Pam Lock
@pamplemoussepam.bsky.social
Sen Lecturer, Eng Lit, Bristol Uni & Dir. of MA in Eng Lit. I research alcohol in 19th Century. Co-Dir. Drinking Studies Network (https://drinkingstudies.wordpress.com/).
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Final session of my 19th C unit for my brilliant mature students tonight so thought I'd dress as a Victorian heroine to entertain them. Its been such a blast to teach these brilliant students and awaken a new love of Victorian fiction in (most of) them. Finishing with Dracula so trying Mina vibes.
November 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Final session of my 19th C unit for my brilliant mature students tonight so thought I'd dress as a Victorian heroine to entertain them. Its been such a blast to teach these brilliant students and awaken a new love of Victorian fiction in (most of) them. Finishing with Dracula so trying Mina vibes.
If you are based in Brighton/Bevendean and want something warm on this cold evening, go and try a delicious spud from my brother in law's new van. Details and more info here: www.rathergoodspud.co.uk/new-page
Please share (and enjoy).
Please share (and enjoy).
November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
If you are based in Brighton/Bevendean and want something warm on this cold evening, go and try a delicious spud from my brother in law's new van. Details and more info here: www.rathergoodspud.co.uk/new-page
Please share (and enjoy).
Please share (and enjoy).
Lovely retreat today for the University of Bristol CoSEM CDT at DesignWest on the harbour side. Everyone has gone for lunch so I'm admiring the view while I guard their laptops....
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Lovely retreat today for the University of Bristol CoSEM CDT at DesignWest on the harbour side. Everyone has gone for lunch so I'm admiring the view while I guard their laptops....
Did you know that I run writers' retreats for PGRs & academics? So if you are looking for a way to offer a quiet space to write in a healthy and productive format that breaks the isolation of writing, get in touch. I do one day and residentials.
More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Did you know that I run writers' retreats for PGRs & academics? So if you are looking for a way to offer a quiet space to write in a healthy and productive format that breaks the isolation of writing, get in touch. I do one day and residentials.
More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
More info: writingwithpam.wordpress.com
Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible!
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible!
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
Upstairs in Small Bar looking lovely for our Think While You Drink Event for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social later. Thanks to @kellywasgcb.bsky.social and Bob for getting it all ready today. Looking forward to seeing all the happy tasters using those glasses for good later.
November 13, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Upstairs in Small Bar looking lovely for our Think While You Drink Event for @beinghumanfest.bsky.social later. Thanks to @kellywasgcb.bsky.social and Bob for getting it all ready today. Looking forward to seeing all the happy tasters using those glasses for good later.
Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries
November 6, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Thank you so much to @lottelouisa.bsky.social for a fascinating talk on beer consumption of Central European women tourists at today's @womenandalcohol.bsky.social seminar. So interesting to hear about the manner in which these women talk about drink and drinking in their private diaries
One to add to my unusual signs collection...
October 27, 2025 at 7:06 PM
One to add to my unusual signs collection...
An longer mid morning writing walk today. Found these little guys having a board meeting
October 16, 2025 at 1:41 PM
An longer mid morning writing walk today. Found these little guys having a board meeting
Mid morning walk on a writing day. Lovely to see all the green coming back after our dry summer.
October 9, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Mid morning walk on a writing day. Lovely to see all the green coming back after our dry summer.
Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.
July 26, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Had a great time @bavs-uk.bsky.social last week. Not been for a long time and was really impressed by the quality of the papers and the great chats I had with so many. Thanks also to my PhD sister @jendeavour.bsky.social for getting this pic of me in action, probably laughing at one of my own jokes.
Yes. Why is it always pink? Although I did treat myself to a very purple keyboard last week and I LOVE its ridiculousness
July 19, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Yes. Why is it always pink? Although I did treat myself to a very purple keyboard last week and I LOVE its ridiculousness
This is an amazing idea. I have two for reasons I'm not going to go into. One is my trusty old Kensington (pictured here with jazzy background in honour of your dreams) and the other a very fancy one with extra buttons someone bought me. Kensington wins every time.
July 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
This is an amazing idea. I have two for reasons I'm not going to go into. One is my trusty old Kensington (pictured here with jazzy background in honour of your dreams) and the other a very fancy one with extra buttons someone bought me. Kensington wins every time.
