Emma Butler-Way
ebutler-way.bsky.social
Emma Butler-Way
@ebutler-way.bsky.social
Dr | Lecturer - Aberystwyth University's Integrated Foundation Year Programme
Currently researching & writing on the (neo-)Victorian corset. Web Manager for the VPFA.
Clarinettist, pianist, recorder player. Occasional potter and painter.
I never expected Project Gutenberg to be the deliverer of such a thrill. Lord Byron would be *fuming*...
November 14, 2025 at 10:26 AM
There are, I think, few things as humbling as the automatic captions to a lecture that reveal just how often you say 'Um'...
Oh, and Panopto has spoken: my name is now, apparently, Emma Holloway...
September 30, 2025 at 1:00 PM
"Is there a felicity in the world superior to this?"
Celebrating meeting a Big Deadline with a holiday to reconnect with the chalk of my childhood. Have I been finding myself crying every now and then at the scenery I've not seen for 4 years? Yes. Am I relaxed, and feeling at ease? Also yes.
August 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Aberystwyth MusicFest is a truly glorious thing - we're so lucky to have it & all the wonderful variety of music it brings to Aber. Very much looking forward to this evening's offering: Jane Austen @ 250: The Beautiful Cassandra - a recital of some of Austen's letters underscored by piano music...
July 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Well, #VPFAExtremes has been wonderful - the height of my summer so far, as ever! I am deeply grateful to be part such a fantastic, extremely warm and collegiate association. Thoroughly enjoyed the last few days - diolch pawb!
July 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Day 2 of #VPFAExtremes is a-go! We have more fantastic panels on the way, and some exciting lunchtime excursions on the menu ...
July 15, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As The Proclaimers once said, "I'm on my way [to #VPFAExtremes]". Very much looking forward to the next few days, and reconnecting with such a fantastic bunch of people @vpfa.bsky.social
July 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM