Marc Alexander
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Professor of English Linguistics (University of Glasgow), Director of the Historical Thesaurus of English, made the Hansard Corpus 1803–, likes cake. He/him.
17 years ago today we sent off the 1st ed of the Historical Thesaurus to OUP for publication in 2009! Scary to think that someone born as we typed in the final word might now be an undergraduate starting this year… (Pictured is Christian Kay handing over the envelope to Tommy Cameron, our janitor.)
July 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
17 years ago today we sent off the 1st ed of the Historical Thesaurus to OUP for publication in 2009! Scary to think that someone born as we typed in the final word might now be an undergraduate starting this year… (Pictured is Christian Kay handing over the envelope to Tommy Cameron, our janitor.)
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Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply!
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November 26, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Each year, Archives and Special Collections at the University of Glasgow advertises several Fellowships for visiting researchers. The application deadline for 2025 is 6th January. It’s an amazing collection, especially for medievalists and early modernists - apply!
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
www.gla.ac.uk/myglasgow/li...
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The weekend's almost here... What are ye doing for the weekend? Or should we be asking... What are youse doing tonight?
Do you use 'ye' or 'youse'? As the maps keep filling up, we're starting to see where people use one rather than the other!
Do you use 'ye' or 'youse'? As the maps keep filling up, we're starting to see where people use one rather than the other!
November 22, 2024 at 4:59 PM
The weekend's almost here... What are ye doing for the weekend? Or should we be asking... What are youse doing tonight?
Do you use 'ye' or 'youse'? As the maps keep filling up, we're starting to see where people use one rather than the other!
Do you use 'ye' or 'youse'? As the maps keep filling up, we're starting to see where people use one rather than the other!
Walking home last night and was struck by the moon and the clouds above the Wellington Church on the university campus (but didn’t stay to take any more as it was freezing cold!)
November 18, 2024 at 7:34 AM
Walking home last night and was struck by the moon and the clouds above the Wellington Church on the university campus (but didn’t stay to take any more as it was freezing cold!)
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Apols for the self promotion but #BurningtheBooks was written during the first Trump era (& in part responded to it). The coming years portend intensified attacks on knowledge. My CODA re-ups the argument for libraries & archives as infrastructure of democracy.
November 17, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Apols for the self promotion but #BurningtheBooks was written during the first Trump era (& in part responded to it). The coming years portend intensified attacks on knowledge. My CODA re-ups the argument for libraries & archives as infrastructure of democracy.
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Soothing waves for those who need it today
November 9, 2024 at 11:34 AM
Soothing waves for those who need it today
Professional achievement unlocked: at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today working on a bit of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1801 so obscure that even the BL’s copy had uncut pages – I had to get a nice chap at the desk to use his official-looking knife on it. Now am overexcited and need a lie down
November 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Professional achievement unlocked: at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social today working on a bit of the Gentleman’s Magazine from 1801 so obscure that even the BL’s copy had uncut pages – I had to get a nice chap at the desk to use his official-looking knife on it. Now am overexcited and need a lie down
Sunset earlier in the year from the office window – staring out at this and smiling is now my number one excuse for not getting all my work done.
November 7, 2024 at 10:51 AM
Sunset earlier in the year from the office window – staring out at this and smiling is now my number one excuse for not getting all my work done.