Dr Alison Daniell
@alispencer.bsky.social
Author, former family lawyer and all-round plate spinner currently working in learning development. Independent scholar: 18th century women, law, literature (esp Jane Austen) plus a bit of witchcraft 🐈⬛
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For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
For those wanting to address the topic of Jesus as a refugee in a gentle, accessible way, especially with younger children, may I signpost Refuge by Anne Booth and Sam Usher. There's a new 10th anniversary edition now out too!
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Discover ways to be involved in your Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, disseminate research & keep up-to-date with LD news https://aldinhe.ac.uk/join-aldinhe-community/ways-to-get-involved-in-aldinhe #LoveLD
November 25, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Discover ways to be involved in your Association for Learning Development in Higher Education, disseminate research & keep up-to-date with LD news https://aldinhe.ac.uk/join-aldinhe-community/ways-to-get-involved-in-aldinhe #LoveLD
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
Annie Lennox is just ace. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. #totp
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November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Annie Lennox is just ace. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. #totp
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Does anyone have any good recommendations for scholarship summarising popular perceptions of the British East India Company & nabobs in Britain in the 1780s/90s?
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
November 21, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Does anyone have any good recommendations for scholarship summarising popular perceptions of the British East India Company & nabobs in Britain in the 1780s/90s?
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
It’s not my specialism but I’m stuck on a paragraph in my research project until I can find a balanced & reliable appraisal
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🎉 Upcoming BARS Digital Event: Romantic Creativity Roundtable
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
BARS Digital Event: “Romantic Creativity” Roundtable – BARS Blog
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November 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🎉 Upcoming BARS Digital Event: Romantic Creativity Roundtable
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT
6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social
More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
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BARS Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BARS Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (including literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189
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“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
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JESUS CHRIST IN RICHMOND PARK: ORIGINAL UPLOAD
YouTube video by JAGGL113
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November 13, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
November 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Robbie Gibb was appointed to the BBC Board by Boris Johnson, was an editorial advisor for GB News, and worked as Theresa May's Director of Comms.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
He is not impartial or neutral. The government should remove him from the Board immediately to protect the BBC's independence.
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TOMORROW! Come join us--it'll be awesome!
New BARS Digital Event: Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley (12 November 6PM UK time)
Details and tickets below ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shelleys-a...
Details and tickets below ⤵️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/shelleys-a...
Shelley’s Anni Mirabiles: The Complete Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley
This roundtable will celebrate the publication of the latest volume, Volume IV, of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
TOMORROW! Come join us--it'll be awesome!
Aw, it’s baby Jarvis #totp
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November 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Aw, it’s baby Jarvis #totp
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1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
November 5, 2025 at 7:58 AM
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution.
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
November 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
OpenAI pirated large numbers of books and used them to train models.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
OpenAI then deleted the dataset with the pirated books, and employees sent each other messages about doing so.
A lawsuit could now force the company to pay $150,000 per book, adding up to billions in damages.
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Medievalism in the wild! (My friend is a big Florence fan and texted me about this with great excitement!)
Julian of Norwich spotted on the new Florence and the Machine album:
![A screenshot of lyrics:
Downloading "Revelations of Divine Love" on my phone
Trying to read, but getting distracted
Trying to live, but feeling so damaged
[Chorus]
And all shall be well
All shall be well
Miracles are often inconvenient
And a prayer is a spell](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lgpith2upngzgh7cy5jygl3f/bafkreieh57sqvnqdgnlqonlfudqxd3h2ov7val5udpj4ybww5ltrlczqxe@jpeg)
November 1, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Medievalism in the wild! (My friend is a big Florence fan and texted me about this with great excitement!)
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The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
IHR London Summer School 2026: Sickness and Health
From the Black Death to the Covid-19 pandemic, from medieval medicine to public health across the centuries, from hospitals to archives & collections. Join us to discover Londo...
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October 31, 2025 at 3:19 PM
The Institute of Historical Research's 2026 June summer school in Bloomsbury is on Sickness and Health, from London's medieval history to the present. Suitable for the History-curious over the age of 16.
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Anyone on a LNER train today from Scotland to Newcastle - my mum took the wrong suitcase off the train. Her case is somewhere heading southbound. #Newcastle #LNER
October 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Anyone on a LNER train today from Scotland to Newcastle - my mum took the wrong suitcase off the train. Her case is somewhere heading southbound. #Newcastle #LNER
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THIS EVENING!
Upcoming BARS Digital Event: Volcanic Romanticism (30 Oct 7pm UK time)
Presentations from Dilara Kalkan, Katerina Liontou, Chloe Melvin, and Kate Nankervis on aspects of the Diodata Circle, weather, climate, and volcanic sublimity
Free tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digit...
Presentations from Dilara Kalkan, Katerina Liontou, Chloe Melvin, and Kate Nankervis on aspects of the Diodata Circle, weather, climate, and volcanic sublimity
Free tickets on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/bars-digit...
BARS Digital Events: Volcanic Romanticism
Exploring the Diodatic Circle, the volcanic as a sublime, apocalyptic force, and how this inflected their powerful visions of the future.
www.eventbrite.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 PM
THIS EVENING!
I was teaching in the maths building today (not maths) . Any guesses as to what they are keeping behind that locked door?
October 30, 2025 at 12:44 PM
I was teaching in the maths building today (not maths) . Any guesses as to what they are keeping behind that locked door?
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Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
October 22, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Nelson's Victory crew included a Brazilian and a Russian, 2 Indians, 2 Swiss, 2 Portuguese, 3 Danes and 3 Norwegian sailors. There were 3 Germans, 4 Italians, 6 Swedes, 7 Dutchmen, 9 West Indians and an African, as well as 21 Americans, 63 Irish, 64 Scots, 441 English.... oh, and 3 French men, too.
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Panel calls for BARS 2026 are up on the blog!
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach)
- Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly)
- Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk)
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach)
- Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly)
- Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk)
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199
BARS 2026 Panel Session Calls – BARS Blog
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October 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Panel calls for BARS 2026 are up on the blog!
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach)
- Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly)
- Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk)
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199
- Letitia Elizabeth Landon & the Poetics of Retrospection (convened by Emily Rohrbach)
- Repetitions & Innovations in Late German Romanticism (Joanna Neilly)
- Creative-Critical Writing & Romantic Studies (Adam Neikirk)
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6199
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PhD Bursary: The Byron Society
The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to £5,000 per year.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195
The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to £5,000 per year.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195
PhD Bursary: The Byron Society – BARS Blog
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October 18, 2025 at 4:33 PM
PhD Bursary: The Byron Society
The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to £5,000 per year.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195
The Byron Society invites applications from new and existing full-time PhD students for a bursary of up to £5,000 per year.
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6195
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The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
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October 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The BARS President’s Fellowship is open to scholars from Black, Indigenous and other minority ethnic backgrounds working on any aspect of Romantic Studies to support research, teaching and/or public outreach expenses of up to £1500. Deadline 7th Nov 2025.
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...
www.bars.ac.uk/main/index.p...