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Dr Amara Thornton
@amalexathorn.bsky.social
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Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 14h
I have that! Also, When is someone going to turn Gad's Hall/The Haunting of Gad's Hall into a TV series?
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 1d
Article includes a photo of a US naval base in Trinidad under construction. My Grenadian grandfather, a building contractor, moved to Trinidad during the war to work on the construction of US bases.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d
New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war
New film explores how Caribbean workers helped win second world war
Commissioned by the Imperial War Museum, Cornwallis Cloth ends ‘archival silence’ around invaluable West Indian contribution to war effort
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 2d
Hear hear!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 2d
Totally know what you mean [email protected] and I have been discussing that about Strange Relics too!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 2d
I recognise that Handheld cover!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 3d
This sounds superb!
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 4d
THE SECRET PROJECT I'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE PAST FEW MONTHS IS FINALLY LIVE

CHECK IT OUT

outsidersartsclub.com
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 3d
Good advice generally for personal archiving (not just for romance authors)!
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Steve A @stegan.bsky.social · 4d
It's October, aka American Archives Month, and while it's been a bit warm to don our cardigans, the shrines to Henry from RED are up and it's time to remind romance authors (and authors of all stripes!) about what kinds of things they ought to be preserving. romancehistory.com/2021/10/15/a...
Archives Month: Tips for romance authors (and others!)
October is always American Archives Month, which is of course when archivists don their colorful costumes and dance in the stacks after assembling their shrine to Henry the Record Keeper, as portra…
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 4d
@gabemoshenska.bsky.social might be able to help
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
Very much enjoyed yesterday's Black British Folk Takeover @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social yesterday. Some absolutely beautiful music.
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
Ha ha indeed! Plus, visit to an archive, which may also involve latin passages, someone getting too curious, something hairy and horrible (see also tactile horror), and beds are scary.
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
Gotta be don't buy that rare book
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
😂
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
Definitely one for @gabemoshenska.bsky.social @kjsoar.bsky.social @mjpcuervo.bsky.social
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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 5d
I couldn't resist. #pleasingterror
A bingo card for the ghost stories of M.R. James. Boxes read: "Spiders Terrible hotel stay Narrator makes fun of golf Latin passages Eerie disembodied voices Confirmed bachelor main character Vengeful spirit Evil magician Working-class character as comic relief Bleak East Anglian coast Visit to an archive Narrator in guidebook mode FREE SPACE Unholy doings in a church Frogs or toads Queen Anne style house Cursed artifact Don't buy that rare book! Something hairy and horrible Someone gets too curious Tentacles Story told via old manuscript Research trip gone horribly wrong Beds are scary Tactile horror
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 5d
Wonderful!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 7d
Can't wait to hear more
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 7d
Whoop whoop!!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 7d
Exciting times!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 7d
Sounds exciting! Congrats!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 7d
Had it with admin
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 9d
Hill is in our @beyondnotables.bsky.social database
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Rob Hedge @robhedge.bsky.social · 9d
Panel 3/8
Panel from comic strip: 3 Image of historian Rosalind Hill in her later years, wearing a green cardigan. Text reads: LEICESTER'S REPUTATION GREW IN THE 1930s, ATTRACTING BRIGHT YOUNG SCHOLARS. AMONG THE FIRST WOMEN TO TEACH HISTORY WAS ROSALIND HILL, WHO HAD A PROFOUND EFFECT ON HER STUDENTS: "SHE WAS VERY YOUNG AND NERVOUS... YET SHE MANAGEO TO BRING THE MEDIEVAL WORLD ALIVE. SHE KNEW THE PROBLEMS IT WAS VITAL FOR A YOUNG HISTORIAN TO KNOW ABOUT " JOHN H PLUMB
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Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · 9d
Thought I’d do something a bit different for my annual month-long celebration of women’s ghost stories. So instead of doing individual stories, I’ll share the books themselves. (All books are from my collection.)

🎃 Here we go! 👻

First up is Marjorie Bowen’s The Bishop of Hell (1949)
Dust jacket for Marjorie Bowen’s The Bishop of Hell with a bishop’s head surrounded by orange flames set against a black background.
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 9d
He'd be so chuffed - congratulations!
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 9d
Will be checking this out, with great interest
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Brooke Newman @brookenewman.bsky.social · 9d
The stories of enslaved African people and more than 1,000 British plantation owners who were compensated after abolition have been brought together in a searchable archive for the first time.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
‘This is strength’: stories of enslaved Africans in Grenada made into searchable archive
Depths of Paradise project backed by British family and created by Stephen Lewis, a descendant of survivors
www.theguardian.com
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 14d
Emily Penrose (though Penrose is not in our db) wass also lecturing on classics for Uni Extension archive.org/details/univ...
The University extension journal : London Society for the Extension of University Teaching : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
5 v. in 2. ; 28 cm
archive.org
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Dr Amara Thornton @amalexathorn.bsky.social · 14d
We deal with some elements of this in @beyondnotables.bsky.social including ties to classics being taught by women associated with RH via University Extension
The University extension journal : London Society for the Extension of University Teaching : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
5 v. in 2. ; 28 cm
archive.org
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