What an outfit!

Does anyone know of work on transcendent/spiritual/esoteric manifestations of love in literature/culture? I’m thinking e.g. the ‘string’ knotted between ribs and name being called across the moor in Jane Eyre.

A reminder, for those of us in need of a smile, that penguins were once known as 'arse-feet', eggs were 'cacklefarts', your hands were your 'daddles', and sausages were 'bags of mystery', because you never quite know what's in them.

The first time I've hit a deadline 7 weeks early. Welcome to the world little one, we've got a lot of books to get through together.

I'm very much looking forward to giving my talk on Romantic Dover on the 26th! Come join me (online) if you're free:)

We need to defend literacy and the humanities against the authoritarian forces seeking to make the world meaner and dumber. It's good to read, good to think, good to pursue knowledge, good to be weird and different.

Looking for another #blogpost on crime and the Victorians? Written by Dr Alyson Hunt, this post explores the many roles of the handkerchief in Victorian crime fiction! jvc.oup.com/2016/02/29/aly…

ICYMI: Our November seminar will be 'Ann Radcliffe Beyond Udolpho', with Elizabeth Bobbitt, Angela Wright, & Deborah Russell exploring the works of the Great Enchantress & her legacy as an author beyond her most famous novel #AcademicTwitter #GothicWomen eventbrite.co.uk/e/198380530507

To celebrate Being Human Festival get gothic with CCCU Arts, Humanities & Education & @MAD_CCCU with an evening of life-size games and pub-quiz themed around #gothicliterature. Find out more > bit.ly/3D01ba3

I’m so looking forward to our Gothic Games Night this Saturday! For those of you in the Canterbury area, there’s still time to register: beinghumanfestival.org/events/gothic-… #BeingHuman2021 CCCU Humanities CCCU Arts & Culture CCCU Games

Canterbury, you know you want to hunt Dracula with us on Saturday! You can register for Gothic Games Night here: beinghumanfestival.org/events/gothic-… #BeingHuman2021 ICVWW CCCU Games CreativeWriting CCCU

Who’d have thought that Dracula and his minions would be defeated on the map of Kent. Light prevailed and darkness vanquished! Great quiz & creative writing. A good evening, thank you #beinghuman2021, for this community event at Barham.

Many thanks to all who came to our Gothic Games Night in Barham! So nice to see a mix of ages playing irreverently alongside each other.

Many thanks RevT1! It was the perfect venue and we are so glad you could join us on the night. Lovely to see so many different people coming together in the name of literature, creativity and community. #BeingHuman2021

Very proud to finally wear the hat! Thanks to all the wonderful staff Canterbury Christ Church University for a lovely, well organised day today and to the support of my supervisors for mentoring me through the PhD years CCCU Humanities Susan Civale ♥️

“I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” L.M. Montgomery #ReadMoreWomen

Our ICVWW International Symposium is about to start! Here’s the link for anyone who wants to participate remotely: eu.bbcollab.com/guest/b4f39505… ICVWW CCCU Humanities CCCU Arts, Humanities & Education CreativeWriting CCCU

#earlymedieval #archaeology #job Great opportunity to join a little, but very mighty team: jobs.ac.uk/job/CLH703/lec…

Learned a lot at today’s ICVWW international symposium, especially from our Spanish colleagues. I’m sorry we couldn’t all be together in person, but we made it work anyway. Many thanks to all our presenters and to the students who helped to support this event.

Love the decs on this building in Broadstairs, it's everything wonderful about a Victorian Christmas! Kent Maps Online