Helen Lovatt

Writer, university teacher, second baritone, parent of Jonathan and Caroline. Cats, Argonauts, kimchi. legally blind, she/her/they/them 🌈 Views my own.

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

Now coming on here very little. If you want to know what I’m up to, I’m mainly on Bluesky helenlovatt [at] bsky [dot] social

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@AnneliseGray @CarolineLawrenc @_ZephyrBooks Looking forward to this!

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

Tomorrow looking forward to Annelise Gray talking chariots and disability, mythology and memory loss. All welcome online or in person!

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

Tomorrow the second of these events: Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here https://t.co/ap5GrLG0Ea...
And you can book in here https://t.co/VusIjpxWa1...

[Caroline Lawrence @CarolineLawrenc]

Was toothache a disability in ancient times? Having a club foot? Neurodivergence? OCD? Physical deformity? I have instances of all these in my children's books & will be discussing tomorrow. FREE. Sign up here: https://t.co/tFB62gjfHK @HelenLovatt2 #WeAreUoN

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

@HachetteAudioUK @HachetteAudio just finished the brilliant audio books of KBWagers Indranan War and want to listen to the Farian War, but not available in the UK! Author says they should be, please can you rectify! I want to spend my pounds Sterling on your fine products!

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

2days to go!! Children’s lit and classics friends: join us for a discussion on disability and belonging. More info here https://t.co/ap5GrLGytI...
And you can book in here https://t.co/MFrDtyUoHi
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, excited for it!
Hope to see you there!

[Annelise Gray @AnneliseGray]

Honoured to be invited by Dept of Classics and Archaeology at Uni of Nottingham to discuss disability in children's literature about Greece and Rome. Details below (and I'm following the great @CarolineLawrenc the week before, so no pressure 😙).

@_ZephyrBooks @HelenLovatt2

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

Classics and children’s lit friends join us for a discussion of disability and belonging! More info here https://t.co/2CWBZw7FxS
And you can book in here https://t.co/0sSghEVVZY
Caroline Lawrence will be with us online, much looking forward.
Hope to see you there!

[Cressida Ryan @CressidaRyan]

If people assume Latin is elitist and restrict it to Letitia environs then they prove themselves right. It’s boring. I’ve never had an issue getting all demographics interested in Latin (former school teacher and Classics Outreach Officer turned lecturer and disability advisor)

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

@ask_aubry An eclectic collection of books and a well equipped kitchen

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

@AidanTheJester Tell us where that is and will turn up with a brass band. Generally people don’t stay stuff like that to 30 people carrying large brass instruments. (And we raise loads of money for the band and local charities)

[Toph Marshall @Tophocles]

The sadness of Bacchylides.

This time last year, I went to Kea, home of Simonides and his nephew Bacchylides. I’ve always had a soft spot for Bacch, and had never been to Kea before. Simonides has a monument in town. No mention of his nephew.

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[Res_Australes: Ancient World Studies, Australasia @res_australes]

May 17 online (6pm AEST, 8pm NZ, 9am UK) #AWAWS @WomenAncient Equity & Diversity seminar: Prof Helen Lovatt (@HelenLovatt2 @UoNClassics Nottingham), Collaboration & critique: Drawing on disability to underpin a social model of dealing with disadvantage. https://t.co/En14tottCc

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30% off at Bloomsbury until Sunday, in case anyone was thinking of buying my Argonauts book? All you ever wanted to know and more about the way people use this story https://t.co/2R8dKwqvLP...

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

@Helenreflects I’ve watched upload, though

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@mythsbaby @tigerlilyrocks might be able to arrange it?

[Helen Lovatt @HelenLovatt2]

@NevilleMorley Our current problem is Alexa waking us up to announce that she can’t connect to the Internet right now.

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@Robin_C_Douglas And another was me, now understanding myself more fully. In the 80s, anyway.

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@Robin_C_Douglas Well there were trans kids in the 90s, and 80s and 70s (and 50s etc) and some of them are my friends, now trans adults. Well done for talking about this honestly, and glad you feel ok in yourself now.