Richard Bruce Parkinson
@richardbparkinson.bsky.social
Mis-placed northerner, reader of Ancient Egyptian poetry @queenscollegeox.bsky.social (Opinions my own)
Consensus press, Sinuhe.
October 6, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Consensus press, Sinuhe.
A month with two work trips - a week in Berlin collating papyri and a week in Copenhagen.
June 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
A month with two work trips - a week in Berlin collating papyri and a week in Copenhagen.
Dark sunday walk to Plumpton Plain Bronze Age Settlement A - and bluebells.
April 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Dark sunday walk to Plumpton Plain Bronze Age Settlement A - and bluebells.
Apple blososom and early keyboards at Fenton House: magical as ever to hear music: youtube.com/@theclavierist.
April 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Apple blososom and early keyboards at Fenton House: magical as ever to hear music: youtube.com/@theclavierist.
Followed by a sandwich in Tavistock Square and at afternoon at @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
April 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Followed by a sandwich in Tavistock Square and at afternoon at @britishlibrary.bsky.social.
Moments of calm in a fortnight with visits to opticians and the wonderful Oxford Eye Hospital.
April 1, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Moments of calm in a fortnight with visits to opticians and the wonderful Oxford Eye Hospital.
Eclipse in north London.
March 29, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Eclipse in north London.
A week of editing.
March 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
A week of editing.
No comment needed.
March 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
No comment needed.
Insuperable obstacles to copy-editing this morning.
March 8, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Insuperable obstacles to copy-editing this morning.
First time for many months there was a chance to walk to work via Port Meadow.
March 6, 2025 at 9:23 PM
First time for many months there was a chance to walk to work via Port Meadow.
A stunning lecture by Olaf Kaper from @nino-leiden.bsky.social about Berenike.
March 5, 2025 at 6:53 AM
A stunning lecture by Olaf Kaper from @nino-leiden.bsky.social about Berenike.
A nice sign in a darkening world: @lgbthm.bsky.social book display at @queenscollegeox.bsky.social !
February 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
A nice sign in a darkening world: @lgbthm.bsky.social book display at @queenscollegeox.bsky.social !
Literary landscapes: Woolf's and Yourcenar's Richmond (and Ham House).
February 16, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Literary landscapes: Woolf's and Yourcenar's Richmond (and Ham House).
Just finished the excellent publication accompanying a wonderfully thought-provoking exhibition at @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social.
February 8, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Just finished the excellent publication accompanying a wonderfully thought-provoking exhibition at @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social.
Literary landscapes: Woolf's downs.
February 2, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Literary landscapes: Woolf's downs.
A shame there was no clip of the Montgolfier balloon scene from Merchant Ivory's Jefferson in Paris!
January 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A shame there was no clip of the Montgolfier balloon scene from Merchant Ivory's Jefferson in Paris!
Wonderful, revelatory ehibition on Versailles and science at @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social.
January 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Wonderful, revelatory ehibition on Versailles and science at @sciencemuseumldn.bsky.social.
Picnic at Harrison's Rocks (and Spa Valley railway).
January 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Picnic at Harrison's Rocks (and Spa Valley railway).
Huge thanks to Reader services @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, who tracked down a pdf in Milan of a Venetian journal, when it turned out that the pages of the Bodleian's copy with an 1933 article about the route of Sinuhe's flight were missing. And it turns out to be a brilliant article too ...
January 18, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Huge thanks to Reader services @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social, who tracked down a pdf in Milan of a Venetian journal, when it turned out that the pages of the Bodleian's copy with an 1933 article about the route of Sinuhe's flight were missing. And it turns out to be a brilliant article too ...
Literary landscapes: the Surrey hills and Leith hill tower (Forster and Woolf).
January 2, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Literary landscapes: the Surrey hills and Leith hill tower (Forster and Woolf).
'Perpetual peace' is too much to hope for this morning, but I pray that this government will do something SOON to secure the release of British-Egyptian writer Alaa #FreeAlaa.
December 25, 2024 at 1:51 PM
'Perpetual peace' is too much to hope for this morning, but I pray that this government will do something SOON to secure the release of British-Egyptian writer Alaa #FreeAlaa.
Day 85 of Laila Soueif's hunger strike to #FreeAlaa.
Six people are striking in solidarity with her today, and one more fasting for his second day in a row. The relay fast is ongoing for the 45th day, join us: tally.so/r/mYoe2J
Six people are striking in solidarity with her today, and one more fasting for his second day in a row. The relay fast is ongoing for the 45th day, join us: tally.so/r/mYoe2J
December 25, 2024 at 1:44 PM
Day 85 of Laila Soueif's hunger strike to #FreeAlaa.
Six people are striking in solidarity with her today, and one more fasting for his second day in a row. The relay fast is ongoing for the 45th day, join us: tally.so/r/mYoe2J
Six people are striking in solidarity with her today, and one more fasting for his second day in a row. The relay fast is ongoing for the 45th day, join us: tally.so/r/mYoe2J