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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton)
@lisacolton.bsky.social
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Musicologist, parent, fair-weather gardener
Head of Music Department at University of Liverpool

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 3d
This might be of interest to a few people

The Boring Fund: Small (£200) grants to UK non-profits, charities and voluntary groups who just need a bit of help to pay for boring running costs like web hosting, admin, insurance etc

Apply by 30 November

www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk/boring-fund
Boring Fund | Christina Poulton
Applications now open! £200 grants available for small charities, CICs and voluntary groups towards some of those boring but hard-to-fund costs.
www.christinapoultoncreative.co.uk

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 3d
Sequel to “Fog on the Tyne”?

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MedRen2025 @medren2025.bsky.social · 3d
This is awful news to come out of Nottingham. MedRen-ers will be aware that Nottingham has hosted three MedRens in 2012, 1985, and the first ever MedRen in 1972.

Do consider signing the petition in the next post.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk

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Pauline Stafford @pstafford.bsky.social · 4d
Reposting because of the interest of the book and article, but also because the thread gets to some of the fine grain of the impact of redundancies. In every way they threaten so much.
helengittos.bsky.social Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 4d
... and a chapter just out in Johanna Dale's new @britishacademy.bsky.social book on St Oswald.
'particular institutions or social groups [n]ever possessed a single, static understanding of who medieval saints were.'
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 4d
c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
c.org

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Prof Katherine Schofield 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇪🇺 @katherineschof8.bsky.social · 4d
Horrific, stupid news from @uniofnottingham.bsky.social — they are closing their music department. Apparently they all found out suddently in a meeting yesterday.

It is one of the best music departments in the country — solidarity with my colleagues and their students

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk

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Joanne Cormac @jcormac.bsky.social · 4d
Heartbroken to share the news that recruitment to Undergraduate Music courses at the University of Nottingham has been suspended.
Please do contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to support us.

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Dan Elphick @danelphick.bsky.social · 4d
Well this is awful news: tinyurl.com/yr65mjkx
'All modern language and music courses are being suspended for new students at the University of Nottingham.'

Nottingham friends: please be assured that we will join you in protesting against this decision in the strongest possible terms. Solidarity.
Music and modern languages courses suspended at University of Nottingham
In a statement the institution also says it is
www.bbc.co.uk

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 8d
Field trip with 20 students to Chester Cathedral today.

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 8d
Most AF wines poor but Nosecco and similar sparkling ones are very decent. I do find the beer translates more successfully to AF, with Lucky Saint my favourite.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 12d
These terrifying bats are looking forward to #Halloween 🦇🦇🦇😱
Bodl. Library MS. Ashmole 304; 13th century; England, St. Albans; f.47v @bodleian.ox.ac.uk

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 13d
Still plenty of things to find in the archives www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Some of the earliest written notes in western musical history discovered in Pennsylvania
Ninth-century manuscript for Easter services remained ‘out of sight’ for years in hands of private collector
www.theguardian.com

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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 16d
🤣

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Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 17d
Brilliant. No sleep tonight!

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Alison Spring @acspring.bsky.social · 18d
#31DaysofGraves #Day24 #UnusualAnimal Found in the 18thC in the grounds of nearby Dyke parish church, "Rodney's Stone" features a carving of the Pictish Beast, an unidentified animal found on numerous stones around Scotland, variously thought to be a dolphin or an elephant. More at: buff.ly/B6OfAKF
A large upright stone slab is supported by two metal rods. On its face are carved Pictish symbols. Two are snake-like creatures with heads resembling dragons. Below them is the Pictish Beast, shaped like an elephant but with a very long nose rather than a trunk. Below it is the double-disc symbol, a bit like two hand mirrors tied together by their handles. It now stands in the grounds of Brodie Castle in Morayshire.

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laurajcleaver.bsky.social @laurajcleaver.bsky.social · 18d
The @ies-sas.bsky.social online Winter School in Jan. 2026 includes courses by Michelle Brown (the Medieval Book); Anna Somfai (Medieval Scientific and Philosophical mss); and dream team @manuelmunoz.bsky.social @rozierhistorian.bsky.social and me (History Books). Book👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
ies.sas.ac.uk

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 21d
Heavens. Be kind to yourself even when the social media world isn’t (which is much of the time).

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 22d
It’s that time of year when kids who were terrified of Harry Potter films about five days ago have somehow been watching Scream. Maybe it was longer ago and I’m much older than I thought. #Halloween

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 23d
Fellow historians may enjoy this super corrective from Allan Barton at The Antiquary.
youtu.be/sVKavKfppQc?...
Has Prince Andrew Lost his Titles?
YouTube video by Allan Barton - The Antiquary
youtu.be

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uniofexeterhass.bsky.social
Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social · 23d
📜 A national project led by University of Exeter is reviving Henry VIII’s Valor Ecclesiasticus — a Tudor-era survey of England’s churches, land & people. Digitised & mapped for the first time, it’s a fresh look at 16th-century life. https://ow.ly/jeN050Xarsh

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 25d
Went to the archives today with two classes and we saw and sang from medieval manuscripts, explored an early modern print of Byrd songs, and an 1840s edition of Purcell’s Bonduca (ie story of Boudica). Recording recommendations for Bonduca welcome, including any “with piano forte accompaniment“!!

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · 26d
The sparrows are VERY LOUD TODAY. I love them, but it’s like they don’t care about my inbox at all.

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imc-leeds.bsky.social
International Medieval Congress Leeds @imc-leeds.bsky.social · 29d
There is only 3 days left before the #IMC2026 Bursary application portal closes! 😱 The deadline is Wednesday, 15 October 2025 at 23:59:59 BST (GMT +1).

Click here to read about how to apply for an IMC Bursary: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/about/bursary/

#MedievalSky #SkyStorians
A Delegate wearing an IMC lanyard sat at a computer typing in a computer cluster

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Omar Khan @omaromalleykhan.bsky.social · Oct 7
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter

Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · Oct 4
Closing date 19 October, still time to apply!

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · Oct 3
All I want for today is to match this fox's joyous energy.

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Faculty of Music, Oxford University @oxmusicfaculty.bsky.social · Oct 3
The Faculty of Music seeks to appoint a Betts Fellow in Organ Studies, who is responsible for creating an enhanced profile for organ activities and study at Oxford, and for fostering a community amongst organ scholars across the collegiate University.
my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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my.corehr.com

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livunihss.bsky.social
Humanities & Social Sciences, UoL @livunihss.bsky.social · Oct 3
🎧 Looking for a lunchtime listen? Our latest 'researcher in focus' podcast features Grace Goodwin from our Music Dept sharing her work tackling gender and regional inequalities in the music business. Smash the system here 🤘 creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...
Grace Goodwin

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · Oct 1
I have some ideas….

lisacolton.bsky.social
Professor Lisa Johnson (known as Lisa Colton) @lisacolton.bsky.social · Oct 1
And it was never policy in the first place. It’s become a myth now even believed by Labour, who are busying themselves to distance from the idea they once said it.