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Dr Meg Kobza
@fancyhistorian.bsky.social
Leverhulme ECF at Newcastle Uni | Historian of Leisure, Fashion, & Commercialisation | 📖 ‘Domino’ CUP 2023 | 📖 ‘Masquerade’ YUPL 2026 | Mother runner, coffee enthusiast.
I have fallen victim to the craze.
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
These lovely new books are for work. I promise. #18thc
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
It's not Masquerade Monday, BUT! 'The Masquerade: A History of Extravagance and Intrigue' is now available for pre-order & you can get 25% off through Friday!

www.waterstones.com/book/the-mas...

If you think Bridgerton will be juicy, just wait til you get your hands on this 😏🤫 #18thc
October 14, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Nothing says Christmas like a pair of pyjamas decked in chains. Now, for low price of £13, you too can be Jacob Marley.
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
On the hoof.
September 3, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Running & revising in equal measure. I got my reader reports back & I'm here to myth-bust. Reviewer 2 can be nice! Reviewer 1 AND Reviewer 2 were encouraging, generous, & constructive. I'm so grateful to them, sharing their summertime w/my drafty mss and giving helpful, thoughtful feedback. #18thc
August 28, 2025 at 8:44 AM
That time my four-year-old's potty humour showed up in my research. This #18thc poem reads alot like 'Who Pooed in My Loo' 💩
August 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Morning views. How lucky I am.
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Feels like undergrad all over again. #austen #18thc
August 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
York York York York York. Doesn't have the same ring as Rihanna's song, does it?
August 9, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Look at this absolute stunner 🤩 #18thc
August 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Fun things are afoot. #18thc #JaneAusten
August 6, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Afternoon spent in the company of a cute lil flat white, some donuts, & @rachelbynoth.bsky.social chapter on the Bath marriage mart & emotions.
August 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Feeling like I should do some sort of reel thing on insta as I read through this, the tropiest of tropey troperism that ever troped.
July 28, 2025 at 2:00 PM
First trip to the @holburnemuseumbath.bsky.social was a treat. And since it doubles as Lady Danbury's house in #Bridgerton I couldn't not grab a copy of 'An Offer from a Gentleman.' Purely for research purposes, of course. #18thc
July 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
When your @bsecs.bsky.social PGR/ECR roundtable contribution turns into a playlist.
July 28, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Mondays are for masquerade manuscript submission. #18thc
July 14, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tell me you have a writing deadline without telling me you have a writing deadline.
July 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
On a different note; Or, Vibes.
June 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Just barely two weeks until the dread of waiting for peer review begins. #masquerade #18thc
June 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Respite from three exceptionally long days.

(Am loving this book, btw @frazermartin.bsky.social)
December 12, 2024 at 4:12 PM
After some time away bc of a nasty stomach bug, my dread about finishing this chapter is shifting into a small sense of optimism.
December 5, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Morning lewks.
December 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I love how much he loves to read (as much as any three-year-old can read, of course) 🥰📚
December 3, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Loved this. So much. So much.
November 30, 2024 at 9:24 PM