Catherine Rose Maw
@realityandreverie.bsky.social
18th/19th C. Literature and History: Poetry, Nature, Science, Medicine, and Emotion 🌿✨
Lover of Romanticism, Fantasy, Folklore, and the Gothic 🖤🥀
Lover of Romanticism, Fantasy, Folklore, and the Gothic 🖤🥀
Happy National Black Cat Day to my sleepy little shadow 🐈⬛❤️✨
October 27, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Happy National Black Cat Day to my sleepy little shadow 🐈⬛❤️✨
Just a spooky girl enjoying her spooky blanket 🖤✨
September 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Just a spooky girl enjoying her spooky blanket 🖤✨
Had the most beautiful time in Cambridge for #BARS2025 last week. It was great to spend time with such lovely fellow Romanticists 💕 The days were filled with Romantic treasures, insightful panels, inspiring conversations and wonderful company! Thanks so much to everyone involved ✨ @bars.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Had the most beautiful time in Cambridge for #BARS2025 last week. It was great to spend time with such lovely fellow Romanticists 💕 The days were filled with Romantic treasures, insightful panels, inspiring conversations and wonderful company! Thanks so much to everyone involved ✨ @bars.bsky.social
Happy International Cat Day! ❤️🐾
August 8, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Happy International Cat Day! ❤️🐾
“Gather round the campfire and listen in…” 🔥
Love love love this new book from @threeravenspod.bsky.social! My favourite source for all things weird, wonderful, wild and whimsical… ❤️💫🐦⬛
It certainly gets Trixie’s seal of approval 🖤✨
Love love love this new book from @threeravenspod.bsky.social! My favourite source for all things weird, wonderful, wild and whimsical… ❤️💫🐦⬛
It certainly gets Trixie’s seal of approval 🖤✨
July 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
“Gather round the campfire and listen in…” 🔥
Love love love this new book from @threeravenspod.bsky.social! My favourite source for all things weird, wonderful, wild and whimsical… ❤️💫🐦⬛
It certainly gets Trixie’s seal of approval 🖤✨
Love love love this new book from @threeravenspod.bsky.social! My favourite source for all things weird, wonderful, wild and whimsical… ❤️💫🐦⬛
It certainly gets Trixie’s seal of approval 🖤✨
“then on the shore of the wide world I stand alone, and think…” - John Keats 🌊✨
📍Seaham Beach
📍Seaham Beach
April 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
“then on the shore of the wide world I stand alone, and think…” - John Keats 🌊✨
📍Seaham Beach
📍Seaham Beach
Well it was rather interesting trying to get home from work today…
March 29, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Well it was rather interesting trying to get home from work today…
Best part of returning home from a trip is being reunited with my little snuggle bug 🐈⬛🩷✨
January 11, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Best part of returning home from a trip is being reunited with my little snuggle bug 🐈⬛🩷✨
Had the MOST wonderful time at #BSECS2025! Massive thank you to everyone involved in organising and facilitating such a lovely, convivial conference.
So much fun catching up with friends, and meeting new people. My first time at @bsecs.bsky.social, but hopefully not the last 📚❤️✨
So much fun catching up with friends, and meeting new people. My first time at @bsecs.bsky.social, but hopefully not the last 📚❤️✨
January 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Had the MOST wonderful time at #BSECS2025! Massive thank you to everyone involved in organising and facilitating such a lovely, convivial conference.
So much fun catching up with friends, and meeting new people. My first time at @bsecs.bsky.social, but hopefully not the last 📚❤️✨
So much fun catching up with friends, and meeting new people. My first time at @bsecs.bsky.social, but hopefully not the last 📚❤️✨
Made it to Oxford for #BSECS2025. First stop… Blackwell’s and a delicious pizza! 📚🍕
Very excited for tomorrow! @bsecs.bsky.social ✨
Very excited for tomorrow! @bsecs.bsky.social ✨
January 7, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Made it to Oxford for #BSECS2025. First stop… Blackwell’s and a delicious pizza! 📚🍕
Very excited for tomorrow! @bsecs.bsky.social ✨
Very excited for tomorrow! @bsecs.bsky.social ✨
Such a fantastic performance in Newcastle yesterday for the Les Misérables Arena Tour. The cast and orchestra had us captivated with every word, every note, every breath. 🇫🇷✨ And it was such a lovely coincidence to be sat beside you, @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social!
