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Associate Prof at Exeter Uni | English history 1480-1700 | CI: Material Culture in English Wills | reformation | angels & ghosts | she/her | brown-ish | 1st gen Wills Project: https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcultureofwills/ Blog: manyheadedmonster.com
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A Very Wet Devon Day, rather brighter #otd last year:

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To celebrate World Art Day, we’re sharing this Javanese Shadow Puppet, thought to represent Rama, one of the Hindu deity Vishnu’s many forms. 💫Beautifully painted with gold and intricate patterns. On display in our museum. Free and open every day 10am-5pm. #worldartday #precinema

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Athenian Mercury, 1691: Query, Whether Books are not more proper to be given at Funerals, than Bisquits, Gloves, Rings, &c. Answ. We vehemently suspect this Query is sent in by some Bookseller or other, who has either a great many Books fit for such a business, or is about to Print one'.

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A new MEMOs blog post from Lucy Morgan today! She examines the hold of Mughal royal women on the early modern English imagination memorients.com/articles/mug...

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Thanks so much @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social for sending me books! Perfect spring reading here 🦔

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well, we had a good 6 weeks there, but last week the boiler started dripping again. a man came to fix it today. now it's dripping again. Repair counter: - 9 engineer visits so far - 3 new pumps - infinity drips 💧

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i used to worry my 2003 nokia made me look like a drug dealer but know people will just think i am off to the States

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#EarlyModern 🗃️ #Devon #Cornwall

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📢 There's still time to book onto our FREE children's activity, taking place this week on Wednesday morning! Find out more and book via Eventbrite! ⬇️ #Exeter #Devon #VisitExeter #Easter #Holidays #Events

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'to have Aswad in the international charts, and [lovers rock star] Trevor Walters, Eddy Grant, Janet Kay all enjoying major commercial success and not be involved … They didn’t call us for Live Aid and they didn’t call us for the recording.' www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...

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This looks fabulous - and a chance to work with my brilliant colleague Philip Schwyzer. 'how Shakespeare has been commemorated from the #EarlyModern period to the present, including through physical monuments & memorials.' 🗃️

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📢FREE PRINT WORKSHOP!📢 🎵 Hear songs inspired by our wills! 🧑‍🎨 Create a linocut to illustrate one song! 📜 Print your design! Uni of Exeter Thurs 15 May, 1.30-4.30pm Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wills-as-w... #EarlyModern #History #Exeter @uniofexeterhass.bsky.social @uoearchhist.bsky.social

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trying to be less 'devil's cushion' today

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'The latest Ethnic Representation Index, a report first launched in 2022, shows mixed signs of progress, with more representation for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) academics, including professors, but the ethnicity pay gap for university staff widening.' 1/3

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More marital memento mori! And a very fine example too. Silver spoons were a very popular gift at baptism, though I think usually topped with apostles rather than skulls? Hoping to be contradicted ... #EarlyModern

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@adamchapman.bsky.social time to knock off these runs then

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