Dr Natalie Lankester-Carthy
@nataliecarthy.bsky.social
Theatre enthusiast. Horror completist. Gothic Lit fan. Comedy devotee. Politics observer. HigherEd projects. Manchester. She/her.
PhD: 16C drama, Revenge Tragedy, Reformation, Shakespeare, curses, trauma, temporality - Uni of Edinburgh.
PhD: 16C drama, Revenge Tragedy, Reformation, Shakespeare, curses, trauma, temporality - Uni of Edinburgh.
First prize at the Tintagel toy museum: a crawling, cloven-hooved demon baby 🥇
June 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
First prize at the Tintagel toy museum: a crawling, cloven-hooved demon baby 🥇
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I don’t think anyone’s getting custody of JD Vance. He’s going to end up in one of those sad “adopt me” boxes in Pets at Home
June 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I don’t think anyone’s getting custody of JD Vance. He’s going to end up in one of those sad “adopt me” boxes in Pets at Home
#BlackMirror Common People 👏What an incredible opener. Chilling and bleak as all hell (my favourite flavour).
April 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
#BlackMirror Common People 👏What an incredible opener. Chilling and bleak as all hell (my favourite flavour).
Yes! No spoilers but #Severance finale was perfect 🗂️
March 21, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Yes! No spoilers but #Severance finale was perfect 🗂️
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One of the less important questions raised by the astonishingly good #Adolescence - do all the little coloured hearts really have different meanings??
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
One of the less important questions raised by the astonishingly good #Adolescence - do all the little coloured hearts really have different meanings??
This was fantastic! Really fresh and compelling. Go see it if you can!
February 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This was fantastic! Really fresh and compelling. Go see it if you can!
February 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Highlights: haunted dolls and backwards nursery rhymes
Low point: the Seer 🫤
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
Low point: the Seer 🫤
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
January 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Highlights: haunted dolls and backwards nursery rhymes
Low point: the Seer 🫤
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
Low point: the Seer 🫤
#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK
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Frankie voting her voice least relevant and then not being listened to was possibly the funniest thing to happen this season #traitors #thetraitors #traitorsUK
January 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Frankie voting her voice least relevant and then not being listened to was possibly the funniest thing to happen this season #traitors #thetraitors #traitorsUK
Love how every player banished since day one has given it “I love everyone here, you’re like my family”, but Dan went with the much more accurate “remember we’ve only known each other two weeks” #thetraitors
January 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Love how every player banished since day one has given it “I love everyone here, you’re like my family”, but Dan went with the much more accurate “remember we’ve only known each other two weeks” #thetraitors
Enjoyed the number of times Brian Cox simply said “no” in #CunkOnLife
January 1, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Enjoyed the number of times Brian Cox simply said “no” in #CunkOnLife
Holy shit. This being billed as Comedy/Drama is a bold decision.
December 29, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Holy shit. This being billed as Comedy/Drama is a bold decision.
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completely not over Feathers McGraw's other disguises
December 29, 2024 at 7:55 PM
completely not over Feathers McGraw's other disguises
One of my favourite background jokes from the truly excellent new Wallace and Gromit #vengeancemostfowl 🌹🏆
December 27, 2024 at 7:39 PM
One of my favourite background jokes from the truly excellent new Wallace and Gromit #vengeancemostfowl 🌹🏆
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You can't go wrong with an Edith Nesbit story. So for day 23 of #ghostsoftheseason, we have “The Shadow” (originally published as “The Portent of the Shadow” in 1905), which starts with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas.
December 23, 2024 at 3:33 PM
You can't go wrong with an Edith Nesbit story. So for day 23 of #ghostsoftheseason, we have “The Shadow” (originally published as “The Portent of the Shadow” in 1905), which starts with the tradition of telling ghost stories at Christmas.
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Unluckily for you, I've written about the folklore of Friday the 13th in @thespectator1828.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
The surprisingly recent invention of Friday the 13th
For anyone who is even a little superstitious (and superstition sometimes feels more like an unavoidable burden than a conscious choice) the arrival of yet another Friday the 13th sends a little chill...
www.spectator.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 8:18 AM
Unluckily for you, I've written about the folklore of Friday the 13th in @thespectator1828.bsky.social www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
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Guy on the tram repeatedly clearing his throat by suddenly screaming. God bless noise cancelling headphones.
November 28, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Guy on the tram repeatedly clearing his throat by suddenly screaming. God bless noise cancelling headphones.
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Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
November 24, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.
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This Thursday online 7-8 pm GMT
Working-class Writing: Why your voice needs to be heard - Women's Prize
Join 2025 Women’s Prize for Fiction chair of judges and writer Kit de Waal and 2025 Discoveries judge and novelist Dreda Say Mitchell for this online event exploring the challenges […]
womensprize.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:11 AM
This Thursday online 7-8 pm GMT
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Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today’s special: the radish (pen and ink and watercolour on pencil, V&A)
November 23, 2024 at 10:45 AM
Another day, another design for a ballet costume for a vegetable. Today’s special: the radish (pen and ink and watercolour on pencil, V&A)
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Disquieting is the word. Loving #TheListeners on BBC. Top drawer creeping dread and really beautifully shot.
November 22, 2024 at 8:51 AM
Disquieting is the word. Loving #TheListeners on BBC. Top drawer creeping dread and really beautifully shot.