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This week on We're Not So Different we are talking about picking Popes and all the fun lil ways to do that. My fav is via dove. Obviously.

Meanwhile on my Patreon by popular demand I have recorded you a Conclave watchalong. Just hit play at the same time as me and we can chat watch a movie together. I loved it! patreon.com/posts/conclave…

If you are into food, history, and/or spectacle have I got the event for you. I will be chairing an amazing event at the end of the month at the British Library all about just those things. Check it out! events.bl.uk/events/food-an…

If you have historical papal conclave questions *we have answers*. Jessica Wärnberg was an absolute peach and we say bring back election via dove. 🕊️

BRISTOL - we’re filming this cool new interactive stand-up show on june 14th and it’s quite an insane idea so please come along and watch me succeed or fail dramatically! (tix in thread)

Every medievalist in the world just started salivating like Pavlov's dog hearing a bell.

Hey girl seeing the white smoke come out of the sistene chapel made me realise that I let my chance with you go up in smoke. I can't think of anyone else I would rather be locked in a conclave with. You don't have to respond to this, but imma be praying for you.

Dr Eleanor Janega wish could put the US in habamUS papam 😔💔

This week we are answering questions which means chatting, chickens, jedí, and pigeons. No particular order. Check it out.

Years of grinding austerity (and the cruel, dehumanizing rhetoric required to sell it to the public) has left us with a mental healthcare system that treats patients as prisoners - and often, very literally imprisons them too. New work from me: national.thelead.uk/p/theyre-just-…

Meanwhile Luke and I are focusing up and on Al-Andalus for a while. It's exciting!!!

Andor Series 2, Ep 1.

I spoke to Dr Eleanor Janega for a History Hit💥 podcast about my new book 'Silence of the Gods' and the question of Europe's last pagans - this one was a particular joy to record, as Eleanor shares my enthusiasm for medieval East-Central Europe! shows.acast.com/gone-medieval/…

This week on the Patreon we are talking revolution, solidarity, and also the Crushinator. All of this and much much more can be yours for a fiver a month. Bargain.

We are back on our Iberian saga this week debating who is drunk, and who is making the best water gardens.

The wonderful thing about great medieval literature is a lot of it is just smut, and we are just the people to talk you through it. Check it out and support the podcast for $5.00 a month. Dick puns guaranteed.