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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 6d

On next week, 7th October on BBC FOUR.
Libraries are about curiosity, freedom, inclusivity, creativity & gift numerous positive opportunities to learn, connect, support & uplift opportunities for all. There are divisive forces at work attempting to undermine them. Watch and learn. #SaveLibraries

Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 20d

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading" Really vital viewing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...

THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Librarians Film

www.youtube.com

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 6d

The annual Walter Rodney Lecture (hosted by the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies, University of Warwick) will be given this year by Professor David Scott (Columbia University) on the 25th November 2025. Please share. All welcome.

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 7d

First seminar of the academic year for the Yesu Persaud Centre for Caribbean Studies on Tuesday 28th October sees YPCCS alumni, Professor Alison Donnell taking about her internationally acclaimed 2025 publication 'Lost and Found' (Papillote Press). Please share. All welcome.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 9d

Liverpool! Happening now!

We have an amazing panel at 4pm at @OpenEyeGallery with the brilliant & inimitable @carolvorders.bsky.social Stewart Lee & @& the entire @thenerve.news team on this our launch day!

It’s first come, first served for seats. See you there!! 👊👊👊

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Simon 🇪🇺🇵🇸🇺🇦 @mirthematician.bsky.social · Jan 11

What a delightful little book this is. For anyone who loves the Detectorists, this will be a joy to read. #booksky

Cover of "Landscapes of Detectorists" by Innes Keighren and Joanne Norcup

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 12d

THIS THIS www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...

Black British Folk Takeover

Song, Music, Storytelling & More from British Folkies of the African Diaspora.

www.efdss.org

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 14d

Eighteenth-century precedents and 21st-century threats.

Vaccination and the price of forgetting

History shows how dangerous anti-vax sentiment can prove

www.ft.com

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Manuel Barcia @mbarcia24.bsky.social · 15d

@yalebooks.bsky.social have outdone themselves with the cover of my new book. Out in January for anyone interested.

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 14d

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

To the World's End: Scenes and Characters on a London Bus Route

First transmitted in 1985, To the World's End follows the No. 31 London bus from Camden Town to World's End, Chelsea, meeting characters who live and work along the route.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · 20d

"You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture, just get people to stop reading" Really vital viewing

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykll...

THE LIBRARIANS | Official Trailer

YouTube video by The Librarians Film

www.youtube.com

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London Group of Historical Geographers @lghgseminar.bsky.social · 23d

Registration for our hybrid autumn seminar programme—"Bad Habits"—is now live! Full details and registration links here: eepurl.com/jnswZs

A hand-coloured, nineteenth-century lithograph of an engraving by Johann Peter Hasenclever entitled "Weinverkoster in einem Keller".

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Dr Eve Hayes @evehayes123.bsky.social · 24d

Join us on 23 September for the start of our CLACS Caribbean Studies Seminar Series 2025/26 @ilcs.bsky.social / @soccaribbeanuk.bsky.social
The Long Road from Bog Walk: Electricity and Electrification in Jamaica, 1890s–1970s w/ Andrew Williams (University of the West Indies, Mona) shorturl.at/euVXU

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.bbc.co.uk/culture/arti...

No Other Choice review: 'Deliriously entertaining' South Korean masterpiece is this year's Parasite

Oldboy and The Handmaiden director Park Chan-wook has premiered a "bleakly hilarious" comedy about economic anxiety at the Venice Film Festival, and it could be a huge hit.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Sep 9

www.lovehackney.uk/reading-list...

Reading the Crisis — Love Hackney

Hackney Libraries are pleased to be collaborating with The Stuart Hall Foundation to offer a list of books relating to their Reading the Crisis online conversation series.

www.lovehackney.uk

Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Sep 9

#houseofdread #inspirationaffirmingpraxisinterventions #DeepdiveTheDigitalIsBlack
youtu.be/7vuMzCFrCiA?...

DEEP DIVE:THE DIGITAL IS BLACK 2025 Professor Vincent Brown with Fiona Compton and Dr Renee Landell:

YouTube video by HOUSE OF DREAD Studio

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Association of Caribbean Historians @achconference.bsky.social · Sep 4

The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.)

Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...

Annual Meeting – Association of Caribbean Historians

associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Sep 7

Whipped through #thekillerquestion and can thoroughly recommend to anyone who enjoys solving archive mysteries/ pubquizzing.
Also this
@janicehallett.bsky.social
joy, which was perfect intergenerational summer hol reading #aboxfullofmurders Also loved this because #publisher #1980spuffinclubmember

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BrontëBlog @bronteblog.bsky.social · Sep 6

bronteblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/wuth...

Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Modern Manifesto in Warsaw

Wuthering Heights: Cathy's Modern Manifesto is a collaborative video art project between Mind the Gap (Bradford, UK) and Teatr 21 (Warsaw, P...

bronteblog.blogspot.com

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Innes M. Keighren @inneskeighren.bsky.social · Sep 4

For those who might be interested, a recording of my lecture is now available: youtu.be/xD51buje-ts

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Sep 5

youtu.be/0DQzxmhUvNM?...

The Shadow Scholars (2024) | A New Colonialism | Exclusive Clip

YouTube video by Documentary Weekly

youtu.be

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Aug 27

also, this joelmorris.substack.com/p/chatting-t...

Chatting to Adam Tandy: sitcom & budgets

The first in a series of BFOD chats with comedy people...

joelmorris.substack.com

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Aug 27

@gralefrit.bsky.social &
@adamtandy.bsky.social
many observations made re comedy production parallel similar challenges to HE research #culturesofmethodology #creativity #smallscalefundingpotsfornewcreativityandnuancedstories
#growingofnewandemergingtalents

joelmorris.substack.com/p/closing-th...

Closing The Factory

Super-producer Adam Tandy joins me for more pub-style chat on the state of British comedy, the TV landscape, and the problem with 'closing the factory' where we made some world class stuff.

joelmorris.substack.com

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Aug 27

Rob is a genius. Widely regarded and a tech Wizard and a lovely chap too!

Rob Sedgebeer @robsedgebeer.bsky.social · Aug 26

New website! Need a tech with lots of experience in interactive entertainment, live streaming or web development? Hire me! robsedgebeer.com

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Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Aug 24

www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Everton’s sleek new home feels like the right place to harness fans’ new optimism | Aaron Sharp

Hill Dickinson Stadium has a debut to remember with awestruck supporters hoping it can help the club step into a successful era

www.theguardian.com

Dr Joanne Norcup @drjn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Books, Boardgames, Beaches. Strong recommend for all inclined towards the Brontë's, book geographies and histories of publishing #GrahamWatson 's very excellent #TheInventionofCharlotteBronte charting the crucible for, creation of and initial reception of Mrs Gaskill's The Life of Charlotte Bronte

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