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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12h

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.

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Amanda Watson @amndw2.bsky.social · 3d

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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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · 6d

I love this tradition so much

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · 9d

The kobo genre categories are an endless source of hilarity to me.

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · 15d

The Haunted Library is out on 13 November! This is a collection of classic bookish ghost stories. Thanks @blpublishing.bsky.social for letting me moonlight even though I’ve left the BL

A book cover for a book called The Haunted Library: Tales of cursed books and forbidden shelves, edited by Tanya Kirk, published by British Library Tales of the Weird. The cover is black with an illustration in bright green, featuring ghostly figures in a library

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · 15d

The whole heritage sector senior management are so scared of the telegraph they can barely function

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21d

Over the weekend, the world's richest man appeared on screens in central London to call for a race war and for the UK government to be overthrown. No arrests were made in connection with that communication.

Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 21d

Journalists have been detained and a van showing images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been confiscated in Windsor. This follows a separate incident in which four people were arrested for projecting images onto Windsor Castle.

Journalists detained as ad van with image of Trump and Epstein seized

AN advertising van displaying an image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together has been confiscated by police, according to campaigners ...

www.thenational.scot

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Iwan Rhys Morus @irmorus.bsky.social · 21d

Entirely agree.

How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter

Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness

www.theguardian.com

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · 29d

Argh! Absolutely gutted I didn’t know about this, looks great

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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · Aug 28

This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”

www.quaker.org.uk

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Ah thanks so much! That's lovely to hear! 🥰

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · Aug 20

I want to write a new blogpost, academic pals! What’s your best advice for sustaining your motivation as an early career scholar, post PhD, without institutional affiliation? How can you feel supported in carrying on with your work? And what can those of us lucky enough to have jobs do to help?

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Aug 19

Very excited for this!

Dr Christina Faraday @cjfaraday.bsky.social · Aug 19

My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.

Red book cover with gold lettering, titled The Story of Tudor Art. Instead of O’s, two portrait miniatures with Elizabeth I and the artist Nicholas Hilliard. In white at the bottom the words “A history of Tudor England through its art and objects”

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Aug 5

Still so gutted by the news that Johnny Flynn has agreed to be in the new TV series 😞

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jul 29

I really enjoyed the Frank Lloyd Wright house/museum in Oak Park

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jul 9

Wishing you a very happy birthday Roz. Here’s to you! 🥂

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Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social · Jun 30

hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge | Cambridge University Press & Assessment

www.cambridge.org

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jun 30

Exciting heritage science project using St John’s special collections!

Cambridge University Library @theul.bsky.social · Jun 30

Heritage science analysis by the UL & @qmulhss.bsky.social has uncovered secrets in 16th-century Great Bibles!

Once owned by Henry VIII & Thomas Cromwell, these Bibles are reunited for the first time in 500 years at a new National Library of Wales exhibition.

Find out more: loom.ly/rEtK__E

Vehicles of propaganda: analysis uncovers new secrets in Tudor Bibles

Specialist heritage science techniques have unearthed new secrets hidden within 16th-century Great Bibles, once owned by Henry VIII and his chief minister Thomas Cromwell.

loom.ly

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Terri Windling @terriwindling.bsky.social · Jun 30

This discussion of Sylvia Townsend Warner's 'The Corner That Held Them' is fabulous! (And it's great to hear @tanyakirk.bsky.social on the show again.) The earlier Backlisted episode on STW's 'Lolly Willows' was terrific too. May we please have a discussion on STW's 'Kingdoms of Elfin' next?

ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Nonstop nuns on the new episode of @backlisted.bsky.social, in which we discuss "The Corner that Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. With fellow postulants Tanya Kirk and Andy Miller, and Mother Superior Nicky Birch. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social

www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...

242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted

Sylvia Townsend Warner's  The Corner That Held Them  (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut  Lolly Willowes ...

www.backlisted.fm

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jun 24

Populaire

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ooOOOoona McCormack 🎃 @unamccormack.bsky.social · Jun 24

Nonstop nuns on the new episode of @backlisted.bsky.social, in which we discuss "The Corner that Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. With fellow postulants Tanya Kirk and Andy Miller, and Mother Superior Nicky Birch. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social

www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...

242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted

Sylvia Townsend Warner's  The Corner That Held Them  (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut  Lolly Willowes ...

www.backlisted.fm

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jun 24

Huzzah! 😇😉

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Backlisted Podcast @backlisted.bsky.social · Jun 24

New episode up now. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with Tanya Kirk in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. An hour of Mother Superior book chat. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...

242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted

Sylvia Townsend Warner's  The Corner That Held Them  (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut  Lolly Willowes ...

www.backlisted.fm

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Tanya Kirk @tanyakirk.bsky.social · Jun 24

So many nuns, so much fun. I had a brilliant time recording this; thanks so much Andy, Una and Nicky

Andy Miller @iammilliam.bsky.social · Jun 24

New @backlisted.bsky.social episode! The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with my holy sisters Tanya Kirk, Una McCormack, Nicky Birch and me. Making this show was a treat, hope you like it. x @tanyakirk.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...

242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted

Sylvia Townsend Warner's  The Corner That Held Them  (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut  Lolly Willowes ...

www.backlisted.fm

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Becky L @bekkhilde.bsky.social · Apr 30

📢Dream job alert! 🚨 You could lead our small & friendly team at the Antics and work with one of ✨the best✨ special collections in the country! Happy to answer informal questions about SAL / the library. Please share amongst your networks of #library, #archives & #heritage professionals! 👇

The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · Apr 28

Exciting recruitment news, we're now advertising for the role of Head of Collections (Library, Museum and Archives)! Closing date is 18 May. For all the details on the role and how to join our friendly team, please see the link. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...

Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London

Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)

www.sal.org.uk

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