Dr Florence H R Scott
@florencehrscott.bsky.social
Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK.
Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com
Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com
Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
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Allen Lane signs Florence Scott's fresh take on Medieval queenship
Allen Lane has signed Florence Scott’s “bold and original” history of Medieval queenship, Monarchia: A New History of the English Royal Dynasties, Through the Queens Who Built Them. Tom Penn, publishi...
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Thrilled to announce etc. etc. etc.
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Department of Warfarin
January 4, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Department of Warfarin
he just wants nice, thin blood, like any of us do. leave him alone
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January 4, 2026 at 3:09 PM
he just wants nice, thin blood, like any of us do. leave him alone
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Rob just affectionately called me 'Mrs Baby' and I got to say, indignantly, 'It's Doctor Baby'
January 3, 2026 at 5:23 PM
Rob just affectionately called me 'Mrs Baby' and I got to say, indignantly, 'It's Doctor Baby'
He’s tried nothing and he’s all out of ideas
January 2, 2026 at 12:08 PM
He’s tried nothing and he’s all out of ideas
Most unconvincing thing in the Blues Brothers is that the Illinois Police and the Illinois Nazis are two separate groups of people
January 2, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Most unconvincing thing in the Blues Brothers is that the Illinois Police and the Illinois Nazis are two separate groups of people
these days you can be arrested and thrown in jail just for being hot
January 1, 2026 at 5:58 PM
these days you can be arrested and thrown in jail just for being hot
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"In early medieval England, the calendar year was not standardised like it is now. There were varying opinions about when the calendar year should renew, and different historical sources consider the beginning of the year to land on different dates." 🙃
regret to inform you that new year's day is a social construct
New Years Day in Early Medieval England
Is this really the start of the year?
florencehrs.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:56 PM
"In early medieval England, the calendar year was not standardised like it is now. There were varying opinions about when the calendar year should renew, and different historical sources consider the beginning of the year to land on different dates." 🙃
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Happy Random Day of The Year!
regret to inform you that new year's day is a social construct
New Years Day in Early Medieval England
Is this really the start of the year?
florencehrs.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Happy Random Day of The Year!
regret to inform you that new year's day is a social construct
New Years Day in Early Medieval England
Is this really the start of the year?
florencehrs.substack.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:18 PM
regret to inform you that new year's day is a social construct
Sang at the cat that she’s a red hot hoochie coocher and she ran away :(
January 1, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Sang at the cat that she’s a red hot hoochie coocher and she ran away :(
Jools Holland came across the devil at a crossroads and exchanged some of his vertebrae for the ability to play boogie woogie for eternity. The Man Who Sold His Neck
January 1, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Jools Holland came across the devil at a crossroads and exchanged some of his vertebrae for the ability to play boogie woogie for eternity. The Man Who Sold His Neck
Rob upon receiving a chocolate with the bill at an Indian restaurant: ’well aren’t I the belle of the ball!’
December 31, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Rob upon receiving a chocolate with the bill at an Indian restaurant: ’well aren’t I the belle of the ball!’
Happy news years, darling @robpalk.bsky.social. One year since the DM slide that stuck xxxxx
December 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Happy news years, darling @robpalk.bsky.social. One year since the DM slide that stuck xxxxx
I took @robpalk.bsky.social to see some enormous DUCKS
December 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
I took @robpalk.bsky.social to see some enormous DUCKS
Giddy up bitches it’s five gold rings
December 29, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Giddy up bitches it’s five gold rings
I would not have been able to tell you this was Polanski but I would absolutely have been able to identify it as nazi propaganda
No idea who Laurent Brindeau is, but isn’t this caricature of @zackpolanski.bsky.social in today’s @dailymailpolitics.bsky.social ragingly antisemitic?
December 29, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I would not have been able to tell you this was Polanski but I would absolutely have been able to identify it as nazi propaganda
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Artist, shrugging: 'I painted this cos whatever.'
Playwright, also shrugging: 'Yeah I wrote a play but also, whatever. I didn't have feelings while I did it and I don't anticipate anyone watching will either.'
Artist: 'Exactly.'
They would fist bump, but they're slugs.
Playwright, also shrugging: 'Yeah I wrote a play but also, whatever. I didn't have feelings while I did it and I don't anticipate anyone watching will either.'
Artist: 'Exactly.'
They would fist bump, but they're slugs.
December 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Artist, shrugging: 'I painted this cos whatever.'
Playwright, also shrugging: 'Yeah I wrote a play but also, whatever. I didn't have feelings while I did it and I don't anticipate anyone watching will either.'
Artist: 'Exactly.'
They would fist bump, but they're slugs.
Playwright, also shrugging: 'Yeah I wrote a play but also, whatever. I didn't have feelings while I did it and I don't anticipate anyone watching will either.'
Artist: 'Exactly.'
They would fist bump, but they're slugs.
Like how people before the Renaissance had no interiority. No sense of self. No ego. No consciousness. They weren’t even truly alive
A common assumption is that throughout history, people have experienced the same basic range of emotions. A radical field of history now challenges this assumption, Gal Beckerman reports. theatln.tc/KD2QRX9Y
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
🎨: Nicolás Ortega
December 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Like how people before the Renaissance had no interiority. No sense of self. No ego. No consciousness. They weren’t even truly alive
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Midlife quiff update
December 27, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Midlife quiff update
Voluntarily getting beaten up by a world class black boxer because you’re not racist
Nah you're fine everyone already knows
December 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Voluntarily getting beaten up by a world class black boxer because you’re not racist
I’m starting to really not like this guy
December 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I’m starting to really not like this guy
Why are you as a man having a pet?
December 26, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Why are you as a man having a pet?
Stop taking your decorations down IT’S ONLY TURTLE DOVES
December 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Stop taking your decorations down IT’S ONLY TURTLE DOVES