Stephe Harrop
@stepheharrop.bsky.social
Associate professor, storyteller, author, Greek chorus wrangler. Also: tea, islands, debatable lands, long walks on cold beaches. "Impressively undaunted." https://www.stepheharrop.co.uk/
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Stephe Harrop
@stepheharrop.bsky.social
· Dec 26
Some really nice news for the year's end: I just spotted that Contemporary Storytelling Performance is now available in paperback!
And, right now, with an extra 20% off ...
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#storytelling #research #femaleartists #contemporaryperformance #spokenword
And, right now, with an extra 20% off ...
shorturl.at/9ieLF
#storytelling #research #femaleartists #contemporaryperformance #spokenword
Lovely to be out and about today, working as a trustee of Adverse Camber to help develop sustainable storytelling pathways and communities in England, and beyond.
www.adversecamber.org
Also, friends - in case you were worrying - I did not spit.
www.adversecamber.org
Also, friends - in case you were worrying - I did not spit.
November 10, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Lovely to be out and about today, working as a trustee of Adverse Camber to help develop sustainable storytelling pathways and communities in England, and beyond.
www.adversecamber.org
Also, friends - in case you were worrying - I did not spit.
www.adversecamber.org
Also, friends - in case you were worrying - I did not spit.
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November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan
November 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
November’s early darkness enfolds us. The smell of applewood fires and rot is a constant companion at twilight. We hurry between home and evensong, home and pub. Ghosts crowd the lanes, our folklore becomes filled with tales of cold teeth. Winter begins to growl. - #CLNolan
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If I'm reading something, it's either because it's interesting, in which case summarising it would defeat the point, or because it's important, in which case I need to know what it actually says, not what a lying machine pretends it might say.
November 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM
If I'm reading something, it's either because it's interesting, in which case summarising it would defeat the point, or because it's important, in which case I need to know what it actually says, not what a lying machine pretends it might say.
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The trenches have vanished long under the plough
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
June Tabor - No Mans Land
YouTube video by paddy brennan
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November 9, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The trenches have vanished long under the plough
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
There's no gas, no barbed wire, no guns firing now
But here in this graveyard it's still no man's land
And countless white crosses in mute witness stand
To man's blind indifference to his fellow man
And a whole generation who were butchered + damned
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Trees were like jewels with the sun streaming through the full palette 🎨 yesterday
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Trees were like jewels with the sun streaming through the full palette 🎨 yesterday
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When everything tide-touched becomes property of the King-Under-the-Sea, high tide is a crucial matter. Even more so when it comes to the county's causeway islands. No-one wants to get trapped on Os or Far Gore. No-one wants to spend even an extra hour on Strood. – #MattAdams
November 7, 2025 at 12:08 PM
When everything tide-touched becomes property of the King-Under-the-Sea, high tide is a crucial matter. Even more so when it comes to the county's causeway islands. No-one wants to get trapped on Os or Far Gore. No-one wants to spend even an extra hour on Strood. – #MattAdams
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In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
November 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM
In Icelandic we have 'Ókind' for monster. But the translation is un-sheep. So everything not a sheep is dangerous.
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Walking in a waking dream
I watched nineteen deer
pour from ridge to glen-floor,
then each in turn leap,
leap the new-raised
peat-dark burn…
—Kathleen Jamie, “The Hinds”
from THE BONNIEST COMPANIE (Picador, 2015)
#poem #poetry
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kath...
I watched nineteen deer
pour from ridge to glen-floor,
then each in turn leap,
leap the new-raised
peat-dark burn…
—Kathleen Jamie, “The Hinds”
from THE BONNIEST COMPANIE (Picador, 2015)
#poem #poetry
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kath...
November 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Walking in a waking dream
I watched nineteen deer
pour from ridge to glen-floor,
then each in turn leap,
leap the new-raised
peat-dark burn…
—Kathleen Jamie, “The Hinds”
from THE BONNIEST COMPANIE (Picador, 2015)
#poem #poetry
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kath...
