Unexpected Learning Journey
@unexpectedlj.bsky.social
Chronically ill student and writer exploring the ancient world from home | Open University classics undergraduate | Lytham St Annes Classical Association ambassador
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Under 25 Competition - The Classical Association
As part of our Celebrating Classics Campaign, we launched a Write | Speak | Design competition open to everybody, across the world, which celebrates how and why we study the ancient past. We received ...
classicalassociation.org
I'm over the moon to have been chosen as the Senior category winner in the 2025 Classical Association 'Write | Speak | Design' competition!
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
One of my most anticipated reads of 2025 is available to pre-order!! 👀
#AncientBluesky #Odyssey #ClassicsBluesky #Homer #Odysseus
#AncientBluesky #Odyssey #ClassicsBluesky #Homer #Odysseus
✨Pre-orders of You Are Odysseus are now open! ✨
Search for it wherever you order your books! (My favourite links are up in a mailing list post on my personal site.)
Search for it wherever you order your books! (My favourite links are up in a mailing list post on my personal site.)
July 27, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of my most anticipated reads of 2025 is available to pre-order!! 👀
#AncientBluesky #Odyssey #ClassicsBluesky #Homer #Odysseus
#AncientBluesky #Odyssey #ClassicsBluesky #Homer #Odysseus
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So pleased to have an article out (open access) this week about designing for autistic students! 🎉
Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility...
The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility...
The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
So pleased to have an article out (open access) this week about designing for autistic students! 🎉
Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility...
The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Do take a look, if you're a teacher interested in accessibility...
The relaxed tutorial project: designing synchronous online tutorials for autistic students www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Working Classicists Awards 2025
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It's time to announce the winners of #WCA2025!
Our six categories this year:
🎨Creative Classicist
🦸Unsung Classicist
🧑🏫Educator Classicist
🤝Community Classicist
🌱Newcomer Classicist
and
⭐Working Classicist of the Year
And our winners are...
Working Classicists Awards 2025
✊⚡🏆
It's time to announce the winners of #WCA2025!
Our six categories this year:
🎨Creative Classicist
🦸Unsung Classicist
🧑🏫Educator Classicist
🤝Community Classicist
🌱Newcomer Classicist
and
⭐Working Classicist of the Year
And our winners are...
July 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Working Classicists Awards 2025
✊⚡🏆
It's time to announce the winners of #WCA2025!
Our six categories this year:
🎨Creative Classicist
🦸Unsung Classicist
🧑🏫Educator Classicist
🤝Community Classicist
🌱Newcomer Classicist
and
⭐Working Classicist of the Year
And our winners are...
Working Classicists Awards 2025
✊⚡🏆
It's time to announce the winners of #WCA2025!
Our six categories this year:
🎨Creative Classicist
🦸Unsung Classicist
🧑🏫Educator Classicist
🤝Community Classicist
🌱Newcomer Classicist
and
⭐Working Classicist of the Year
And our winners are...
1/9 In #BoudiccasDaughter @elodieharper.bsky.social gives us both a fierce reimagining of one of the most famous conflicts in history and a beautiful exploration of the relationship between a girl and her mother, culture and conflicting desires for love, freedom, justice and revenge.
June 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
1/9 In #BoudiccasDaughter @elodieharper.bsky.social gives us both a fierce reimagining of one of the most famous conflicts in history and a beautiful exploration of the relationship between a girl and her mother, culture and conflicting desires for love, freedom, justice and revenge.
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Happy Pride Month! Here's a sonnet from Wordsworth being a (questionable?) ally - about the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby who were clearly just very 'good friends'...
June 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Happy Pride Month! Here's a sonnet from Wordsworth being a (questionable?) ally - about the Ladies of Llangollen, Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby who were clearly just very 'good friends'...
1/7 Spanning three thousand years, from the first stirrings of Minoan Crete to the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, #TheMissingThread by @daisydunn.bsky.social is a fantastic guide to ancient (especially Greco-Roman) history through an incredible cast of women who inhabited and often shaped it.
