I'm glad I wasn't watching! (Though thanks for the rundown.) It really makes me despair.

Thank you - that's good to know. Glad to hear you're closing down but instead are flourishing!

No worries at all - I hope you had a good manuscript day!

Oh brilliant! See you there

P.s. I will also be at the BL tomorrow! Message if meeting (however briefly) might be nice.

Ach, Bluesky not showing up well on my form: *Form.

Exciting! They're now using a Microsoft Foem. When you've found the item on the catalogue (at least with books), the listing will include a link to order it. I've been copying & pasting the shelfmarks into the forms...

That's really kind - thank you! Hopefully we'll coincide again at another event.

I'll try again with that last bit: thanks @ageingbetter.bsky.social and @thischairrocks.bsky.social (+ many others) for food for thought, & thanks @rhul-cvs.bsky.social for a home for this research.

-> our ageing societies are new, but the damaging discourses used about them were already being critiqued 150 years ago!

Thanks @wellcometrust.bsky.social for seed funding way back,@ageingbetter.bsky.social,@thischairrocks.bsky.social
for food for thought,@rhul-cvs.bsky.social a research home.
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These stories from 150 years ago also show us:

3) the risks of being 'obsolescent' at work when you've still got dependent children;

4) the power of intergenerational friendships that take us outside family & beyond ageism.

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Oliphant's novels & stories show us
1) how misleading the term "old" is, since it can include several distinct generations,

2) the intersectional discrimination facing older women then as now,

2/4

Zotero (or equivalent) helps a lot!
But otherwise I write the name or page number in brackets as I go, then come back when my brain's stopped being clever and would prefer some busywork...

It's so delightful enthusiastic..! Thank you.

It's good to hear your recommendation - I've felt up & down about McEwan, but I'll trust your endorsement on this one.