Rosalind Aczel
@rjaczel.bsky.social
#Classics #teacher based in Colchester, Essex. Also a musician and Austenite #JaneAusten. All views my own. (She/Her)
Had a lovely time at the Symposium on Literature and Architecture 1660-1840 with the Georgian Group yesterday. Learned so much and talked to some cool people. The PhD fantasy is rearing its head again. It would just be so delightful to spend all my time thinking about Jane Austen and the C18th!
May 11, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Had a lovely time at the Symposium on Literature and Architecture 1660-1840 with the Georgian Group yesterday. Learned so much and talked to some cool people. The PhD fantasy is rearing its head again. It would just be so delightful to spend all my time thinking about Jane Austen and the C18th!
Just described Aquae Sulis as the "Dubai of Roman Britain" in a comment on a student's work and I don't know how I feel about that.
March 16, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Just described Aquae Sulis as the "Dubai of Roman Britain" in a comment on a student's work and I don't know how I feel about that.
Planted a tree. Her name is Juana the Gold (a jonogold apple). Named her, got attached, hope she lives. Il faut cultiver notre jardin etc. etc. #TinyJoys
February 23, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Planted a tree. Her name is Juana the Gold (a jonogold apple). Named her, got attached, hope she lives. Il faut cultiver notre jardin etc. etc. #TinyJoys
I might have to buy a computer game for the first time in years. Big Caesar 3 vibes.
Roman city builder Pompeii: The Legacy is having a playtest, and you can sign up now
www.pcgamesn.com/pompeii-the-...
www.pcgamesn.com/pompeii-the-...
February 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I might have to buy a computer game for the first time in years. Big Caesar 3 vibes.
Taking a social media break till new year. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!
December 24, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Taking a social media break till new year. Happy Christmas to all who celebrate!
I mean... Good to get more adaptations to discuss, but the casting bores me.
Christopher Nolan’s next film is an adaption of ‘THE ODYSSEY’
• Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War
• Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson
• Described as a mythic action epic that follows the tale of Odysseus & his 10-year journey home after the Trojan War
• Starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, Anne Hathaway, Matt Damon, Lupita Nyong’o and Robert Pattinson
December 24, 2024 at 7:36 AM
I mean... Good to get more adaptations to discuss, but the casting bores me.
The ironic thing about reading a chapter of Luke's Gospel every day through Advent (which has been a fascinating little Advent project) is that I've now got to Good Friday and Easter. I did not think this one through.
December 22, 2024 at 11:33 PM
The ironic thing about reading a chapter of Luke's Gospel every day through Advent (which has been a fascinating little Advent project) is that I've now got to Good Friday and Easter. I did not think this one through.
Reposted by Rosalind Aczel
Removing the financial support enabling students in state schools learn Latin in the UK is an appalling and shortsighted policy. Please sign this petition to keep the Latin Excellence Programme - www.change.org/p/save-the-l... #AncientBlueSky
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Save the Latin Excellence Programme - keep teaching Latin in state schools
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December 22, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Removing the financial support enabling students in state schools learn Latin in the UK is an appalling and shortsighted policy. Please sign this petition to keep the Latin Excellence Programme - www.change.org/p/save-the-l... #AncientBlueSky
Love this! (And I loved Fire Island.) In answer to the question, I do actually think that Austen dismisses or at least challenges the happy ending in marriage. Superficially, it's HEA but that is always undercut by irony or passed over.
Waking up on the birthday of the GOAT, Jane Austen, to see that my article with @drbeard79.bsky.social, has been published in Persuasions today to mark the date 🥳
www.jasna.org/publications...
www.jasna.org/publications...
Adapting Jane Austen’s “Hetero Nonsense” in Andrew Ahn and Joel Kim Booster’s Fire Island
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December 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
Love this! (And I loved Fire Island.) In answer to the question, I do actually think that Austen dismisses or at least challenges the happy ending in marriage. Superficially, it's HEA but that is always undercut by irony or passed over.
Made it to the Jane Austen Society London Branch birthday lunch. Talked to some really interesting and lovely people and John Mullan gave us a preview of his plenary talk for the Baltimore AGM 2025. JASNA, you're in for a treat!
December 14, 2024 at 5:46 PM
Made it to the Jane Austen Society London Branch birthday lunch. Talked to some really interesting and lovely people and John Mullan gave us a preview of his plenary talk for the Baltimore AGM 2025. JASNA, you're in for a treat!
My garden has been finished! So thrilled.
December 13, 2024 at 8:56 PM
My garden has been finished! So thrilled.
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And, finally, jumping back a smidge,
If They Manage To Not Put An Actual Girl In Half Up Hair, Why Do Other Productions Insist On Putting Girlish Half Up Hair On Grown Women?
