Clare Clarke

@clareclarke.bsky.social

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Lady Literature Lecturer at Trinity College Dublin. Belfast based. Cat lady. Expert on Sherlock, true crime, Victorian literature and 19th century newspapers. New book, Mr and Mrs Sherlock Holmes, coming soon(ish)

Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 13, 2023 at 08:49 UTC

*whispers* You don’t have to go!

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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 15:00 UTC

Coen Brothers movie idea: pack of manchild losers are excited when their weird friend builds a robot but dismayed when it’s smarter than they are and doesn’t like the same things they do, go on journey to fix or destroy it.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 12, 2023 at 20:50 UTC

Nice

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 17:16 UTC

Watching all of my favourite Arthur Conan Doyle people on BBC’s Killing Sherlock! Looking good @drdouglassmall.bsky.social , @clareclarke.bsky.social , @cferguson.bsky.social and many more! All 3 episodes now available on iPlayer. 🔍

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Ron Sullivan @chefronsullivan.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 03:25 UTC

These dogs look like the villains in a movie where a golden retriever wins a snowboarding tournament

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 14:43 UTC

Killing Sherlock — all 3 episodes now available on iplayer. Delighted to have been involved in this series.

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 18:20 UTC

Check me out, I'm fabled.

www.npr.org/2023/12/09/1...

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Alex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 10, 2023 at 14:09 UTC

This splendid poster reminds me of the wonderful recut trailer for The Shining as a romantic comedy called “Shining”. A couple of people have already posted it in the replies here. I show it to screenwriting students to explain the incredible narrative power of a film editor.

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememes.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 23:51 UTC

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 22:22 UTC

I was thinking of taking a copy to my mum’s house to watch on Xmas day, it was one of our favourites when I was younger!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 19:29 UTC

I adore it! Haven’t watched in years

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 19:28 UTC

I’m more of a brown sauce on grilled cheese myself.

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Mark Doyle @markdoyle.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 09, 2023 at 16:10 UTC

I have been enjoying this. You might, too.

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 08, 2023 at 10:10 UTC

I prattled on about some of my recent reading, including Michael Frayn, Iris Murdoch and Mike McCormack, here, in the good company of Katherine Rundell and others:

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Patrick Leary @patrickleary.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 07, 2023 at 19:54 UTC

Book history mavens and periodicals scholars take note: the whole 19th- and 20th-c. runs of the Bookseller (established 1858) have today appeared on the BNA. blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2023/12/04/t...

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 07, 2023 at 16:45 UTC

Here’s the archived link for those who missed Tuesday’s event, which was excellent:

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 06, 2023 at 22:46 UTC

It’s coming to PBS! Not quite sure of the dates yet.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 06, 2023 at 22:43 UTC

Catch me (and other people, including Lucy Worsley) on your telly box on Xmas Eve! 3 eps: 10, 17, 24 December

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 20:39 UTC

Ha, you silver-tongued divil, ye!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 18:04 UTC

Inexplicably, I am 48. #BirthdaySelfie

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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 05, 2023 at 09:06 UTC

"Things Women In Literature Have Died From" (graphic robbed from Facebook, based on an article from The Toast - the-toast.net/2015/06/11/t... )

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 04, 2023 at 22:58 UTC

Her jacket says she understands success.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 04, 2023 at 20:07 UTC

Jerry adores eating fluff! 😂

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Sarah Weinman @sarahweinman.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 04, 2023 at 19:23 UTC

At last, my favorite crime novels of 2023, all at this gift link:

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 04, 2023 at 17:40 UTC

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 04, 2023 at 14:43 UTC

So I’ve been asked to do a school talk on Keats and Blake and my question for Bluesky Romanticists is: what did these poets think of each other, if anything? (Please reskeet for reach - thank you!)

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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 12:10 UTC

The first sentence of the article is like a Black Mirror episode pitch that got immediately shitcanned because nobody wants to watch heavy-handed Marxist social critique based on an utterly implausible premise.

fortune.com/2023/11/30/l...

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 17:22 UTC

Precious!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 16:37 UTC

Oh my!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 16:36 UTC

www.whattowatch.com/watching-gui...
I’m in this! Starts BBC2 10 December.

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Butt Praxis @buttpraxis.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 15:57 UTC

Oh my god?

news.northeastern.edu/2023/04/21/p...

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 16:03 UTC

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 12:17 UTC

‘The Exceedingly Tiny Bookshop’ my cartoon for today's Guardian Books. Let's all support good bookshops of any size, either locally or online.

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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 02, 2023 at 11:14 UTC

Myself and Jack Power wrote this about the concentration of homeless accomodation on Gardiner Street in Dublin's city centre and what it means for people to live in that scenario www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 01, 2023 at 22:32 UTC

She’s so wonderful!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 01, 2023 at 00:45 UTC

“You know how to take the reservation, you just don’t know how to hold the reservation.”

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Dec 01, 2023 at 00:44 UTC

Cool, thank you for answering my dumb questions!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 30, 2023 at 21:22 UTC

So they need to download the app to use it?

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 23:46 UTC

Breathes massive sigh of relief.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 23:45 UTC

Is kahoot free? I need to investigate it more.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 22:16 UTC

HE/lecturer folks: Does anyone have good tips for a final class of term fun quiz type thing that means we can low stakes revise and have a laugh. Possible prizes involved!

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 18:51 UTC

If you see this you have to share an image from your phone without explaining it

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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 29, 2023 at 17:13 UTC

the influx of american racists descending on irish twitter has been truly depressing, but then you do also get gems like this so who's to say if it's good or bad

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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 28, 2023 at 08:48 UTC

Delighted to share the cover of THE ROADS TO ROME, out in June 2024. Get a preview of what's coming tomorrow, Wednesday 29 November, at 1800 CET (register for link) bsr.ac.uk/the-roads-to...

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 28, 2023 at 20:04 UTC

I have done it and there was no pay involved! 😬

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 28, 2023 at 20:03 UTC

The sweater is EVERYTHING

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 27, 2023 at 23:20 UTC

What the utter!?

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social
[ View ] Nov 27, 2023 at 22:34 UTC

Oh good lord. There are illustrations! More available at www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php/Un...

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