Katherine Ibbett
@eparpillee.bsky.social
Early modern France, eating. Compassion's Edge (2018); now writing on 17thc rivers. I also like cats. Oxford mostly, Cévennes when I can. Trans-inclusive feminist, she/her.
Here is my mum talking firmly about not throwing away things that are old and decrepit 💕 www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/2201202...
Twickenham pop-up repair cafe starts year with a bang | South West Londoner
A Twickenham pop-up cafe that fixes visitors’ items marked its 2,600th successful repair on Saturday, as it hosted its first event of 2026.
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January 25, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Here is my mum talking firmly about not throwing away things that are old and decrepit 💕 www.swlondoner.co.uk/news/2201202...
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CFP: The Roots of the Americas: Multidisciplinary Histories of New World Plants. Tempe, Arizona
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Call for Abstracts - The Roots of the Americas: Multidisciplinary Histories of New World Plants | H-Net
Call for AbstractsTitle: The Roots of the Americas: Multidisciplinary Histories of New World PlantsDate: October 8-10, 2026Location: Arizona State University - Tempe, ArizonaSubject Fields include, b...
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January 24, 2026 at 9:42 AM
CFP: The Roots of the Americas: Multidisciplinary Histories of New World Plants. Tempe, Arizona
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January 24, 2026 at 8:00 AM
I’m doing the birdwatch thing. We usually get a lot of morning garden visits, but today they’re all flying overhead going ner ner na ner ner.
January 24, 2026 at 8:41 AM
I’m doing the birdwatch thing. We usually get a lot of morning garden visits, but today they’re all flying overhead going ner ner na ner ner.
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There will be a painful gap in my list of ‘Blog Posts of the Year’ next December; RIP Deborah Cameron and ‘language: a feminist guide’, which has appeared every year since 2019.
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All The Things She Said
Once upon a time, the internet was all about hyperlinks. My first webpage, back in 1994-5, was roughly 40% links to other people’s pages about stuff I liked (if I recall correctly, an eclectic mixt…
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January 23, 2026 at 4:21 PM
There will be a painful gap in my list of ‘Blog Posts of the Year’ next December; RIP Deborah Cameron and ‘language: a feminist guide’, which has appeared every year since 2019.
thesphinxblog.com/2026/01/23/a...
thesphinxblog.com/2026/01/23/a...
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does anyone know what happened to the titanic
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 6:35 PM
does anyone know what happened to the titanic
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We were incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Deborah Cameron, an EMC patron with a deep commitment to Language study into schools. We loved working with her on many occasions + our thoughts are with her + her family. Here she is talking on emagClips 1/3 englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
Professor Deborah Cameron on Language and Gender
Professor Deborah Cameron discusses Language and Gender.
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January 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
We were incredibly saddened to hear of the death of Deborah Cameron, an EMC patron with a deep commitment to Language study into schools. We loved working with her on many occasions + our thoughts are with her + her family. Here she is talking on emagClips 1/3 englishandmedia.co.uk/videos/colle...
When I write bisous on my phone it wants it to be buses, which is charmingly Elizabethan of it 🚌 💋
January 22, 2026 at 8:28 AM
When I write bisous on my phone it wants it to be buses, which is charmingly Elizabethan of it 🚌 💋
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Loved Hamnet but this also kept popping into my head
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London?
YouTube video by The Talk of the Street Podcast
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January 20, 2026 at 10:30 PM
Loved Hamnet but this also kept popping into my head
youtu.be/8P0v8ciiifE?...
youtu.be/8P0v8ciiifE?...
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One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
January 17, 2026 at 3:28 PM
One of the most popular and crowd-pleasing arias in classical opera, "Perché non c'è cibo nella mia ciotola, donna?" tells an emotional tale of a desperately malnourished waif and translates into English as "Why Is There No Food In My Bowl, Woman?"
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And Blakfullas led the way, Aboriginally, over the last 2 to 3 weeks in making sure this came to light while most other folks saw an ochre painted fulla in the bush as "oh yeah, that's Aboriginal" 😵💫
Mob smelt that goona a mile away.
#Mobsky
Mob smelt that goona a mile away.
#Mobsky
January 15, 2026 at 9:54 PM
And Blakfullas led the way, Aboriginally, over the last 2 to 3 weeks in making sure this came to light while most other folks saw an ochre painted fulla in the bush as "oh yeah, that's Aboriginal" 😵💫
Mob smelt that goona a mile away.
#Mobsky
Mob smelt that goona a mile away.
#Mobsky
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After careful consideration, I have decided to give my grade C in GCSE Food Technology to my cat.
Despite the Nobel Prize committee issuing a statement earlier this week to make clear the a Nobel Prize can’t be transfered, @skynewsrss.bsky.social continues to publish it as if it really happened.
Trump latest: Venezuelan Nobel Peace Prize winner says she's given her medal to US president
Venezuela's opposition leader says she's given her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump at the White House. Earlier, the White House said Trump is still "clear" on his desire to "acquire" Greenland...
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January 15, 2026 at 10:53 PM
After careful consideration, I have decided to give my grade C in GCSE Food Technology to my cat.
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Coming up next month! Talks in Bristol, Cambridge, & Oxford on extinction in museums. Reserve your free place thru the links 👇
Are you in UK and want to hear about my book Ghosts Behind Glass? 3 public talks in Feb:
Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
Cambridge Museum of Zoology, 11 Feb www.museum.zoo.cam.ac.uk/events/talk-...
