Dr Amara Thornton
@amalexathorn.bsky.social
Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
It was a very amusing breakfast read indeed!
November 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
It was a very amusing breakfast read indeed!
See Louise Hurren beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q2...
Making sure you're not a bot!
beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud
October 31, 2025 at 6:06 PM
See Louise Hurren beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Item:Q2...
Most exciting!!
October 19, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Most exciting!!
Reposted by Dr Amara Thornton
We aren’t hosting a November event as so many of the co-convenors will be speaking at NACBS, but you can book now for our December event will be a discussion of the new book ‘Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past.’ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Book talk: Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past
www.history.ac.uk
October 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
We aren’t hosting a November event as so many of the co-convenors will be speaking at NACBS, but you can book now for our December event will be a discussion of the new book ‘Teaching Slavery: New Approaches to Britain’s Colonial Past.’ www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Sorry I can't make this looks Fab!
October 16, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Sorry I can't make this looks Fab!
Reposted by Dr Amara Thornton
These books will also be on display in our Ubunto: Pan African Congress 80 exhibition, inspired by the 80th anniversary of the October 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester, a landmark gathering that reshaped the global fight for Black liberation and independence.
uk.bookshop.org/lists/pan-af...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/pan-af...
Pan African Conference 80: Black History Month titles 2025
Book recommended by people from the African diaspora at the Portico Library that have shaped them and are on display in our Ubunto: Pan African Congress 80 display.
uk.bookshop.org
October 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
These books will also be on display in our Ubunto: Pan African Congress 80 exhibition, inspired by the 80th anniversary of the October 1945 Pan-African Congress in Manchester, a landmark gathering that reshaped the global fight for Black liberation and independence.
uk.bookshop.org/lists/pan-af...
uk.bookshop.org/lists/pan-af...
I have that! Also, When is someone going to turn Gad's Hall/The Haunting of Gad's Hall into a TV series?
October 10, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I have that! Also, When is someone going to turn Gad's Hall/The Haunting of Gad's Hall into a TV series?
Totally know what you mean -@kjsoar.bsky.social and I have been discussing that about Strange Relics too!
October 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Totally know what you mean -@kjsoar.bsky.social and I have been discussing that about Strange Relics too!
I recognise that Handheld cover!
October 8, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I recognise that Handheld cover!