How did I not know there's a Tove Jansson-illustrated The Hobbit???? 😮😮😮 My birthdays coming up. Just saying.

One of our Midlands4Cities PhD students, Jessica Hodgkinson, wrote this excellent piece on 'Abbesses and Early Medieval Book Culture' for the Journal of the History of Ideas College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities University of Leicester J. History of Ideas jhiblog.org/2022/03/23/abb…

Almost exactly 5 yrs after Hurricane Maria devastated PR, Hurricane Fiona has hit, knocking out power for all. Please donate to help efforts. Hispanic Federation is on the ground with permanent staff responding to needs in real time. hispanicfederation.org/fionahelp/ -LMM #HurricaneFiona

Ich thynke but litel of a Mondaye bleake Tuesdaye grey and Wednesdaye eke Thursdaye Ich care nat for thee Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love Mondaye thou mayst fall awaye Tuesdaye, Wednesdaye, myne herte breake No mirthe ys founde upon Thursdaye Yet Fridaye Ich am yn love

In 19th century Europe, C-sections were performed only in direst need and maternal mortality was very high. At the same time in Africa, indigenous people were performing the operation successfully saving both. Have a #BlackHistoryMonth thread on Banyoro obstetric surgery.

This is a list of self-submitted information about historians #Histodons on Mastodon, created to help us find each other post-migration. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d…

Petition against planned job cuts in English at Birkbeck, University of London: chng.it/sVxR2HHZ via Change.org UK

Well, well, well, if it isn't the incredibly new idea of women's sexuality that I cover extensively in my upcoming book one more time, and I have time to self promote, so let's talk about why Stephen Fry is wrong, cuz a girl has books to sell.

The damaged pages of this book have been mended with #frockingFabulous embroidery, possibly by the nuns at Vadstena Convent, where the book has been kept since 1417! Via Uppsala Universitet.

UPDATE❗️ The big brains in QMUL management have left the snitching form open to *anyone* We need as many members and supporters as possible to tell QMUL what we think of their bullying Screenshot and share what you put! LINK: form.jotform.com/223282363907054 #ucuRISING

Independently found this article and was then very happily surprised that it's all due to the amazing Jess Hodgson, another supervisee of my PhD supervisor! 🤩🙌

Today's installment of 'things I never realised I'd never questioned before' 👀

Horrific. THOUSANDS of Ukrainian children have been taken by Russia - with many sent to re-education camps to replace their love of Ukraine with "a love of mother Russia" Josep Borrell Fontelles, Ursula von der Leyen & António Costa - Sanction the abductors. Bring Ukraine's Stolen Children home

If anyone who's at #IMC2023 is also still on here (not that I am really either...) - hello, just got to Leeds, have a session on Thursday, #1728 👋

Have been wanting to learn about astrolabes for ages so finally going to the #IMC2023 Astrolabe workshop! Taught by Dr Kristine Larsen 🙌🏻

Fascinating morning in the Kansalliskirjasto for our seminar on early Irish manuscripts and their legacy & the launch of "Ireland and the birth of Europe" exhibition. Thank you to all the panelists and participants! Exhibition runs until 12Oct bit.ly/3rAfVMo #IrelandEU50 🇮🇪🇪🇺