Clare Downham
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Clare Downham
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Medievalist, Liverpool. She/Her. All DMs are blocked (Bluesky ID issue)
Good to know!
January 17, 2026 at 6:29 PM
My Nan used both snicket and ginnel but I think ginnel was more urban (i.e. the metropolis of Kendal) than rural
January 17, 2026 at 4:03 PM
A multilingual representative needed to support EU-UK collaboration
January 15, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Sure! Thanks
January 14, 2026 at 1:15 PM
I really do, thank you! He had a serious book addiction/ hoarding instincts. Lots have gone to students!
January 14, 2026 at 12:48 PM
That is such a nice thing to say.
January 14, 2026 at 12:47 PM
There isn’t a list but I have a lot of shelf pics I took this morning. I’m loading them onto a Dropbox file to share with friends and colleagues. Happy to share when they’ve uploaded.
January 14, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Reposted by Clare Downham
When someone in a crowd yells “pedophile protector” and you instantly think “hey that’s ME, I better respond!”

…well, that seems problematic for you.
January 13, 2026 at 10:07 PM