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Alice Wickenden

@awickenden.bsky.social

Early modern book provenance, libraries, ethics of ownership, names, &c. Volunteer for Abortion Support Network. Book: Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge (CUP)

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Turtle Power!

Twin Peaks Logo Generator Turtle Power!

02.03.2026 19:28 — 👍 7100    🔁 1712    💬 51    📌 41

Our cousin is doing a study abroad term in the UK and has come to visit. So far we have: overslept because of jet lag and failed to meet her at the station; taken her to the pub for iftar because we had no food; and had a fun evening of waiting for the plumber because the boiler broke.

02.03.2026 19:34 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

In every airport bathroom I’ve ever been in there’s one of the most glamorous women in the world. How? Where are they flying to? Do they ever yearn for a tracksuit?

28.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

Goodwin lol more like Matt Badloss

27.02.2026 03:39 — 👍 90    🔁 20    💬 2    📌 0
Screenshot from the simpsons telling the bullies that superintendent Chalmers is crying like a little girl

Screenshot from the simpsons telling the bullies that superintendent Chalmers is crying like a little girl

"I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Matt Goodwin is at the count for Gorton and Denton, crying like a little girl!"

27.02.2026 04:48 — 👍 149    🔁 46    💬 3    📌 1

THIS 👇

thank you, @awickenden.bsky.social

26.02.2026 19:49 — 👍 18    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0
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‘Strikingly Similar’ by Roger Kreuz review

I reviewed a history of plagiarism for History Today: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

26.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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‘Strikingly Similar’ by Roger Kreuz review

I reviewed a history of plagiarism for History Today: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

26.02.2026 16:14 — 👍 18    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1
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it’s also your AI given real name

25.02.2026 00:22 — 👍 49    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 3

Almost certainly some deep injustice in the universe. Or the important question of breakfast.

23.02.2026 15:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Today’s update from the cat sitter has really captured the essence of Cordy

23.02.2026 14:55 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

It’s so common to come across the assertion that books were luxury objects exclusively for the elite in the Middle Ages that I want to guest curate a massive exhibition called “Meh-nuscripts: Books for the Many,” which features just workaday or unremarkable objects.

22.02.2026 12:35 — 👍 509    🔁 84    💬 22    📌 10

me when i want my gentle puck to come hither

22.02.2026 18:00 — 👍 196    🔁 15    💬 4    📌 1

(To be fair I also try not to think about it)

21.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Worth noting also that we are now at the point where academics also have student loans from after the hike in fees, which I don’t think students necessarily think about

21.02.2026 18:59 — 👍 10    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
A handwritten page in an old ledger that begins “to all whom” and then abruptly ends

A handwritten page in an old ledger that begins “to all whom” and then abruptly ends

I mean, starting a proclamation for the Royal Mint and then forgetting what the hell you were going to proclaim, who hasn’t been there before

21.02.2026 15:39 — 👍 33    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 0

and someone had bought it! which earned an extra hee.

20.02.2026 00:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Seeing my book on display in the conference book stall and audibly saying ‘hee hee hee’

19.02.2026 23:22 — 👍 18    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

waking up to check the news and feeling unbridled glee is a feeling I haven’t felt in about 15 years

19.02.2026 15:19 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

my friend’s dear partner is released! ❤️

19.02.2026 00:10 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

this must be so nice; sometimes i think about the dark tower film and cry a little bit

17.02.2026 22:20 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

review is in: they all enjoyed it, "very atmospheric", "not sure if story was accurate". Emerald Fennell has found her audience at last and it's the WI

17.02.2026 21:13 — 👍 19    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

the thing is, it's a panel on Areopagitica... but I really want to talk about the Sonnets for 10 minutes instead

16.02.2026 22:35 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

going to have to go for the classic Royal Tenenbaums framing I think. "Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't."

16.02.2026 22:33 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Students had it tough during the worst of covid. But their education continued and they were able to get their degrees, despite a global pandemic and dysfunctional government. Like 1000s of colleagues, I worked way over the odds, while dealing with domestic pressures. This action feels very cruel.

16.02.2026 22:24 — 👍 66    🔁 15    💬 2    📌 0

Structural integrity of this 8,000 word article cut down for a 12-15 minute paper is looking increasingly... lacking

16.02.2026 22:30 — 👍 12    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:

If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.

16.02.2026 01:14 — 👍 1629    🔁 568    💬 34    📌 76
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Revolutionary Letters by Diane di Prima With a foreword by Francesca Wade and an introduction by Sophie Lewis Diane di Prima began writing her ‘Letters’ in 1968, conjuring a potent blend of utopian visions, ecological urgency and spiritual ...

oh yes! She’s great. These ones were republished fairly recently: www.silverpress.org/products/rev...

15.02.2026 12:36 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

yes! Should’ve put in the caption, my bad

15.02.2026 12:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I’m desperately awaiting the review… Not sure anyone’s prepared

15.02.2026 12:13 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0