May 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
1/7 Spanning three thousand years, from the first stirrings of Minoan Crete to the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, #TheMissingThread by @daisydunn.bsky.social is a fantastic guide to ancient (especially Greco-Roman) history through an incredible cast of women who inhabited and often shaped it.
#TheMissingThread is out in UK paperback in 6 weeks with a regal new cover! A new history of the ancient world foregrounded by women: 3,000 years, 500 pages, £12.99. I'd be so grateful if you'd consider pre-ordering a copy from anywhere you like waterstones.com/book/the-mis...
The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn | Waterstones
Buy The Missing Thread by Daisy Dunn from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.
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May 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
A fantastic opportunity to study an AS level in Ancient Greek ONLINE through @classicsforall.bsky.social 🏺🏛👇
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBlueSky #ancientgreek #remotelearning #onlineeducation #homeschool #education
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBlueSky #ancientgreek #remotelearning #onlineeducation #homeschool #education
May 15, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A fantastic opportunity to study an AS level in Ancient Greek ONLINE through @classicsforall.bsky.social 🏺🏛👇
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBlueSky #ancientgreek #remotelearning #onlineeducation #homeschool #education
#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBlueSky #ancientgreek #remotelearning #onlineeducation #homeschool #education
Spent the afternoon lying in my garden enjoying the sunshine and a new edition of @hellenicsociety.bsky.social ARGO magazine! #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
May 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Spent the afternoon lying in my garden enjoying the sunshine and a new edition of @hellenicsociety.bsky.social ARGO magazine! #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky
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So many great people doing great work in Classics, ancient history, archaeology and other related disciplines. 😊
AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣
Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣
Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So many great people doing great work in Classics, ancient history, archaeology and other related disciplines. 😊
AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣
Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
AND WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT EM! 📣
Nominate someone and share the story of their brilliant work.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Just a few of the amazing Classicists at the #Mythica launch last night at Daunts Books. The book by Emily Hauser is wonderful & now available to buy in hardback and kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
April 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Just a few of the amazing Classicists at the #Mythica launch last night at Daunts Books. The book by Emily Hauser is wonderful & now available to buy in hardback and kindle! www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/...
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Our annual awards are now open! Nominate someone who is doing lovely things in Classics.
Maybe you know a teacher, or an enthusiast, or an archaeologist, or an artist, or a podcaster, or...
It takes a minute and can have a huge impact. Go on... click the link! 🖱️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Maybe you know a teacher, or an enthusiast, or an archaeologist, or an artist, or a podcaster, or...
It takes a minute and can have a huge impact. Go on... click the link! 🖱️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Our annual awards are now open! Nominate someone who is doing lovely things in Classics.
Maybe you know a teacher, or an enthusiast, or an archaeologist, or an artist, or a podcaster, or...
It takes a minute and can have a huge impact. Go on... click the link! 🖱️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Maybe you know a teacher, or an enthusiast, or an archaeologist, or an artist, or a podcaster, or...
It takes a minute and can have a huge impact. Go on... click the link! 🖱️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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🏆Working Classicist of the Year🏆
The coveted title of Working Classicist of the Year is for those who succeed across multiple categories or who fully embody the values of a Working Classicist. The criteria is wide open, tell us why they deserve to win and we’ll hear you out.
The coveted title of Working Classicist of the Year is for those who succeed across multiple categories or who fully embody the values of a Working Classicist. The criteria is wide open, tell us why they deserve to win and we’ll hear you out.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🏆Working Classicist of the Year🏆
The coveted title of Working Classicist of the Year is for those who succeed across multiple categories or who fully embody the values of a Working Classicist. The criteria is wide open, tell us why they deserve to win and we’ll hear you out.
The coveted title of Working Classicist of the Year is for those who succeed across multiple categories or who fully embody the values of a Working Classicist. The criteria is wide open, tell us why they deserve to win and we’ll hear you out.
