatest, Bruce Campbell, announcing he has cancer. Our hearts are with you Bruce, Hail to the King.

03.03.2026 00:49 πŸ‘ 6709 πŸ” 2125 πŸ’¬ 115 πŸ“Œ 564
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Visited the Sigmund Freud Museum in London today. While perusing Anna Freud’s library, I was delighted to see that she was a Lawrence Block fan. I read β€œThe Burglar in the Closet” about the time it came out, which means that at some point Anna Freud and I were reading the same book

01.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Isn’t it pretty to think so?

27.02.2026 19:17 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

It is a strange feeling, being pigeon holed like that.

26.02.2026 16:30 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Another review of my edited volume Pre-Conquest History and its Medieval Reception has just appeared. Menendez runs a thorough eye over each chapter:

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The ebook is downright affordable from @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social.

boydellandbrewer.com/book/pre-con...

26.02.2026 06:17 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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That the sweet buds which with a modest pride
Pull droopingly, in slanting curve aside,

25.02.2026 18:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Heath looking hopeful again this morning. Is that spring over the misty horizon?

25.02.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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The Heath looking hopeful again this morning. Is that spring over the misty horizon?

25.02.2026 08:51 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Happy Twin Peaks day to everyone like me still stuck in the Red Room

24.02.2026 22:51 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Perfection

24.02.2026 22:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Public Lecture: Food for Thought – The Bayeux Tapestry Revisited A public lecture by Professor Benjamin Pohl (Medieval History, University of Bristol) followed by a free drinks reception.

I’ll be talking about my recent research on the Bayeux Tapestry in a public lecture here in Bristol on Thursday 30 April. Attendance is FREE and includes a drinks reception 🍷 Everybody welcome! Please join us if you can and help spread the word! #medievalsky #skystorians

23.02.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 48 πŸ” 29 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 3
One tree flowering white amid a leafless wood

One tree flowering white amid a leafless wood

A sign of hope on the Heath this blustery miserable morning that winter may be losing its grip

23.02.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
One tree flowering white amid a leafless wood

One tree flowering white amid a leafless wood

A sign of hope on the Heath this blustery miserable morning that winter may be losing its grip

23.02.2026 08:20 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I think only Assassins will die in this chapter

22.02.2026 22:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Chapter 43 is about the Assassins. It had to happen eventually.

22.02.2026 19:28 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
A brick wall with a message painted in thick white letters: DO NOT DEMOLISH THIS WALL

A brick wall with a message painted in thick white letters: DO NOT DEMOLISH THIS WALL

The graffiti artists in Hampstead are defiantly pro status quo

22.02.2026 17:20 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Every time you read the word β€œtechnofeudal” you have to read something by Peggy Brown. Doesn’t matter what. Just read anything she published to compensate your brain for the violence of a stupid concept you’ve been forced to assimilate with your eyes.

21.02.2026 21:08 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 1

I was thinking more along the line of an β€œEvil Dead” reboot

21.02.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

An ever relevant joke from @alexblechman.bsky.social h/t @adambecker.bsky.social

20.02.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
Marquee for Everyman Theatre reads β€œHeathcliffe it’s me it’s Cathy I’ve come home”

Marquee for Everyman Theatre reads β€œHeathcliffe it’s me it’s Cathy I’ve come home”

Local cinema gives it up for Kate Bush. And it is SO cold

18.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Marquee for Everyman Theatre reads β€œHeathcliffe it’s me it’s Cathy I’ve come home”

Marquee for Everyman Theatre reads β€œHeathcliffe it’s me it’s Cathy I’ve come home”

Local cinema gives it up for Kate Bush. And it is SO cold

18.02.2026 16:31 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0