These fellowships are a wonderful opportunity for any discipline of academic research. Closing date 1 October 2023: liverpool.ac.uk/research/fello…

Are there mermaids in the Mersey? Our intrepid colleague Professor @sarah_peverley takes a deep dive (ahem) into the mythology to find out... 🧜

Checking in here for the time being, but also taking a plunge into the blue. Find me at sarahpeverley.bsky.social if you're over there...

This is such sad news.

Today the wonderful Glynis Johns is 100! Here she is as one of my favourite screen sirens in a 1948 trade advert for Miranda. It's from my personal mermaid archive. Happy Birthday, dear Glynis! You rocked that dunlop tail and utterly beguiled younger me... 😍 #GlynisJohns

I'm very much looking forward to hosting Sarah Peverley 's online lecture and Q&A on mermaids for The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum tomorrow 8 Dec at 7.30pm. If you can't make it on the night it's recorded for ticket holders. #mermaids Tickets & further details at: thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/mermaids…

Wondering about the origins of 12 days of Christmas? This morning Sarah Peverley from English Department got us into the festive spirit with a BBC Merseyside interview about Christmas traditions and where they come from. 🎄🎅🎁 Listen here👉bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… (from 2.20 in)

Lovely write-up in this week’s Radio Times on Mythical Creatures (the show I’m hosting) which starts on Monday Dec 18th on BBC Radio 4 at 1.45pm and runs daily for 10 episodes. It will also be available as a boxset on BBC Sounds and RSS for listeners outside the U.K.

If you love the mythical, magical and folkloric, listen to Rhianna Pratchett 🧙🏻‍♀️'s enchanting series on Mythical Creatures! Available via BBC Radio 4. Today's episode centres on Conwy's mermaid and the environment with me and young storyteller Ffion Phillips: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

We're very pleased to announce THREE job opportunities in the English Department. The William Noble Research Fellow in English Deadline: 22 March jobs.ac.uk/job/DGD824/wil…

Congratulations to Clare, Eddie and Richard for putting together such a stellar editorial committee... Honoured to be in such distinguished company! New Series Editor and Editorial Committee Appointed for Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies liverpooluniversitypress.blog/2024/02/27/new… via Liverpool University Press

🌟Liverpool School of the Arts Doctoral Award🌟 3 years, fully funded PhD with stipend. Deadline for application to UoL: 3 April Deadline for award application: 8 May jobs.ac.uk/job/DGL372/liv…

Gazeley's historic roof is still under threat and their fundraising efforts continue. The new 'sponsor a tile' initiative allows donors to commemorate a loved one or special event with an inscription on the new tiles. Please do consider helping for £10... gazeleychurch.org/save-our-ceili…

We’ve now put out the programme for the Imaginative Landscapes and Otherworlds 2024 conference. This year’s theme (The Liminality of Water and Aqueous Realms) is especially close to my own research interests, but also for anyone else with a love of the Blue Humanities.

Looking forward to giving another zoom talk on mermaids for The Last Tuesday Society & Viktor Wynd Museum tomorrow evening. This time I dive into the topic of medieval mermaids. Come join us for a leisurely swim... thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/medieval…

Back in the calmer, cooler north after hectic, hot London, where I had the privilege of doing the interval chat for BBC Proms Prom 5 with Penny Gore. Such a wonderful prom with a dazzling performance of Zemlinsky's The Mermaid conducted by Ray Bancroft. 🧜🏽‍♀️🧜🏼‍♀️ #proms #bbc #mermaid

Amazing mermaid tile by the talented Company of Artisans who recreated the design from originals made by the famous tilemakers at Penn. #medievaltiles #medievalculture #mermaids