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🌤️Unsung Classicist🌤️
This award is for people who tirelessly promote Classics and inspire others, they might create welcoming spaces or curate content, but never get the recognition they deserve.
This award is for people who tirelessly promote Classics and inspire others, they might create welcoming spaces or curate content, but never get the recognition they deserve.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌤️Unsung Classicist🌤️
This award is for people who tirelessly promote Classics and inspire others, they might create welcoming spaces or curate content, but never get the recognition they deserve.
This award is for people who tirelessly promote Classics and inspire others, they might create welcoming spaces or curate content, but never get the recognition they deserve.
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🌱Newcomer Classicist🌱
Someone who is new to Classics, but has made significant effort and progress in the field. This is a place for enthusiasm and passion to be rewarded.
Someone who is new to Classics, but has made significant effort and progress in the field. This is a place for enthusiasm and passion to be rewarded.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌱Newcomer Classicist🌱
Someone who is new to Classics, but has made significant effort and progress in the field. This is a place for enthusiasm and passion to be rewarded.
Someone who is new to Classics, but has made significant effort and progress in the field. This is a place for enthusiasm and passion to be rewarded.
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👩🏫Educator Classicist👨🏫
An educator (from primary school through to higher education, and anyone in between) who goes beyond the basics of their profession to enthuse people about Classics.
An educator (from primary school through to higher education, and anyone in between) who goes beyond the basics of their profession to enthuse people about Classics.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
👩🏫Educator Classicist👨🏫
An educator (from primary school through to higher education, and anyone in between) who goes beyond the basics of their profession to enthuse people about Classics.
An educator (from primary school through to higher education, and anyone in between) who goes beyond the basics of their profession to enthuse people about Classics.
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🎨Creative Classicist🎤
Someone who uses the power of creativity to spread ideas about the ancient world - whether through art, music, creative writing, theatre, cooking, or something else!
Someone who uses the power of creativity to spread ideas about the ancient world - whether through art, music, creative writing, theatre, cooking, or something else!
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎨Creative Classicist🎤
Someone who uses the power of creativity to spread ideas about the ancient world - whether through art, music, creative writing, theatre, cooking, or something else!
Someone who uses the power of creativity to spread ideas about the ancient world - whether through art, music, creative writing, theatre, cooking, or something else!
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🤝Community Classicist🤝
A person or organisation working in the community - online or in person - to help widen access to Classics and create a better environment for curious minds.
A person or organisation working in the community - online or in person - to help widen access to Classics and create a better environment for curious minds.
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🤝Community Classicist🤝
A person or organisation working in the community - online or in person - to help widen access to Classics and create a better environment for curious minds.
A person or organisation working in the community - online or in person - to help widen access to Classics and create a better environment for curious minds.
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🎉THE WORKING CLASSICISTS AWARDS 2025🎉
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 14TH!
Six Categories to choose from...
🤝 Community Classicist
🎨 Creative Classicist
👩🏫 Educator Classicist
🌱 Newcomer Classicist
🌤️ Unsung Classicist
🏆 Working Classicist of the Year
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 14TH!
Six Categories to choose from...
🤝 Community Classicist
🎨 Creative Classicist
👩🏫 Educator Classicist
🌱 Newcomer Classicist
🌤️ Unsung Classicist
🏆 Working Classicist of the Year
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
April 11, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🎉THE WORKING CLASSICISTS AWARDS 2025🎉
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 14TH!
Six Categories to choose from...
🤝 Community Classicist
🎨 Creative Classicist
👩🏫 Educator Classicist
🌱 Newcomer Classicist
🌤️ Unsung Classicist
🏆 Working Classicist of the Year
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN UNTIL JUNE 14TH!
Six Categories to choose from...
