Professor of Romanticism at Lancaster University. @lancasterwords

Lancaster, UK
Based in United Kingdom
Places still available for the poetry workshop at Morpeth Library on Thursday 11th January, 2-4pm. Register for a free place at eventbrite.co.uk/e/humphry-d…
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I'll be giving an online talk for the @byron_society next Wednesday 18th October at 5.30pm GMT. Register for a free ticket here: thebyronsociety.com/humphry-…
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I know that all of these books are great but I’m rooting for @DrETaylorPirie’s book published in the @Palgrave Literature, Science and Medicibe series for the @TheBSLS prize! #BSLS2023
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Absolutely fantastic plenary by John Holmes connecting Linnaeus, Pound and The Lord of the Rings. #BSLS2023
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Fabulous workshop today on DNA and History today with @doublehelixhist and Lara Choksey and we made some art #BSLS2023
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I don’t have a cute dog to win the best tweet competition for #BSLSWS2022 but here is a prized possession with a subterranean link: a collectible cigarette card of Humphry Davy with an artistic rendition of a miner @davynotebooks
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A good friend tells me that Davy is in the ‘Dandy’ exhibition in Manchester Art Gallery looking very fine. @davynotebooks
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Finally built the Voltaic Battery from the Science Museum @davynotebooks
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A very kind person sent this image of my book for sale in the window of a local bookstore in Wahroonga, NSW!!! @BodPublishing
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This arrived today in the post - very pleasing. I am the proud co-owner of an honourable mention @lancaster_words @ahrcpress
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Some more photos from 2010!!
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I’m staying in @gladlib for the week with @deggy21 and the last time we were here was 2010! Didn’t quite manage to do any actual research today but fingers crossed for tomorrow. Here’s a photo from the 2010 LiSciMed visit with @WillTattersdill and @MissChisomo.
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My new book has arrived and it is beautiful @BodPublishing uk.bookshop.org/books/scienc…
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I guess this isn’t the worst place to be self-isolating and the sun is shining.
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⁦@WillAbberley⁩’s #bsls2021 paper projected on the wall for the full cinematic experience.
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And now for something completely different... ⁦@WillTattersdill⁩ and dinosaurs for BSLS2021!
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⁦@ProfMHWhitworth⁩ speaking on our wall for #BSLS2021 (it is still a bit too bright to see well, which is not what you expect for Manchester)
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Extraordinarily excited to see the cover of my book!
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A snip at just £297.50! If you work at a university where your library is still being allowed to buy books, please buy this!
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Andy Serkis- message to the Class of 2020 youtu.be/DY7f0dsqbsU via @YouTube
My video of congratulations to our ⁦@lancaster_words⁩ finalists (with the music). Well done everyone!!!
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12 years in the making and four volumes in total. The Collected Letters of Sir Humphry Davy is finally out! @lancaster_words @davyletters
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Simon Barnes reveals the @Keats_Shelley poetry and essay prizes: youtube.com/watch?v=DFiY_RR1…
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For Frankenstein fans out there - here’s Paracelsus’s grave in Salzburg.
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Peterloo commemorated in the Manchester rain.
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Two hundred years since Peterloo and it’s a rainy day here in Manchester. Here is one of the best accounts of the events of that fateful day: vimeo.com/209772068
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Hilarious representation of the French in 1792: mad, cruel and idle. Robert Poole’s Plenary at #Bars2019
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Byron’s skin! Fact or fiction...? #bars2019
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My week on Twitter 🎉: 1 Mention, 17 Likes, 8 Retweets, 17K Retweet Reach, 6 New Followers, 1 Reply. See yours with sumall.com/performancetweet?…
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Miriam presents the very last scene of 13 hours of #Frankenreads!!
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Gillian Sheath finally kills off Victor Frankenstein #frankenreads
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Liam Hyde nearing the end of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, it’s been nine hours so far! #frankenreads
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Hannah is nearing the end of Victor’s story... for Frankenreads
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@cloudatlaskid takes over as Victor Frankenstein in his deep despair #Frankenreads
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Victor looks a bit different now #Frankenreads
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Victor’s trials in Ireland continue with Inma Romera #frankenreads
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Prof Graham Mort tells of Victor’s arrival in Ireland for #Frankenreads
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@ZoeFLambert reading Victor’s account of the death of Clerbal for #Frankenreads
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Dr Jo Carruthers about to describe the destruction of the female creature #Frankenreads
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We’re still going! Dr Tony Sharpe plays Victor Frankenstein for #Frankenreads
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Lucy Davies describes the ‘hellish rage’ of the creature #frankenreads
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Alex George tells of the creature’s burning of the de Lacey’s cottage for #Frankenreads
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Matt Holland as the Creature giving the Creature’s story for #Frankenreads
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Warren Mortimer presents Félix and Safie’s story for #Frankenreads
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Jess Goode continues with Safie’s narrative for #Frankenreads
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Hannah Southcott recounts the appearance of Safie to the de Lacey family for #Frankenreads
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Katie Fiddaman continues with the creature’s tale of his life with the de Laceys for #Frankenreads
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Alex Prevost continues the creature’s narrative with the de Laceys for #Frankenreads
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Rhiannon Price gives us the creaure’s narrative for #Frankenreads
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Ollie Marchand gives a great rendition of the first conversation between the creature and Victor Frankenstein for #Frankenreads
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Isaac Rolfe presents Victor’s miserable narrative for #frankenreads
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