Dr Calonddu
@drcalonddu.bsky.social
Cymraes 🏴, Nyctogender, Filthy Casual, ADHD, exJW,
Communication, community, cults
#HumanisticallySpeaking #FaithToFaithless
🌈 Any/all Unrhyw/i gyd
Communication, community, cults
#HumanisticallySpeaking #FaithToFaithless
🌈 Any/all Unrhyw/i gyd
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For another year, it appears, this article I wrote with @nccomfort.bsky.social is the most read of @nature.com's News articles...
What Rosalind Franklin truly contributed to the discovery of DNA’s structure
Franklin was no victim in how the DNA double helix was solved. An overlooked letter and an unpublished news article, both written in 1953, reveal that she was an equal player.
www.nature.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
For another year, it appears, this article I wrote with @nccomfort.bsky.social is the most read of @nature.com's News articles...
Important discussion but I just keep thinking that I should have sat up straighter.
High-control religious groups suppress questioning and dissent. The human tragedy is that this culture of control can tear families apart. This is the 'conditional love' experience by so many people who leave. @faith2faithless.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Important discussion but I just keep thinking that I should have sat up straighter.
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Just gearing up for this tomorrow! 📕🗣️👩🏫
If you are into sagas and poetry our next seminar is for you. Sign up to attend online: forms.office.com/e/ngg1zukWH3 More details at ahc.leeds.ac.uk/medieval/eve... #medievalsky #poetry #sagas #orkney #shetland #icelandic #northernisles #vikings @judithjesch.bsky.social @ragnasislands.bsky.social
December 8, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just gearing up for this tomorrow! 📕🗣️👩🏫
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December 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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Leaving a high-control religion can be incredibly isolating, especially for women who've faced profound levels of religious coercion, abuse, & misogyny. This programme offers a vital space for freedom, solidarity, & rebuilding lives. A well-deserved award for our @faith2faithless.bsky.social team.
Faith to Faithless wins award for empowering Women’s Group
A specialist Faith to Faithless group supporting women leaving high-control religions was recognised in London this week as part of the 2025 London Dangoor Awards, also known as the Faith & Belief For...
humanists.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Leaving a high-control religion can be incredibly isolating, especially for women who've faced profound levels of religious coercion, abuse, & misogyny. This programme offers a vital space for freedom, solidarity, & rebuilding lives. A well-deserved award for our @faith2faithless.bsky.social team.
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If you’ve ever wondered how easily the brain can be fooled, the University of East Anglia’s Christmas lectures are the place to be. Two sessions only, and they always book up fast – worth securing your place early.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
UEA’s Christmas lectures return with a festive journey into the mind
This year’s UEA Christmas lecture invites families to uncover the surprising tricks our brains play during the festive season
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
If you’ve ever wondered how easily the brain can be fooled, the University of East Anglia’s Christmas lectures are the place to be. Two sessions only, and they always book up fast – worth securing your place early.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/educati...
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Join me in this online ‘at your own pace’ short course exploring Medieval Bibles and Books of Hours.
Including: from the earliest Medieval Bibles to the Gutenberg Bible; how to read the calendar in a Book of Hours; iconographic cycles in the Hours…
Now live!!🎉🎉
#medievalsky #booksofdevotion
Including: from the earliest Medieval Bibles to the Gutenberg Bible; how to read the calendar in a Book of Hours; iconographic cycles in the Hours…
Now live!!🎉🎉
#medievalsky #booksofdevotion
November To-Do List 🐗📆
- Thrash acorns
- Fatten pigs
- Book the new online short course from IMEMS: imemsdurhamlearn.com/books-of-dev...
Learn about Books of Hours, the labour of the months and the history and manuscripts of the Medieval Latin Bible in our flexible 1-week online course!
- Thrash acorns
- Fatten pigs
- Book the new online short course from IMEMS: imemsdurhamlearn.com/books-of-dev...
Learn about Books of Hours, the labour of the months and the history and manuscripts of the Medieval Latin Bible in our flexible 1-week online course!
November 26, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Join me in this online ‘at your own pace’ short course exploring Medieval Bibles and Books of Hours.
