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Judith Jesch
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Emeritus Professor of Viking Studies @UoNEnglish.bsky.social. Visiting Professor @insuhi.bsky.social, FBA. The Saga of the Earls of Orkney: https://birlinn.co.uk/product/the-saga-of-the-earls-of-orkney/ See https://uonenglish.substack.com/s/ragnas-islands .. more

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Judith Jesch is a British scholar of Old Norse language and literature, runology, and the Viking Age. She was Professor of Viking Age Studies at the University of Nottingham until 2025. Jesch is chair of the international Runic Advisory Group and president of the English Place-Name Society. .. more

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 1d
RIP Katherine F. Jesch, née Fekete Katalin in Debrecen, 14.05.1924 - 24.11.2025
Photo of my mum in 1959

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 2d
If you like this stanza, you might like to read this by Roberta Frank www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/gro...

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Fair Isle Bird Observatory @fairislebirdobs.bsky.social · 2d
The new FIBO library has arrived at the Obs. With a huge effort from John & Marian Ginnever and the generosity of many donors, 80 boxes of books now replace and expand the library lost in the 2019 fire. Huge thanks go to DHL, Streamline and the crew of the Good Shepherd for their generosity and help

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Max @paisleystars.bsky.social · 2d
Right. Erm. The sky is on fire.
A tight cluster of aurora across the full spectrum in a single burst in the sky

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks Chris, it was great to see you and your students!

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 3d
Thanks Alan, it was good to see you again!

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Scottish Society for Northern Studies @northernstudies.bsky.social · 3d
The Society is happy to announce Amanda Boeing as the winner of the 2025 Magnusson Prize! She received the award for her insightful comparative essay on the Battle of Brunanburh poem and Egill Skalla-Grímsson's Höfuðlausn.

Many congratulations to Amanda!
2025 Magnus Magnusson Prize Winner Announced - Scottish Society for Northern Studies
Congratulations to Amanda Boeing, who has been awarded this year's Magnus Magnusson Essay Prize
www.ssns.org.uk

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David Bunce @davidbunce.bsky.social · 4d
Today is Holodomor remembrance day, one of the worst human rights atrocities of the 20th century.

If you are wanting to know more, this episode of @originstorypodcast.bsky.social is excellent, featuring justifiable moral outrage from @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social
originstorypodcast.bsky.social Origin Story @originstorypodcast.bsky.social · 28d
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 Welcome back to Origin Story: The Story of Socialism as we resume the story of Lenin, Trotsky and Stalin in part three @iandunt.bsky.social and @dorianlynskey.bsky.social discuss Terror 👉 linktr.ee/originstoryp...

#originstory #lenin #trotsky #stalin

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 4d
The Flora & Fauna Of St. Magnus Cathedral theorkneynews.scot/2025/11/22/t...
The Flora & Fauna Of St. Magnus Cathedral
By Bernie Bell. Pics by B&M Bell As part of the 2025 Orkney Nature Festival   Custodian Fran Flett-Hollinrake presented  an illustrated talk looking at images…
theorkneynews.scot

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 4d
Er, your email finds me with a bit of a tickly cough actually. Why exactly do you need to know?

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Helena 🏝️ HELULV Ullmark @helenaullmark.bsky.social · 5d
Coolaste nyckelbrickan på Gotland (kanske Sverige?)
Nyckelbricka på kyrkdörr i brunt väderbitet tjärat ekträ. Nyckelbrickan i järnsmide formad som en ödla / drake där nyckeln sticks in i ryggen på ödlan. Huvudet är neråt men upplyft en bit som att den vaktar nyckelhålet med sin öppna mun där huggtänder syns. Nyckelbrickan är cirka 18 cm i fyrkant. Nyckelbricka i järnsmide formad som en ödla / drake där nyckeln sticks in i ryggen på ödlan. På kyrkdörr i brunt väderbitet tjärat ekträ med en ring som handtag under nyckelhålet

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 5d
Swords in Rock at Hafrsfjord howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/11/20/s...
Swords in Rock at Hafrsfjord
Contemporary Vikingisms take many forms, including public monuments. Here, my interests in Viking archaeology, contemporary archaeology and public archaeology in Public Viking Research coincide per…
howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com

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dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 5d
A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.

A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.

And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d
Nei, men de har de verdensberømte Orkney Library Balls bsky.app/profile/orkn...
orkneylibrary.bsky.social Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · May 13
'It is a truth universally acknowledged, that an intelligent person in possession of a social media account, must be in want of a library.'

You can now follow Orkney Library & Archive on Twitter/X, Facebook, Instagram and Bluesky. Bonus points if you follow us on all of them. 🏆
Orkney Library & Archive with a massive stone ball in the foreground

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d
Flott! Men nå venter jeg dikt om Booky McBookface bsky.app/profile/orkn...
orkneylibrary.bsky.social Orkney Library & Archive @orkneylibrary.bsky.social · 11d
We're delighted to announce that Emma, our NEW Mobile Library driver is all ready to go so #BookyMcBookface will be continuing on his travels from next week, beginning in Longhope on Tuesday 18th November.

