Dr Penny Goodman
@pjgoodman.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in Roman history. Appreciator of the Gothic. Lib Dem. She / her.
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Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.
In addition to the fact that it's very much the power imbalance and legal responsibility to protect them that makes them children, it's also disturbing that so many people are willingly like "listen, 15 year olds are hot, and that's a fact." They are children. They look like children.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Not for nothing, this is one reason why we say "pregnant patient" instead of "woman." It's not just for non-binary inclusion.
A little milestone moment today: I have signed the contract with Cambridge University Press for my book, 'Augustus Around the World: The Bimillennial Commemorations of 1938'. 🥳
November 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
A little milestone moment today: I have signed the contract with Cambridge University Press for my book, 'Augustus Around the World: The Bimillennial Commemorations of 1938'. 🥳
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Save languages at the University of Nottingham c.org/fWNV5PrpGZ
November 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Save languages at the University of Nottingham c.org/fWNV5PrpGZ
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Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
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November 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
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November 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
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As social media, like all disruptor tech, enshittifies a couple of decades in, there’s this weird feeling I’ve only just noticed: where is everybody.
Your friends aren’t in a place where your friends used to be. They’ve left, or been swamped by paid content. A meaningless hollow sadness.
Your friends aren’t in a place where your friends used to be. They’ve left, or been swamped by paid content. A meaningless hollow sadness.
October 27, 2025 at 6:35 AM
As social media, like all disruptor tech, enshittifies a couple of decades in, there’s this weird feeling I’ve only just noticed: where is everybody.
Your friends aren’t in a place where your friends used to be. They’ve left, or been swamped by paid content. A meaningless hollow sadness.
Your friends aren’t in a place where your friends used to be. They’ve left, or been swamped by paid content. A meaningless hollow sadness.
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What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…
romancingthegothic.com
October 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
What's that I see before me? A new Romancing the Gothic conference! Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Radcliffe's last publications with a conference on the work of women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...
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For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
Historians dismayed by ‘scandal’ of BBC cutting access to...
Critics say new limit to trove of information sounds knell for independent research
observer.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:09 AM
For reasons, it would be v. helpful to have information from a broad range of academic and non-academic (incl. GLAM) users of the BBC Written Archives OTHER THAN historians, briefly on: 1) What you've used it for and 2) How the proposed changes would impact on your research.
Reposts welcomed.
Reposts welcomed.
Classics friends may enjoy this. Some of the Latin pronunciation is a bit weird, but the essence is spot on! 😆
October 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Classics friends may enjoy this. Some of the Latin pronunciation is a bit weird, but the essence is spot on! 😆
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New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy
www.theguardian.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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That every TV spot and discussion I have seen about the NHS has been about 'winning the next election' not 'so what, exactly, are we spending this money on and is that a good idea?' again shapes which MPs get rewarded and also forces smart MPs to sound stupid when they speak in public.
October 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
That every TV spot and discussion I have seen about the NHS has been about 'winning the next election' not 'so what, exactly, are we spending this money on and is that a good idea?' again shapes which MPs get rewarded and also forces smart MPs to sound stupid when they speak in public.
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All are welcome to our first research seminar of the academic year with Dr Simon Glenn on ‘The Bactrian Mirage: coins and history in Hellenistic Central Asia’ on 16 October, 17:15-18:30 UK time. More details in the thread below. Please note the change of on campus venue to Michael Sadler 1.01
Our research seminars resume soon with a talk from Dr Simon Glenn (British Museum/ Leeds) on ‘The Bactrian Mirage: coins and history in Hellenistic Central Asia’ on Thursday 16 October, 17:15-18:30 UK time (venue and online joining instructions below).
All very welcome to attend!
All very welcome to attend!
