Kate Astbury
@100days1815.bsky.social
Professor of French Studies, working on the culture of French Revolution and Napoleonic period. Committed to supporting the learning of languages in schools & universities and to public engagement.
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Cher Père Noël, peux tu dire à tes lutins d'arrêter avec la taxe rose ?
December 10, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Cher Père Noël, peux tu dire à tes lutins d'arrêter avec la taxe rose ?
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I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
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Important notice: AI-generated archival references
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December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
I wish a notice like this wasn't necessary.
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I’ve written this (micro-biography, my ass) & am just getting Mme Louverture off the island headed toward France. Will spend spring semester on rewrites of first 3 parts. Summer in France, followed by writing last part. I appreciate my village, who remind me that Suzanne is a story worth telling.
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I’ve written this (micro-biography, my ass) & am just getting Mme Louverture off the island headed toward France. Will spend spring semester on rewrites of first 3 parts. Summer in France, followed by writing last part. I appreciate my village, who remind me that Suzanne is a story worth telling.
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Identification du propriétaire légitime du carnet de croquis de Jacques-Louis David possédé par le Château de Versailles.
Acquis en RFA en 1951, il a été volé à un particulier par des soldats allemands qui occupaient un village du Morvan pendant l'été 1940.
www.francebleu.fr/infos/cultur...
Acquis en RFA en 1951, il a été volé à un particulier par des soldats allemands qui occupaient un village du Morvan pendant l'été 1940.
www.francebleu.fr/infos/cultur...
EXCLUSIF - Spoliations nazies : un trésor de David dormait à Versailles, l’étonnement des héritiers - ICI
Joseph B. a découvert par hasard qu’un carnet du peintre Jacques‑Louis David, spolié à sa famille par l’armée allemande, se trouve au cœur des collections du musée de Versailles. Un bien valorisé par ...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Identification du propriétaire légitime du carnet de croquis de Jacques-Louis David possédé par le Château de Versailles.
Acquis en RFA en 1951, il a été volé à un particulier par des soldats allemands qui occupaient un village du Morvan pendant l'été 1940.
www.francebleu.fr/infos/cultur...
Acquis en RFA en 1951, il a été volé à un particulier par des soldats allemands qui occupaient un village du Morvan pendant l'été 1940.
www.francebleu.fr/infos/cultur...
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Sooo... I'm on BBC Civilisations at 9pm this evening talking about Aztecs, and I've been persuaded to overcome my dislike of LinkedIn and use it to share what I'm reliably informed is a 'carousel' of information and tips for teachers using it in the classroom.
BBC Civilisations: The Aztecs | The University of Sheffield
Civilisations: Rise and Fall brings Aztec civilisation back to life on BBC2 this evening.
Professor Caroline Dodds Pennock features in tonight’s episode and has shared some questions, talking points ...
www.linkedin.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Sooo... I'm on BBC Civilisations at 9pm this evening talking about Aztecs, and I've been persuaded to overcome my dislike of LinkedIn and use it to share what I'm reliably informed is a 'carousel' of information and tips for teachers using it in the classroom.
Let’s hope we have as much fun as last time we were in Manchester for a 3rd round FA cup game - and that the financial windfall similarly sets us up for another 20 years of Trust ownership!
🏆 WELL WELL WELL! 🤤
City will head to face Man City in the @emiratesfacup.bsky.social third round!
The tie is due to be played the weekend of January 10, more details to follow!
#ECFC #SemperFidelis
City will head to face Man City in the @emiratesfacup.bsky.social third round!
The tie is due to be played the weekend of January 10, more details to follow!
#ECFC #SemperFidelis
December 8, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Let’s hope we have as much fun as last time we were in Manchester for a 3rd round FA cup game - and that the financial windfall similarly sets us up for another 20 years of Trust ownership!
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Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
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December 6, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Everything you need to know about the US’ slow turn against the EU.
And this in a nutshell is why using AI to look at research funding applications is a terrible idea
Mohammad Hosseini: ‘If AI cannot create really novel ideas, it also is unlikely to detect really creative ideas because it is being trained on existing data. In a manuscript, you are reporting something that has happened, whereas in a grant, you are sharing an idea that still has potential.’ 3/3
December 6, 2025 at 2:25 PM
And this in a nutshell is why using AI to look at research funding applications is a terrible idea
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"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Women are still absent from how history is taught and assessed in England
Over a third of GCSE, AS and A-level exam papers in 2023 made no mention of women at all.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:22 AM
"Of the 991 history exam questions set in 2023, 357 featured a named individual, but only 31 were women – and nine of those were references to Elizabeth I or her reign."
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
Dr Natasha R. Hodgson of Nottingham Trent University writes this week in The Conversation bit.ly/49ZqTiq
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Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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April 22, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Another report on how our high visa costs deter top R&D talent
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
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This piece is so good. www.currentaffairs.org/news/ai-is-d...
