Prof. Ben Pohl
@benpohl.bsky.social
Professor of Medieval History, University of Bristol | Books with Oxford University Press, Cambridge University Press, Boydell & Brewer (×2), Schnell & Steiner, ARC Humanities Press | Manuscript Detective™ 🕵️♂️ 📜 📖
The latest but by no means the only example of an alarming trend in which the UK’s foremost academic publishers are haemorrhaging highly prestigious journals at a rate of knots…
October 7, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The latest but by no means the only example of an alarming trend in which the UK’s foremost academic publishers are haemorrhaging highly prestigious journals at a rate of knots…
Here’s the image by itself:
October 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Here’s the image by itself:
Took me a second or two to realise that KLM’s napkins show a pair of windmills, rather than a crudely sketched crucifixion scene!
October 5, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Took me a second or two to realise that KLM’s napkins show a pair of windmills, rather than a crudely sketched crucifixion scene!
Home is where a LIDL is!
October 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Home is where a LIDL is!
I’m sick to the back teeth of this so-called progressive govt spouting utter xenophobic nonsense & throwing migrants under the bus to curry favour with the lowest of the low. We’re not your scapegoat. We’re not the enemy. We’re what’s holding this community together. With all due respect: F*CK YOU!
September 29, 2025 at 8:25 AM
I’m sick to the back teeth of this so-called progressive govt spouting utter xenophobic nonsense & throwing migrants under the bus to curry favour with the lowest of the low. We’re not your scapegoat. We’re not the enemy. We’re what’s holding this community together. With all due respect: F*CK YOU!
There are conference venues, and then there are CONFERENCE VENUES! 😲
September 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
There are conference venues, and then there are CONFERENCE VENUES! 😲
Have you checked the catalogue/volume of essays of the recent Mannheim exhibit?
September 10, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Have you checked the catalogue/volume of essays of the recent Mannheim exhibit?
From Memory, one/both of these excellent books *may* be of help… (I’m sure @domwass.bsky.social can check 😉)
September 10, 2025 at 5:42 PM
From Memory, one/both of these excellent books *may* be of help… (I’m sure @domwass.bsky.social can check 😉)
A little taste of Bamberg made in Bristol!
September 6, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A little taste of Bamberg made in Bristol!
Brace yourself for the ultimate plot twist: the founder of the so-called news outlet that released this utter nonsense onto the unsuspecting public is called, wait for it… 🫠🙃
September 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Brace yourself for the ultimate plot twist: the founder of the so-called news outlet that released this utter nonsense onto the unsuspecting public is called, wait for it… 🫠🙃
…in their govt-issued pyjamas!
September 3, 2025 at 5:23 AM
…in their govt-issued pyjamas!
Excited to be welcoming a new cohort of keen 2nd-year @uobrishistory.bsky.social students to the extended, year-long (24 weeks!) version of my tried-and-tested special ‘Vikings, Normans, and the Making of Europe’, now with 50% more vikings!
August 31, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Excited to be welcoming a new cohort of keen 2nd-year @uobrishistory.bsky.social students to the extended, year-long (24 weeks!) version of my tried-and-tested special ‘Vikings, Normans, and the Making of Europe’, now with 50% more vikings!
After multiple Union Jacks and St George's flags appeared on lamp posts up and down our local high street, the neighbours got together and replaced the lot of them with these BRILLIANT posters designed by kids on our street! 😍❤️ In times likes these, it's good to know there are decent folk out there!
August 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
After multiple Union Jacks and St George's flags appeared on lamp posts up and down our local high street, the neighbours got together and replaced the lot of them with these BRILLIANT posters designed by kids on our street! 😍❤️ In times likes these, it's good to know there are decent folk out there!
Rather hilariously, when interviewed by the BBC, the show’s lead writer talked about all the ‘research’ he did (source: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...):
August 25, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Rather hilariously, when interviewed by the BBC, the show’s lead writer talked about all the ‘research’ he did (source: www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...):
Runestone hunting, part 4: DR360. For more info and transcription, see runkartan.se/english/.
August 14, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Runestone hunting, part 4: DR360. For more info and transcription, see runkartan.se/english/.
Runestone hunting, part 3: DR280, DR282, DR283, and DR298. For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
August 14, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Runestone hunting, part 3: DR280, DR282, DR283, and DR298. For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
Lunds domkyrka, Sweden, with a Romanesque crypt that’s out of this world!
August 14, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Lunds domkyrka, Sweden, with a Romanesque crypt that’s out of this world!
Fulltofta kyrka, Sweden. Mid-twelfth century, with later additions. Wall paintings c.1700.
August 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Fulltofta kyrka, Sweden. Mid-twelfth century, with later additions. Wall paintings c.1700.
Fjälkinge kyrka, Sweden. Twelfth century, with later additions.
August 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Fjälkinge kyrka, Sweden. Twelfth century, with later additions.
Gärdslösa kyrka, Öland. Early twelfth century, with some rune carvings.
August 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Gärdslösa kyrka, Öland. Early twelfth century, with some rune carvings.
Borgholms slott, Öland. Mid-to-late thirteenth century, with later extensions/rebuildings.
August 11, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Borgholms slott, Öland. Mid-to-late thirteenth century, with later extensions/rebuildings.
Runestone hunting, part 2: Öl18, Öl26, Öl27, and Öl28 (Gårdbystenen). For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
August 11, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Runestone hunting, part 2: Öl18, Öl26, Öl27, and Öl28 (Gårdbystenen). For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
Runestone hunting, part 1: Öl1 (Karlevistenen), Öl36 (Bjärbystenen), and Öl37. For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
August 11, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Runestone hunting, part 1: Öl1 (Karlevistenen), Öl36 (Bjärbystenen), and Öl37. For more info and transcriptions, see runkartan.se/english/.
Ottenby nature reserve and observatory for migrating birds, and Ås kyrka, Öland‘s southernmost church (est. early twelfth century).
August 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Ottenby nature reserve and observatory for migrating birds, and Ås kyrka, Öland‘s southernmost church (est. early twelfth century).