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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 2d

Spooky season is here! 👻

Check out our new reading list with 25% OFF these titles until the 3rd November - enter SPOOKY25 at checkout on our website: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

Perfect for foggy evenings, reading under a blanket with the lights low. #booksky #spookyseason

Spooky season reading list 2025 - Manchester University Press

As the nights grow longer, and the air turns crisp, there’s no better time to curl up with a book that sends shivers down your spine. Whether you’re a horror aficionado, a fan of the gothic, or just l...

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Wyrd Wednesday @wyrdwednesday.bsky.social · 1h

Another #WyrdWednesday for the books, Wyrdlings! Thank you so much for all of your folklore, stories, and art about journeys!

We have some exciting news next week. Please be on the lookout for our next topic, and we will see you soon!

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ALT: the word moodica is on the bottom of a blue background

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Prof Bob Davis @rokewood.bsky.social · 1h

#31DaysofHalloween #Halloween2025
Here in John Stow's 'A Suruay of London' of 1598, is probably the earliest formation of the word #Halloween: rendered as 'Alhallond Eve', with some fascinating seasonal 'Misrule' context, unusual & intriguing for the urban Protestant context

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The Garden Jungle @thegardenjungle.bsky.social · 1h

The Linnets are back, noticed several flocks on the top of Clunbury Hill this evening #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

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Save Redland Library @saveredlandlibr.bsky.social · 2h

10:15pm TODAY on @BBCFOUR

The 1988 #ScreenTwo Drama📺 “Sweet as You Are” directed by Angela Pope & written by William Nicholson

🌟 Liam Neeson, Miranda Richardson, Alex Pakenham, Philip McGough, Gillian Raine, Philip Bird, Judi Lamb, Caroline Holdaway

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neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy @neukelte.hear-me.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

#legendarywednesday #celtic: `On the Isle of Man it was a custom to cut off a bunch of ears from the last sheaf of corn, with about 12 inches of straw attached. This bunch of corn, called baban ny mheillea, 'the doll of the harvest,' or simply yn mheillea ( […]

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🕸️ ForestsOfShadows 🕸️🕷️ @forestsofsolace.bsky.social · 4h

#31DaysofHalloween #Shadows

Through the cross of stone,
a castle, now #ash
in the mouth of time.
Its walls, once bright,
now cast in shadow,
still hold the shape
of memory.

#Spooktober #ClassicMono
#SensoryArt #photography
#gothic #WindowsOnWednesday #EastCoastKin
#Poetry #Vss365 #Dark #Light

Black and white photo taken from inside Ludlow castle, looking out through a large cross-shaped window. The thick stone bars form a stark silhouette against the bright sky. Beyond the window, the crumbling structure is visible, its roofline partially collapsed.

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 2h

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge 'The Art of Conversation'
youtu.be/G2wkO0DhpEY?...

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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 9h

The reason the Right are so invested in the myth that the arts have no value isn’t because the arts don’t generate wealth (they do); it’s that studying the arts teaches people to imagine better ways of judging the value of an idea than by counting how much money it makes…

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RaggaMog (Morri-Arty) @raggamog.bsky.social · 15h

Robins are sometimes known as guardians of cemeteries. Due to their fearless nature and presence around graves, robins are sometimes believed to be waiting for the souls of the deceased to accompany them on their journey to the afterlife.
Art my own.
#WyrdWednesday #Folklore #OriginalArt #MHHSBD

An original artwork of a robin redbreast on a branch. Created using acrylic paints on A3 board.

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Putri Prihatini @putriprihatini.bsky.social · 9h

In Palestinian folktale "The Golden Pail," a prince undertook a quest after his father said, "prove yourself worthy of the throne through hardships." With Ballan, a djinn horse, he overcame grueling feats, escaped murder, and outwitted evil minister, earning skills to be a good ruler.
#WyrdWednesday

A photo of a book titled Speak Bird, Speak Again, opened on pages 86 and 87, with the title of the story The Golden Pail on the top right of the page.

