Just one week to go - come and research any aspect of Parisian cultural history (broadly conceived) with me at Newcastle!

Meet my ricotta and mango torte with almond base (and a near industrial amount of lime zest).

Don't want to create panic but there is a big unknown yellow object in the sky. I don't know whether we can trust it.

Please see this very interesting CfP: New Directions in c18 Travel Writing, edited by Zoe Kinsley, in 'Humanities'. Proposals by the end of the month, articles due by end of October. Bring your most innovative and unconventional projects, this is a great opportunity for those.

STEM person advises on the future of universities by unwittingly advocating for the kinds of skills taught through the humanities 🙄 Universities must be allowed to embrace all subject areas. Nurturing curiosity, critical thinking & problem-solving is at the core of what they do

Scholars interested in Duras: did anybody ever explore the fact that the piano teacher translates incorrectly in 'Moderato cantabile' the musical instruction (it's not 'moderate AND singing' but 'moderately'), and whether this was intentional by Duras or she simply didn't know?

JOB KLAXON: modern French economic history, 3-year position in Manchester. Note very tight deadline (May 31st). jobs.ac.uk/job/DHT720/lec…

"The British Academy’s manifesto for the General Election starts with a reminder of just how essential the SHAPE disciplines are to the world’s future." Fantastic to see our manifesto for the Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts covered in Wonkhe wonkhe.com/wonk-corner/th…

I just cancelled my Adobe licence after many years as a customer. The new terms give Adobe "worldwide royalty-free licence to reproduce, display, distribute" or do whatever they want with any content I produce using their software. This is beyond insane. No creator in their

These have undoubtedly been the wildest 72 hours in French politics in my lifetime. Pretty incredible stuff. A 🧵

So the Hamlet derby ended, appropriately, on a draw.

Let me know if I can look up something for you at the Paris National Archives - happy to offer some help.

The Interwebs is a dangerous place.

I don't think anybody cares much, but - after not posting here for ages - I am definitely out of here. You can find me over there where the skies are blue.