Brycchan Carey
@brycchancarey.bsky.social
Professor of Literature, Culture, and History; scholar of slavery, empire, and natural history; Stalwart of BSECS, ASLEUKI, the Linnean Society, and Alnwick FoE. From Cornwall, now living in Alnwick, Northumberland. Website: https://www.brycchancarey.com
The weather has been dreadful for weeks: sodden garden, fields underwater, and rivers breaking their banks. Plenty of curlew flying near Dunstanburgh Castle though, and I also saw my first ever Bean Goose, looking suspiciously orange-footed among a flock of Pink-footed Geese.
February 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
The weather has been dreadful for weeks: sodden garden, fields underwater, and rivers breaking their banks. Plenty of curlew flying near Dunstanburgh Castle though, and I also saw my first ever Bean Goose, looking suspiciously orange-footed among a flock of Pink-footed Geese.
"No university library should be without this book. No municipal library should be without one either." My thanks to Conrad Brunstrom for this lovely review of my book The Unnatural Trade. Review: conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/t.... Buy the book at www.brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unn...
The Unnatural Trade. By Brycchan Carey. Reviewed
For some years now, Brycchan Carey has been combining the study of the transatlantic slave trade with a discussion of environmental awareness and environmental degradation during the (very) long ei…
conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 AM
"No university library should be without this book. No municipal library should be without one either." My thanks to Conrad Brunstrom for this lovely review of my book The Unnatural Trade. Review: conradbrunstrom.wordpress.com/2026/01/06/t.... Buy the book at www.brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unn...
I’ve been at the University of Glasgow this evening, where they appear to cover the full spectrum of Scottish Enlightenment.
February 5, 2026 at 10:34 PM
I’ve been at the University of Glasgow this evening, where they appear to cover the full spectrum of Scottish Enlightenment.
Last call! ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & Tobias Menely. Register FREE at asle.org.uk/events/semin...
January 27, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Last call! ASLE-UKI online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & Tobias Menely. Register FREE at asle.org.uk/events/semin...
Polling suggests we passed peak Reform last autumn and the Tories are making a modest recovery. So Zahawi, Jenrick, Braverman et al are rats fleeing TO a sinking ship which, under the weight of all those failed and unpopular Tories, is only going to sink faster.
January 26, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Polling suggests we passed peak Reform last autumn and the Tories are making a modest recovery. So Zahawi, Jenrick, Braverman et al are rats fleeing TO a sinking ship which, under the weight of all those failed and unpopular Tories, is only going to sink faster.
Sorry about that! There are just too many time zones in the world to get a comfortable time zone for everyone!
January 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Sorry about that! There are just too many time zones in the world to get a comfortable time zone for everyone!
"An outstanding addition to a burgeoning field in slavery scholarship". My thanks to Ryan Hanley for this lovely review of my book The Unnatural Trade in The American Historical Review. Read the review at: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/.... More about the book at: www.brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unn...
January 20, 2026 at 10:56 AM
"An outstanding addition to a burgeoning field in slavery scholarship". My thanks to Ryan Hanley for this lovely review of my book The Unnatural Trade in The American Historical Review. Read the review at: doi.org/10.1093/ahr/.... More about the book at: www.brycchancarey.com/bookshop/unn...
Please join the @asleuki.bsky.social online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & @tobiasmenely.bsky.social. Register at asle.org.uk/events/semin...
January 19, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Please join the @asleuki.bsky.social online seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature & Environment. Thur 29 Jan, 15:00-19:00 GMT. With me, Eric Gidal, James Metcalf, Nicolle Jordan, Alessio Mattana, Annette Hulbert, Jodie Matthews, & @tobiasmenely.bsky.social. Register at asle.org.uk/events/semin...
Fog on the Tyne? Actually, the Tyne, foreground, is clear. Those low clouds are following the course of the River Derwent, a tributary of the Tyne. As seen from the B&Q car park in Scotswood!
January 19, 2026 at 11:45 AM
Fog on the Tyne? Actually, the Tyne, foreground, is clear. Those low clouds are following the course of the River Derwent, a tributary of the Tyne. As seen from the B&Q car park in Scotswood!
It's just a couple of weeks now until the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on Thursday 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. All welcome! Further details and FREE registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
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January 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
It's just a couple of weeks now until the ASLE-UKI Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on Thursday 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT. All welcome! Further details and FREE registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
@asleuki.bsky.social @bsecs.bsky.social
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I’m in Oxford for #BSECS2026 at Pembroke College, having braved blizzards to get here. No snow in Oxford, but there is plenty of light and shade.
January 6, 2026 at 3:55 PM
I’m in Oxford for #BSECS2026 at Pembroke College, having braved blizzards to get here. No snow in Oxford, but there is plenty of light and shade.
Snowy afternoon in Alnwick Market Place.
January 3, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Snowy afternoon in Alnwick Market Place.
We took our traditional new-year birding walk around Boulmer, Northumberland, this year and stayed until sunset. We saw 32 species including hundreds of lapwing and golden plover, smaller numbers of grey plover, plus widgeon, eider, curlew, and even a song thrush and grey wagtail on the beach.