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Crystal Ponti @crystalponti.bsky.social · 3h

The immrama were voyages of saints and heroes into the Otherworld. Some ships found islands of joy, others of terror - seas as thresholds between life and death. #WyrdWednesday

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 2h

George Harrison's poignant "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" expresses both personal & universal #pain Apparently he wrote it inspired by insights from the I Ching + realisations from his own spiritual practice youtu.be/VJDJs9dumZI?...
#SpookySeason #Howl-A-Ween #MusicChallenge #MusicSky #TheBeatles

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 4h

Have you fought a wodewose there, tho?

Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 6h

Sir Gawain must journey through the 'wyldrenesse of Wyrale' to fulfil his quest - the beheading contest with the Green Knight: "Sometimes he warred with dragons & with wolves/sometimes with the crag haunting woodwose/with bears, bulls & boars, or pursued by giants across the fells" #WyrdWednesday

Image of knights in blood red cloaks, a black cloaked Mari and scarlet swords suspended from the ceiling. The Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead (2024). 'Into the Wyld' was an exhibition exploring the legacy of the medieval poem 'Gawain and the Green Knight' Gawain journeys through the wilderness of the Wirral so the topography of the north west was a major theme of the collaborative exhibition and day long conference

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 15h

Thank you, a huge compliment especially from someone who does the kind of work you do

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Ben Mechen @benmechen.bsky.social · 2d

On Weds we welcome @katrinanavickas.bsky.social to IHR @cont-brit-hist.bsky.social seminar

Katrina will talk abt "Public space + popular protest in 20thC England: enclosure, resistance + commoning"

In-person/hybrid. All welcome, register here!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...

@ihr.bsky.social

Public space and popular protest in 20th century England: enclosure, resistance and commoning

This session draws from the book, Contested Commons: a History of Protest and Public Space in England

www.history.ac.uk

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Christopher Dunn @aylwardphotography.bsky.social · Jun 20

Blue Tit soaring across a small pool of water at Highnam Woods, Gloucestershire

#bluetit #highnamwoods #bluetits #bluetitinflight #canon #canonphotography #wildlifephotography #aylward_photography #🪶 #BBCEarth #ukwildlife #wildlifewatching #birds #ukbirds

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Sue Wilkinson @suewilkinson.bsky.social · 19d

Exciting news: I've got a 3-page article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays in the Oct 2025 issue of 'Cumbria Life' magazine! Really hoping this will bring them to a wider audience @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social @countrystride.bsky.social
For more on the Plays, head over to @grasdialectplays.bsky.social

Photo of first page of Cumbria Life article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays. 3 black-and-white images: a large one of pace-egging on stage, and two smaller ones: rushbearing on stage and a publicity postcard of two young lovers in a hayfield

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

#LookAndSee #MusicChallenge #Beatles

youtu.be/nIR6AAjEg5U?...

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

#MusicChallenge #SpookySeason
The Strange Blue Dreams, a brilliant band to see live - but don't let it get you this #Howl-A-Ween
'Eaten By The #Monster Of Love'
youtu.be/YZsmtPVhDGM?...

#musicsky

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you - I thought it was sinuously swaying its arms 💃🏻🕺🏻

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 1d

#ThickTrunkTuesday moss covered birch stretching skywards
(near Thorngrafton #Northumberland)

The birch grove provides a moist, shaded understory while the fern enriches soil stability and contributes to nutrient cycling

#nature #trees #iseemoss #woodland #forest #green

A graceful, Y shaped birch by fern filled undergrowth

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Rosalind Ahmed @21rosa.bsky.social · 2d

#MusicChallenge #LookAndSee
'The Staircase'
youtu.be/K9c1Um74jFY?...

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Dee Lilley @deelilley.bsky.social · 2d

The Mulberry Tree, October, Vincent van Gogh 1889

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