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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 18h

Your institutions seem paralysed in the face of Trump. What is wrong with the US that it has capitulated to a tyrant so easily?

Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 18h

9 October is the feast of St Denis whose communion and martyrdom are depicted here. St Denis is reputed to have picked up his head after it was cut off.

BnF MS Latin 11700; Homiliarium Corbeiense, Vol III; 12th c (1179); France (Corbie); f.105r @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 18h

9th October is the feast of St Denis who is here depicted seated and holding a staff and a book in the initial P(ost). NB note the sketches in the margins.

BL Arundel 91; Lives of the Saints; 12th century; England, S. E. (Canterbury); f.86

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 18h

9th October is the feast of St Denis who is depicted on the left holding a part of his severed head.

BnF NAF 16251; Images de la vie du Christ et des saints; 13th century; f.84v @gallicabnf.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19h

9th October is the feast of St Denis who is here depicted holding his severed head.

BL Egerton 745; Life of Eustace and other saints, and a collection of moral treatises; France, Central (Paris); 1st half of the 14th century; f.55v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 19h

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Jen Wilshaw 🌻 @wilshaw755.bsky.social · 20h

I booked a private vaccination even though I'm eligible for the NHS one, which is not targetting the latest variants - the vulnerable are being given an inferior jab 😒

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 21h

They're back: National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 9 October 2025 (week 41) - GOV.UK
www.gov.uk/government/s...

National flu and COVID-19 surveillance report: 9 October 2025 (week 41)

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UK Health Security Agency @ukhsa.bsky.social · 23h

#UKHSAVirusWatch is back, a summary of our weekly winter surveillance report .🦠🧵
This week's data shows an increase in COVID-19 activity, which is circulating at medium levels. Flu activity has also increased, particularly in those aged 15 to 24, but remains at baseline levels.

Graph showing COVID-19 positive tests rising steadily from spring 2025 after a low in early 2025. Data from October 2024 to October 2025, England only.

Graph showing flu-positive tests peaking sharply in winter 2024–25 before declining and then beginning to rise again in autumn 2025. Data from October 2024 to October 2025, England only.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

Handwritten autograph subscription of Queen Anne of Kyiv @bbcstever.bsky.social

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

"Contains the signum (the cross as a signature) & monogram of Philip I. Below is also the subscription of his mother, Queen Anne of Kyiv.As far as we know, this is the only document that has survived to bear her handwritten autograph subscription alongside a cross (signum),also in the queen's hand."

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d

gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/b...

Chartes du diocèse de Soissons (1048-1714) et de l'abbaye de Saint-Crépin-le-Grand (864-1328). Diplôme de Philippe Ier, concernant les autels de Pernant et Colombes, avec la souscription de la reine A...

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 3d

Should anyone find themselves in central London on Weds 19 November, consider yourself invited to a book launch! @earliermiddleages.bsky.social www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

Book Launch: Local Priests in the Latin West, 900-1050

Earlier Middle Ages Seminar- Session 3

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 1d

Enjoyed showing students today the amazing 1063 charter signed by Anna, queen of France, in cyrillic.

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 2d

Very sad to hear of the death of the charming Sir John Gurdon, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, who in 2001 conferred an honorary fellowship on Nelson Mandela. At Eton, Gurdon was told he’d never make a scientist. He went on to win the Nobel Prize for physiology.

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John Simpson @johnsimpsonnews.bsky.social · 1d

On tonight’s Unspun World on BBC Two I talk to the great Steve Rosenberg about what it’s really like to be the BBC Russia editor — how do ordinary Russians react to him? Is he in danger? What’s going to happen there? Unmissable!

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 1d

This is not to say that I am blind to the many problems that can be accelerated through social media, or to the fact that in a world without proper media literacy, social media can be weaponised to an extreme degree. These are facts of contemporary history.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

I agree. Social media has enabled me to interact with many kind and knowledgeable people throughout the world. The exchange of ideas which it has facilitated has been wonderful.

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 1d

But when discussing the role of social media it is important to distinguish between the benefits of the medium itself & the content that is transmitted through it. Social media can be - & is repeatedly - abused because humans are naïve & trusting. Those qualities can also lead to good things. (3/n)

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 1d

I have met people who have become dear friends, I have been given opportunities to write articles, I have learned medieval palaeography, I have learned about books, & I have heard voices I would not otherwise have heard. Social media has shaped my life in many wonderful ways.

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

When snails ruled the earth.......

BL Add MS 49622, f.162v

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Christoph Heilig @christophheilig.bsky.social · 1d

Don't want to read all 1000pp of my German dissertation on narratives in Paul's letters? In the first issue of the wonderful new journal @agntsjournal.bsky.social, you'll find an English translation of my conclusions, produced by @waynecoppins.bsky.social !

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Paul as Storyteller? Conclusion - Accessible German New Testament Scholarship

Talk of “narrative” structures in the Letters of Paul has significantly shaped the exegetical discussion in the Anglophone sphere for some time. The “narrative approach,” which was especially inspired...

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 1d

"You're stuck where?"

St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 711; Abbreviatio Decreti "Quoniam egestas"; second half of the 12th century; p.18 (e-codices.ch/en/list/one/...)
BL Arundel 83; the 'Howard Psalter and Hours'; f.63v

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you as ever for this weekly update.

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BuDS Disability Service @buds-disability.bsky.social · 3d

The Covid wave in England continues to grow, with infection levels up 11% in the last week. The risk level is hovering just below Very High. If you do not wish to catch Covid, please take precautions including getting boosted now.
buds.org.uk/covid-19-ris...

Covid-19 Risk Assessment: Week Ending 5 October 2025

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