In a heroic move, Gisele Pelicot fought to make public the videos of her unconscious rapes at the hands of over 50 men and won. She wanted the public “to look rape straight in the eyes.” Shame, she said, must change sides —from the victims to the perpetrators. Police found more

Reminder that we're looking for maternity leave cover: 🚨FULL TIME, INCLUDING THE SUMMER (1/25-9/25) HMU with questions! Search closes 13 October. jobs.ac.uk/job/DJX469/lec…

Don't miss this chance to vote for Noreen Masud's exquisite book AND help make sure R*ry St*wart doesn't win

Last nights solar storm bring some lovely colours of the Northern Lights at Stonehenge with a Stable Auroral Red arc (SAR) climbing off the western horizon😲😍 Photo credit Nick Bull 🙏 #aurora #auroraborealis #northernlights #beautiful #night #october #autumn #SolarMaximum

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British Shakespeare Association 2025 Conference 2025 first round Call for Participation is open! #BSA2025 'Practising Shakespeare: new collaborations, expanding horizons' will be hosted by the University of York, 25-28 June. View the full CfP via the link in our bio! 📷 'Shakespeare's Rivals' (2019)

If Russia burned children alive, it would be rolling news, and every politician would have condemned it and called it a war crime.

Writing academically sometimes feels like doing a jigsaw puzzle: happy today because I've figured out how to take a piece tucked deep in the centre and rearrange it into an introduction - it only took me 9 months to figure it out!

This award thrives on your knowledge and insight - please do nominate either a scholar or practitioner for this honour. britishshakespeare.ws/honorary-fello…

Ok, I set my students Maid of Honour, Bloody Banquet and Jovial Crew. Ok there are undeniable weak aspects to those plays. BUT I/we learnt so much from staging them inc how goddamn funny they are + students were thankful to be doing my "weirdo plays" for a change rather than Shax

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Yes! This is already shaping up to be a brilliant conference and in the culturally-rich and lively city of Bristol. We'd love to welcome you here in March so please submit an abstract in the next week if you want to join us!

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