🤝 Community Classicist
🎨 Creative Classicist
👩🏫 Educator Classicist
🌱 Newcomer Classicist
🌤️ Unsung Classicist
🏆 Working Classicist of the Year
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Registration is OPEN for the 2025 Classical Association conference! 👇
(Accessible virtually for those unable to attend in-person)
#AncientBluesky #CA2025 #ClassicsBluesky @cascotland.bsky.social
(Accessible virtually for those unable to attend in-person)
#AncientBluesky #CA2025 #ClassicsBluesky @cascotland.bsky.social
Classical Association Conference 2025
🗓11-13 July
📍St Andrews
Registration is open! 👉https://ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/registration-information
#CA2025 is hosted by the School of Classics @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, in partnership with the Classical Association and @cascotland.bsky.social.
🗓11-13 July
📍St Andrews
Registration is open! 👉https://ca2025.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/registration-information
#CA2025 is hosted by the School of Classics @uniofstandrews.bsky.social, in partnership with the Classical Association and @cascotland.bsky.social.
March 19, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Registration is OPEN for the 2025 Classical Association conference! 👇
(Accessible virtually for those unable to attend in-person)
#AncientBluesky #CA2025 #ClassicsBluesky @cascotland.bsky.social
(Accessible virtually for those unable to attend in-person)
#AncientBluesky #CA2025 #ClassicsBluesky @cascotland.bsky.social
I'm over the moon to have been chosen as the Senior category winner in the 2025 Classical Association 'Write | Speak | Design' competition!
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
Under 25 Competition - The Classical Association
As part of our Celebrating Classics Campaign, we launched a Write | Speak | Design competition open to everybody, across the world, which celebrates how and why we study the ancient past. We received ...
classicalassociation.org
March 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I'm over the moon to have been chosen as the Senior category winner in the 2025 Classical Association 'Write | Speak | Design' competition!
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
Huge congratulations to my fellow finalists and all those shortlisted!
You can read more about the competition here: classicalassociation.org/under-25s-co...
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We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!
February 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We have decided to create an account over here for those who are using this platform instead of (or as well as) X! Posts will continue to be made on both sites for now!
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Hello new folk! We probably know half of you from the Twitter days, and we’re so glad you decided to stick with us.
This is our last weekend on Twitter and we’re going to miss the connections we made there. But it’s good here, as far as we can see. ❤️
This is our last weekend on Twitter and we’re going to miss the connections we made there. But it’s good here, as far as we can see. ❤️
February 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hello new folk! We probably know half of you from the Twitter days, and we’re so glad you decided to stick with us.
This is our last weekend on Twitter and we’re going to miss the connections we made there. But it’s good here, as far as we can see. ❤️
This is our last weekend on Twitter and we’re going to miss the connections we made there. But it’s good here, as far as we can see. ❤️
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If you missed us speaking on the wonderful @flintdibble.bsky.social’s show earlier, you can catch up with a cuppa at your leisure:
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
Ft. @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social, @rossmcgovern.bsky.social, @misterconnor1.bsky.social, and @miri.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
Ft. @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social, @rossmcgovern.bsky.social, @misterconnor1.bsky.social, and @miri.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 7:47 PM
If you missed us speaking on the wonderful @flintdibble.bsky.social’s show earlier, you can catch up with a cuppa at your leisure:
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
Ft. @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social, @rossmcgovern.bsky.social, @misterconnor1.bsky.social, and @miri.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
Ft. @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social, @rossmcgovern.bsky.social, @misterconnor1.bsky.social, and @miri.bsky.social
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LIVESTREAM at 6pm UK/1pm EST for a discussion of BRAND NEW Periodic Table of Greek Mythology & the Working Classicists initiative: @workingclassicists.bsky.social
with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology with the Working Classicists
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
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February 19, 2025 at 1:34 PM
LIVESTREAM at 6pm UK/1pm EST for a discussion of BRAND NEW Periodic Table of Greek Mythology & the Working Classicists initiative: @workingclassicists.bsky.social
with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...
with @miri.bsky.social @misterconnor1.bsky.social @jacquelinewrites.bsky.social @rossmcgovern.bsky.social
youtube.com/live/8NTikui...