Lieven Vandelanotte
@lieven.bsky.social
English lang & ling academic @UNamur & @KU Leuven. THE LANGUAGE OF MEMES out now https://www.cambridge.org/languageofmemes. He/him. https://www.unamur.be/en/profil/lvdlanot
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Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
I keep thinking it's Harry Enfield
Could the idea of making Rupert Lowe the King instead be "mainstreamed", ask the online racist right!
December 26, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I keep thinking it's Harry Enfield
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This would send @chittimarco.bsky.social into a coma
December 26, 2025 at 12:58 AM
This would send @chittimarco.bsky.social into a coma
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i wrote a 100 word short story about saints for my friend's substack which publishes only 100 word short stories veryshort.substack.com/p/return
December 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
i wrote a 100 word short story about saints for my friend's substack which publishes only 100 word short stories veryshort.substack.com/p/return
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How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).
Season's greetings to you all!
Season's greetings to you all!
December 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
How delicately a Romanesque angel uses the lightest touch of a finger to wake one of the magi, snuggled with the other 2 under their embroidered circular blanket at St Lazare, Autun, c1130 (& how beautifully the textures of pillow & blanket are represented).
Season's greetings to you all!
Season's greetings to you all!
Driving (ish) home for Christmas 🎶
December 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Driving (ish) home for Christmas 🎶
Just in case anyone needs eight and a half hours of my Christmas music choices
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nw...
Spotify – Web Player
open.spotify.com
December 25, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Just in case anyone needs eight and a half hours of my Christmas music choices
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nw...
open.spotify.com/playlist/2nw...
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Merry Christmas to everyone but especially every dad and granddad in Britain who is unwrapping four copies each of Jonn Elledge’s borders book.
December 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone but especially every dad and granddad in Britain who is unwrapping four copies each of Jonn Elledge’s borders book.
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Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
December 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Carol of the Bells in #
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
Kyiv subway.
Voices of the Embassies of Germany, France, and the United Kingdom came together to perform Shchedryk in the Kyiv metro as a sign of solidarity with Ukraine.
Thankful to everyone who stands with us!
How had I never seen this before? Il est né le divin enfant, with the most detached/annoyed/nonplussed facial expressions known to man.
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs3s?...
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs3s?...
"Siouxsie And The Banshees" I'l Est Né, Le Divin..
YouTube video by Siouxsie And The Banshees, And Other Jewels.
youtu.be
December 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
How had I never seen this before? Il est né le divin enfant, with the most detached/annoyed/nonplussed facial expressions known to man.
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs3s?...
youtu.be/J_2QaNWQs3s?...
't was the night before Christmas... 🎄
shout out to the station staff at Stratford who are checking on a drunk young woman then very patiently and politely waiting for her to stop throwing up so they can clean up.
December 25, 2025 at 6:35 AM
't was the night before Christmas... 🎄
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Melvyn Bragg bids his farewell.
December 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Melvyn Bragg bids his farewell.
Decided 2025 was a good year to watch Broadchurch for the first time ever. Admiring the Blackberries
December 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Decided 2025 was a good year to watch Broadchurch for the first time ever. Admiring the Blackberries
Big urbi et orbi energy, what?
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Big urbi et orbi energy, what?
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party...
December 24, 2025 at 10:20 AM
How I'm turning up to the Bluesky Christmas party...
I love it when a plan comes together 💪
Venice 07:18, Milan 10:10, Basel 15:16, Cologne 19:43, Liège 21:02, Leuven 21:32. Showing the four trains that followed the quote-tweeted first train of the day :)
Venice 07:18, Milan 10:10, Basel 15:16, Cologne 19:43, Liège 21:02, Leuven 21:32. Showing the four trains that followed the quote-tweeted first train of the day :)
December 23, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I love it when a plan comes together 💪
Venice 07:18, Milan 10:10, Basel 15:16, Cologne 19:43, Liège 21:02, Leuven 21:32. Showing the four trains that followed the quote-tweeted first train of the day :)
Venice 07:18, Milan 10:10, Basel 15:16, Cologne 19:43, Liège 21:02, Leuven 21:32. Showing the four trains that followed the quote-tweeted first train of the day :)
The haunting/poetic whistling of Liège train station escalators
December 23, 2025 at 7:55 PM
The haunting/poetic whistling of Liège train station escalators
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If you’re looking for a last-minute Christmas present, my book Borderlines is a good bet. It’s a blend of history and travel writing: ‘charming and thought-provoking’ - from Fermanagh to Chernivtsi www.waterstones.com/book/borderl...
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December 23, 2025 at 7:24 PM
If you’re looking for a last-minute Christmas present, my book Borderlines is a good bet. It’s a blend of history and travel writing: ‘charming and thought-provoking’ - from Fermanagh to Chernivtsi www.waterstones.com/book/borderl...
Challenge: Venice to Leuven in a day 🤞🙏
December 23, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Challenge: Venice to Leuven in a day 🤞🙏
May have lolled at this
December 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
May have lolled at this
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I'd like to call this picture (at Peggy Guggenheimer Collection yesterday) 'De figuranten' (Extras)
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'd like to call this picture (at Peggy Guggenheimer Collection yesterday) 'De figuranten' (Extras)
Ruhe bitte (mustn't upset the horses)
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Ruhe bitte (mustn't upset the horses)
I'd like to call this picture (at Peggy Guggenheimer Collection yesterday) 'De figuranten' (Extras)
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I'd like to call this picture (at Peggy Guggenheimer Collection yesterday) 'De figuranten' (Extras)
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Miramare Castle, built for Archduke Maximilian and his Belgian bride Charlotte (from here they left for their dramatic Mexican empire adventure which saw Maximilian executed three years in), in a ridiculously gorgeous spot
December 21, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Miramare Castle, built for Archduke Maximilian and his Belgian bride Charlotte (from here they left for their dramatic Mexican empire adventure which saw Maximilian executed three years in), in a ridiculously gorgeous spot