Dr James Titterton
@jtitterton.bsky.social
Medievalist. Recovering academic. Likes Doctor Who, board games and pro wrestling.
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Escargonein60seconds
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Escargonein60seconds
And if you'd like to learn more about cunning stratagems in medieval warfare, try my book, also from Boydell: boydellandbrewer.com/book/decepti...
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 AM
And if you'd like to learn more about cunning stratagems in medieval warfare, try my book, also from Boydell: boydellandbrewer.com/book/decepti...
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New blog post: Bouvines 1214.
"One of the remarkable things about the battle of Bouvines is that a handful of critical documents have survived, allowing us to recreate the order of battle with a reasonable degree of accuracy."
You can read the full post on the Osprey blog.
https://bit.ly/3JbaEnp
"One of the remarkable things about the battle of Bouvines is that a handful of critical documents have survived, allowing us to recreate the order of battle with a reasonable degree of accuracy."
You can read the full post on the Osprey blog.
https://bit.ly/3JbaEnp
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New blog post: Bouvines 1214.
"One of the remarkable things about the battle of Bouvines is that a handful of critical documents have survived, allowing us to recreate the order of battle with a reasonable degree of accuracy."
You can read the full post on the Osprey blog.
https://bit.ly/3JbaEnp
"One of the remarkable things about the battle of Bouvines is that a handful of critical documents have survived, allowing us to recreate the order of battle with a reasonable degree of accuracy."
You can read the full post on the Osprey blog.
https://bit.ly/3JbaEnp
Publication day for my new volume on the battle of Bouvines. Order at the link below:
It's publication day for our series books!
📚 Soviet Tanks in Barbarossa 1941
📚Putin's Mercenaries, 2013–24
📚Central Pacific 1943–45
📚Bouvines 1214
📚Fallschirmjäger vs US Soldier
📚Kriegsmarine North Sea Command 1939–42
📚Armies of Justinian the Great, AD 527–65
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WoqHSw
📚 Soviet Tanks in Barbarossa 1941
📚Putin's Mercenaries, 2013–24
📚Central Pacific 1943–45
📚Bouvines 1214
📚Fallschirmjäger vs US Soldier
📚Kriegsmarine North Sea Command 1939–42
📚Armies of Justinian the Great, AD 527–65
Find out more: https://bit.ly/3WoqHSw
October 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Publication day for my new volume on the battle of Bouvines. Order at the link below:
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I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
October 20, 2025 at 1:56 AM
I spend a year plotting a mystery novel and then this happens.
This week I am on the 'School of War' podcast, talking about deception in both medieval and modern warfare with Aaron Maclean. Find it on Apple, Spotify or here: youtu.be/8oOZAmrb2ic?...
#podcast #medievalsky
#podcast #medievalsky
Ep 238: James Titterton on Medieval Deception
YouTube video by School of War Podcast
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October 10, 2025 at 1:49 PM
This week I am on the 'School of War' podcast, talking about deception in both medieval and modern warfare with Aaron Maclean. Find it on Apple, Spotify or here: youtu.be/8oOZAmrb2ic?...
#podcast #medievalsky
#podcast #medievalsky
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In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
October 2, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In honor of National Poetry Day, the greatest parody rewrite of all time:
I have an article in this month's Wargames Illustrated magazine on gaming the battle of Bouvines, illustrated with pictures of the armies a friend and I created for playtesting #wargaming #medievalsky
October 2, 2025 at 9:56 AM
I have an article in this month's Wargames Illustrated magazine on gaming the battle of Bouvines, illustrated with pictures of the armies a friend and I created for playtesting #wargaming #medievalsky
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Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
September 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Right. My students working two part time jobs and/or having an hour and a half commute to uni because they have to live at home due to the cost of student accommodation lack drive and vigour. Sure thing, Peter. The UK Govt still haven't a clue about the realities of universities today.
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And the situation in Medieval history... I've had several conversations this summer about whether our field will survive. If I left my job now, not only would I.not be replaced by a medievalist, I wouldn't be replaced at all. 1/
“Cataclysmically bad”
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
This new series of ECR blog posts on the French History Network makes for grim reading, perhaps grimmer even than some in UK #FrenchHistory might have realised.
1st post, anon ECRs in French History on what it’s like right now out there:
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk/6691/
🗃️
ECR in 2025: Part One- What is it like? – SSFH
frenchhistorysociety.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 6:09 AM
And the situation in Medieval history... I've had several conversations this summer about whether our field will survive. If I left my job now, not only would I.not be replaced by a medievalist, I wouldn't be replaced at all. 1/
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The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
Charlie Kirk’s Legacy Deserves No Mourning
The white Christian nationalist provocateur wasn’t a promoter of civil discourse. He preached hate, bigotry, and division
www.thenation.com
September 13, 2025 at 2:39 AM
The Nation pulls NO punches, from @espiers.bsky.social
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
"There's no requirement to take part in this whitewashing campaign. Refusing to join in doesn’t make anyone a bad person. It’s a choice to write an obituary that begins “Joseph Goebbels was a gifted marketer and loving father to six children.”