I watched nineteen deer
pour from ridge to glen-floor,
then each in turn leap,
leap the new-raised
peat-dark burn…
—Kathleen Jamie, “The Hinds”
from THE BONNIEST COMPANIE (Picador, 2015)
#poem #poetry
www.panmacmillan.com/authors/kath...
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Don't forget to show your support for antifa drag queens this remembrance sunday
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Don't forget to show your support for antifa drag queens this remembrance sunday
As @beinghumanfest.bsky.social gets underway, I'm deep in storytelling thoughts about lovers and traders; displacement and transformation; grit, pearls, and stories.
Just a few tickets left for my upcoming performance/workshop at Unity Theatre, Liverpool: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/cress...
Just a few tickets left for my upcoming performance/workshop at Unity Theatre, Liverpool: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/cress...
November 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
As @beinghumanfest.bsky.social gets underway, I'm deep in storytelling thoughts about lovers and traders; displacement and transformation; grit, pearls, and stories.
Just a few tickets left for my upcoming performance/workshop at Unity Theatre, Liverpool: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/cress...
Just a few tickets left for my upcoming performance/workshop at Unity Theatre, Liverpool: www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/cress...
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"Taking the fear out", an old Cypriot ritual:
* A pan face-down over a fire.
* Think of what you fear, the ritualist's hand on your head.
* Two caged birds close by.
* Water poured onto the pan so it hisses.
* Leap over that and the fire.
* The birds will absorb your fear.
#WyrdWednesday
* A pan face-down over a fire.
* Think of what you fear, the ritualist's hand on your head.
* Two caged birds close by.
* Water poured onto the pan so it hisses.
* Leap over that and the fire.
* The birds will absorb your fear.
#WyrdWednesday
November 5, 2025 at 2:00 PM
"Taking the fear out", an old Cypriot ritual:
* A pan face-down over a fire.
* Think of what you fear, the ritualist's hand on your head.
* Two caged birds close by.
* Water poured onto the pan so it hisses.
* Leap over that and the fire.
* The birds will absorb your fear.
#WyrdWednesday
* A pan face-down over a fire.
* Think of what you fear, the ritualist's hand on your head.
* Two caged birds close by.
* Water poured onto the pan so it hisses.
* Leap over that and the fire.
* The birds will absorb your fear.
#WyrdWednesday
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The unicorn listened intently. Somewhere in the forest, someone innocent was singing.
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
The unicorn listened intently. Somewhere in the forest, someone innocent was singing.
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
The unicorn followed the sound, found the singer, and laid down with their head in the singer's lap.
"bottles of-"
The young orc fell silent, smiled shyly, then resumed singing.
"Beer on the wall..."
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I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
November is for reading
or: a month of sheer luxurious intellectual pleasure
naomialderman.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I am trying something in November. National novel-reading month, basically. It is the PERFECT month for reading (at least in the Western hemisphere).
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
naomialderman.substack.com/p/november-i...
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"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Massive thanks to everyone who took part in today's first ever Dusking gathering for storytellers.
It was such a joy to hear you raising your voices, sharing a weird, wise old tale, as the shadows deepened around us - and as the Liverpool sky put on a wondrous show!
It was such a joy to hear you raising your voices, sharing a weird, wise old tale, as the shadows deepened around us - and as the Liverpool sky put on a wondrous show!
November 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Massive thanks to everyone who took part in today's first ever Dusking gathering for storytellers.
It was such a joy to hear you raising your voices, sharing a weird, wise old tale, as the shadows deepened around us - and as the Liverpool sky put on a wondrous show!
It was such a joy to hear you raising your voices, sharing a weird, wise old tale, as the shadows deepened around us - and as the Liverpool sky put on a wondrous show!
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One for Halloween, on a myth that really never seems to die. lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
We are not the granddaughters of the witches you couldn't burn: why the myth of 'lost women's healing knowledge' needs to go.
It is Halloween, and I am seeing a whirl of posts about witches, so here’s a quick post.
lucyallengoss.substack.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:00 PM
One for Halloween, on a myth that really never seems to die. lucyallengoss.substack.com/p/we-are-not...
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I love how magnificently the ptarmigan blend into the hillside at this time of year, as they turn gradually white as the hillsides do (when the seasons turn on time). They needed it today with two young golden eagles out looking for food.
