#Medieval

Dr Alice Blackwell

earlymedieval

Today marks the 700th anniversary of the Declaration of Abroath, place-dated 6 April 1320 Arbroath Abbey. Its evocative sentiments and storing language have given it a special resonance in Scotland

Megan Gallagher

twasmegan

Shall we begin with P is for PORCUPINE on today's @LockdownBestia1? This particular beastie comes from @sandiegozoo. First things first. A porcupine is a quill-pig (@OED). #LockdownBestiary Pliny recounted that

Emily Bouck West

emilybouckwest

This piece is full of bad takes. Today’s students in college are NOT 18-year-old frat boys playing frisbee on the quad & sorority sisters slamming White Claws by the pool.

slovborg 🦬

slovborg

If you're on this side of the internet and a fan of Lord of the Rings, you've probably wondered before: What was John Ronald Reuel Tolkien's ancestry? Where does his

david

hoIihoIiday

Bo Peep Bo Peep by T-ara, and why it’s a creepy, edm-pop masterpiece.An analysis by a music student of over a century. This song has been produced by the legendary

Thomas de Waal

Tom_deWaal

New thread. I'm quoted here on the #Karabakh fighting. (There is a lot more nuance if you watch the whole interview) I’m aware that people like to quote me selectively

nova is on 1x01

bobacas

1x01 The Dragon's Call oop i cant take screenshots of netflix so yall are just gonna have to remember what I'm talking about bruh the LANDSCAPE???? ameezin. YOU SEE THEM

Tanya X. Short

tanyaxshort

they say "people don't want education in games! they want a fantasy!"but sometimes learning itself is a fantasy... imo we should all consider putting REAL STUFF in our games. let's

Catherine Baksi

legalhackette

I've just been on @BBCNews talking about the 10 Nightingale courts announced today. I don't know how to post a video or it, but here's a screenshot. And here are

Conor Dube

conordube

A lazy Sunday morning, so a thread on one of my favorite pre-Islamic poems, the famous poem of praise by al-Nābigha to the Ghassānid king ʿAmr. 1/ The opening evokes

Anton Jäger

AntonJaegermm

I'm sure the point has been made in passing but there really are two central problems with the emerging 'neo/techno-feudalism' synthesis which few critics have focused on, sometimes even explained

a raconteur of repute

JohannesTEvans

ghost who's been working really really hard on his poltergeist powers because the new people living in his house keep forgetting the water their plants and it's driving him wild

mariel ✿ mineral town

acnhsmochi

island hopping thread - uchi villager LF: deirdre, pashmina, fuschia or hazel 1. flury - hello my old friend 2. jeremiah - hes pretty cute but im after uchis 3.

John Bull

garius

How I'd write thisMURRAY: Right. We've texted the MPs. To try and pick them off one by oneTUCKER: Texted them?MURRAY: YesTUCKER: Now?MURRAY: YesTUCKER: While they're all standing together, next to

JayEnAar

GorwayGlobal

A thread1/n#RightWing Hindu(tva) #Hypocrisy.I find this odd and disturbing. The Hindu #FarRight seeks to rewrite Indian history. Stories of #Akbar the #Great need to be erased, they say, and replaced

Alice Wickenden

AliceWickenden

// live tweeting of the below @SRSRenSoc event we start with @SLevelt introducing us to the Utrecht psalmer and tracing its provenance -- despite being once owned by Robert Cotton,