Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺
@katherineschof8.bsky.social
Historian: Mughal & colonial India and Hindustani music, FRAS FRHistS. Head of Music @ KCL. Musicians at risk 🇦🇫 Act justly, love mercy, walk humbly (work in progress). Whippet owner. Immigrant. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/katherine-butler-schofield
Pinned
And....it's done! Got the final author MS of my fourth book off to the press! an edited volume with my wonderful career-long collaborator Margaret Walker, "Hindustani Music Between Empires: Relational Histories, 1750–1900".
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
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i don't see why they can't do all the track and field events at both olympics. put a coat on
February 7, 2026 at 1:21 PM
i don't see why they can't do all the track and field events at both olympics. put a coat on
Incredibly proud to be part of this @beyondskin.bsky.social programme for International Women's Day, 8 March 2026, supporting Afghan women, girls, and musicians and artists, whose rights and freedoms I have been advocating for since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021.
www.beyondskin.net/iwd26
www.beyondskin.net/iwd26
International Women's Day 2026 - Beyond Skin
International Women's Day 2026 - Beyond Skin
www.beyondskin.net
February 7, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Incredibly proud to be part of this @beyondskin.bsky.social programme for International Women's Day, 8 March 2026, supporting Afghan women, girls, and musicians and artists, whose rights and freedoms I have been advocating for since Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021.
www.beyondskin.net/iwd26
www.beyondskin.net/iwd26
In other news, the World Anti Doping Agency may investigate evidence that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises to make them bigger before being measured for their suits in a bid to improve their performance...
Times article has an incredible illustration
February 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM
In other news, the World Anti Doping Agency may investigate evidence that male ski jumpers are injecting their penises to make them bigger before being measured for their suits in a bid to improve their performance...
The @ftweekend.com is now the only newspaper I read in hard copy. By far and away the best of the British newspapers.
In the most important news today, @nigella.bsky.social is joining @ftweekend.com as a food and drink columnist! She joins @harrietfl.ft.com's shock and awe roster of @marinaoloughlin.bsky.social @jayrayner1.bsky.social, Tim Hayward and Jancis Robinson aboutus.ft.com/press_releas...
February 5, 2026 at 11:09 PM
The @ftweekend.com is now the only newspaper I read in hard copy. By far and away the best of the British newspapers.
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Every American needs to watch this:
February 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
Every American needs to watch this:
Having got up at 5 to prep lectures I just fell fast asleep on my office sofa for 40 minutes how's your day going
February 5, 2026 at 3:41 PM
Having got up at 5 to prep lectures I just fell fast asleep on my office sofa for 40 minutes how's your day going
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New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
February 4, 2026 at 6:05 AM
New fuck/marry/kill list just dropped
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Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
‘If I think about what this means, I want to cry’: what happens when a city loses its university?
When Essex University’s Southend campus opened, it was a message of hope for a ‘left behind’ UK seaside town. Its closure will be felt far beyond its 800 students, some of whom will not get their degr...
www.theguardian.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:12 AM
Excellent article but stark reminder that for all the perceptions of universities as ivory towers for elites, they are actually vital hubs in towns n cities supporting local businesses and providing key services as well as education….
And....it's done! Got the final author MS of my fourth book off to the press! an edited volume with my wonderful career-long collaborator Margaret Walker, "Hindustani Music Between Empires: Relational Histories, 1750–1900".
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
February 2, 2026 at 12:24 AM
And....it's done! Got the final author MS of my fourth book off to the press! an edited volume with my wonderful career-long collaborator Margaret Walker, "Hindustani Music Between Empires: Relational Histories, 1750–1900".
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
Coming out with Primus in New Delhi sometime in 2026 god willing! ToC:
Doing copyedits for our edited volume for tomorrow's deadline, and adding small endnotes to colleagues' papers.
Here are two. No context: you will have to imagine...
Here are two. No context: you will have to imagine...
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Doing copyedits for our edited volume for tomorrow's deadline, and adding small endnotes to colleagues' papers.
Here are two. No context: you will have to imagine...
Here are two. No context: you will have to imagine...
My favourite copy-editing companion
February 1, 2026 at 2:44 PM
My favourite copy-editing companion
Goodwin really does have the biggest chip on his shoulder. I could be a lot ruder but I do try to be polite and non-sweary on here 😉
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
You dont win 'em all! Reform's Matt Goodwin in Sunday Times: 'Most .. people criticising me are nerds.The last thing I want is to be at some dinner party table with Nick Robinson & Mary Beard. I'd rather shoot myself in the head'. Hang on, I'm not THAT bad!Nerds sometimes have a (thoughtful!) point.
February 1, 2026 at 9:59 AM
Goodwin really does have the biggest chip on his shoulder. I could be a lot ruder but I do try to be polite and non-sweary on here 😉
mhmm
Mm. You know, I’m not sure I believe Goodwin, who has always struck me as the sort of person (tiresomely familiar if you have spent any time in British academia at any level, including by undergrad), who is really, really bitter that he didn’t get the Oxbridge career he wanted, and can’t let go.
Reform politician Matthew Goodwin tells the Sunday Times that he would "rather shoot myself in the head" than be at dinner with Nick Robinson and Mary Beard, and the last thing the ex-acadenuc would ever have wanted would be to be a Professor at some Oxford college "backwater with zero influence"
February 1, 2026 at 9:51 AM
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South Asian friends are going to hate me now but I am not a fan of either gulab jamun or ras malai.
Guys, I really need to talk about something dumb and meaningless. What's a universally beloved sweet treat that you think is just mid? For me, it's meringue.
