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)
Volunteer for Abortion Support Network.
Book: Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge (CUP)
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Alice Wickenden
@awickenden.bsky.social
· Nov 28
Now available online! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h... 🌿📚💚🪲
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‘I Could Totally Do That,’ Says Correct Man Watching Luge Event https://theonion.com/i-could-totally-do-that-says-correct-man-watching-luge-event/
February 10, 2026 at 8:00 PM
‘I Could Totally Do That,’ Says Correct Man Watching Luge Event https://theonion.com/i-could-totally-do-that-says-correct-man-watching-luge-event/
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I’m really proud of Bangor University students today. Very much in the spirit of Penrhyndeudraeth lad Bertrand Russell, when he said that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from an association between us”, when invited to debate Oswald Mosley.
February 10, 2026 at 1:18 PM
I’m really proud of Bangor University students today. Very much in the spirit of Penrhyndeudraeth lad Bertrand Russell, when he said that “nothing fruitful or sincere could ever emerge from an association between us”, when invited to debate Oswald Mosley.
would getting a tattoo of the 1591 cat man solve all my problems
Meet the 1591 cat man. I am counting 7 cats on and near him. #catcontent
February 10, 2026 at 11:09 AM
would getting a tattoo of the 1591 cat man solve all my problems
I actually do think Wuthering Heights is a great love story 😔 I think Romeo and Juliet is too 😔
February 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
I actually do think Wuthering Heights is a great love story 😔 I think Romeo and Juliet is too 😔
it's wild that you can spend months trying to make a piece of writing work and failing, and then suddenly you just realise: oh no, I need to move this bit to the start! and then all at once the shape of the whole thing unravels itself to you!
February 7, 2026 at 1:35 PM
it's wild that you can spend months trying to make a piece of writing work and failing, and then suddenly you just realise: oh no, I need to move this bit to the start! and then all at once the shape of the whole thing unravels itself to you!
‘So, really quickly, what is this about?’
February 6, 2026 at 1:41 PM
‘So, really quickly, what is this about?’
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Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
February 5, 2026 at 11:42 AM
Hidden in the binding of this 16th century French herbal, a book describing the uses of plants, are sheets of printed 'waste' used by the binder to bulk up the cover. This seems to be a frame for something never printed #fragments #bindings
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Hearing it might be Ben Swain.
February 5, 2026 at 9:44 AM
Hearing it might be Ben Swain.
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Trying to read the text in this print-on-demand book.
February 4, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Trying to read the text in this print-on-demand book.
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Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl…
—Edwin Morgan, “The Loch Ness Monster’s Song”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
#WyrdWednesday #poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410996...
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl…
—Edwin Morgan, “The Loch Ness Monster’s Song”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
#WyrdWednesday #poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410996...
February 4, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Sssnnnwhuffffll?
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl…
—Edwin Morgan, “The Loch Ness Monster’s Song”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
#WyrdWednesday #poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410996...
Hnwhuffl hhnnwfl hnfl hfl?
Gdroblboblhobngbl gbl gl g g g g glbgl.
Drublhaflablhaflubhafgabhaflhafl fl fl…
—Edwin Morgan, “The Loch Ness Monster’s Song”
published in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2020
#WyrdWednesday #poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/978178410996...
The cruelty of making this decision the way that the did, without even the decency of telling people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
The cruelty of making this decision the way that the did, without even the decency of telling people. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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holy shit.
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
Human Rights Watch researchers resign after report on Palestinian right of return blocked
The organization claims the report, which finds Israel’s denial of the right of return is a crime against humanity, is ‘paused pending further analysis and research’
www.theguardian.com
February 3, 2026 at 6:22 PM
holy shit.
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
extremely proud of Omar and his team for taking this stand.
what a stain on HRW's reputation.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...
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We often think of book censorship as denying access to texts. Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman consider cases where censorship of information was used as a way to preserve access to books, altered to hide their affiliation with Martin Luther: hmml.org/stories/series-books-sandwiching-a-forbidden-text
Sandwiching a Forbidden Text
“The advent of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century led to...”
hmml.org
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
We often think of book censorship as denying access to texts. Dr. Matthew Z. Heintzelman consider cases where censorship of information was used as a way to preserve access to books, altered to hide their affiliation with Martin Luther: hmml.org/stories/series-books-sandwiching-a-forbidden-text
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It doesn’t matter if this accessibility problem is only temporarily. We should not rely on a US-based big tech player when it comes to digitized cultural heritage. Full point. #GoogleBooks
February 3, 2026 at 3:07 PM
It doesn’t matter if this accessibility problem is only temporarily. We should not rely on a US-based big tech player when it comes to digitized cultural heritage. Full point. #GoogleBooks
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The unwritten Handbook of Digital Instability will have a chapter on the broken dream of the Google Books project.
February 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
The unwritten Handbook of Digital Instability will have a chapter on the broken dream of the Google Books project.
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Coming soonish…
February 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Coming soonish…
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My new article, 'Selling Education in England, 1650-1715' is now out (open access) in the English Historical Review! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
Selling Education in England, 1650–1715*
Abstract. In the period 1650–1715, a growing consensus emerged that educational culture in England did not meet the needs of the population, and that chang
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February 3, 2026 at 11:27 AM
My new article, 'Selling Education in England, 1650-1715' is now out (open access) in the English Historical Review! academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
Been rewatching Seinfeld, which is fine. Except now all my thoughts come in Seinfeld cadence, and also the article I’m trying to write,
February 3, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Been rewatching Seinfeld, which is fine. Except now all my thoughts come in Seinfeld cadence, and also the article I’m trying to write,
Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
February 2, 2026 at 12:11 PM
Milton tangent complete, I am returning to my work on erased/struck out/obliterated inscriptions.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
For many reasons they aren't the easiest things to locate in online catalogues. So if you come across any fun ones (esp. in books published prior to ~1750), here is a public request to think of me.
incredible bookmark discovery here
January 31, 2026 at 5:31 PM
incredible bookmark discovery here
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re-sharing my brother’s boyfriend’s top surgery link again, sorry! This time with a photo of us at the Magnetic Fields! www.gofundme.com/f/isaac-top-...
January 26, 2026 at 12:12 PM
re-sharing my brother’s boyfriend’s top surgery link again, sorry! This time with a photo of us at the Magnetic Fields! www.gofundme.com/f/isaac-top-...
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SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
January 31, 2026 at 3:51 PM
SO SO GLAD to see a PROPER rebuttal against Silvia Federici's very wrong scholarship in the latest Magic, Ritual and Witchcraft! Thank you, Rita Voltmer!
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/artic...
Really enjoyed this LRB piece by Rachel Armitage on brass band competitions. I love the insights into all the hobbies & obsessions that make up other people’s lives & only sometimes coincide with our own www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rachel Armitage · Diary: Brass Bands
Many brass bands were started by factory owners in the belief that music would give their workers purpose, strengthen...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 31, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Really enjoyed this LRB piece by Rachel Armitage on brass band competitions. I love the insights into all the hobbies & obsessions that make up other people’s lives & only sometimes coincide with our own www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Outside the Level 2 Reading Room in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk there is a wellbeing display. Here are some it's little zines that genuinely made me smile.
January 30, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Outside the Level 2 Reading Room in @bodleian.ox.ac.uk there is a wellbeing display. Here are some it's little zines that genuinely made me smile.