Dr Jen Baker
@jendeavour.bsky.social
Lecturer in c19th and c20th Literature. #Gothic #DeathStudies #Childhood
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Assoc Editor @ Gothic Studies
Pinned
Goals
Earlier today, I was notified that someone was at my door.
This is who it was:
This is who it was:
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Goals
"The inquiry report says imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Covid inquiry live updates: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"The inquiry report says imposing lockdown a week earlier could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England"
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
"Toxic and chaotic" attitude from the government.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
I think someone is a *touch* cold 😂
#hibernate
#hibernate
November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I think someone is a *touch* cold 😂
#hibernate
#hibernate
Someone's keen! Not even light yet 😴
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Someone's keen! Not even light yet 😴
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Sheffield Hallam and the University of Sheffield are on strike today.
With the ballot closing soon, this is the moment to stand together.
Show your support for colleagues in Sheffield, have those conversations, encourage colleagues to vote and let's keep fighting. #wearetheuniversity
With the ballot closing soon, this is the moment to stand together.
Show your support for colleagues in Sheffield, have those conversations, encourage colleagues to vote and let's keep fighting. #wearetheuniversity
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Reposted by Dr Jen Baker
Interested in doing a funded PhD at the Open University? We have an opportunity to explore what dying well means to people living with dementia. Please see the link below for more information and don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss further! wels.open.ac.uk/sites/wels.o...
wels.open.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Interested in doing a funded PhD at the Open University? We have an opportunity to explore what dying well means to people living with dementia. Please see the link below for more information and don't hesitate to get in touch to discuss further! wels.open.ac.uk/sites/wels.o...
These little visitors bring me so much joy! ❤️
(Two different robins - they'll probably be scrapping soon!)
(Two different robins - they'll probably be scrapping soon!)
November 18, 2025 at 9:45 AM
These little visitors bring me so much joy! ❤️
(Two different robins - they'll probably be scrapping soon!)
(Two different robins - they'll probably be scrapping soon!)
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
*sigh*
*sigh*
November 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
your last saved meme is your moral philosophy.
*sigh*
*sigh*
Good lord why did no one tell me that made-to-measure roller blinds were so expensive?! 😱😱
a woman wearing a black beret says stick em up
ALT: a woman wearing a black beret says stick em up
media.tenor.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Good lord why did no one tell me that made-to-measure roller blinds were so expensive?! 😱😱
What a fabulous sweatshirt from @helleborezine.bsky.social - looks like you can buy it here if anyone is looking for Christmas presents 🖤😈 everpress.com/profile/hell...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:18 PM
What a fabulous sweatshirt from @helleborezine.bsky.social - looks like you can buy it here if anyone is looking for Christmas presents 🖤😈 everpress.com/profile/hell...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Publication day! My special issue on Algernon Blackwood and the Gothic is officially out: www.euppublishing.com/toc/gothic/c...
My heartfelt thanks to all the contributors. So much in here - will cover in future posts. The issue positions B as a major force in C20th British Gothic.
My heartfelt thanks to all the contributors. So much in here - will cover in future posts. The issue positions B as a major force in C20th British Gothic.
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - gothic: Vol 27, No 3
www.euppublishing.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Holy shit, just learned about the typewriter art of Montserrat Alberich Escardívol, a Catalan typist. Using an extra wide typewriter and 180 color ribbons, she built up elaborate images from simple characters like 'm' and '.' and ';'. Here is her typewritten painting of the Cathedral of Barcelona.
November 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Thrilled to share that Killing Children in British Fiction has been jointly awarded the @bacls.bsky.social Monograph Prize 2025. Thanks to judges; huge congratulations fellow winner @dremmaparker.bsky.social and shortlisted @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social.
bacls.org/news/187/
bacls.org/news/187/
News - BACLS Monograph Prize 2025 Winners
bacls.org
November 12, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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"In truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Does Britain value culture any more? Ask the striking workers at the British Library | Zadie Smith
The dispute over pay at this great national institution gets to the heart of our misplaced priorities, says novelist Zadie Smith
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
"In truth you do not value culture at all, and are in fact running a giant heritage museum in which the only cultural workers you respect are the dead ones."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Dr Jen Baker
Call for papers for my latest project - 'Gothic Pre-Raphaelitism': serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/gothic-pre...
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Call for papers for my latest project - 'Gothic Pre-Raphaelitism': serenatrowbridge.substack.com/p/gothic-pre...
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Please share with anyone who may be interested!
#gothic #preraphaelite #preraphaelitism @preraphaelitesoc.bsky.social
Just giving my childhood memories a refresh (and probably a scarring insight to the horrors Behind the Scenes) with Girlbands Forever on BBC iplayer
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Just giving my childhood memories a refresh (and probably a scarring insight to the horrors Behind the Scenes) with Girlbands Forever on BBC iplayer
Fabulous Autumnal glow this weekend ✨️ 🧡🍂
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Fabulous Autumnal glow this weekend ✨️ 🧡🍂
Reposted by Dr Jen Baker
Just doing my bit to share the petitions for the University of #Nottingham's music and modern language degree courses. So distressingly shortsighted.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
University of Nottingham, you cannot drop Music and Modern Languages!
The screenshot below, is of the University of Nottingham Music Department homepage. A flourishing department, which sadly hit the news for all the wrong reasons a couple of days ago. BBC News:- Uni…
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog
November 9, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Just doing my bit to share the petitions for the University of #Nottingham's music and modern language degree courses. So distressingly shortsighted.
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
karenmcaulaymusicologist.blog/2025/11/08/u...
Currently (just about) functioning between 5-8
November 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Currently (just about) functioning between 5-8
November 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Reposted by Dr Jen Baker
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
IT’S HERE! Our first volume of strange and supernatural stories for the darker half of the year. Nine new tales by masters of the genre: Ramsey Campbell, Helen Grant, Reggie Oliver, Ally Wilkes, Steve Toase, Verity Holloway and more.
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
👉🏼 Get your copy on www.helleborezine.com
Farewell Miss Flite - released from Chancery at last ❤️
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85
Family pays tribute to actor, who was a ‘bright, sparky, witty presence on stage and screen’
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Farewell Miss Flite - released from Chancery at last ❤️
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Shirley Valentine actor Pauline Collins dies aged 85 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Good God. Solidarity with everyone affected - absolutely unbelievable.
Even more so that it is being allowed to happen by those in Power, from a party I once saw as defender of the Arts. Shameful.
So we'll have to get that power back. 💪🏻
#picketline
#UCUballot
@ucu.org.uk
Even more so that it is being allowed to happen by those in Power, from a party I once saw as defender of the Arts. Shameful.
So we'll have to get that power back. 💪🏻
#picketline
#UCUballot
@ucu.org.uk
'Music and modern foreign languages degrees are among courses being suspended at the University of Nottingham, with the institution saying it “cannot rely on additional income” from the coming tuition fee rises.' 1/3
Nottingham suspends music, language and nursing courses
University says financial uncertainties continue as government’s proposed student levy will ‘wipe out any benefits’ from rising tuition fees
www.timeshighereducation.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Good God. Solidarity with everyone affected - absolutely unbelievable.
Even more so that it is being allowed to happen by those in Power, from a party I once saw as defender of the Arts. Shameful.
So we'll have to get that power back. 💪🏻
#picketline
#UCUballot
@ucu.org.uk
Even more so that it is being allowed to happen by those in Power, from a party I once saw as defender of the Arts. Shameful.
So we'll have to get that power back. 💪🏻
#picketline
#UCUballot
@ucu.org.uk