February 1, 2026 at 5:43 AM
South Asian friends are going to hate me now but I am not a fan of either gulab jamun or ras malai.
31 days of running a mile a day to raise money for cancer @royalmarsden.org – and on my last day I smashed my PR with an amazing time for me of 8:48!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in memory of my friends Allison Busch & Bruce Wannell.
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in memory of my friends Allison Busch & Bruce Wannell.
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
January 31, 2026 at 7:27 PM
31 days of running a mile a day to raise money for cancer @royalmarsden.org – and on my last day I smashed my PR with an amazing time for me of 8:48!
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in memory of my friends Allison Busch & Bruce Wannell.
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Thank you to everyone who has supported me in memory of my friends Allison Busch & Bruce Wannell.
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1) Rome 753-246BCE
2) Ancient Political Thought
3) The Struggle for Mastery in Germany
4) Graphic Satire in the 1820 Royal Divorce Controvery
5) Henry Purcell
(One of these was in fact a dissertation)
1) Rome 753-246BCE
2) Ancient Political Thought
3) The Struggle for Mastery in Germany
4) Graphic Satire in the 1820 Royal Divorce Controvery
5) Henry Purcell
(One of these was in fact a dissertation)
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1) Riemannian Geometry
2) Viscosity Solutions for Nonlinear PDEs
3) Functional Analysis
4) Algebraic Topology
5) Galois Theory
1) Riemannian Geometry
2) Viscosity Solutions for Nonlinear PDEs
3) Functional Analysis
4) Algebraic Topology
5) Galois Theory
January 30, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five (or rather: five of the) classes you took at university.
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
1. Viola performance
2. Western music history
3. Western music theory
4. probably something like Orchestra
5. I seem to recall we had to go to 50 concerts a year
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Hampstead Ponds will remain inclusive. Our analysis of the judgment.
Hampstead Heath Ponds to remain inclusive
The High Court has blocked a legal challenge from transphobic group Sex Matters, siding with thousands of swimmers who fought to keep the ponds inclusive
goodlaw.social
January 29, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Hampstead Ponds will remain inclusive. Our analysis of the judgment.
Fastest time yet, with 3 days to go!
Please help me raise funds for cancer research and treatment in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, via the link below.
Please help me raise funds for cancer research and treatment in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, via the link below.
January 28, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Fastest time yet, with 3 days to go!
Please help me raise funds for cancer research and treatment in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, via the link below.
Please help me raise funds for cancer research and treatment in memory of my friends Allison Busch and Bruce Wannell, via the link below.
Nearly at the end of my 31-day running challenge to raise funds for cancer research & care in memory of Allison & Bruce. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my efforts so far.
Today I ran my fastest time!
3 days to go if you still wish to support me:
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Today I ran my fastest time!
3 days to go if you still wish to support me:
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
I am jogging 31 miles in January for The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
I’m taking part in this challenge to support The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity - I am trying to reach my target of £400! They ensure The Royal Marsden’s world-leading nurses, doctors and research teams...
fundraise.royalmarsden.org
January 28, 2026 at 12:33 PM
Nearly at the end of my 31-day running challenge to raise funds for cancer research & care in memory of Allison & Bruce. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported my efforts so far.
Today I ran my fastest time!
3 days to go if you still wish to support me:
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
Today I ran my fastest time!
3 days to go if you still wish to support me:
fundraise.royalmarsden.org/fundraisers/...
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“This recording demonstrates that she should indeed have been considered one of Britain’s important composers during the mid 20th century.” @leahbroad.bsky.social
A New Coleridge-Taylor Discovered, Composer Worthy Of Her Father | Classical Voice North America
DIGITAL REVIEW – Pianist Samantha Ege's recording with the BBC Philharmonic dedicated to the impressive music of Avril Coleridge-Taylor (1903-1998) isn't so much a resurrection as it is the revealing ...
classicalvoiceamerica.org
January 24, 2026 at 10:31 AM
“This recording demonstrates that she should indeed have been considered one of Britain’s important composers during the mid 20th century.” @leahbroad.bsky.social
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A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
January 23, 2026 at 11:44 AM
A few days ago, I stood in the graveyard of an 1100 year old church, getting damper and damper in the drizzling rain.
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
A woman walked into the graveyard, waved, said hello, and, as we had previously arranged, handed me a paper bag full of human bones.
The life of a churchwarden is a strange one...
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I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
Have a larger story on this coming, but I’ve been embedded with this group, and this story from yesterday is part of what they’ve been doing in the city: religionnews.com/2026/01/22/h...
January 23, 2026 at 2:28 PM
I will just keep repeating. I have never never never seen anything like this. 30 years of reporting.
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Professor moment -- I got to tell a class today that we're covering *exactly* 500 years of South Asian history.
Why? Because 2026 is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Mughal Empire, which is where I begin my modern South Asia course. 😎
Why? Because 2026 is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Mughal Empire, which is where I begin my modern South Asia course. 😎
January 22, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Professor moment -- I got to tell a class today that we're covering *exactly* 500 years of South Asian history.
Why? Because 2026 is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Mughal Empire, which is where I begin my modern South Asia course. 😎
Why? Because 2026 is the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Mughal Empire, which is where I begin my modern South Asia course. 😎
Well this person is extraordinarily naive. To say the absolute minimum.
January 22, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Well this person is extraordinarily naive. To say the absolute minimum.
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Trump:
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
January 21, 2026 at 3:10 PM
Trump:
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.
"NATO has treated the United States very badly. We've never asked for anything. We've never got anything."
Tell that to the families of 850 soldiers from 19 non-US NATO countries who died fighting to defend the United States in Afghanistan - the only occasion Article 5 was ever triggered.