hannah
@hannahkateboast.bsky.social
Chancellor's Fellow, University of Edinburgh / Lead Judge, James Tait Black Prize for Fiction
Strange to see my granddad looking out from the centre of this photo of workers at Donisthorpe Colliery (black hat, hands at his chest)
November 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Strange to see my granddad looking out from the centre of this photo of workers at Donisthorpe Colliery (black hat, hands at his chest)
Is this a solidarity frog I spy on Leith Walk
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Is this a solidarity frog I spy on Leith Walk
obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏
October 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
obsessed with the antifascist frogs in Portland, I hope they continue to multiply 🙏
I make the argument via a reading of Jumana Manna's documentary Foragers, which focuses on struggles over food and in turn, land, in the West Bank. If you haven't seen this wonderful film, I would urge you to! I know how much affection people have for it and hope the article does it justice.
August 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I make the argument via a reading of Jumana Manna's documentary Foragers, which focuses on struggles over food and in turn, land, in the West Bank. If you haven't seen this wonderful film, I would urge you to! I know how much affection people have for it and hope the article does it justice.
coleus cuttings from a local plant swap page this weekend waiting to grow roots, with cuttings from my prolific purple heart plants 🌱
July 21, 2025 at 8:39 AM
coleus cuttings from a local plant swap page this weekend waiting to grow roots, with cuttings from my prolific purple heart plants 🌱
it's a yeastocene alright
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
it's a yeastocene alright
Lots of good discussion in here, but this bit, on infrastructure, toilets and gendered impacts, is especially interesting because of its implications for urban design:
July 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Lots of good discussion in here, but this bit, on infrastructure, toilets and gendered impacts, is especially interesting because of its implications for urban design:
Do you want to live in an all-male community? A community of men going their own way, perhaps?
June 30, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Do you want to live in an all-male community? A community of men going their own way, perhaps?
had a great time at the pen museum, have now completed the trio of niche Birmingham industrial history museums (coffin museum, back to backs)
June 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
had a great time at the pen museum, have now completed the trio of niche Birmingham industrial history museums (coffin museum, back to backs)
not sure it would pass the Indian granny test, but I find this pretty good
June 29, 2025 at 11:24 AM
not sure it would pass the Indian granny test, but I find this pretty good
Went to see Sami Tamimi talk about his new book and cook some recipes from it! Excited to try it out in the kitchen soon 🌱
June 25, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Went to see Sami Tamimi talk about his new book and cook some recipes from it! Excited to try it out in the kitchen soon 🌱
vegan mrs crimble's, this is not a drill 🚨
June 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
vegan mrs crimble's, this is not a drill 🚨
sending fan mail to the person who lives in this flat
June 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
sending fan mail to the person who lives in this flat
James Tait Black Memorial Prize announcement event on Friday made it to the Minute 😎 @uoe-llc.bsky.social
May 28, 2025 at 7:57 AM
James Tait Black Memorial Prize announcement event on Friday made it to the Minute 😎 @uoe-llc.bsky.social
Welcome to Bluesky, @soljbrager.bsky.social! If any of my followers are into graphic novels and are looking for a new read, I can very much recommend Sol's Heavyweight: an absorbing, beautifully illustrated, and oddly funny, exploration of their family history during the Holocaust.
May 26, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Welcome to Bluesky, @soljbrager.bsky.social! If any of my followers are into graphic novels and are looking for a new read, I can very much recommend Sol's Heavyweight: an absorbing, beautifully illustrated, and oddly funny, exploration of their family history during the Holocaust.
The idea of doing 'research in complete freedom' and of 'common issues' both miss the fundamental problem of the power imbalance in any collaboration. The former is presumably a version of the scientific neutrality claim. Both of these are commonly mobilised to justify violating boycotts.
May 26, 2025 at 6:26 AM
The idea of doing 'research in complete freedom' and of 'common issues' both miss the fundamental problem of the power imbalance in any collaboration. The former is presumably a version of the scientific neutrality claim. Both of these are commonly mobilised to justify violating boycotts.
wasn't expecting this bird book to be so harsh on the birds
May 24, 2025 at 7:34 PM
wasn't expecting this bird book to be so harsh on the birds
A significant % of Environmental Humanities is a rerun of 1990s ecocriticism, in which we have to hear people talk again and again about the importance of connecting to nature and your bioregion, with nobody wanting to listen to the literary critic in the room pointing out why we stopped doing this
May 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
A significant % of Environmental Humanities is a rerun of 1990s ecocriticism, in which we have to hear people talk again and again about the importance of connecting to nature and your bioregion, with nobody wanting to listen to the literary critic in the room pointing out why we stopped doing this
The shortlists for the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes 2025 have been announced! There are two prizes, in Fiction and Biography, and it's been a pleasure to judge the Fiction prize. www.ed.ac.uk/news/connect...
May 14, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The shortlists for the James Tait Black Memorial Prizes 2025 have been announced! There are two prizes, in Fiction and Biography, and it's been a pleasure to judge the Fiction prize. www.ed.ac.uk/news/connect...
Fife coastal path yesterday 🌞
May 11, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Fife coastal path yesterday 🌞
hello from the seaside, where I have just put my feet in the sea for the first time in 2025
May 2, 2025 at 3:24 PM
hello from the seaside, where I have just put my feet in the sea for the first time in 2025
I have pre-ordered Pattern-book by @eireannmor.bsky.social and am excited for it to hit my letterbox this month straight from @carcanet.bsky.social
May 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I have pre-ordered Pattern-book by @eireannmor.bsky.social and am excited for it to hit my letterbox this month straight from @carcanet.bsky.social
in celebration of my good mood, here is a photo from the weekend
April 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
in celebration of my good mood, here is a photo from the weekend