Every year I run a few retreats in the summer at the beautiful university of Bristol botanical gardens (botanic-garden.bristol.ac.uk). Every year they get more established & more beautiful. I've run 2 this week for different groups and we have all been delighted by the plants, flowers a& dragonflies
July 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Every year I run a few retreats in the summer at the beautiful university of Bristol botanical gardens (botanic-garden.bristol.ac.uk). Every year they get more established & more beautiful. I've run 2 this week for different groups and we have all been delighted by the plants, flowers a& dragonflies
Our next Think While You Drink features @philmellows.bsky.social in conversation with our fellow organiser & beer expert, Prof Sam Goodman, about his new book @beerbreaks.bsky.social at the Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (22 July at 6.30pm). A great place to get tips on good British holiday beers!
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our next Think While You Drink features @philmellows.bsky.social in conversation with our fellow organiser & beer expert, Prof Sam Goodman, about his new book @beerbreaks.bsky.social at the Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (22 July at 6.30pm). A great place to get tips on good British holiday beers!
Someone asked me how they could find my writers' retreats. I've recreated my diary of events to help you find me. Many are 'invitation only' but some are more open & some organisers generously offer extra places to others: writingwithpam.wordpress.com/diary/
Or you can book me yourself of course.
Or you can book me yourself of course.
June 27, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Someone asked me how they could find my writers' retreats. I've recreated my diary of events to help you find me. Many are 'invitation only' but some are more open & some organisers generously offer extra places to others: writingwithpam.wordpress.com/diary/
Or you can book me yourself of course.
Or you can book me yourself of course.
Yes we do! This was her best one though!
June 21, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Yes we do! This was her best one though!
Final paper of the #dangerouspleasures conference from Scott Martin on women's drunkenness in antebellum America.
June 20, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Final paper of the #dangerouspleasures conference from Scott Martin on women's drunkenness in antebellum America.
Second paper of this last panel is Lara Martin lengel on straight edge and drinking/sobriety. Underage punk bands and concert goers were marked on the back of their hands with black crosses to indicate they were too young to be served alcohol
June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Second paper of this last panel is Lara Martin lengel on straight edge and drinking/sobriety. Underage punk bands and concert goers were marked on the back of their hands with black crosses to indicate they were too young to be served alcohol
Final panel of the #dangerouspleasurea conference is on women and temperance. First panel is a fascinating insight into the work on Seventeen magazine by Catherine Carstairs and Aidan Hughes giving advice to teenage girls about their own drinking and the drinking of other girls, boys & their parents
June 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Final panel of the #dangerouspleasurea conference is on women and temperance. First panel is a fascinating insight into the work on Seventeen magazine by Catherine Carstairs and Aidan Hughes giving advice to teenage girls about their own drinking and the drinking of other girls, boys & their parents
Next up on the defiant pleasures panel is @jameskneale.bsky.social talking about the story of Jane and William feast and how their trial fits with wider attitudes to drunkenness and temperance. Excited to see the cover of his forthcoming book due out later this year share.google/lFABuT8ekP2s...
June 20, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Next up on the defiant pleasures panel is @jameskneale.bsky.social talking about the story of Jane and William feast and how their trial fits with wider attitudes to drunkenness and temperance. Excited to see the cover of his forthcoming book due out later this year share.google/lFABuT8ekP2s...
After lunch panel for the #dangerouspleasures is on defant pleasures. Our host, Lucy Cogan, shares some very recent work on the glimpses of Irish women's drinking she has found in the 18th and early 19th C
June 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
After lunch panel for the #dangerouspleasures is on defant pleasures. Our host, Lucy Cogan, shares some very recent work on the glimpses of Irish women's drinking she has found in the 18th and early 19th C
Final paper for the second panel of the day at #dangerouspleasures conference from Hannah Hallieell on female drinking in French art of the fin de siecle. Wonderful pictures of course. Here are two great examples for comparison between representations of male and female drinking
June 20, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Final paper for the second panel of the day at #dangerouspleasures conference from Hannah Hallieell on female drinking in French art of the fin de siecle. Wonderful pictures of course. Here are two great examples for comparison between representations of male and female drinking
Great example of this are these two pictures she brought together to demonstrate this. Zoom in to see the similarities and differences
June 20, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Great example of this are these two pictures she brought together to demonstrate this. Zoom in to see the similarities and differences
Panel two reflects on visualizing pleasures. Megan Bennett starts with a brilliant reading of the land lady in literary and visual cultures of 18C
June 20, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Panel two reflects on visualizing pleasures. Megan Bennett starts with a brilliant reading of the land lady in literary and visual cultures of 18C