Katy Soar
@kjsoar.bsky.social
PhD. Senior lecturer in Archaeology. Writer for Hellebore. Co-editor of 'Strange Relics' with Dr. Amara Thornton (Handheld Press). Editor 'Circles of Stone' and 'Return of the Ancients' (British Library Tales of the Weird). She/her.
I have a dog.
I have a dog.
Is it wise to include instructions from the Demotic Magical Papyri on how to practice necromancy in a lecture to first years? Asking for... me 💀😄
February 4, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Is it wise to include instructions from the Demotic Magical Papyri on how to practice necromancy in a lecture to first years? Asking for... me 💀😄
Just have to find wood, iron, water, fire and stone and we can keep the dark from rising
Archaeologists investigating a medieval church near Berlin found a bronze wheel cross from the early era of Christianization in Germany. It perfectly fits a mold that was discovered more than 40 years ago!
archaeology.org/news/2026/01/29/medieval-wheel-cross-recovered-in-germany/
archaeology.org/news/2026/01/29/medieval-wheel-cross-recovered-in-germany/
January 31, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Just have to find wood, iron, water, fire and stone and we can keep the dark from rising
Both the title, and entire content, of my hypothetical TED talk
I made this for @kjsoar.bsky.social back on the old site
January 30, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Both the title, and entire content, of my hypothetical TED talk
Well, that optimism lasted less than a day
January 3, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Well, that optimism lasted less than a day
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting...
December 30, 2025 at 8:44 PM
And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting...
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A final set of bookmarks from a few years ago, featuring the Ghost Bear of Hookland, the blue Owl of Hookland (also called the 'Holland Owl' by Hookland archeologist @kjsoar.bsky.social) a swan skull surrounded by fossilized sea urchins and a Hookland Crow
#BookmarkoftheDay 🖤🐾🤍
#BookmarkoftheDay 🖤🐾🤍
December 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A final set of bookmarks from a few years ago, featuring the Ghost Bear of Hookland, the blue Owl of Hookland (also called the 'Holland Owl' by Hookland archeologist @kjsoar.bsky.social) a swan skull surrounded by fossilized sea urchins and a Hookland Crow
#BookmarkoftheDay 🖤🐾🤍
#BookmarkoftheDay 🖤🐾🤍
Our ways are the old ways.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas everyone.
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Our ways are the old ways.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Merry Christmas everyone.
Happy Solstice everyone
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Happy Solstice everyone
The Walker is abroad. And this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
December 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The Walker is abroad. And this night will be bad, and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.
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Which fictional character would you spend Christmas with? Tag 3 friends.
I will change my opinion a million times after posting this, but I'm going with this guy. He could entertain me with Punch and Judy, teach me alchemy, and take me back and forth through time. Plus he has a little dog.
I will change my opinion a million times after posting this, but I'm going with this guy. He could entertain me with Punch and Judy, teach me alchemy, and take me back and forth through time. Plus he has a little dog.
December 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Which fictional character would you spend Christmas with? Tag 3 friends.
I will change my opinion a million times after posting this, but I'm going with this guy. He could entertain me with Punch and Judy, teach me alchemy, and take me back and forth through time. Plus he has a little dog.
I will change my opinion a million times after posting this, but I'm going with this guy. He could entertain me with Punch and Judy, teach me alchemy, and take me back and forth through time. Plus he has a little dog.
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Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.
'Only one more week of term to go' I whimper as I crumble to dust
December 11, 2025 at 7:00 PM
'Only one more week of term to go' I whimper as I crumble to dust
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Hello, I’m Keir Starmer and I’m a former human rights lawyer, so you can trust me when I tell you human rights are bad and need to be eradicated
December 10, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Hello, I’m Keir Starmer and I’m a former human rights lawyer, so you can trust me when I tell you human rights are bad and need to be eradicated
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My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
December 7, 2025 at 8:31 AM
My dad abhors any negative comments about immigrants. Asked him recently why he’s so strong on it: ‘Because we’re always happy to take the rich and clever ones. Which means it’s not about disliking immigrants. It’s about disliking the poor and vulnerable. And that’s a bad human instinct.’
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Deeply appreciate this endorsement of ‘Stories of the Stones’ from @kjsoar.bsky.social!
December 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Deeply appreciate this endorsement of ‘Stories of the Stones’ from @kjsoar.bsky.social!
Introducing monster studies in a lecture tomorrow, and have decided to illustrate #7 (The Monster is Really a Kind of Desire) with sparkly vampires rather than Isabelle Adjani in Possession. Never say I don't think of the kids.
December 2, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Introducing monster studies in a lecture tomorrow, and have decided to illustrate #7 (The Monster is Really a Kind of Desire) with sparkly vampires rather than Isabelle Adjani in Possession. Never say I don't think of the kids.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Rocking around the Christmas tree with Nuada and the Dorset Ooser
November 30, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Rocking around the Christmas tree with Nuada and the Dorset Ooser
Happy weekend everyone
November 21, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Happy weekend everyone
I want to write something on Mr Benn. No idea what. I just want to write about him.
November 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I want to write something on Mr Benn. No idea what. I just want to write about him.
Well, I know what I'll be wearing next time I visit 😁🖤
@helleborezine.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
@helleborezine.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Well, I know what I'll be wearing next time I visit 😁🖤
@helleborezine.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
@helleborezine.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...