Cardiff Book History

Less than Greggs? Public have no idea of value of top universities, study finds Belief that snack chain’s revenues exceed those of Oxford’s one of many misconceptions about UK’s HE sector

"Higher education generated £24bn in export earnings for the UK in 2022-23, far above aircraft manufacturing with £12bn, legal services with £9.5bn and telecoms with £8.8bn."
#HigherEd
www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Delighted to receive these beauties in the mail today: the newly paperbacked volumes of The Cambridge History of the Gothic that I co-edited with @dalegothic96.bsky.social and @catherinespooner.bsky.social for @universitypress.cambridge.org

CFP for Special issue of Literature Compass in memoriam Simon James

500 word Abstracts due: 30th November

5000 word Essays due: 31 May 2026

With ALT text:

How English at www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/ is helping the NHS #EnglishCreates

More great impact from www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/
bringing literature and literary opportunities to new groups

And yet more: creative writing colleagues at www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/ help patients with long covid. More evidence that English can help to create a better, healthier world #EnglishCreates

your regular reminder that authoritarian populism will make your country corrupt and poor. look at Hungary

I should have said, if you work in the galleries, museums and libraries sector, we'd love to see you too!

Join us for a two-day #DigitalHumanities workshop at Cardiff University, June 30–July 1. Open to postgraduates and early career academics: it's free but places are limited. £50 travel bursary available! Please share! @cardiffuni.bsky.social #dh

“That they should be the ones to welcome Pope Francis’s coffin in the basilica is because these people are those who represented the focus of his mission,” said Father Giulio Albanese, head of missionary cooperation and communications for the Vicariate of Rome. “They are those who live on the peripheries, geographical and existential peripheries.”

The final honor guard for Pope Francis included migrants, prisoners, transgender people, the homeless and others selected by the Vicariate of Rome as a symbol of the late pope’s mission of inclusion and outreach.

Read more from the funeral: wapo.st/3YdDGqM

Family of cats: the art of Daniel Giraud Elliot’s “Monograph of the Felidae” (1883) In the late 19th century an American zoologist, Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), set out to resolve the confusion that had built around the naming of the various species of cats, the Felidae. Elli…

A fascinating post by @cardiffunilib.bsky.social Rare Books Librarian, Ken Gibb, about the artistry that accompanied American zoologist Daniel Giraud Elliot's 'Monograph of the Felidae' (1883). There are plenty of beautiful kitties to marvel at! #zoology #19thcentury #illustration #archives #cats

It's about 7 per cent of the total academic workforce, but some schools are unaffected and of those which are the cuts will fall unevenly (some expected to reduce by 5 FTE e.g. and others expected to close the entire School down).

Doesn’t the same go for Vice-President Trump?

YouTube video by AntPDC A Ghost Story for Christmas: "A Warning to the Curious", with Sir Christopher Lee

Haven’t any of the dozens of Christmas ghost stories taught you anything about what happens when you dig up random Anglo-Saxon relics? 😱 m.youtube.com/watch?v=yUSb...

Hence why the ultra-capitalists like to talk the talk but then behind closed doors they know there’s only one way to keep the economy going. The Tory experiment on migration send to be finding its echoes in the civil war within MAGA circles in the US regarding H1-B visas 🤣

I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.

This man sows hate, lies and division.

He is a grifter and a conman.

He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.

Repost if you agree

P.s. multiculturalism is great.

Could vs want?

I remember a sign in the washrooms of the BL Newspaper Library in Colindale reminding patrons that it was not acceptable for them to do their laundry in the sinks. Don’t know how good a deterrent it was, but I certainly never forgot that bit of guidance …

Great to see you here! I’ve been treating the move from The Other Place a bit like Brexit, in that I’ve implanted a traditional period to December 31st.

So long, farewell – exiting X From Fri 20 Dec we will no longer be posting on Twitter/X.

Last day on Twitter / X for @wshed.bsky.social. Please support us in this conscious uncoupling by giving Watershed a follow and a boost - SO much of our business has come through that channel its a bit scary. www.watershed.co.uk/news/so-long...

You'd think such concern for 'feeding Britain' would translate into support for climate change action, given its focus on ensuring our overseas suppliers' lands remain in good condition and on avoiding over-farming land globally in the first place just to support corporate profits.

Cover of Ambient Stories in Practice and Research: Digital Writing in Place, edited by Amy Spencer.

Still at a loss for that crucial Christmas present all the family will love? Look no further than this wonderful essay collection on Ambient Stories in Practice and Research, ed. by Amy Spencer, the latest in our Bloomsbury Studies in Digital Cultures series. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/ambient-s...

‘This anthology presents a groundbreaking exploration of early twentieth-century female vampires in Hispanic fiction, edited and translated by Dr Megan DeVirgilis. In a collection of stories by Spanish and Latin American authors, the book examines the female vampire as a figure that challenges traditional patriarchal values, reflecting anxieties around gender, autonomy and the social norms of the period. Each tale offers a unique blend of Gothic, modernist and decadent aesthetics, inviting readers to reconsider the cultural significance of the “monstrous feminine” in a Hispanic context. This work is essential for scholars interested in transnational Gothic literature and the nuanced portrayal of female agency in early modern Hispanic narratives.’ Dr Miriam López Santos, Universidad de León

‘The Female Vampire in Hispanic Literature’ edited by Megan DeVirgilis is out now!

This is the first critical study of the female vampire in both Latin American and Spanish literatures 📚

Follow the link for more!

www.uwp.co.uk/book/the-fem...

Agreed! And at the same time, it feels like any changes implemented regarding the transit infrastructure has been deliberately hostile towards private vehicles, making it difficult whichever way someone travels!

That doesn’t mean we should aim for the bottom as our pensions are lower than many of those in Europe. We need UBI, but would need to tax the rich and big business more but God forbid if that happened!

Is this on top of the £25 per week Child Benefit in England and Wales that all parents get for the first two children? It shouldn’t be either/or but should wealthy or well-off people get state benefits when everything is falling apart? Pensioners have benefited from inflation-busting rises.

And of course they should receive the extra money but why should those on good pensions with little outgoings or even millionaires get the same as well?

Pensioners might have other benefits such as lower property costs. Pensioners had the triple lock and the poorest pensioners have access to pension credits. Of course wealth is distributed geographically, so that needs addressing. But broadly today’s older people are wealthier than the younger.

I think it’s one thing if they’re here and a bit of an exception. In The Other Place it’s become the basis of the rules of engagement.