September 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
All are welcome to our first research seminar of the academic year with Dr Simon Glenn on ‘The Bactrian Mirage: coins and history in Hellenistic Central Asia’ on 16 October, 17:15-18:30 UK time. More details in the thread below. Please note the change of on campus venue to Michael Sadler 1.01
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THE QUATERMASS EVENT takes over QUAD in Derby on Saturday 6 December 2025 from 12pm. All three Hammer films plus full supporting programme and guests. Booking and details available at derbyquad.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:17 PM
THE QUATERMASS EVENT takes over QUAD in Derby on Saturday 6 December 2025 from 12pm. All three Hammer films plus full supporting programme and guests. Booking and details available at derbyquad.co.uk
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When the last Labour government got in, if you married a UK citizen you could get British citizenship after one year for less than £100, and claim benefits straight away.
By 2010, it was a minimum five-year process that cost seven grand, you had to do a test, and couldn't claim benefits in that time
By 2010, it was a minimum five-year process that cost seven grand, you had to do a test, and couldn't claim benefits in that time
“The belief that uncontrolled legal migration was nothing but good news for an economy should never have been accepted on the Left,” writes Starmer “fighting” populism. What does even mean “uncontrolled” in the case of legal migration? www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/f9444c6...
The Left ignored immigration fears for too long. It’s time to give communities back control
Only a plan for patriotic national renewal led by Labour will counter the rise of the populist Right
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
When the last Labour government got in, if you married a UK citizen you could get British citizenship after one year for less than £100, and claim benefits straight away.
By 2010, it was a minimum five-year process that cost seven grand, you had to do a test, and couldn't claim benefits in that time
By 2010, it was a minimum five-year process that cost seven grand, you had to do a test, and couldn't claim benefits in that time
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This train terminates here (and so might you): Horror on the Underground
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
This train terminates here (and so might you): Horror on the Underground
Next month, brave souls are invited to descend beneath Russell Square for a talk that proves the London Underground isn’t just a transport network -- it’s a vast subterranean horror franchise waiting ...
www.ianvisits.co.uk
September 25, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This train terminates here (and so might you): Horror on the Underground
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/thi...
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Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Mrs R: "There was a woman on the ward today who didn't want to take paracetamol. We've had to explain that we're not giving it to her because she's got a fever and we want her to feel better, but because she's got a fever and if we don't get her temperature down then her baby is going to die."
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'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
September 23, 2025 at 11:01 AM
'Counting the Stakes: A Reassessment of Vlad III Dracula': new in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' bit.ly/46iJfIU
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
In this new article, Dénes Harai reconsiders the victims of 'Vlad the Impaler' (c.1431-76), the historical inspiration for Bram Stoker’s novel, Dracula #Skystorians 1/2
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Just your basic reminder that a slogan that mobilises your base does not necessarily do anything good for anyone else.
More from the Suffolk University poll: www.suffolk.edu/-/media/suff...
Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%
Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%
Do you support or oppose "defund the police"?
Support - 21%
Oppose - 74%
Would you support or oppose cutting some of the police budget and using the money for social services?
Support - 54%
Oppose - 41%
September 23, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Just your basic reminder that a slogan that mobilises your base does not necessarily do anything good for anyone else.
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I think we're actually all sleeping on the fact that the Lib Dems 'only' polling at their GE level is a very good result for them, they usually collapse in midterm because they don't get much attention.
The Lib Dems won 13% of the vote share in GB* at GE2024, but still only have 14% despite the collapse of the Lab and Tory vote shares - so what is holding Britons back from voting Lib Dem?
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
September 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
I think we're actually all sleeping on the fact that the Lib Dems 'only' polling at their GE level is a very good result for them, they usually collapse in midterm because they don't get much attention.
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Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
September 23, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Picked up some Lib Dem stats at conference. Some of these surprised me (especially given media coverage):
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
1. The Liberal Democrats now control more councils than the Conservative Party
2. In May's local elections in England, the LDs elected more councillors than either Labour or the Tories.
(1/x)
Do the BBC know they don't have to make every stupid thing Donald Trump says their leading headline for the day? 🙄
September 23, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Do the BBC know they don't have to make every stupid thing Donald Trump says their leading headline for the day? 🙄