January 6, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Such a fantastic performance in Newcastle yesterday for the Les Misérables Arena Tour. The cast and orchestra had us captivated with every word, every note, every breath. 🇫🇷✨ And it was such a lovely coincidence to be sat beside you, @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social!
Trixie has claimed her place under the Christmas tree. Whether she plans to catch Father Christmas in the act, or she senses catnip in one of these presents… who can say? 🐱🎄✨
December 24, 2024 at 9:33 PM
Trixie has claimed her place under the Christmas tree. Whether she plans to catch Father Christmas in the act, or she senses catnip in one of these presents… who can say? 🐱🎄✨
Think I may have found my favourite tea!🎄❤️✨
December 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Think I may have found my favourite tea!🎄❤️✨
Had so much fun putting together a Christmas Quiz for our Long Nineteenth Century Studies Group this week🎄❤️✨ (also gave me the perfect excuse to wear my Santa Keats T-Shirt! 🎅🏼)
December 13, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Had so much fun putting together a Christmas Quiz for our Long Nineteenth Century Studies Group this week🎄❤️✨ (also gave me the perfect excuse to wear my Santa Keats T-Shirt! 🎅🏼)
Also at ‘realityandreverie’ over on Instagram - if you’re over there!
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
Also at ‘realityandreverie’ over on Instagram - if you’re over there!
In my downtime, I love to read historical, gothic and fantasy fiction. 🖤🌹 But more often than not I’m probably daydreaming 💫✨
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
In my downtime, I love to read historical, gothic and fantasy fiction. 🖤🌹 But more often than not I’m probably daydreaming 💫✨
When not getting lost in the wild, you can probably find me wandering ancient ruins, historical houses, old churches, art galleries and chaotic book shops. 💐🌿
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
When not getting lost in the wild, you can probably find me wandering ancient ruins, historical houses, old churches, art galleries and chaotic book shops. 💐🌿
One of my favourite things to is to get out into nature, and to wear myself out on a beautiful hike. 🐝🍃
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
One of my favourite things to is to get out into nature, and to wear myself out on a beautiful hike. 🐝🍃
My world revolves around my cat, Trixie - named after Rossetti’s painting ‘Beata Beatrix’. She is the sweetest girl, and is always curled up by my side. 💕🐾
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
My world revolves around my cat, Trixie - named after Rossetti’s painting ‘Beata Beatrix’. She is the sweetest girl, and is always curled up by my side. 💕🐾
More broadly, I am interested in literature and history of the 18th and 19th centuries, the history of emotions, and the history of science and medicine. 🎭🫀🧪
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
More broadly, I am interested in literature and history of the 18th and 19th centuries, the history of emotions, and the history of science and medicine. 🎭🫀🧪
My dissertation explored Keats’s longing for a sense of immortality in his poetry, in conflict with his recognition of human consciousness as an embodied phenomenon and the physical and emotional grief of living in a mortal body. 📚🫀🧠💫
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
My dissertation explored Keats’s longing for a sense of immortality in his poetry, in conflict with his recognition of human consciousness as an embodied phenomenon and the physical and emotional grief of living in a mortal body. 📚🫀🧠💫
I graduated with a MLitt in English Literature from Newcastle University earlier this year. And I’m currently navigating the next steps in my academic journey. 👩🏼🎓📚
November 19, 2024 at 12:51 PM
I graduated with a MLitt in English Literature from Newcastle University earlier this year. And I’m currently navigating the next steps in my academic journey. 👩🏼🎓📚