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I actually enjoy the 100 tweets about sending illegal immigrants home that our Prime Minister writes every single day in order to supplicate to the far right. I think it’s helping to soothe tensions, is morally defensible, and I can’t wait to vote for him again!
September 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I actually enjoy the 100 tweets about sending illegal immigrants home that our Prime Minister writes every single day in order to supplicate to the far right. I think it’s helping to soothe tensions, is morally defensible, and I can’t wait to vote for him again!
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According to anecdotal reports, the new in-fashion insult heard around schools and playgrounds is: "Your dad shouts at hotels!" 😮😆 ~AA
August 28, 2025 at 10:11 AM
According to anecdotal reports, the new in-fashion insult heard around schools and playgrounds is: "Your dad shouts at hotels!" 😮😆 ~AA
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Seeing a lot of critical responses from medievalists about this BBC 1066 thing. As an early modernist, just to say that I'm happy to confirm that medieval people were indeed covered in dirt all the time and did all sound like they were in the Wurzels.
August 27, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Seeing a lot of critical responses from medievalists about this BBC 1066 thing. As an early modernist, just to say that I'm happy to confirm that medieval people were indeed covered in dirt all the time and did all sound like they were in the Wurzels.
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I finished my PhD 2 years ago, and in the past 2 years I've been the primary carer for our kid at home. Because of that, I'm already too late for many university departments' definitions of 'early career academic' for fellowships or other post-doctoral work
So that's fun and nice and unproblematic
So that's fun and nice and unproblematic
August 26, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I finished my PhD 2 years ago, and in the past 2 years I've been the primary carer for our kid at home. Because of that, I'm already too late for many university departments' definitions of 'early career academic' for fellowships or other post-doctoral work
So that's fun and nice and unproblematic
So that's fun and nice and unproblematic
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Call for papers! This year's sessions on Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social demonstrated some excellent research and produced much brilliant discussion. Please do circulate to any interested parties. #imc2025 #imc2026
August 25, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Call for papers! This year's sessions on Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat at the @imc-leeds.bsky.social demonstrated some excellent research and produced much brilliant discussion. Please do circulate to any interested parties. #imc2025 #imc2026
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Once more for the dimwits at the back:
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
August 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Once more for the dimwits at the back:
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
a) Lucy Connolly pleaded guilty.
b) She was convicted under legislation introduced under Thatcher.
c) She was sentenced under guidance brought in under Boris Johnson.
d) fuck off.
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Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
August 7, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Patient, sobbing: But Doctor, I AM Pagliacci!
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
ChatGPT: Apologies. I didn't realise when recommending Pagliacci's epic show to cure your depression that you were the genius himself. I'm impressed! With regards to your initial question, I can recommend seeing the Great Clown Pagliacci.
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hoping that when they say the LLM talks like a Ph.D.-level expert, they mean "holds indecipherable decades-long academic grudges expressed largely in the form of questions that are actually more of a comment"
August 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
hoping that when they say the LLM talks like a Ph.D.-level expert, they mean "holds indecipherable decades-long academic grudges expressed largely in the form of questions that are actually more of a comment"
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I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
SDCC ‘25: What to do if ICE crashes the con
If you see ICE or Border Patrol agents while attending San Diego Comic-Con, know your rights and exercise them.
www.comicsbeat.com
July 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I think some people have trouble seeing fascism as anything other than 1940s Germany.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
But I think 'people going to a comic convention needing to have a plan in case the government's goons show up to disappear people' is a pretty good demonstration of what it can look like in 2025.
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This doesn't affect some of us as we never had AHRC-funded students in the first place at our institutions, but this cut is emblematic of the instrumentalisation and threat to Humanities research across the country.
'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3
‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’
Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
This doesn't affect some of us as we never had AHRC-funded students in the first place at our institutions, but this cut is emblematic of the instrumentalisation and threat to Humanities research across the country.
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
July 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Every British person on the internet is complaining about you
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To understand the context of Sir Brian Leveson’s call for restricting jury trial, look at the terms of reference.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
July 9, 2025 at 8:09 AM
To understand the context of Sir Brian Leveson’s call for restricting jury trial, look at the terms of reference.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
The government wouldn’t let him recommend increased funding.
Akin to demanding a solution to starvation that doesn’t include food.
And the recommendation being to chop off body parts.
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NEWS! Jeremy Corbyn excited to find new and innovative way to ensure Labour loses next general election
Jeremy Corbyn excited to find new an innovative way to ensure Labour loses next general election
Jeremy Corbyn is today celebrating his plan to launch a new far-left political party, safe in the knowledge it will help him ensure yet another general election defeat for Labour.
buff.ly
July 4, 2025 at 11:12 AM
NEWS! Jeremy Corbyn excited to find new and innovative way to ensure Labour loses next general election
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The singularity is awesome
June 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
The singularity is awesome