Including: from the earliest Medieval Bibles to the Gutenberg Bible; how to read the calendar in a Book of Hours; iconographic cycles in the Hours…
Now live!!🎉🎉
#medievalsky #booksofdevotion
Including: from the earliest Medieval Bibles to the Gutenberg Bible; how to read the calendar in a Book of Hours; iconographic cycles in the Hours…
Now live!!🎉🎉
#medievalsky #booksofdevotion
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This is an astonishing and maddening and sad story, just incredible work from Sirin Kale.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
As Esau Lopez was asphyxiated for the first 17 minutes of his life on Earth, the atmosphere in the room remained serene, even ecstatic. Acoustic music crooned from a speaker in a modest two-bedroom apartment in a suburb of Pennsylvania. “You are a queen,” murmured one of three friends in the room.
Only Esau’s mother, Gabrielle Lopez, felt something was wrong. She was pushing hard, but her son would not be born. “Can you help [him] out?” she asked, as Esau crowned. “Baby is coming,” the friend replied. Four minutes later, Lopez asked again, “Can you grab [him]?” Another friend murmured, “Baby is safe.” Six minutes passed. Again, Lopez asked, “Can you grab [him]?” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:25 AM
This is an astonishing and maddening and sad story, just incredible work from Sirin Kale.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
It’s also downstream of many of the things @aliceemmalouise.bsky.social has talked about on @skepticswithak.org for a decade - medical mistrust as a result of medial bias, exploitation of women as empowerment.
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For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
Earned settlement
The government is consulting on how the current settlement system should be reformed and how those reforms should be implemented.
www.gov.uk
November 21, 2025 at 11:13 AM
For those of you in the UK, especially if you are a UK citizen, can you please take part in the consultation on changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain (Settlement) that were just proposed by the UK government. We need as many people as possible to reject these proposals. www.gov.uk/government/c...
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What does ‘safe’ mean for people persecuted for their identites like the non-religious & LGBTQ+? Their risk doesn’t disappear because a country looks stable on paper.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Refugee status set to become temporary in radical asylum reforms
Refugee status set to become temporary in radical asylum reforms
People granted asylum in the UK will only be allowed to stay in the country temporarily, in sweeping reforms to be announced on Monday.
news.sky.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What does ‘safe’ mean for people persecuted for their identites like the non-religious & LGBTQ+? Their risk doesn’t disappear because a country looks stable on paper.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
Reassessing thousands of cases every 30 months won’t capture that nuance, and the Home Office is already overwhelmed.
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Join us live at the IHR and online
Free registration: tinyurl.com/24fgrxbe
@carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @sydradford.bsky.social @emiliastu.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social
LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
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LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
November 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Join us live at the IHR and online
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@carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @sydradford.bsky.social @emiliastu.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social
LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
Free registration: tinyurl.com/24fgrxbe
@carmenmangion.bsky.social @lauragowing.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @sydradford.bsky.social @emiliastu.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social
LIGHTNING TALKS 2025
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Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Yes! Institutions prescribed, but the nursery decided...
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
I’ll be unpacking how Georgian mothers redefined medical expertise – transforming teething crises & worm remedies into demonstrations of domestic authority.
@ihr.bsky.social
@bsecs.bsky.social
@ihrwomen.bsky.social
@sshmedicine.bsky.social
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I'll be giving a talk at Aberdeen Uni next week on the 'Dane saga' of Breda - easily one of the most unique, offbeat sources of imagined viking activity from the later medieval period. Both in person and online, so do tune in to hear me wax lyrical about this text!
www.facebook.com/events/22080...
www.facebook.com/events/22080...
A Past that Never Was: Examining Vikings in the Medieval ‘Dane saga’ of Breda - Christian Cooijmans
Event in Aberdeen, United Kingdom by Scandinavian Studies at Aberdeen on Thursday, November 27 2025
www.facebook.com
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I'll be giving a talk at Aberdeen Uni next week on the 'Dane saga' of Breda - easily one of the most unique, offbeat sources of imagined viking activity from the later medieval period. Both in person and online, so do tune in to hear me wax lyrical about this text!
www.facebook.com/events/22080...
www.facebook.com/events/22080...
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www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
www.gladstoneslibrary.org
November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM
www.gladstoneslibrary.org/event/the-si...
