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Wim Van Mierlo
@wvmierlo.bsky.social
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Senior Lecturer in English at Loughborough University with 'an air of cranky scholarship about him'

Author of James Joyce and Cultural Genetics: The Joycean Genome (Bloomsbury)

Documentary and Heritage Photographer
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Roses are redde
Violettes are blue
Sayinge "thys technologye ys the future"
Ys an ideological move
February 16, 2026 at 7:30 PM
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Went to the place and did the thing.

📷 #FujiFilm #X-T5
🔭XF18-135mm

#Photography #Nature #Sea #Brighton #LongExposure
Long exposure photo of old ruined pier in Brighton. The sea looks like it's frozen.
February 10, 2026 at 8:07 AM
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The Arcade, Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #documentingplace #documentingspace #nikon #Newark #monochrome #blackandwhite #noiretblanc #flaneurism #arcade

New images added to my portfolio: www.saal-digital.net/profiles/wim...
Black and white image of an empty shopping arcade passage with a row of lanterns hanging from the glass roof.
February 16, 2026 at 5:31 PM
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"Tasty Bites", Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #nikon #Newark

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Black and white image of house with the 'Tasty Bites' cafe on the corner of an empty road.
February 13, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #nikon #Newark #newtopographics #uktopographic #newtopographicsmovement #monochrome #blackandwhite

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A black and white image of an old warehouse along the river quay; the gantry of a railway line passing behind is seen on the right.
February 7, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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📣 Funded PhD studentships at Loughborough Uni English Department

1) UK and International applicants: lnkd.in/esnYZrBD

2) Ring-fenced studentship for UK BAME applicants: lnkd.in/epnaHwmV

You can find out about staff expertise here: lnkd.in/eFSK6UWH

#PhD #Funding #Humanities
February 6, 2026 at 5:19 PM
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New publication!

New Directions in Digital Textual Studies, expertly edited by Christopher Ohge and Kristen Schuster.

My chapter on "Unlocking Literary Heritage: From Cabinets of Curiosity to Digital Storytelling" is surrounded by some really terrific work by a bunch of great scholars.
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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"In their current states, GenAI-powered chatbots cannot write factually accurate text for Wikipedia that is verifiable".

wikiedu.org/blog/2026/01...

#AI #GenAI #wikipedia
Generative AI and Wikipedia editing: What we learned in 2025
Like many organizations, Wiki Education has grappled with generative AI, its impacts, opportunities, and threats, for several years. As an organization that runs large-scale programs to bring new e…
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February 4, 2026 at 7:55 PM
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Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #documentingplace #documentingspace #nikon #Newark #newtopographics
#uktopographic #blackandwhite #monochrome

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A black and white image with high texture of an old industrial building covered in graffiti alongside a a road viaduct in the shadows.
February 4, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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lboroenglish.bsky.social
Our Head of Department @sadiseshiah.bsky.social has published a new book chapter - 'Staging Utopian Subjects: Contemporary British Theatre Beyond the Barriers' - in The Cambridge Companion to British Utopian Literature and Culture Since 1945.
The Cambridge Companion to British Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945
Cambridge Core - English Literature after 1945 - The Cambridge Companion to British Utopian Literature and Culture since 1945
www.cambridge.org
January 30, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #nikon #Newark #EastMIdlands #ThePhotHouse #photographersofbluesky

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February 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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A conference about typography and horse-drawn carriages.

www.cphc.org.uk/events/2026/...

#conference #typography #transport #18C
Travelling around the eighteenth century: the Baskerville Carriages — CPHC
A one-day conference
www.cphc.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 1:52 PM
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Dickens scholars:

Does anyone have a copy of Sanders, Dickens and the Spirit of the Age (OUP 1999) to hand? Or has electronic access? If so, could you help with checking a quotation for me please?

#Dickens #victorianliterature
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
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East Coast Main Line, Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #railwayphotography #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #nikon #Newark #ECML #LNER #eastcoast #mainline

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The roof of a modern train as it passes underneath the camera on the mainline.
January 25, 2026 at 5:36 PM
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4/5 Natural History Museum

Another moody #classicmono snap that I think reveals the peak #VictorianArchitecture pf the #NaturalHistoryMuseum - note the monkeys climbing the wall.

#photography #architecture #blackandwhite #architecturephotography #victorianarchitecture
Black and white architectural photograph showing ornate Victorian brickwork with multiple arches layered at different depths. The composition features decorative columns with detailed capitals, intricate brick patterns including checkerboard designs, and curved archways creating a complex geometric interplay. A balustrade with repeating balusters runs horizontally through the lower portion, while ribbed ceiling details are visible in the upper right. The monochromatic treatment emphasizes the texture and dimensional depth of the historic masonry construction.
January 22, 2026 at 9:44 AM
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Cows on the river Trent, Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #nikonphotography #Newark #river

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January 19, 2026 at 5:28 PM
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The Castle Line from Nottingham to Lincoln crossing the river Trent at Newark, July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #uktopographics #nikonphotography #EMR #Newark

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January 17, 2026 at 5:51 PM
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It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
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January 17, 2026 at 8:45 AM
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A Bluesky challenge!

We've got so many great heritage/GLAM accounts here now, that some are flying under the radar

From national organisations to niche collections, these active accounts are all (at time of posting) under 500 followers-lowest at 9-how many can we get over 500?

go.bsky.app/U16Nwsw
January 12, 2026 at 3:52 PM
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Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentaryphotography #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #nikonphotography #Newark #river

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A bend in the river passed some grassland on the left an an abandoned red-brick building and wall further back. A concrete viaduct carries an A road across.
January 7, 2026 at 5:54 PM
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Newark-on-Trent (Nottinghamshire), July 2025

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingplace #documentingspace #newtopographics #nikonphotography #narrowboats #marina #Newark

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An inland marina. A row of narrow boats are moored up in the front as well as some other motor craft behind. Behind the trees the top of three silos of a sugar plant are visible. The sky is cloudy.
January 4, 2026 at 11:38 AM
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Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024

#photography #heritagephotographer #documentingplace #Hathern #nikonphotography #blackandwhitephotography #monochrome #Captures_BNW #exploreobserveshare #eye_collective

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January 1, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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135 years ago, Dorothy Richardson responded to an ad in the London Times. It was the first step on the journey that led her to write her modernist masterpiece, Pilgrimage.

This month, we're starting the 2026 Pilgrimage reading group. Learn more at ReadingPilgrimage.com.
January 1, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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J. Alex Swift Ltd, sock manufacturers, Hathern (Charnwood, Leicestershire), June 2024

#photography #ukphotographer #documentingbritain #documentingplace #documentingspace #Eastmidlands #Charnwood #nikon

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December 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM