Proofs came in this week for a postmedieval dialogue piece between myself & E. K. Myerson on re-creation & translation in the archives of Derek Jarman & Edwin Morgan!

It will be in v. good company in an essay cluster ed. by Dr Rebecca Menmuir & Hannah Armstrong - I can't wait.

Imagine writing this.
Imagine publishing it.
Imagine being the woman in question, reading it.

There is no such thing as “a sick note culture.” There is a record high NHS waiting list, crippling housing costs, widespread food poverty, stagnant wages and inadequate benefit rates, a broken social care system, dire mental health services, and closed Sure Start centres.

This is a wonderful opportunity to apply for a fully funded PhD studentship with Historic Royal Palaces and Medieval Studies at Lincoln, examining the households of three late medieval queens.

You can find out more here (under 'History and Heritage'): lincoln.ac.uk/studywithus/po…

I'll be there with horn! 📯 Oxford Medieval Studies Oxford History of the Book

Æthelred the Unready demanding his elderly archbishop of Canterbury finds another £5,000 of Danegeld to pay off 'some bad people' because it's a matter of 'life and death'.

What wine does a Tory MP serve a dog?

Labernet Sauvignon.
Pommery
Mütt & Chandon

The Spectator's theatre critic wrote an article detailing his experience of becoming so aroused at a talk given by an academic (named) that he popped down the road to solicit sex from a prostitute (named). This man should be publicly flogged. How on earth was this published?

“You’re right, Liz, it *is* an unusual setting for a book launch, but it’s a lovely room”

New Ipsos poll

Lab 44%
Con 19%
Reform 13%
LD 9%
Green 9%

Worse Tory result in the history of Ipsos polling going back to 1978.

Sunak rating now as low as Major and Corbyn at their lowest points.
standard.co.uk/news/politics/…

There is a persistent pattern of CCHQ/government investigations burying very serious issues (including credible allegations of criminality) until they act rapidly, after exposure in the media, months after knowing the content

A truly astounding story. Maybe the strangest about any MP since John Stonehouse.

I love the line about 'the unforeseen quantity of water in the ocean, which nobody could have predicted.' #LizTruss Via Private Eye Magazine

Announcement!

🌿✨SAINTS✨🌿 A New Legendary of Heroes, Humans and Magic

Out Sep 12, 2024!

Signed copies can be pre-ordered from a wealth of bookshops: geni.us/saints

I’m so grateful for the chance to spend my time in miracles, histories & paper cutouts…🖤

I've just been informed that my new book will be published a bit sooner than anticipated, and that it will be exhibited at Kalamazoo! If you're going, I'd love to hear if you've spotted it in the wild (please send pics)✨

If you are looking for Approaches to Emotion outside the UK ...

we're so back!! queer and trans medievalisms is running again this trinity term, with several bangers on the docket (hi eleanor rykener!). people in oxford can come in person; others can join online. hope to see lots of you there!