You can find an updated list of Booky visits at: orkneylibrary.org.uk
BookyMcBookface our Mobile Library at the Italian Chapel in Orkney BookyMcBookface our Mobile Library at the Broch of Gurness in Orkney BookyMcBookface our Mobile Library parked up beside the sea BookyMcBookface our Mobile Library parked up beside the sea

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Ole Jakob Totland @oleneikopp.bsky.social · 6d
Me som difor ikkje fær bokbussen innum, kann like vel feira med dette diktet eg hev gjeve ut.
Bokbussen på Shetland. Frå I vermen inn. Av Ole Jakob Totland.

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 6d
Death of the last cross-country world champion to do it on wooden skis. Those were the days! www.nrk.no/sport/tidleg...
Tidlegare langrennsløpar Magne Myrmo er død: Siste verdsmeister på treski
Magne Myrmo var i Noregs- og verdstoppen i eit tiår. Men det er som den siste verdsmeisteren på gode gammaldagse treski han går inn i historiebøkene.
www.nrk.no

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d
Now if @onp.ku.dk bot had chatted with @skaldic.org bot they'd have come up with this: skaldic.org/m.php?p=vers...

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 7d
Microequitoponym?

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The Handwritten Letter Appreciation Society @letterappsoc.bsky.social · 8d
A new member sent me these lovely little (now obsolete, I think?) postcard rate stamps. I’ve never seen them before, but #RoyalMail, pleeeeaaase reconsider about making an affordable postcard stamp. It would be such a wonderful good news story. Thanks everso. #PostcardTuesday 🤩💌

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Christian Cooijmans @ccooijmans.bsky.social · 8d
I'll be giving a talk at Aberdeen Uni next week on the 'Dane saga' of Breda - easily one of the most unique, offbeat sources of imagined viking activity from the later medieval period. Both in person and online, so do tune in to hear me wax lyrical about this text!

www.facebook.com/events/22080...
A Past that Never Was: Examining Vikings in the Medieval ‘Dane saga’ of Breda - Christian Cooijmans
Event in Aberdeen, United Kingdom by Scandinavian Studies at Aberdeen on Thursday, November 27 2025
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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 8d
If you mean this discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search?q=bor... it's found in 18 UK university libraries (including ours).
Item Display | Library Hub
discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk

Reposted by Allan D. McDevitt, Catherine J. Frieman, Judith Jesch

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Anders Bergström @anders-bergstrom.bsky.social · 8d
A PhD project on historical genomics in the declining red squirrel in Britain is available in my group, through the @aries-dtp.bsky.social. Use historical genomes to track the effects of decline and genetic rescue in this charismatic species. aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...
Historical genomics of the declining red squirrel in Britain | Aries
Dr Anders Bergström, School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia Professor Cock van Oosterhout, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia Dr Selina Brace…
aries-dtp.ac.uk

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National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · 9d
This #MapMonday let us take you back in time ⌛

We've just added first edition 6-inch to the mile Ordnance Survey maps of England and Wales to our website, published from the 1840s to 1880s. These maps are all from bound volumes.

Explore the maps > maps.nls.uk/additions/#188

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 9d
Everything about the current 'debate' around this is dismal, not just morally but because it is so stupid. For example:

It conflates asylum-seeking and illegal immigration (and sometimes with migration generally)

It shows no understanding of why there is AS

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... 1/3
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com

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Judith Jesch @judithjesch.bsky.social · 10d
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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 10d
Hot off the press to have a read through in advance of @judithjesch.bsky.social presenting the annual Viking Society for Northern Research lecture to follow the AGM in London on 21 Nov. New members welcome! #medievalsky #sagas #poetry #runes #history vsnr.org/2025/09/01/w...

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 10d
It's very cool to see Barnes and Noble listing my upcoming book, Treasures of the Vikings, on the US book market! 🇺🇲 📚
Barnes and Noble website showing the book, Treasures of the Vikings

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 11d
Sadly, another week in which the British Academy's Cold Spots report on access to undergraduate degrees is very relevant. The UK-wide data on which it's based can be accessed and searched here (with a lag of c. 1 year in the availability of annual data): www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/policy-and-r...
Cold spots: Mapping inequality in SHAPE provision in UK higher education
This British Academy report reveals that many parts of the UK are becoming subject cold spots – areas with no provision in a subject within a commutable distance. These are often in rural, coastal or ...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk

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dgplacenames (now in Orkney) @dgplacenames.bsky.social · 11d
Whirl Pool occasioned by many Tides meeting but not so Dangerous as is Reported

George Eunson (1795) 'A chart of the islands of Orkney... with the coast of Scotland'

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