Dr Lucy J.S. Clarke 🇵🇸🏳️⚧️🌈 no human is illegal
@lucyjsclarke.bsky.social
interdisciplinary historian of early modern England; Leverhulme ECF at Sheffield, working on 'Performing the early modern English state into reality, 1558-1641'. socio-legal history, practice-as-research as historical method. mum of cats and a small human.
since I’ve had a baby I’ve read more news articles than ever before, simply because I need something one-handed to do at 2am when she’s feeding and I’ve stupidly forgotten to connect my earphones before latching her on
September 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
since I’ve had a baby I’ve read more news articles than ever before, simply because I need something one-handed to do at 2am when she’s feeding and I’ve stupidly forgotten to connect my earphones before latching her on
my kid straight up looking like Tony Soprano getting the newspaper
September 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
my kid straight up looking like Tony Soprano getting the newspaper
fully overwhelmed this afternoon, because a friend surprised us with a handmade quilt inspired by early modern decorated ceilings for Nugget. absolutely astonishing work and a kindness that is rare to find.
September 6, 2025 at 12:55 PM
fully overwhelmed this afternoon, because a friend surprised us with a handmade quilt inspired by early modern decorated ceilings for Nugget. absolutely astonishing work and a kindness that is rare to find.
It was a hell of a thing to go through, but now we are five (including the cats). and that’s enough to get us through the recovery from that birth.
August 30, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It was a hell of a thing to go through, but now we are five (including the cats). and that’s enough to get us through the recovery from that birth.
well, Wes, you undermine the “don’t put little Tory squits upside down in bins” movement, so where does that leave us, eh?
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
well, Wes, you undermine the “don’t put little Tory squits upside down in bins” movement, so where does that leave us, eh?
look at this ridiculous creature.
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
look at this ridiculous creature.
1. Exactly the sort of person you’d expect to be saying this 2. Why run with this photo, where Wallace looks like he’s sizing up how to eat your skin most efficiently?
July 18, 2025 at 10:19 AM
1. Exactly the sort of person you’d expect to be saying this 2. Why run with this photo, where Wallace looks like he’s sizing up how to eat your skin most efficiently?
the absolute state of this creature.
July 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
the absolute state of this creature.
getting read for filth long distance by a close friend *and* his father. keeps you humble x
June 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
getting read for filth long distance by a close friend *and* his father. keeps you humble x
pregnancy is a funny old time for body image, but shout out to P, who managed to take some pictures of me I truly adore while we were on our “babymoon” last week, and to me, who decided I was going to stop dissecting every picture taken of me with a critical lens.
June 9, 2025 at 8:59 PM
pregnancy is a funny old time for body image, but shout out to P, who managed to take some pictures of me I truly adore while we were on our “babymoon” last week, and to me, who decided I was going to stop dissecting every picture taken of me with a critical lens.
the sheer chutzpah of Ryanair emailing this to me the day after a flight that landed half an hour late
June 2, 2025 at 5:19 PM
the sheer chutzpah of Ryanair emailing this to me the day after a flight that landed half an hour late
behold, my beautiful boy who is only a little bit soggy.
May 27, 2025 at 8:29 PM
behold, my beautiful boy who is only a little bit soggy.
and we’ve discovered it’s actually really hard to eat parchment, and the documents survive chewing! #eatingtearingthrowing @lflannigan17.bsky.social @saracharles.bsky.social @freemanjones.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 11:54 AM
and we’ve discovered it’s actually really hard to eat parchment, and the documents survive chewing! #eatingtearingthrowing @lflannigan17.bsky.social @saracharles.bsky.social @freemanjones.bsky.social
@thegozfather.bsky.social telling us about the updated (incredible) new cataloguing for STAC 5 and REQ 2 coming to National Archives’ Discovery soon! #eatingtearingthrowing
May 23, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@thegozfather.bsky.social telling us about the updated (incredible) new cataloguing for STAC 5 and REQ 2 coming to National Archives’ Discovery soon! #eatingtearingthrowing
a massive shout out to my wonderful PAR actors who gamely came out onto a university thoroughfare to try enacting proclamations of peace on Monday! #history #PAR #practiceasresearch #skystorians
May 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
a massive shout out to my wonderful PAR actors who gamely came out onto a university thoroughfare to try enacting proclamations of peace on Monday! #history #PAR #practiceasresearch #skystorians
this photo was taken nine years ago today on the first day of my finals. I already knew P was the love of my life. glorious and magical to think that these two idiots are now PhD-holding professionals, expecting a baby and getting married next year. true love is real.