If They Manage To Not Put An Actual Girl In Half Up Hair, Why Do Other Productions Insist On Putting Girlish Half Up Hair On Grown Women?
December 12, 2024 at 1:28 AM
And, finally, jumping back a smidge,
If They Manage To Not Put An Actual Girl In Half Up Hair, Why Do Other Productions Insist On Putting Girlish Half Up Hair On Grown Women?
If They Manage To Not Put An Actual Girl In Half Up Hair, Why Do Other Productions Insist On Putting Girlish Half Up Hair On Grown Women?
Incongruity between the A&E department's fancy, new junk food vending machine with constant digital advertising and the slide show about healthy eating and leading a healthy lifestyle on the big screen.
December 12, 2024 at 3:42 PM
Incongruity between the A&E department's fancy, new junk food vending machine with constant digital advertising and the slide show about healthy eating and leading a healthy lifestyle on the big screen.
It was not fun. Still extremely painful and can't bend it. Going to get a taxi to school. Will be interesting. Will probably go to A&E this afternoon, but today's a big day at school.
How to sleep when you've busted your knee and can't bend your leg? On your back. How not to sleep when you have a hacking cough? On your back. Well, tonight's going to be fun.
a man in a blue shirt is talking about bad things happening to good people
Alt: Ross Geller gif: "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
media.tenor.com
December 12, 2024 at 7:17 AM
It was not fun. Still extremely painful and can't bend it. Going to get a taxi to school. Will be interesting. Will probably go to A&E this afternoon, but today's a big day at school.
How to sleep when you've busted your knee and can't bend your leg? On your back. How not to sleep when you have a hacking cough? On your back. Well, tonight's going to be fun.
a man in a blue shirt is talking about bad things happening to good people
Alt: Ross Geller gif: "Why do bad things happen to good people?"
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2024 at 8:19 PM
How to sleep when you've busted your knee and can't bend your leg? On your back. How not to sleep when you have a hacking cough? On your back. Well, tonight's going to be fun.
I finished the 20 books in 20 days challenge yesterday and I rather miss it. We're those my favourite books? Maybe, maybe not. But they are all important books to me and it was nice thinking about them for a few weeks!
December 9, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I finished the 20 books in 20 days challenge yesterday and I rather miss it. We're those my favourite books? Maybe, maybe not. But they are all important books to me and it was nice thinking about them for a few weeks!
Reposted by Rosalind Aczel
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has announced a plan to END ALL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING at its historical Lampeter campus by September 2025!
Petition closes on February 28, 2025
Learn more and sign here: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
(via @saveancientstudies.bsky.social)
Petition closes on February 28, 2025
Learn more and sign here: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
(via @saveancientstudies.bsky.social)
https://petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/2464…
December 9, 2024 at 3:25 PM
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David has announced a plan to END ALL UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING at its historical Lampeter campus by September 2025!
Petition closes on February 28, 2025
Learn more and sign here: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
(via @saveancientstudies.bsky.social)
Petition closes on February 28, 2025
Learn more and sign here: petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
(via @saveancientstudies.bsky.social)
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 8, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 20
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 20
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 19
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 7, 2024 at 9:34 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 19
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 19
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
OMG!!!!
Sondheim's adaptation of The Frogs is back in London!!! I already have my ticket 🐸
If you haven't seen this musical yet, this is the perfect opportunity:
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
ancientbluesky
If you haven't seen this musical yet, this is the perfect opportunity:
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk/productions/...
ancientbluesky
The Frogs - Southwark Playhouse Borough
Hop to it, Sondheim fans! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see The Frogs, a laugh-a-minute musical comedy about trying to heal a broken world with art.
southwarkplayhouse.co.uk
December 7, 2024 at 10:49 AM
OMG!!!!
Are Elon Musk and the tech bros around him playing a similar role to imperial freedmen in American politics, I wonder.
December 6, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Are Elon Musk and the tech bros around him playing a similar role to imperial freedmen in American politics, I wonder.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 18
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 5, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 18
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 18
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
December 5, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Using only a restaurant, tell us where you went to college.
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
Day 17
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
Day 17
#BookSky
#Books
#BookChallenge
It's 3.46am and I'm lying awake coughing. I hate this so much. I'm not even coughing that much, just enough to not sleep. And I've lost my voice, which is a death knell to a teacher. Took yesterday off but all it takes is one conversation and my voice will be wrecked again. I HATE THIS.
December 4, 2024 at 3:48 AM
It's 3.46am and I'm lying awake coughing. I hate this so much. I'm not even coughing that much, just enough to not sleep. And I've lost my voice, which is a death knell to a teacher. Took yesterday off but all it takes is one conversation and my voice will be wrecked again. I HATE THIS.