@octolingualman@SFPS_UK Thank you ! It was a pleasure… but I am over on Bluesky now. There are no Shein ads, it’s full of academics, and it’s not owned by you-know-who. Come join us !
The first Franco-Algerian war, starting in 1830, with its razzias and enfumades, and the resistance of the extraordinary Abd el Kader: #frenchpodcast with Alain Ruscio. https://t.co/6qRhRb5Bs8
A podcast giving an overview of the Scramble for Africa, leading up to and following the 1884-5 meeting of European 'great powers' to divvy up the continent between them, with no Africans present or consulted. https://t.co/5AJnvCA473
In the early 19thC ragpickers collected discarded cloth (to make paper) and bones (to filter and whiten sugar) from the abandoned refuse of Paris. #frenchpodcast with Antoine Compagnon https://t.co/hw3paHCcLc
Hello @BadlyParkedOx this van isn’t actually parked - it drove rather fast the wrong way along Little Clarendon street and then got stuck temporarily. 🙄
My article on Flaubert and kitsch has come out in @NewLitHist https://t.co/cVY9qlpoqq so I'm allowing myself a moment of nostalgia for the maddest (but also tastiest) research project of my career: Making Madame Bovary's Wedding Cake. With thanks to @TORCHOxford.
#Frenchpodcast on the chevalier/e d’Éon, brilliant 18thC spy, diplomat, military officer and sometimes a man, sometimes a woman, according to the unambiguous clothing of the times. https://t.co/J8Ge96G99r
Delighted to have published this article on Flaubert and kitsch in @NewLitHist and I can warmly recommend their publication process and editorial team!
Interesting podcast on charisma, and how it’s easier to have it if you’re tall, male and aristocratic. Just in case we needed reminding. https://t.co/XPqGXZIImY
Why did no one tell me about Viking sorceresses when I was a child? My whole career trajectory might have been different. Great podcast. https://t.co/Awc55eusic
Ever wondered why the Scots played such an important part in the British empire? This is much clearer to me after listening to these two great @EmpirePodUK podcasts. https://t.co/65i77F0QBL