Alexa play “My Happy Place” by @divinecomedyhq.bsky.social merciiiiii

Saw this on the other place. Immediately thought of @onslies.bsky.social. #nuntastic

Extremely hot book cover klaxon! “Napoleonic Objects and their Afterlives”, edited by @matildagreig.bsky.social and Nicole Cochrane, coming on 6 February (and featuring a chapter from me on Napoleonic performance w/Albert Dieudonné as key case study). www.bloomsbury.com/uk/napoleoni...

21 January: execution of Louis XVI. “Something for crowned jugglers to ponder”, as this contemporary print warns. Mort aux tyrans, indeed…

My niece is going through a pear phase. “Draw one with a happy face. Okay now a sad face. Okay now a mad face.”
This is proof that research *is* transferable in the most unexpected circumstances, I think. 🍐 #ifyouknowyouknow
#channellingphilipon

If you’re among the people lucky enough to be visiting the newly reopened cathedral, and you go into the treasury, look out for a recumbent figure in white at the bottom of the large stained glass window. That’s my guy Denis, surrounded by medieval bishops and religious figures.

For whatever reason, RTÉ seems to show Close Encounters every year between Christmas and New Year and I’m always grateful for the opportunity to just enjoy the Truffaut/Balaban vibes.

I love a pre-Christmas byline, me. My review of Sebastian Smee’s “Paris in Ruins” in this week’s @thetls.bsky.social

www.the-tls.co.uk/arts/visual-...

This excerpt in particular, absolutely nailing the bizarre narrative that’s gained common currency that republicans somehow controlled every aspect of the public imaginary.

Thematic brooch closeup

Local Woman Overly Excited By Cathedral; Wears Thematic Brooch On TV

(I then read the first couple of chapters over mushroom pasta and this lemon pie insanity at Circolo Popolare.)

Literally just finished typing this sentence, my Pomodoro timer stopped, I check my email and they’ve released the presale tickets for the Cinémathèque Napoléon in July. The uncanny vibes remain impeccable.

When I tell you I literally screamed at my desk when I opened the email IT’S HAPPENING IT’S SEVEN HOURS LONG (ps I will literally fight people if I don’t get to this)

Me on BBC Newcastle this morning. Literally. A very merry Napoleonic Specialist Christmas to all those who mark the occasion. #NapoleonMovie