Kit
@ascolotl.bsky.social
PhDing on Anglo-Welsh Arthurian Romance @ Cambridge; recovering theatre kid, socialist, cyfarwydd • 🇨🇦 • he/him
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after exhaustive research I present to you the most Dickensian name on almost every MLB roster (*indicates non-roster)
January 30, 2026 at 9:23 PM
after exhaustive research I present to you the most Dickensian name on almost every MLB roster (*indicates non-roster)
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Over the next couple of weeks we'll be spotlighting our speakers! First up, Josh Coulthard!
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
January 29, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Over the next couple of weeks we'll be spotlighting our speakers! First up, Josh Coulthard!
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
And don't forget, registration for CCASNC 2026 is live!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration for the conference I have organised is now open! Message me for the link and check out this amazing programme!
January 23, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Registration for the conference I have organised is now open! Message me for the link and check out this amazing programme!
Closest a Montrealer has got to it in the 21st century mais je me souviens
January 10, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Closest a Montrealer has got to it in the 21st century mais je me souviens
If anyone at #MLA2026 would like to hear about an obscure medieval Welsh poem, I’m presenting in session 141 tonight! Come along for a good time (but possibly not better than the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, happening across the street)
January 8, 2026 at 9:40 PM
If anyone at #MLA2026 would like to hear about an obscure medieval Welsh poem, I’m presenting in session 141 tonight! Come along for a good time (but possibly not better than the Canadian Mining Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, happening across the street)
Opinions wanted: is it funny to sneak as many Hip song titles as possible into my first academic presentation in Canada
January 2, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Opinions wanted: is it funny to sneak as many Hip song titles as possible into my first academic presentation in Canada
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Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
April 22, 2024 at 7:43 PM
Watching THE GREEN KNIGHT again
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For those who want a short, sharp shock of early medieval coinage and what it can tell the historian: youtube.com/shorts/6iOzs...
Why historians love (real) money
YouTube video by Cambridge University
youtube.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
For those who want a short, sharp shock of early medieval coinage and what it can tell the historian: youtube.com/shorts/6iOzs...
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
December 13, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Learned today that “Galápagos” comes from a Spanish word for tortoise, meaning that “Galápagos Tortoise” is,
in fact,
a tortology
in fact,
a tortology
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"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
November 28, 2025 at 9:34 AM
"You seem happier"
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
Thanks, I deleted all my emails and went to look at birds instead.
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For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
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Tomorrow is the Feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, in whose honour the College was founded in 1473. Our celebrations have evolved over the centuries and a wide range of activities are planned this year for all parts of our community: caths.cam.ac.uk/25-n... @cam.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Tomorrow is the Feast of St Catharine of Alexandria, in whose honour the College was founded in 1473. Our celebrations have evolved over the centuries and a wide range of activities are planned this year for all parts of our community: caths.cam.ac.uk/25-n... @cam.ac.uk
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Cymru: "daliwch ein cwrw!"
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Cymru: "daliwch ein cwrw!"
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We have marked the start of Transgender Awareness Week for many years at Catz. This year our LGBTQ+ Care Group is planning an event from 6pm on 21 November to bring together LGBTQ+ people & allies from across Catz & the wider University & to honour the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
November 13, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We have marked the start of Transgender Awareness Week for many years at Catz. This year our LGBTQ+ Care Group is planning an event from 6pm on 21 November to bring together LGBTQ+ people & allies from across Catz & the wider University & to honour the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
This is very good and also my new response every time my family ask what I do
Really enjoyed chatting with @kellyfaircloth.bsky.social about all things dirtbag medievalism, and delighted that the article is out now at Nat Geo: www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...
Why are we so obsessed with the medieval right now?
From burning castles to swords and magic and velvet gowns, medievalism has taken over 21st century pop culture.
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This is very good and also my new response every time my family ask what I do
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
Struck by the genius of this observation from David Jones (in his preface to In Parentheses)
November 5, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Struck by the genius of this observation from David Jones (in his preface to In Parentheses)
Start sending your abstracts in! We are currently in want of Celtic studies abstracts in particular, don’t let the side down
THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!
Just one week remaining to submit an abstract for CCASNC 2026!
Just one week remaining to submit an abstract for CCASNC 2026!
November 3, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Start sending your abstracts in! We are currently in want of Celtic studies abstracts in particular, don’t let the side down
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my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
Ozyman, Ozyman-
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
dias does what no mortal can
and his works? are they there?
no, but maybe still despair
This is just to say
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
I have looked on
the works
that were in
the desert
and which
you were probably
thinking
would still stand
Forgive me
they were trunkless
so vast
and so old
October 30, 2025 at 12:27 PM
my name is Oz
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
and wen the stone
is broke to bits
and all alone
i lie in sand
it stretches bare
you read my words
you pls despair
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Trey Yesavage more like Loads of Ks Yesavage am I right
October 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trey Yesavage more like Loads of Ks Yesavage am I right
This is my finest hour. My masterpiece. My greatest work
Our postgraduates are enjoying their new coffee machine, which they named Sir Bean McKellen in honour of alumnus @theianmckellen.bsky.social (1958, English; Honorary Fellow 1982). Many thanks to the Master's Fund and the Welland Family Fund for generously funding the machine!
October 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This is my finest hour. My masterpiece. My greatest work
WHOOP LOOK AT OUR CONFERENCE COME ALONG SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS WHOOP
We are delighted to announce that the call for papers is now open on the theme of WOMEN AND THE WEIRD
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
The deadline to submit an abstract is 10 November 2025, find the full details attached!
October 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
WHOOP LOOK AT OUR CONFERENCE COME ALONG SUBMIT YOUR ABSTRACTS WHOOP
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Made a site where you're given an a-verse from an Old English poem and you have to select the b-verse.
It's called 'This b the verse' 😀
dgplacenames.github.io/this-b-the-v...
It's called 'This b the verse' 😀
dgplacenames.github.io/this-b-the-v...
October 17, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Made a site where you're given an a-verse from an Old English poem and you have to select the b-verse.
It's called 'This b the verse' 😀
dgplacenames.github.io/this-b-the-v...
It's called 'This b the verse' 😀
dgplacenames.github.io/this-b-the-v...
Blue Jays beat the Yanks? Time for the Oh Canada trap beat remix hype video, I think
October 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Blue Jays beat the Yanks? Time for the Oh Canada trap beat remix hype video, I think
Trey Yesavage more like Loads of Ks Yesavage am I right
October 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trey Yesavage more like Loads of Ks Yesavage am I right