May 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
this photo was taken nine years ago today on the first day of my finals. I already knew P was the love of my life. glorious and magical to think that these two idiots are now PhD-holding professionals, expecting a baby and getting married next year. true love is real.
ordered a maternity dress (it’s happening yo) off Vinted and laid it out on the sofa to get rid of the creases. within two minutes Archie has turned it into his new bed without me even trying it on.
May 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
ordered a maternity dress (it’s happening yo) off Vinted and laid it out on the sofa to get rid of the creases. within two minutes Archie has turned it into his new bed without me even trying it on.
just six days out from #eatingtearingthrowing some early modern legal documents! join us in person or online for a wonderful day of practice as research and legal history. tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv
May 17, 2025 at 1:01 PM
just six days out from #eatingtearingthrowing some early modern legal documents! join us in person or online for a wonderful day of practice as research and legal history. tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv
join me, @thegozfather.bsky.social, @lflannigan17.bsky.social, @saracharles.bsky.social, @freemanjones.bsky.social, Clare Egan and Derek Dunne on 23rd May to explore what serving, tearing and eating legal documents in early modern England actually looked like! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv #skystorians
May 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
join me, @thegozfather.bsky.social, @lflannigan17.bsky.social, @saracharles.bsky.social, @freemanjones.bsky.social, Clare Egan and Derek Dunne on 23rd May to explore what serving, tearing and eating legal documents in early modern England actually looked like! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv #skystorians
Free to attend, kindly funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk and hosted by @sheffieldcems.bsky.social! Lunch provided for in person attendees. You can also attend online by emailing me Lucy.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk!
May 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Free to attend, kindly funded by @leverhulme.ac.uk and hosted by @sheffieldcems.bsky.social! Lunch provided for in person attendees. You can also attend online by emailing me Lucy.clarke@sheffield.ac.uk!
what happens when someone just decided to pocket the warrant for their arrest? come along to our workshop on 23rd May to find out! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv
May 13, 2025 at 10:55 AM
what happens when someone just decided to pocket the warrant for their arrest? come along to our workshop on 23rd May to find out! tinyurl.com/4ras5xtv
hive mind: I’ve got a slip attached to an arrest warrant that’s in court hand and Latin that doesn’t refer to the original warrant, but a linked arrest. can anyone help me with a transcription and/or translation?
May 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
hive mind: I’ve got a slip attached to an arrest warrant that’s in court hand and Latin that doesn’t refer to the original warrant, but a linked arrest. can anyone help me with a transcription and/or translation?
we’re having a bit of a disagreement about whether he’s helping me write.
May 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
we’re having a bit of a disagreement about whether he’s helping me write.
I’ve long known P was my soulmate, but it was all the more certain when I said I wanted to be pregnant Bella Swan for a fancy dress party and he immediately volunteered to be my Edward Cullen. nobody wanted to talk to us and we went to the Maccies drive-through like this. he’s the love of my life.
April 30, 2025 at 10:32 PM
I’ve long known P was my soulmate, but it was all the more certain when I said I wanted to be pregnant Bella Swan for a fancy dress party and he immediately volunteered to be my Edward Cullen. nobody wanted to talk to us and we went to the Maccies drive-through like this. he’s the love of my life.
London-based actors—I am looking for five people to act in a practice-as-research workshop about early modern arrests on the afternoon of 30th May. paid at £50 per actor for the afternoon. details here: ials.sas.ac.uk/events/what-...
April 25, 2025 at 10:36 AM
London-based actors—I am looking for five people to act in a practice-as-research workshop about early modern arrests on the afternoon of 30th May. paid at £50 per actor for the afternoon. details here: ials.sas.ac.uk/events/what-...