Have headed over to the other place. Find me on bsky @spectres-of.bsky.social and help me feel less lonesome!
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Lucy Arnold
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Lucy Arnold
@spectres_of
Lecturer @worcesteruni. Researcher on haunting, spectrality, contemporary literature. 'The Spectral Child in Contemporary Literature’ forthcoming w. Bloomsbury
Katılım Ağustos 2019
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Took two goes but I’m here to tell you if you too are a bear of the anxious persuasion you can totally still get your driving licence.
Lucy Arnold@spectres_of
People who learned to drive in their 30s, like, how? How did you do it? I'm having lessons and it feels like a genuinely impossible task? I get out of the car and spend a good few hours rinsed with anxiety, shovelling chocolate into my mouth and trying not to cry. How's it done?!
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One week to go!
In this session classicist @ProfArleneHH Vice-Chair of UPEN (Arts and Humanities) & Prof of Public Policy @durham_uni will highlight the benefits of academic policy engagement, providing a chance to ask questions & design a strategy
eventbrite.co.uk/e/engaging-pol…
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Delighted to have my article 'They buried him at Worcester: Heritage Sites, Historical Fiction and Wolf Hall' in the most recent issue of the Journal of Historical Fictions
historicalfictionsresearch.org/archive-the-jo…
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@CrossCountryUK Station staff at Wakefield and Leeds need to be aware that passengers are so tightly packed onto carriages disembarkation will take much longer than usual if it’s to be done safely, there is genuine concern for safety here.
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@spectres_of Hello Lucy. Very sorry to hear this and for the experience you have described. I have recorded and logged your comments, so we appreciate you getting in touch and we apologise once more ^CW
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Yet another dangerously overcrowded Plymouth to Edinburgh train @CrossCountryUK Double booked seats, no access to toilets or to reserved seating even for passengers with mobility issues. Completely unacceptable.
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I just think, if you have a terminally ill loved one in the winter, it would be an amazing super power to just not be able to hear the Christmas songs playing in shops. Like, ‘selective preemptive mourning deafness for me please, no I don’t want it wrapping.’
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Delighted to see this excellent volume coming out this month. Congratulations to @was925 and colleagues
Dr Whitney Standlee@was925
Coming out on the 26th of this month, this book has been one of the most joyous chapters in my academic life. A brave writer examined by a host of wonderful researchers and the best of co-editors to take this journey with. @routledgebooks @isobelsigley routledge.com/George-Egerton…
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Further cause for deep regret that I chickened out of putting this on my Literature and Adaptation module this year. The shame.
Just Jess82 👸🐺🔥🦊@Safcaliz
Did you know that A Muppet Christmas Carol contains more lines from Dicken’s original than most other versions? And this alone is why it is by far the best version and a legitimate reason for me watching it with my year 10 class this year.
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Outrageously proud of @Aroomofonesown4 for her most recent publication in the excellent @bansheelit
A room of one’s own@Aroomofonesown4
So delighted to have one of my stories in this beautiful journal, one of my dream publications! Thanks to the team @bansheelit
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Less than a week until the final deadline for our Wicked Whispers Competition! RT for chance to win a FREE submission. Unleash the horrors within. Winner of free submission announced 10/22. #writingcommunity #amquerying #MSWL
Authored@get_authored
Introducing our Wicked Whispers Competition, for unagented horror/suspense/thriller/mystery authors. To celebrate, we are giving away one free submission. RT for chance to win free submission. Comment a horror gif to double your chances. #writingcommunity #amquerying #MSWL
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Ghost Conference Alert!! @SnedAndrew @tait_clodagh and myself are delighted to be organising a conference on historical representations of ghosts at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in June 2025. CFP attached! Please share! #earlymodern #twitterstorians #emotions #emostorians
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Putting the finishing touches to my talk for 'Dark Archives: Gothic Adventures in the Museum' with the assistance of Ruth Hoberman's excellent 'Museum Trouble' this pm. Join me & @JackTMcGowan at @worcestermuseum this Sat for a crit & creative writing extravaganza!
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I am pleased to lead the first National #Folklore Survey for England in 60 years @Centre_4_Legend. The 2 year project, funded by @ahrcpress, with partners @FolkloreSociety @LibraryFolklore @FolkloreMuseums is based @sheffhallamuni #NFS #folklore folklore-society.com/blog-post/anno…
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Check out @HauntingIssues member @DrDominicDean ‘s fascinating new monograph ‘Killing Children in British Fiction’ out now!!
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I was and am obsessed with 'The Dangers of Smoking in Bed' and I cannot wait to get my hands on this.
Granta Books@GrantaBooks
Happy publication day to master of horror and queen of spooky season Mariana Enriquez! A Sunny Place for Shady People is out today.
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We can haz @TheHiveWorcs
GothicMUP@GothicMUP
Today we publish 'Supernatural bodies: Stigmata in modern Britain and Ireland' by @kristof_smeyers Examining stigmata and its controversies in the public sphere: tinyurl.com/4rnrewfh A must read for anyone specialising in the #gothic #supernatural #religiousstudies 🌙
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I commute using @CrossCountryUK every week. Trains are frequently dangerously overcrowded with seat reservations not honoured causing massive distress and anxiety to travellers for whom being able to safely access their seat is essential. A truly mad state of affairs.
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