AI is Destroying the University and Learning Itself
Students use AI to write papers, professors use AI to grade them, degrees become meaningless, and tech companies make fortunes. Welcome to the death of higher education.
www.currentaffairs.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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📢 NION Women Statement on trans women and girls being excluded from Girlguiding and the Women's Institute.
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
December 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
📢 NION Women Statement on trans women and girls being excluded from Girlguiding and the Women's Institute.
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
We are deeply saddened that both Girlguiding and @womensinstitute.bsky.social have been placed under pressure that has resulted in trans women and girls being excluded from their organisations
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This is the first History Reclaimed attack on @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s BBC Empire series, in The Spectator. The thread on its recycled Telegraph version shows how criticisms of the representation of Mike Mountain Horse and the invasion of Ijebu are based on untruths. But else do they argue?
December 3, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is the first History Reclaimed attack on @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s BBC Empire series, in The Spectator. The thread on its recycled Telegraph version shows how criticisms of the representation of Mike Mountain Horse and the invasion of Ijebu are based on untruths. But else do they argue?
That’s become my rule of thumb - if I’m doing a project that the right-wing press isn’t going to like, I must be doing something right 😂
Annoying the Torygraph is an excellent indicator that one must be doing something that is meaningful.
December 3, 2025 at 8:54 AM
That’s become my rule of thumb - if I’m doing a project that the right-wing press isn’t going to like, I must be doing something right 😂
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You can explore the data in this great report. My point is not to set one subject against another but that the stereotypes about humanities employability need a bit of probing, and shouldn’t be the thing that put someone off what they want to study
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December 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
You can explore the data in this great report. My point is not to set one subject against another but that the stereotypes about humanities employability need a bit of probing, and shouldn’t be the thing that put someone off what they want to study
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io/graduatemark...
graduatemarkettrends.cdn.prismic.io/graduatemark...
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How about Languages v Computer Science? Hmm…
December 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
How about Languages v Computer Science? Hmm…
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So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
December 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
So kid, in your heart you want to study humanities but you worry about your job prospects? Let’s play a game.
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
On the latest data, who is more likely to be unemployed after 15 months after graduation. The English Lit grad or the Maths grad?
WRONG!
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in his memoir, written ahead of his trial for parricide in 1835, Pierre Rivière reflected on the histories of Judith and Holofernes, Charlotte Corday and Marat, and women killing men. he vowed a revenge on behalf of all men: that’s right, Pierre Rivière was the first incel.
in this essay
in this essay
December 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM
in his memoir, written ahead of his trial for parricide in 1835, Pierre Rivière reflected on the histories of Judith and Holofernes, Charlotte Corday and Marat, and women killing men. he vowed a revenge on behalf of all men: that’s right, Pierre Rivière was the first incel.
in this essay
in this essay
Enjoying a long, rainy train journey this morning which gives me plenty of time to read this great volume of papers on Revolutionary theatre #Saturdaymorningtreat
November 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Enjoying a long, rainy train journey this morning which gives me plenty of time to read this great volume of papers on Revolutionary theatre #Saturdaymorningtreat
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One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Anne d’Autriche, comment la mère de Louis XIV est-elle devenue régente absolue ? : un podcast à écouter en ligne | France Inter
Quelle est la place d'Anne d'Autriche dans notre mémoire collective ? Avec Joël Cornette, cette série raconte la vie de cette jeune Espagnole timide et maltraitée qui va se métamorphoser en véritable ...
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November 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
One of those trick questions for #Frhistory nerds to present to their students: 'Where was Anne d'Autriche from? (along with 'Who ruled France between Napoleon I and Napoleon III?') Find out in this enjoyable biography in a series of five mini #Frenchpodcast www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
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This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has just gone out to subscribers
Ft. new walking routes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more
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Ft. new walking routes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more
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Walk Midlands Newsletter November 2025
Features new walks in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more
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November 29, 2025 at 8:34 AM
This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter has just gone out to subscribers
Ft. new walking routes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more
Check it out and subscribe👇
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Ft. new walking routes in Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands and much, much more
Check it out and subscribe👇
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‘linking much-needed support for students to international recruitment – an unstable and overworked income stream - is risky and unsustainable. This measure could further weaken universities’
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
The British Academy's response to the Autumn Budget
The British Academy has responded to the Autumn Budget (26 November 2025)
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 4:48 PM
‘linking much-needed support for students to international recruitment – an unstable and overworked income stream - is risky and unsustainable. This measure could further weaken universities’
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
Read our Budget response here www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/british...
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Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
November 25, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Sometimes I think it’s going to be the librarians who will save us all.
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If you’ve appreciated @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s marvellous BBC Empire series, you might be interested in our conversation about the writing of its history:
The podcast of David Olusoga and I discussing Empire & the rewriting of history:
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HOW TO PODCAST | David Olusoga & Alan Lester - The Truth About the British Empire
David Olusoga and Alan Lester reveal the dark realities of the British Empire, and reflect on the importance of historians amid the resurgence of nationalism and misinformation.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If you’ve appreciated @davidolusoga.bsky.social’s marvellous BBC Empire series, you might be interested in our conversation about the writing of its history: