Dr Aidan Norrie 🦄
@aidannorrie.bsky.social
Doctor of Elizabeth I as/and Deborah the Judge • Early modern history & lit | children’s lit | women’s writing | monarchy • Lecturer & Programme Leader • Managing Editor, @thelondonjournal.bsky.social • The Real Empress Palpatine • they/them • 🏳️🌈🇳🇿🇦🇺
"Since I've met you and moved to Sydney, I haven't listened to one ABBA song. That's because my life is as good as an ABBA song. It's as good as Dancing Queen."
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November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"Since I've met you and moved to Sydney, I haven't listened to one ABBA song. That's because my life is as good as an ABBA song. It's as good as Dancing Queen."
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Awww! Thanks, Richard. It was a true pleasure 🥰
November 5, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Awww! Thanks, Richard. It was a true pleasure 🥰
Those numbers are burned into my brain… and yet I can’t learn my husband’s number… 🤣🙈
October 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Those numbers are burned into my brain… and yet I can’t learn my husband’s number… 🤣🙈
This is one of the events where I’d really love to be able to read minds. What did Richard actually feel? If I were him, I’d be indignant & upset, but also probably so frustrated with the bitching that I’d just think, “you know what? Fuck it. I’m out”—esp. if he thought he would be allowed to live
September 29, 2025 at 8:51 PM
This is one of the events where I’d really love to be able to read minds. What did Richard actually feel? If I were him, I’d be indignant & upset, but also probably so frustrated with the bitching that I’d just think, “you know what? Fuck it. I’m out”—esp. if he thought he would be allowed to live
This is kinda spooky, but earlier today I was thinking of doing something like this with Volpone. Now that I think about it though, I already do Faustus, and this could be a very fun (and relatively easy) thing to add to class.
September 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
This is kinda spooky, but earlier today I was thinking of doing something like this with Volpone. Now that I think about it though, I already do Faustus, and this could be a very fun (and relatively easy) thing to add to class.
I taught Thomas for the first time last year and it was really hard to leave aside the love…
September 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I taught Thomas for the first time last year and it was really hard to leave aside the love…
Whereas the fantasy is what is tempting me.
It was the last 50 or so pages of Yellowface that ruined it for me. So many contemporary books are let down by their rubbish endings. It’s like authors can’t be bothered to wrap things up. It’s not mysterious—it comes across as lazy!
It was the last 50 or so pages of Yellowface that ruined it for me. So many contemporary books are let down by their rubbish endings. It’s like authors can’t be bothered to wrap things up. It’s not mysterious—it comes across as lazy!
September 5, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Whereas the fantasy is what is tempting me.
It was the last 50 or so pages of Yellowface that ruined it for me. So many contemporary books are let down by their rubbish endings. It’s like authors can’t be bothered to wrap things up. It’s not mysterious—it comes across as lazy!
It was the last 50 or so pages of Yellowface that ruined it for me. So many contemporary books are let down by their rubbish endings. It’s like authors can’t be bothered to wrap things up. It’s not mysterious—it comes across as lazy!
I’m curious and wary… I want to be excited, but I was really underwhelmed by Yellowface.
September 5, 2025 at 8:01 PM
I’m curious and wary… I want to be excited, but I was really underwhelmed by Yellowface.
I think you mean 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
September 5, 2025 at 12:14 PM
I think you mean 1989 (Taylor’s Version)
This is a great shout! I actually use Andrew’s Unnatural Tragedy for another module. Thanks, Lisa ☺️☺️
September 3, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is a great shout! I actually use Andrew’s Unnatural Tragedy for another module. Thanks, Lisa ☺️☺️
I read this when it first came out and I still think about it, more than 15 years later. My copy has come with me around the world.
September 1, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I read this when it first came out and I still think about it, more than 15 years later. My copy has come with me around the world.
This is the first bit of news that’s made me miss living in Stafford!
August 31, 2025 at 6:19 PM
This is the first bit of news that’s made me miss living in Stafford!
Oooh! That’s a great shout!!
August 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oooh! That’s a great shout!!
The sources need to be edited.
August 31, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The sources need to be edited.
It’s also not consistent: he has also pointed out that some signs say Bassenthwaite Village to distinguish from the lake… 🤣🙈
August 24, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It’s also not consistent: he has also pointed out that some signs say Bassenthwaite Village to distinguish from the lake… 🤣🙈
I showed this my Cumbrian husband, and he pointed out that because most of the lakes also have towns named the same thing—i.e., when referring to Windermere or Buttermere, do you mean the lake or the village?—locals will add lake for clarity.
August 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
I showed this my Cumbrian husband, and he pointed out that because most of the lakes also have towns named the same thing—i.e., when referring to Windermere or Buttermere, do you mean the lake or the village?—locals will add lake for clarity.
