Blackpool Gothic is a sadly neglected genre

Why is this so relaxing

In last night’s Greek Myth #DnD session, the party defused tensions in a village being menaced by tritons. They had to play charades with the tritons (no common language) to find out they were running from a greater threat in the deep... #classicstwitter

Harrowing. 'Easy reading' I beg to differ.

First ever opera!! It was long and dramatic!

Took myself to the seaside on one of the stormiest days of the year, thoroughly battered by the salt and the wind but with no regrets

The true horror was chopping up my plants to make this costume 🌱

Definite 70s Dinner Party vibes from @leonrestaurants quinoa salad

Aaaaaaaaand we have a new domain! We've washed up on the salty shores of haunted-shores.com and we're easy to find than ever 🌊🌊🌊🌊

Congratulations to Fairfield Old Girl Georgia Taylor-Brown 🥈 Olympic Games silver medal in the women's triathlon! 🥈 Incredible final run, moving from 5th to 2nd! 🥈 Fantastic Olympic spirit 🥈 #TeamGB #bbcolympics #Tokyo2020 British Triathlon Team GB

Our programme is finally up for all to see . . .

Check it out on the Dark Economies, July 21-23 2021 website, where you can also find the link for registration, whether in-person or online

darkeconomies.co.uk

Ruth Heholt Supernatural Cities Joanne Ella Parsons David Devanny

You may have noticed some aesthetic changes over here at Haunted Shores this last week or so: after the success of our 2020 symposium, we're growing and evolving! So, for followers old and new, allow us to formally (re)introduce the project.

King's College Cambridge: Keep access to the river at Grantchester Meadows open to all - Sign the Petition! chng.it/8zczG89g via Change.org UK

Walked round a bit of Jesus College I usually ignore and I’m so pleased with how they’re using this space 😍

Summer!! 💐

Ahead of the official launch of this postgraduate workshop next year, we have organised two sessions of text discussion in the upcoming weeks! Please see the flyer below for more details! 📖📚

Belatedly celebrating my conference paper winning a prize and my first acceptance of an academic paper for publication 😍 yay!

I've just discovered that Japan has 72 micro-seasons, each lasting 5 days. This feels particularly appealing at the moment, when we're all trying to get to the end of something - breaking it into these specific pieces, moving forwards in increments.

Here's this month's seasons:

After many months of work, our new #PlantHumanities Lab is here! lab.plant-humanities.org

Explore the fascinating cultural histories behind those #PandemicBaking ingredients (cinnamon, cacao, bananas) with this #interdisciplinary #DigitalHumanities resource created with JSTOR!