January 1, 2026 at 6:30 PM
We took our traditional new-year birding walk around Boulmer, Northumberland, this year and stayed until sunset. We saw 32 species including hundreds of lapwing and golden plover, smaller numbers of grey plover, plus widgeon, eider, curlew, and even a song thrush and grey wagtail on the beach.
"A forcefully argued, carefully constructed account of naturalism lending fuel to abolitionism." My thanks to Chris Townend for this very generous review of my book The Unnatural Trade in Slavery and Abolition, 46:3 (September 2025) 772–73. Read the review at doi.org/10.1080/0144...
The Unnatural Trade: Slavery, Abolition, and Environmental Writing, 1660–1807
Published in Slavery & Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies (Vol. 46, No. 3, 2025)
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December 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"A forcefully argued, carefully constructed account of naturalism lending fuel to abolitionism." My thanks to Chris Townend for this very generous review of my book The Unnatural Trade in Slavery and Abolition, 46:3 (September 2025) 772–73. Read the review at doi.org/10.1080/0144...
Spare a thought for St. Nicholas tonight. He was a brilliant bishop who took part in the Council of Nicaea, but he grew old and fat. When the theological work dried up, he moved to the North Pole, began to hang around with elves, and was forced to take work as a night-shift delivery driver.
December 24, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Spare a thought for St. Nicholas tonight. He was a brilliant bishop who took part in the Council of Nicaea, but he grew old and fat. When the theological work dried up, he moved to the North Pole, began to hang around with elves, and was forced to take work as a night-shift delivery driver.
For the shortest, murkiest day of the year, Rosie and I walked around Gibside near Gateshead where there were woods and lakes, a ruined mansion, a Palladian chapel, and a colossal Whiggish statue of Liberty with her cap and staff at the end of a half-mile-long oak avenue. A modest estate.
December 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For the shortest, murkiest day of the year, Rosie and I walked around Gibside near Gateshead where there were woods and lakes, a ruined mansion, a Palladian chapel, and a colossal Whiggish statue of Liberty with her cap and staff at the end of a half-mile-long oak avenue. A modest estate.
Regent Street is looking angelic tonight while Oxford Street is having some light rain.
December 2, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Regent Street is looking angelic tonight while Oxford Street is having some light rain.
It’s a pleasingly grey morning in Seahouses, with atmospheric views to Bamburgh and the Farne Islands.
December 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
It’s a pleasingly grey morning in Seahouses, with atmospheric views to Bamburgh and the Farne Islands.
It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
November 24, 2025 at 2:25 PM
It's great to see so many signing up for the @asleuki.bsky.social Online Seminar on Eighteenth-Century Literature and Environment, on 29 Jan 2026, 3-7 pm GMT, but there's still room for more! Further details and registration information at: asle.org.uk/events/semin...
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Newcastle Airport is planning to expand and they want your feedback. You can see their expansion masterplan and leave comments on their website - but hurry, the consultation closes on 30 November 2026. www.newcastleairport.com/corporate/co...
Masterplan 2040
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November 23, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Newcastle Airport is planning to expand and they want your feedback. You can see their expansion masterplan and leave comments on their website - but hurry, the consultation closes on 30 November 2026. www.newcastleairport.com/corporate/co...
#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.
November 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
#COP30 is about to agree a climate deal that doesn’t mention fossil fuels, which is a bit like an alcoholic agreeing a plan to tackle his addiction without mentioning the vodka.
A snowy morning in my garden. A proper Northumberland November!
November 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A snowy morning in my garden. A proper Northumberland November!
I’m teaching Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 Deserted Village tomorrow. He says princes can be made and unmade and that the country is in trouble when the super rich accumulate wealth and farmers are put out of business. How on earth do I make any of that relevant to today’s students?
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I’m teaching Oliver Goldsmith’s 1770 Deserted Village tomorrow. He says princes can be made and unmade and that the country is in trouble when the super rich accumulate wealth and farmers are put out of business. How on earth do I make any of that relevant to today’s students?
Shocking to see Panorama’s dodgy editing of Donald Trump. Is this the kind of honest, responsible journalism that we’ve come to expect from the show that exposed the failure of the Swiss spaghetti harvest as far back as 1957?
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Shocking to see Panorama’s dodgy editing of Donald Trump. Is this the kind of honest, responsible journalism that we’ve come to expect from the show that exposed the failure of the Swiss spaghetti harvest as far back as 1957?
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A huge range of studies covered by @charlottegoodge.bsky.social & Thomas Leonard-Roy, from @brycchancarey.bsky.social’s The Unnatural Trade to @rhyskamjones.bsky.social's ‘Queering Thomas Gray’s Celticism’. Itching to get reading & #editing!
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October 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
A huge range of studies covered by @charlottegoodge.bsky.social & Thomas Leonard-Roy, from @brycchancarey.bsky.social’s The Unnatural Trade to @rhyskamjones.bsky.social's ‘Queering Thomas Gray’s Celticism’. Itching to get reading & #editing!
@englishassociation.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social
@englishassociation.bsky.social
@cecs-york.bsky.social