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Fascinated to read about Charles de Gaulle’s paternal grandparents, one a respected historian, the other the author of eighty novels, both of whom died before the principal reason that posterity cares to remember them was born.

The most compelling argument I’ve ever seen for learning Dutch! 🎅

Overhearing someone in a shop asking ‘what does the ginger beer taste of?’ Please everyone applaud my restraint in not giving the obvious answer.

This piece by Jonathan Jarrett very much captures the Rosamond I remember. tenthmedieval.wordpress.com/2026/07/19/w...

Without Rosamond McKitterickObviously I do not love writing obituary posts, even if I have realised now that I set myself up for the inevitability of it some years ago now. But this one I probably hate doing more than all the…tenthmedieval.wordpress.com

This is a really fascinating piece that is going to change the way we think about the Carolingians and Islam.

Much as I wish I could claim credit for this blog post, it was actually by @ralphtorta.bsky.social. You can also check out his splendid article on shatter zones in early medieval Normandy. salutemmundo.wordpress.com/2025/12/03/n...

Name in Print XVIIThis one is a little late to the party, although in my defence that’s because it’s one of the oddest publication experiences I’ve ever had. Still, I am pleased to announce that my…salutemmundo.wordpress.com

This is going to be a brilliant conference and you should all sign up for it! #medievalsky

I suspect that Norwegian society doesn’t explain that much about Haaland (an elite athlete from a family of elite athletes) but I do think Norway’s sports infrastructure is interesting. As far as I can tell basically every Norwegian spends their childhood playing a team sport. The primary benefits

@drdragases.bsky.social setting an excellent example by demonstrating his fine taste in books!

Attendees of Leeds IMC looking for some post-conference relief, I’d heartily recommend checking out the recording of Thijs Porck’s paper (1603-a). His splendidly presented account of nineteenth-century philologists taking savage lumps out of each other will delight the drama lover in all of us.

I’m forced to concur with the student volunteer overheard guiding a group around Leeds University today who, when asked about the hundreds of medievalists milling about the campus, replied: ‘You get all sorts of strange people here in the summer. Don’t worry, they’ll soon go away.’

Leeds IMC may be half way through but there’s still plenty of time to check out The Carolingian South at the @manchesterup.bsky.social stall!