Emily Dourish
@emilydourish.bsky.social
Rare books at @theulspeccoll.bsky.social, frogs in my garden, medieval nuns. These are a few of my favourite things.
Erm, thanks I guess?
![An email reading "Hi Emily, We're excited to share that [redacted] has been working very hard on Seneca and they've recently unlocked a set of free exam questions as a reward for their efforts"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:z2q7b4eto7rmswpprns2f34q/bafkreidhozc24yrzi6rnioxvp3caop3iefhoyvo5qo75oucric3econbmq@jpeg)
November 14, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Erm, thanks I guess?
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THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
November 14, 2025 at 9:48 AM
THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.
My goodness the Stagecoach live tracker app is a heap of rubbish. Apparently despite being stuck at the top of our road for 10 minutes, 14yo's bus will be arriving at school 2 minutes ago.
November 14, 2025 at 8:36 AM
My goodness the Stagecoach live tracker app is a heap of rubbish. Apparently despite being stuck at the top of our road for 10 minutes, 14yo's bus will be arriving at school 2 minutes ago.
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The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
Find out more: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc
Thank you to our supporters, including: @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, The Polonsky Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.
Do I know anyone with access to the New York Times full archive, or ProQuest Historical Newspapers? I'm trying to get a story from 1960. I know Yale has access as it was in their catalogue that I found the headline...
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Do I know anyone with access to the New York Times full archive, or ProQuest Historical Newspapers? I'm trying to get a story from 1960. I know Yale has access as it was in their catalogue that I found the headline...
An academic whose work was essential for my PhD 25 years has just brought in a card for the reading room team I manage, thanking them for their assistance in the research on his latest publication. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social #JobSatisfaction #SkyStorians
a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod
ALT: a man with long blonde hair and a beard is holding a fishing rod
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
An academic whose work was essential for my PhD 25 years has just brought in a card for the reading room team I manage, thanking them for their assistance in the research on his latest publication. @theulspeccoll.bsky.social #JobSatisfaction #SkyStorians
Is there a single choral singer out there who isn't now singing Bainton 'And I saw a new Heaven'?
and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God
November 10, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is there a single choral singer out there who isn't now singing Bainton 'And I saw a new Heaven'?
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The Muppets The Traitors, Claudia as the only human.
November 6, 2025 at 10:22 PM
The Muppets The Traitors, Claudia as the only human.
There are some very odd jackets going on at the Traitors round table, including Claudia. What's with the sticking out bits?
November 6, 2025 at 9:38 PM
There are some very odd jackets going on at the Traitors round table, including Claudia. What's with the sticking out bits?
It gets worse. She had hidden some raspberries inside for little bursts of sharpness amongst the sweet. TERRIBLE CHILD. 🥰
Got home from work to discover 16yo has made banana bread.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
November 4, 2025 at 12:31 PM
It gets worse. She had hidden some raspberries inside for little bursts of sharpness amongst the sweet. TERRIBLE CHILD. 🥰
A beautiful shot for @everyheron.bsky.social.
4th November 2020
A heron flies past a crane as engineers prepare to hoist the new Abbey to Chesterton Bridge into position at Ditton Meadows.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.
A heron flies past a crane as engineers prepare to hoist the new Abbey to Chesterton Bridge into position at Ditton Meadows.
Picture from my book 'Cambridge - Time & Space'. Available at cambridgebooks.co.uk/cambridge-ti... and all bookshops.
November 4, 2025 at 8:34 AM
A beautiful shot for @everyheron.bsky.social.
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I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
November 3, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I have been confronted with an ad for Advent calendars and so it is time for the annual PSA:
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
THE TWELVE DAYS OF CHRISTMAS BEGIN
ON
CHRISTMAS
THEY ARE NOT ANY OF THE DAYS LEADING UP TO CHRISTMAS
THAT IS ADVENT
WHICH BEGINS FOUR SUNDAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME
Got home from work to discover 16yo has made banana bread.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Got home from work to discover 16yo has made banana bread.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
OH NO. Look at those crispy edges THE HORROR.
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We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
October 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
We are advertising for an Assistant Director to join us in Marsh's Library. Full details about this exciting post here: marshlibrary.ie/vacancy-for-...
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Did medieval nuns care for their appearance? Rings, brooches, combs, manicure sets all found on the site of Barking Abbey.
November 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Did medieval nuns care for their appearance? Rings, brooches, combs, manicure sets all found on the site of Barking Abbey.
Halloween pumpkin from back when the kids would happily wear my Blue Peter style creations.
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Halloween pumpkin from back when the kids would happily wear my Blue Peter style creations.
Into Great Silence is the perfect unscary film: restful, calming, there are cats and snowballs and an utter absence of anything frightening.
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Into Great Silence is the perfect unscary film: restful, calming, there are cats and snowballs and an utter absence of anything frightening.
Also from the V&A, the owners of this dog *really* loved their good boy. Apparently Newfoundland dogs are a large breed, but seriously this painting measures 2 metres across.
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Also from the V&A, the owners of this dog *really* loved their good boy. Apparently Newfoundland dogs are a large breed, but seriously this painting measures 2 metres across.
Bananas now all gone 🍌🍌
Cambridge people: help save these bananas from the bin! Cambridge Fruit Company looking to give away 150kg of over-ripe nanas, address in alt. CFC does great work for the Red Hen Project too, all round great people so happy to advertise them. redhenproject.org www.cambridgefruitcompany.com/shop/
October 29, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Bananas now all gone 🍌🍌
Cambridge people: help save these bananas from the bin! Cambridge Fruit Company looking to give away 150kg of over-ripe nanas, address in alt. CFC does great work for the Red Hen Project too, all round great people so happy to advertise them. redhenproject.org www.cambridgefruitcompany.com/shop/
October 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Cambridge people: help save these bananas from the bin! Cambridge Fruit Company looking to give away 150kg of over-ripe nanas, address in alt. CFC does great work for the Red Hen Project too, all round great people so happy to advertise them. redhenproject.org www.cambridgefruitcompany.com/shop/
Arty types /Londoners: aside from the V&A and Goldsmiths Constance Howard gallery, where is particularly good for displays of textiles, ideally other than straightforward fashion? Thanks!
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Arty types /Londoners: aside from the V&A and Goldsmiths Constance Howard gallery, where is particularly good for displays of textiles, ideally other than straightforward fashion? Thanks!
We should all do this to show each other just how many ideas fizzle out, and how entirely normal this is. By no means everything that starts can finish.
October 26, 2025 at 8:45 PM
We should all do this to show each other just how many ideas fizzle out, and how entirely normal this is. By no means everything that starts can finish.
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celebs stealing blanche devereaux’s look: thread
October 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
celebs stealing blanche devereaux’s look: thread