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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 13h

Autumn view of a parking lot pumpkin patch from a passing GO bus.

Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 13h

Great audience in Guelph this afternoon for my lecture about the Golden Age of Sweden. On the GO bus back to Toronto now, will sadly miss tomorrow's butter tart festival!

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 14h

Royal Visits to Guelph, Ontario (at Guelph Civic Museum)

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 15h

Visiting the McRae House museum in Guelph

Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 20h

Week 4 of the Toronto-Guelph GO Train commute. A beautiful day for train travel.

Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 1d

Week 1 of Imperial Spain at @uoftscs.bsky.social began this afternoon with an overview of Roman Hispania, the Caliphate of Cordoba and the Reconquista. Ferdinand and Isabella next week! Thank you to everyone enrolled in the course!

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 2d

STARTS TOMORROW @uoftscs.bsky.social - My course on Imperial Spain. Register here: learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

3102 - Imperial Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella transformed Spain into a world power. They sponsored Columbus’s voyages to the Americas and formed alliances with other European kingdoms. This new imperial Spain had a dark s.....

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 3d

. @craigprescott.bsky.social and I discussed Prince William's conversation with Eugene Levy, Princess Anne's visit to Ukraine and other recent royal news in the Royal Fascinator newsletter @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...

Prince William embraces 'change for good' — but how radical will he be? | CBC News

Last fall, Prince William talked about trying to do things differently, "with maybe a smaller 'r' in the Royal." What that means will emerge in time, but more recent musings from the Prince of Wales m...

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 3d

. @craigprescott.bsky.social and I discussed Prince William's conversation with Eugene Levy, Princess Anne's visit to Ukraine and other recent royal news in the Royal Fascinator newsletter @cbcradiocanada.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/world/p...

Prince William embraces 'change for good' — but how radical will he be? | CBC News

Last fall, Prince William talked about trying to do things differently, "with maybe a smaller 'r' in the Royal." What that means will emerge in time, but more recent musings from the Prince of Wales m...

www.cbc.ca

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Sarah Betts @wromantichistry.bsky.social · 23d

The first cluster 'Studying Prince Philip: His Life and Legacies', which I edited, came out in December 2022 rsj.winchester.ac.uk/articles/10....

Studying Prince Philip: His Life and Legacies in Context | Royal Studies Journal

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations to you as well!

Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 6d

I was in Group 80. The genre was romance, the action was unraveling and the object was fireflies!

Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 6d

I always enjoy @nycmidnight.bsky.social fiction writing challenges! I placed 10th in my group in the first round of the 500 word fiction challenge (my first attempt at writing romance!) and I look forward to advancing to the second round this weekend.

NYC Midnight @nycmidnight.bsky.social · 7d

The 1st Round results for the 500-word Fiction Challenge 2025 are up at nycmidnight.co/4gQYNXG! Congratulations to the top 10 in each group for advancing to the 2nd Round, which kicks off this Friday, October 3rd. Best of luck to them, and thanks to all who participated!

1st Round Results 2025 — nycmidnight

The 1st Round results from the 500-word Fiction Challenge 2025.

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 7d

Great audience this afternoon in Guelph for my lecture about the Kalmar union, Renaissance and Reformation in Scandinavia. On the GO bus back to Toronto, always on the lookout for historic houses.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 7d

What an absolute legend. An immeasurable loss. Thank you for everything, Jane. 🥹

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 7d

Week 3 of the Toronto-Guelph GO train commute

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 8d

We are the Wildflowers
Emily Kewageshig ~ Anishinaabe
2024

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 8d

STARTS NEXT WEEK: My course on the history of Imperial Spain @uoftscs.bsky.social Register here:

learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

3102 - Imperial Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella transformed Spain into a world power. They sponsored Columbus’s voyages to the Americas and formed alliances with other European kingdoms. This new imperial Spain had a dark s.....

learn.utoronto.ca

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 8d

Accidentally put my old refurbished iPod through the laundry this afternoon, not sure if it's possible to buy a new one as they have been discontinued. (I like to have my music & podcasts & audiobooks on a separate device from my phone). What's the best option for a new iPod or something like it?

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 8d

STARTS NEXT WEEK: My course on the history of Imperial Spain @uoftscs.bsky.social Register here:

learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

3102 - Imperial Spain

Ferdinand and Isabella transformed Spain into a world power. They sponsored Columbus’s voyages to the Americas and formed alliances with other European kingdoms. This new imperial Spain had a dark s.....

learn.utoronto.ca

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 9d

My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the father of Queen Victoria thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/p...

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Prince Edward Augustus (born 2 November 1767 in London, United Kingdom; died 23 January 1820 in Sidmouth, United Kingdom), Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1799–18...

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 9d

September evenings with Lyric

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 9d

My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn, the father of Queen Victoria thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/p...

Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn

Prince Edward Augustus (born 2 November 1767 in London, United Kingdom; died 23 January 1820 in Sidmouth, United Kingdom), Duke of Kent and Strathearn 1799–18...

thecanadianencyclopedia.ca

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 9d

My new article in the @historicacanada.bsky.social Canadian Encyclopedia is about King William IV thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/k...

King William IV

King William IV (born Prince William Henry on 21 August 1765 in London, United Kingdom; died 20 June 1837 in Berkshire, United Kingdom), King of the United King...

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Carolyn Harris 🇨🇦 @royalhistorian.bsky.social · 9d

Lyric the loaf

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