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
Looking forward to presenting this in Leicester on the 23rd
📢 Women, Sex and Gender in the Early Church: Dr George Locke delves into how diverse early Christian communities debated sex, gender roles, identity, celibacy and purity. Sun 23 Nov, 6:30pm at Secular Hall. Free and all welcome with tea, biscuits and thoughtful discussion.
November 15, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Looking forward to presenting this in Leicester on the 23rd
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'The transformations we see... took place in the hall rather than the war band.
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'The transformations we see... took place in the hall rather than the war band.
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
Its invention was domestic rather than
martial
& it was created by all sorts of women & men —indigenous and foreign, local and newcomer....'
So good, @robin-f.bsky.social!
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!
Look at this great fund. £200 for really small charities to spend on boring things. Easy, quick to apply.
Link below.
Please share :)
Link below.
Please share :)
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open!
£200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Brilliant idea - when you're a tiny community group it can be so hard to cover those boring but essential costs like insurance!
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The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture, Courtauld, statement of intent deadline 17 November 2025
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
medievalartresearch.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Courtauld is offering a a new fully funded Peter Fergusson PhD Scholarship in English Medieval Architecture for eligible projects focusing on England from the eleventh to the early sixteenth centuries. Statement of intents are due by 17 November 2025.
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Today is the feast day of St Illtyd - Welsh saint and cousin of King Arthur.
His school at Llanilltud Fawr is one of Britain’s first centres of learning, and legend says he turned two robbers to stone - one still stands on the misty slopes of Mynydd Illtud, Bannau Brycheiniog. 🌫️
His school at Llanilltud Fawr is one of Britain’s first centres of learning, and legend says he turned two robbers to stone - one still stands on the misty slopes of Mynydd Illtud, Bannau Brycheiniog. 🌫️
November 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Today is the feast day of St Illtyd - Welsh saint and cousin of King Arthur.
His school at Llanilltud Fawr is one of Britain’s first centres of learning, and legend says he turned two robbers to stone - one still stands on the misty slopes of Mynydd Illtud, Bannau Brycheiniog. 🌫️
His school at Llanilltud Fawr is one of Britain’s first centres of learning, and legend says he turned two robbers to stone - one still stands on the misty slopes of Mynydd Illtud, Bannau Brycheiniog. 🌫️
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-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> | Wiley Online Library
<em>British Journal of Social Psychology</em> is an international journal publishing impactful basic and applied social psychological research from all parts of the world.
bpspsychub.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
-- Call for Papers --
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
Special issue on "Intersectionality in Social Psychology: Perspectives, Methods, and Applications" in the British Journal of Social Psychology.
Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2025
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A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
Research Vacancies | University College Cork
Learn, Study and Research in UCC, Ireland's first 5 star university. Our tradition of independent thinking will prepare you for the world and the workplace in a vibrant, modern, green campus.
www.ucc.ie
November 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
A reminder that there are still a few days left to apply for this funded PhD, working on literary and cultural reception of the Vikings. University fees and a budget for conference attendance included in addition to the stipend: it's a great opportunity for someone! www.ucc.ie/en/hr/vacanc...
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'Remember, remember the 5th of November!' 🔥
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
'Remember, remember the 5th of November!' 🔥
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
These are thought to be the earliest photographs of a bonfire.
These photographs were taken in 1853 by John Dillwyn Llewelyn at Penllergare in Swansea 📷
museum.wales/articles/972...
#Wales #BonfireNight #History
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Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
Inconvenient People: Madness, Misdiagnosis & the 19th Century
Join Sarah Wise for a talk on Victorian 'madness', misdiagnosis and John Clare - supporting the Clare Cottage thatch appeal.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Should you find yourself in the general Peterborough area, I'm giving a talk in aid of the John Clare Cottage appeal on Sat 15 Nov, 3pm
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inconvenie...
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🎓 Calling all MA students in women's history!
Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse...
#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist
Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse...
#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist
October 22, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🎓 Calling all MA students in women's history!
Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse...
#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist
Our MA Dissertation Prize 2025 is now open for submissions. Celebrate outstanding scholarship & share your work with the wider community.
Deadline: 16 January 2026
womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-ma-disse...
#WomensHistory #MAHistory #GenderHist