October 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
I love how magnificently the ptarmigan blend into the hillside at this time of year, as they turn gradually white as the hillsides do (when the seasons turn on time). They needed it today with two young golden eagles out looking for food.
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Heron and Rubik's cube.
October 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Heron and Rubik's cube.
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I don't know why everyone is doing Ozymandias remixes but a) I'm glad they are and b) this is my favourite do far: two poems they are constantly in my head now mashed together.
October 30, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I don't know why everyone is doing Ozymandias remixes but a) I'm glad they are and b) this is my favourite do far: two poems they are constantly in my head now mashed together.
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According to the Franciscan writer Peter of Trau in 1385, the famous scholar Roger Bacon made medieval magic video-chat mirrors at Oxford, but the students found them hella distracting so they were destroyed.
Imagine if Bacon had put games on those things.
Imagine if Bacon had put games on those things.
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
According to the Franciscan writer Peter of Trau in 1385, the famous scholar Roger Bacon made medieval magic video-chat mirrors at Oxford, but the students found them hella distracting so they were destroyed.
Imagine if Bacon had put games on those things.
Imagine if Bacon had put games on those things.
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Here's another #buyastrangerabook offer!
@poorlarkin.bsky.social is offering to spend up to £30 on books for kids.
So if there's a particular book that you'd like to get for a child, be it your own, or a nephew/niece, or any kiddo that you know who'd like a specific book, get in touch.
UK only
@poorlarkin.bsky.social is offering to spend up to £30 on books for kids.
So if there's a particular book that you'd like to get for a child, be it your own, or a nephew/niece, or any kiddo that you know who'd like a specific book, get in touch.
UK only
I'll go early too Simon. Up to £30 for anyone to buy children's books for their kids, their nephews or nieces, or any kids they know will enjoy them. The harder they find it to afford the books, the more I want them to take up this offer.
October 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Here's another #buyastrangerabook offer!
@poorlarkin.bsky.social is offering to spend up to £30 on books for kids.
So if there's a particular book that you'd like to get for a child, be it your own, or a nephew/niece, or any kiddo that you know who'd like a specific book, get in touch.
UK only
@poorlarkin.bsky.social is offering to spend up to £30 on books for kids.
So if there's a particular book that you'd like to get for a child, be it your own, or a nephew/niece, or any kiddo that you know who'd like a specific book, get in touch.
UK only
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I’ve spent the day so far with Wyatt, Glück & Celan. Odd poet combination. But a common message. Don’t compromise. Read, learn & work at your craft of course. But ultimately write for what’s in your ‘poetic conscience’: an idea of excellence, a vision of eternity. Do that & the rest falls into place
October 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’ve spent the day so far with Wyatt, Glück & Celan. Odd poet combination. But a common message. Don’t compromise. Read, learn & work at your craft of course. But ultimately write for what’s in your ‘poetic conscience’: an idea of excellence, a vision of eternity. Do that & the rest falls into place
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#blackandwhitefilm of the day: The Small Back Room, 1949. Fascinating dark war drama from always-interesting Powell and Pressburger sees David Farrar fight the loss of a leg and alcohol to find the secret of a new German weapon on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 1.05pm youtu.be/Uhw5du2xAjM?...
The Small Black Room (1949)
YouTube video by Classic Movie Madness
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
#blackandwhitefilm of the day: The Small Back Room, 1949. Fascinating dark war drama from always-interesting Powell and Pressburger sees David Farrar fight the loss of a leg and alcohol to find the secret of a new German weapon on @talkingpicturestv.bsky.social at 1.05pm youtu.be/Uhw5du2xAjM?...
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Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
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Remember, if someone has the unmitigated gall to claim that spending the entire weekend reading Agatha Christie, drinking multiple cups of tea, and consuming a copious amount of pastries “doesn’t sound exciting", then your well-being is simply not important to them.
October 24, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Remember, if someone has the unmitigated gall to claim that spending the entire weekend reading Agatha Christie, drinking multiple cups of tea, and consuming a copious amount of pastries “doesn’t sound exciting", then your well-being is simply not important to them.