Dr Cora Beth Fraser
@corabeth.bsky.social
Autistic Geordie illustrator and classicist. Assoc Lecturer at The Open University. National Teaching Fellow. Working class/first gen/book addict.
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It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
The North-South divide is as wide as ever
Ninety years after Orwell exposed northern hardship, new data shows deprivation remains stark across England’s North
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It is 90 years since George Orwell travelled to the north of England to learn about the living conditions of the northern working-class, during the long Depression of the 1930s.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
Today’s figures show not much has changed.
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I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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I've spent the last 3 years animating episode 1 of the Daleks' Master Plan for its 60th anniversary today! Yes, we had a slight technical hitch when I realised I'd uploaded the wrong version of the file, but we're good now!
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
Daleks' Master Plan - The Nightmare Begins Animation. Part 1
YouTube video by JanjyGiggins
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I've spent the last 3 years animating episode 1 of the Daleks' Master Plan for its 60th anniversary today! Yes, we had a slight technical hitch when I realised I'd uploaded the wrong version of the file, but we're good now!
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
And you might want to keep watching to the very end..
youtu.be/2--OWFrTXUI
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My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
Make Your Own Ancient Greek Myth Sisyphus and his Rock Advent Calendar - new for 2025
Help Sisyphus push his Rock up that hill and mark the run up to the festive season in a different way!Each day of December, move Sisyphus one step closer to the summit. Will he make it?Keep Sisyphus' ...
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
My biennial Ancient Greek Myth Advent Calendar has arrived!
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
This year, get Sisyphus and his Rock to the top of the hill. Will he succeed?
May or may not have been inspired by the world in general at present. Available as a PDF to print and make.
greekmythcomix.gumroad.com/l/sisyphus
So pleased for the fabulous @openuniversity.bsky.social team who won International Collaboration of the Year at tonight's #THEAwards! 🏆
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 PM
So pleased for the fabulous @openuniversity.bsky.social team who won International Collaboration of the Year at tonight's #THEAwards! 🏆
Wonderful to be at the #THEAwards in Edinburgh this evening!
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Wonderful to be at the #THEAwards in Edinburgh this evening!
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Publication day! Kindle version out now,physical copy next month from Bloomsbury. My chapter entitled ‘Sensory Deception and Manipulation in Ancient Aristocratic Banquets’ and looks at what connects emperors Domitian and Elagabalus, the Italian Futurists and molecular gastronomy.
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Publication day! Kindle version out now,physical copy next month from Bloomsbury. My chapter entitled ‘Sensory Deception and Manipulation in Ancient Aristocratic Banquets’ and looks at what connects emperors Domitian and Elagabalus, the Italian Futurists and molecular gastronomy.
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CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
Creatives4Sudan Fundraising Auction — Keep Eyes On Sudan
Creatives coming together to raise life-saving funds for the people escaping genocide in El-Fasher, Sudan
www.sudancoup.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
CREATIVES! A gang of us are organising an auction raising funds for mutual aid groups in Sudan, amid the war on civilians. Can YOU contribute to the auction? Perhaps a piece of art or music? Signed books? Embroidery? Half an hour of creative mentoring? Sign up here! www.sudancoup.com/auction
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This weeks sees the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
November 10, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This weeks sees the 2025 A. G. Leventis Conference - 'Telling Bodies: A Conference on Corporeal Classical Reception'. Find confirmed speakers and details of related events - including the launch of the A.G. Leventis Centre for Greek Studies - at edin.ac/427jxo9
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
#Classics #HCA #Leventis #Edinburgh
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Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
November 5, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry
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🎮CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! Download our #FREE Archeogaming Education Modules!
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
November 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
🎮CALLING ALL EDUCATORS! Download our #FREE Archeogaming Education Modules!
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
~ Intro to Ancient Pottery
~ Building the First Cities
~ All Roads Lead to Rome
~ Intro to Medieval Ireland
~ Viking Diaspora
~ Medieval Medicine
➡️saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules
#SASA #GameStudies
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November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Wow! 😮🤩
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓
itiner-e.org
We might have to have a lie-down.
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Remember, Remember,
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
November 5, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Remember, Remember,
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
The 5th of November,
Gunpowder, treason and…
ARSE BISCUITS!
Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more.
#PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight
Thanks to @thedailytism.com for supplying the exact right hoodie to match the week I'm having.
(it's ridiculously comfy too!)
(it's ridiculously comfy too!)
November 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks to @thedailytism.com for supplying the exact right hoodie to match the week I'm having.
(it's ridiculously comfy too!)
(it's ridiculously comfy too!)
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Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
November 4, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Always be recruiting. Always be looking out for the talented, the original thinkers, the ones who do more than talk. Take note of those who create impact regardless of their position, the big successes, the small achievements that signal real ability. Keep an eye on those who develop others 1/
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What better for halloween than a good old Roman ghost story? Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
Roman Ghostbusters
Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 30/10/2025 · 38m
podcasts.apple.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 PM
What better for halloween than a good old Roman ghost story? Listen here! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...
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If you're joining #LTHEchat today and are new to LTHE chats this guide lthechat.com/lthechat-help/ will explain all
#LTHEchat help
In January 2025 #LTHEchat moved from Twitter X to Bluesky. Inspired by Deb Baff we will now refer to ‘tweetchats’ as flutterchats. The Bluesky icon is a butterfly and is a symbol of cha…
lthechat.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:26 PM
If you're joining #LTHEchat today and are new to LTHE chats this guide lthechat.com/lthechat-help/ will explain all
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I wrote about Roman curse tablets in Ancient History Magazine - available now! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/produc...
Ancient History Magazine 57
In ancient Rome, as throughout the ancient world, people's lives were structured around religious rituals and festivals, they prayed to the gods for guidance, and it was believed the gods even interce...
www.karwansaraypublishers.com
October 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wrote about Roman curse tablets in Ancient History Magazine - available now! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/produc...
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✨We are in a documentary - and
it's out now! ✨
We’re part of the National Geographic documentary, “Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World”! Each episode explores the world of the arena by focusing on the story of a particular gladiator, like SPARTACUS! Catch it if you can 🥳
#AncientRome
it's out now! ✨
We’re part of the National Geographic documentary, “Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World”! Each episode explores the world of the arena by focusing on the story of a particular gladiator, like SPARTACUS! Catch it if you can 🥳
#AncientRome
October 26, 2025 at 6:53 AM
✨We are in a documentary - and
it's out now! ✨
We’re part of the National Geographic documentary, “Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World”! Each episode explores the world of the arena by focusing on the story of a particular gladiator, like SPARTACUS! Catch it if you can 🥳
#AncientRome
it's out now! ✨
We’re part of the National Geographic documentary, “Gladiators: Warriors of the Ancient World”! Each episode explores the world of the arena by focusing on the story of a particular gladiator, like SPARTACUS! Catch it if you can 🥳
#AncientRome
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When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.
October 23, 2025 at 2:20 AM
When using Microsoft Word or Google Docs, don't just make text bigger and bolder to make it a heading. That will work for sighted users, but screen reader users will miss that and just hear it as normal paragraph text. Use actual heading styles, like level 1 through 6.