I'm here for it!!
08.03.2026 00:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0@vjctorianist.bsky.social
By day: literary historian and editor for hire. By night: historian and enthusiast of Chartism, 19thC British writing and politics, sausage rolls, and women's, workers', queer and trans rights ✊ she/her, views own drvicclarke.co.uk
I'm here for it!!
08.03.2026 00:50 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Morning everyone. We are looking for carers/ parents who are artists or academics in arts, social sciences or humanities to take part in our survey. More info here: lncn.ac/care . Reposts and shares appreciated.
04.03.2026 10:57 — 👍 1 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1Props to him for getting that USP tho
01.03.2026 18:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The crossover we need!!!
01.03.2026 18:00 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Seeking amateur magicians willing to go pro
01.03.2026 17:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If only! I will, however, find a gluten-free sausage roll for my dad...
01.03.2026 17:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0My parents and Auntie will be coming from Australia so I am conscious of having a rare opportunity to explain the entire history of the Chartist movement within Leeds
01.03.2026 17:44 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I love this so much and am also not at all surprised! 💖
01.03.2026 17:41 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Happy birthday eve!
01.03.2026 17:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0We can't afford the cigar stand you guys had so this is the next best option
01.03.2026 17:37 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The professional magician was much more impressive than our amateur option, which is my partner's brother after 5 beers.
01.03.2026 17:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I had no idea what the actual name for 'casino lad' was before this skeet!
01.03.2026 17:33 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Projected uptake of 'radical history walking tours' conducted by the bride and groom on their respective areas of scholarly expertise still being debated
01.03.2026 17:28 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Oh this is good to know!! We had no idea that there was so much to actually think about with wedding planning.
01.03.2026 17:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Went to two wedding fayres in one day and discovered that it's possible to hire a wedding magician.
01.03.2026 16:17 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 6 📌 0Access Clash: two disabled people attempt to enter. One will leave!
23.02.2026 18:58 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0The Dream
20.02.2026 16:35 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0More like a Monday Thought.
20.02.2026 16:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Crank the radiator up in that cell
19.02.2026 11:02 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I just had to check I was reading that screenshot correctly and not hallucinating but no
19.02.2026 10:33 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Has some good themes of revenge, justice, and access to power though!
19.02.2026 10:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Sadly it should be an essay about The Tempest by William Shakespeare...
19.02.2026 10:20 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0How am I supposed to teach essay-writing skills this afternoon instead of watching the news coverage on this??
19.02.2026 10:15 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0Love this, Sam!
19.02.2026 08:14 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Tbh I think what Emerald Fennell actually wanted to do was make a porno with historical costuming. I think she should have just done that instead of a half-baked feature-length movie.
18.02.2026 23:14 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0If you want to support your local indie cinema, just donate a tenner to them rather than sit through Wuthering Heights for two hours.
18.02.2026 22:34 — 👍 13 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A couple of years ago I did a seminar on the advent of the NHS and the first-year students just... didn't realise the scale of maternal and child mortality beforehand! Just zero comprehension of the scale!
17.02.2026 23:17 — 👍 7 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0A bit of a long shot, but I’m looking to pay someone to photograph some archival documents for me in Amsterdam in the next 6 months. If you know any PhD students based there etc who might be interested pls do send me a message. #historians #paidresearcher
17.02.2026 22:41 — 👍 3 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 0Grimsaw's painting of Boar Lane, Leeds. Warm yellow light spills from the windows of buildings onto a grey street.
Spent this Valentine's day at the John Atkinson Grimshaw show at @leedsartgallery.bsky.social. I'm a sucker for his moonscapes to begin with but loved this exhibition and the relationship he had to the city. Maybe another research project for the never-ending list...
14.02.2026 21:41 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Emily Brontë in Wuthering Heights:
14.02.2026 08:47 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0