Caroline Dodds Pennock
@carolinepennock.bsky.social
Historian and human-sacrifice enthusiast (she/her). Author of On Savage Shores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe
Rosie’s love affair with the blanket continues…
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Rosie’s love affair with the blanket continues…
I know they say squirrels thrive in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens, but this is ridiculous.
November 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
I know they say squirrels thrive in Sheffield’s Botanical Gardens, but this is ridiculous.
Cat in a bag.
November 7, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Cat in a bag.
What a treat to see my friend @amyfuller.bsky.social at the launch of the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall', which is coming to BBC2 later this month. It's all still thoroughly embargoed, but apparently we're now allowed to officially admit that we're in it!
November 6, 2025 at 10:33 AM
What a treat to see my friend @amyfuller.bsky.social at the launch of the major new BBC Arts documentary series, 'Civilisations: Rise and Fall', which is coming to BBC2 later this month. It's all still thoroughly embargoed, but apparently we're now allowed to officially admit that we're in it!
Spot the cat.
October 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Spot the cat.
Rosie is still obsessed with the blanket…
October 16, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Rosie is still obsessed with the blanket…
Not quite as sneaky as she thinks…
October 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Not quite as sneaky as she thinks…
Rosie has discovered the new blanket.
October 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Rosie has discovered the new blanket.
You get a lot of odd requests as a public historian, but this (from a Venezuelan teacher) is definitely one of the weirdest I’ve had.
October 8, 2025 at 10:35 AM
You get a lot of odd requests as a public historian, but this (from a Venezuelan teacher) is definitely one of the weirdest I’ve had.
God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
October 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
God bless The Church Times for their ongoing insistence on responding moderately but forcefully to the Reverend Canon Nigel Biggar’s nonsense. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Doughnut!
September 30, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Doughnut!
September 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Delia is, of course, incomparable. But how the hell did she think this was going to make two layers of cake?!
September 22, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Delia is, of course, incomparable. But how the hell did she think this was going to make two layers of cake?!
Flat out.
September 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Flat out.
LinkedIn has determined (without consulting me) that the middle of our voluntary-severance round is the best time to announce that I’ve ‘completed’ 15 years at Sheffield (as if it’s a sentence). So now people I don’t know are congratulating me. *makes mental note to delete LinkedIn* *again*
September 16, 2025 at 6:30 AM
LinkedIn has determined (without consulting me) that the middle of our voluntary-severance round is the best time to announce that I’ve ‘completed’ 15 years at Sheffield (as if it’s a sentence). So now people I don’t know are congratulating me. *makes mental note to delete LinkedIn* *again*
Amused not only by this pointless, nothing-nonsense clickbait, but also by the little 'please be nice to each other in the comments' note at the bottom. It's almost as if the Telegraph understands that, in reality, you don't always want to unexpectedly confront uncomfortable ideas.. archive.ph/huVYk
September 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Amused not only by this pointless, nothing-nonsense clickbait, but also by the little 'please be nice to each other in the comments' note at the bottom. It's almost as if the Telegraph understands that, in reality, you don't always want to unexpectedly confront uncomfortable ideas.. archive.ph/huVYk
Given that this is the view from my chin, I think Rosie is glad that we’re home (despite her customary daylight-hours hostility).
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Given that this is the view from my chin, I think Rosie is glad that we’re home (despite her customary daylight-hours hostility).
A gobsmacking amount of stolen Indian treasures in the stunning Ancient India exhibit at the British Museum. Many have a caption saying effectively ‘stolen by the East India Company and transferred to the BM when their museum closed down’. And yet they feature this quote without irony…
August 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
A gobsmacking amount of stolen Indian treasures in the stunning Ancient India exhibit at the British Museum. Many have a caption saying effectively ‘stolen by the East India Company and transferred to the BM when their museum closed down’. And yet they feature this quote without irony…
Belated holiday whinge: I appreciate a faux barricade as much as the next historian, but it rather takes the shine off when pseudo-historical filming means you can’t visit half of actual-historic Bordeaux…
August 9, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Belated holiday whinge: I appreciate a faux barricade as much as the next historian, but it rather takes the shine off when pseudo-historical filming means you can’t visit half of actual-historic Bordeaux…
The French are too fancy for Febreeze.
August 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The French are too fancy for Febreeze.
On Savage Shores spotted in the wild in Bordeaux! Available in French now (and has been for a while obv, but still exciting). www.albin-michel.fr/leurope-ce-c...
August 2, 2025 at 1:15 PM
On Savage Shores spotted in the wild in Bordeaux! Available in French now (and has been for a while obv, but still exciting). www.albin-michel.fr/leurope-ce-c...
Well, at least Rosie is enjoying the fallout from the office-move chaos.
July 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Well, at least Rosie is enjoying the fallout from the office-move chaos.
It’s new office day!
July 14, 2025 at 2:24 PM
It’s new office day!
You should have seen her as a baby ;-)
July 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
You should have seen her as a baby ;-)