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Carolyne Larrington
@profcarolyne.bsky.social
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medievalist, medievalism-is, lover of things Norse and northern. #author

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Carolyne Larrington is an emeritus research fellow in English Literature of St John's College at the University of Oxford.

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 2d
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates on.ft.com/4ij0yh8
OpenAI needs to raise at least $207bn by 2030 so it can continue to lose money, HSBC estimates
A burning platform
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Rachel Deering @racheldeering.bsky.social · 3d
Goodnight.
🖼️ Tove Jansson
A black and white illustration from the Moomins.The illustration is of a wooded landscape at night with bats in flight and low misty clouds. Moomintroll, Snufkin and Sniff are walking through the wooded area looking a little scared.

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Mark Rees @reviewwales.bsky.social · 3d
It’s that time again - the M. R. James ghost story Christmas countdown! 👻
There are 31 days until Santa arrives, so if you read one* story a day, you’ll finish the Collected Ghost Stories in time to get merry.
Like a haunted advent calendar! ❄️
#Christmas #GhostStories

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University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social · 13d
In this compact volume, @profcarolyne.bsky.social explores how dragons have captured the human imagination across time and space.
Discover The Little Book of Dragons: bit.ly/47SWqjc
#ArtHistory #LiteraryStudies

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · 26d
Indeed! Fairies coming up!

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Owen Davies @odavies9.bsky.social · 26d
Excellent piece of journalism here. Puts the mainstream media to shame. The findings are what you might expect, and here's the proof.

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 26d
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student
Fitzwilliam Museum has uncovered student’s work from 1977 that revealed Cambridgeshire location of child’s burial place An A-level pupil found the lost grave of the Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano’s daughter, revealing a story of love and solidarity in 18th-century rural England. Olaudah Equiano (1745-1797), also known as Gustavus Vassa, escaped enslavement to become a celebrated author and campaigner in Georgian England. His memoir, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African, was a bestseller. Continue reading...
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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · 27d
Come and hear me talk Trolls and Dragons next Tuesday!

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ana valdivia @anavaldi.bsky.social · Oct 22
After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%

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Alexander C. Kaufman @alexckaufman.bsky.social · Oct 21
Oh man, the New York Young Republicans implicated in the Nazi groupchat scandal ran up a $23,000 tab eating filet mignon and drinking at a hotel in Syracuse -- a city with one of the highest child poverty rates *in the nation* -- and then refused to pay the bill.

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Oct 20
Trolls and Dragons in Frankfurt!

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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Oct 20
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
jessicaelgot.bsky.social Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · Oct 20
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.

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Tory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deported
Katie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’
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Faculty of English, University of Oxford @engfac.bsky.social · Oct 20
Our OWC/English Faculty #Shakespeare webinar series continues! Next up, Henry VIII on 3 Nov at 6pm.

Join @oldfortunatus.bsky.social and @laurajaynewright.bsky.social to explore the play & how we might approach it differently in the twenty-first century.

All welcome! FREE but registration required
English Faculty/OWC Shakespeare Webinar: King Henry VIII
In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics.
shakespeare-webinar-king-henry-viii.eventbrite.co.uk

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Oct 14
Absolutely!

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · Oct 14
Thanks @goingmedieval.bsky.social, @mattlewishistory.bsky.social and @profcarolyne.bsky.social for the norse myth eps of Gone Medieval. Perfect listening for drawing pictures of Loki. On the qu of "is loki a drinker", I think Lokasenna at least proves he's a MEAN drunk, whatever his liquid capacity

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Sep 23
The Bloomsbury Oxford Summer School in Fantasy is in full swing. A wonderful first day with exploration of fantasy past. Tomorrow the present and Thursday is fantasy future. Livestreamed and recorded too.

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Sep 16
The Vestmannaeyjar in glorious weather. Spot the sheep who must have been wearing crampons. And a pufflingur awaiting a launch out to sea.

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Rory Naismith @rorynaismith.bsky.social · Sep 12
Coming next spring ... yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...
Offa
An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history Offa ruled the Merci...
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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Sep 11
The west fjords looking particularly splendid today

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Carolyne Larrington @profcarolyne.bsky.social · Sep 10
The trolls are in Reykjavík!

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Kristel Zilmer @kristelzilmer.bsky.social · Sep 9
I morgen skjer det! #Osebergskipet skal ut på sin (foreløpig) siste ferd. Flyttingen av skipet inn i det nye museumsbygget strømmes direkte av NRK. Så følg med på den historiske ferden. #Vikingtidsmuseet