M Shed Bristol, 12 Feb www.bristolmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/m-s...
Oxford NatHist Museum, 13 Feb www.oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/dead-a...
Ghosts Behind Glass
How museums display extinct species—and what these exhibits say about us. While it’s no longer possible to encounter a dodo in the wild, we can still come face-to-face with them in museums. The rema...
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January 15, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Coming up next month! Talks in Bristol, Cambridge, & Oxford on extinction in museums. Reserve your free place thru the links 👇
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Delighted to announce the launch of a new seminar - Race and the Early Modern - in collaboration with @folger.edu.
A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
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A monthly, transatlantic, online seminar for research on race, racialisation, and racemaking across #earlymodern Studies.
Sign up to attend!
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Race and the Early Modern — CEMS KCL Blog
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January 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM
A gorgeous Wigmore Hall evening: Sabine Devielhe and Matthieu Pordoy doing Liszt, Strauss, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Taillefer- and a knowledgeable and deeply enthused young audience on the under 35s for a fiver deal- who knew there were so many French song fans out there? THREE encores, much joy
January 14, 2026 at 10:04 PM
A gorgeous Wigmore Hall evening: Sabine Devielhe and Matthieu Pordoy doing Liszt, Strauss, Lili Boulanger, Germaine Taillefer- and a knowledgeable and deeply enthused young audience on the under 35s for a fiver deal- who knew there were so many French song fans out there? THREE encores, much joy
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1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
January 14, 2026 at 3:47 PM
1/ A shout out to seriously the most stunning article I have read perhaps ever - Erin Maglaque's in the December @Journalofmoder. I was one of the readers for this piece, and I even wrote in my report that it was such an intense read that I had to go for a walk afterwards to calm down.
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January 14, 2026 at 4:41 PM
There are all sorts of strange creatures in Oxford colleges but this was the first time I’ve seen one of these in a meeting. It ran all over the room like a cat with the zoomies. Efficiently ushered out by our new President. Next time we will put that skill to test at interview stage.
January 14, 2026 at 4:43 PM
There are all sorts of strange creatures in Oxford colleges but this was the first time I’ve seen one of these in a meeting. It ran all over the room like a cat with the zoomies. Efficiently ushered out by our new President. Next time we will put that skill to test at interview stage.
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The UK will become an Erasmus+ partner country in 2027. Welcome back! 👋
Erasmus+ provides exchange opportunities for:
🧑🎓 students
👷 apprentices
🧑🏫 teachers
🎒 pupils and more.
Erasmus isn't just a chance to experience a new country (incl. 🇩🇪) and build friendships, it also boosts your employability.
Erasmus+ provides exchange opportunities for:
🧑🎓 students
👷 apprentices
🧑🏫 teachers
🎒 pupils and more.
Erasmus isn't just a chance to experience a new country (incl. 🇩🇪) and build friendships, it also boosts your employability.
January 14, 2026 at 4:10 PM
The UK will become an Erasmus+ partner country in 2027. Welcome back! 👋
Erasmus+ provides exchange opportunities for:
🧑🎓 students
👷 apprentices
🧑🏫 teachers
🎒 pupils and more.
Erasmus isn't just a chance to experience a new country (incl. 🇩🇪) and build friendships, it also boosts your employability.
Erasmus+ provides exchange opportunities for:
🧑🎓 students
👷 apprentices
🧑🏫 teachers
🎒 pupils and more.
Erasmus isn't just a chance to experience a new country (incl. 🇩🇪) and build friendships, it also boosts your employability.
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Me having leftover takeaway for lunch at work
January 14, 2026 at 2:13 PM
Me having leftover takeaway for lunch at work
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Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Parisian Louise Moillon. Painted works involving fruit, here with A+ cockatoo, who is enjoying his moment of fame.
January 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Today's artist without a (known) birthday: Parisian Louise Moillon. Painted works involving fruit, here with A+ cockatoo, who is enjoying his moment of fame.
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Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
January 13, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Ukip have submitted a new logo and slogan to the Electoral Commission, swapping the £ pound sterling symbol for a cross, that looks very much like it is modelled on the Iron Cross used by Prussia & Germany 1871-1918 and Hitler's Nazi regime from 1933-45
You know how cats rush you when you open a can? I had to fiddle with a broken lid and then whoosh, all the juice from the black beans went over a very affronted black and white cat.
January 12, 2026 at 6:22 PM
You know how cats rush you when you open a can? I had to fiddle with a broken lid and then whoosh, all the juice from the black beans went over a very affronted black and white cat.
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Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.
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www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
Call for Proposals — 350th Anniversary of King Philip's War/Metacom's Rebellion - Historic Deerfield
Historic Deerfield is hosting a one-day conference next year to commemorate the 350th anniversary of King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, with the goals of helping a broad audience learn more about ...
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January 12, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Academic and Native friends, please share this CFP and/or consider submitting a proposal! The organizers would love perspectives from outside the academy as well.
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
www.historic-deerfield.org/call-for-pro...
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Archaeologists: D.C. Capitol May Have Once Been Used For Legislating https://theonion.com/archaeologists-d-c-capitol-may-have-once-been-used-for-legislating/
January 12, 2026 at 6:02 PM
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