good lord this is far too many people who have listened to my silly thoughts

#TypicalHistorian going to my first symposium as I zip across the country between my university and partner institution

(late to this trend because I was having my biannual crisis about whether I’m a historian or a literary scholar. have now settled on literary historian. does that count??)

200,000 views since this weekend on a nearly three year old video and over a 1000 new subscribers. the youtube algorithm really is algorithming 🙈

staying with the 🇺🇸 family over christmas has made me realise how much old stuff we take for granted

my bf’s Tudor-obsessed mother mentioned Burghley House, a huge palace with amazing grounds, and that Elizabeth I’s spymaster was there. and I was like… that’s where we took the dog out last week 🐕‍🦺

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the face of someone who got their first phd offer 📖

this was taken from hmsb, part of the imperial war museums where I’ve ended up doing my collaborative phd!

*arrives at home for Christmas
*immediately falls down stairs

currently deciding which books to take for reading over christmas and realising that they are not very festive and actually quite gloomy

post you from a different era ✨

truly blessed to work in a place that looks like this (literally feels like a day out I get paid for) 😌