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Claire Cock-Starkey@nonfictioness.bsky.social |
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Writer (Lore of the Wild, Hyphens & Hashtags &c). Big fan of books, libraries, folklore, history. Also studying for part-time PhD on the folklore of death and dying in 19th century England
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Very excited to share my newly-published open access article in Mortality: '‘A distressing scene’? The corpse in the nineteenth-century working-class home'. So pleased to have this research out there! Please share with anyone you think might be interested: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Heading up to Durham for the Social History Society conference to present a paper on the decline of the rural funeral in 19thc England. Excited to attend my first History conference (so far only done Victorianist ones which are often quite literary in focus).
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Has anyone got a copy of J. Davies (Ed.) (1994), Ritual and Remembrance: Responses to Death in Human Societies. Sheffield Academic Press? I need to look up the page numbers of a chapter in it 🙏 #DeathStudies
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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This is great from the Guardian: Analysis by the Sutton Trust suggests that Keir Starmer’s cabinet will have the highest number of ministers educated at comprehensive schools, and the lowest proportion in modern history who went to private schools.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Just pondering if Labour do bring the voting age down to 16 then by the next General Election it will be the first GE that all of my kids can vote in (they are currently 12, 14 & 16), and that would be wonderful! Give young people more of a voice!
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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First time my kids have woken up to a Labour government!
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In addition to this, if your postal vote only turned up very recently and you've not posted it. You can take it to your polling station and hand it in there
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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The 'we've voted' selfie! I think I passed through at least 2 constituencies cycling to work in Cambridge and saw a gratifying number of people clutching their polling cards (including lots of young people!). Let's go!
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Cycling through Cambridge I saw a gratifying number of young people clutching polling cards (meanwhile in my South cambs village mostly old people which tracks).
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Shortly off to go vote (tactically)! Tories Out! So nice to feel just a little bit optimistic for a change.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Just heard Lore of the Deep will be published in the US on 1 October 2024 and in the UK on 17 October. It's jam-packed with myths, legends and lore covering everything from ghost ships to sea shanties plus it's gorgeously illustrated by Stacey Rozich. Pre-order here: uk.bookshop.org/a/3387/97807...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Was so excited to have my second journal article selected for publication but then I discovered I'd done the references in the wrong style and now I am trying to fix it but am in a vortex of referencing despair.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Just when I start thinking how well behaved and obedient Lupin is he does a mega bog off across the fields returning covered in goose grass and necessitating half an hour of grooming. He's having a lovely snooze now though 😬
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Brave. I have to admit the very thought of them gives me the ick.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Are they good?
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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I genuinely have never met anyone who orders a Fillet of Fish at McDonald's.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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It's only when practising presentations that I realise quite how many words I can't say under pressure! I've had to take 'reciprocity' out completely as I just kept garbling it 😂
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Saw this very lovely wildflower in the meadow this morning, anyone know what it is?
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Don't worry, they're all in my garden at the moment. Bees aplenty here in south Cambridgeshire and a ton of different butterflies too. We're short on swallows though this year sadly.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Wow, Tories in South Cambs sending printed leaflets with 'letter' from candidate's granny! I think I can see the bottom of the barrel now...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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NYT puzzles Connections was so mean today, what animal is 'new' meant to be a homophone for? Nearly lost all my lives trial and erroring it!
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Any of my #skystorians out there near the Hoover Institute at Stanford? I need copies of a diary and some letters but w mom's recent stroke can't get out there. Willing to pay for what should be half to full day of work. Thanks for any help or suggestions.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Don't you just love it when someone tries to get you into trouble by cc'ing someone into an email exchange over your head and then the big cheese comes back and tells them they're wrong and to back off 😊
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Trying to write a conference paper and it's causing major procrastination...actually hoping the washing machine finishes soon so I can go hang the washing out.
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More than 500,000 books have been removed from our lending library due to the publishers’ lawsuit, including more than 1,300 banned and challenged titles. 📚🕳️
Sign our open letter to the publishers urging them to restore access to these books. 📖✍️ #LetReadersRead
👉 blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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A hare, a muntjac, 500 rabbits and a barn owl. Not bad sightings for a Tuesday morning dog walk!
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Oh my giddy aunt, just tried to book an animal health certificate from my vet so I can take the doggo to France and it's gone up from £100 last time to £275!!! Fortunately found another (cheaper) local option but wow, licence to print money! (Also another Brexit shitty side effect).
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Great news for all writers & illustrators PLR is back fully working so you can now register your books again: plr.bl.uk/login
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Good website to tell you how to vote tactically in the election to get the Tories out: www.getvoting.org/tactical-vot...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Just submitted a 10,000 word thesis draft chapter to my supervisor and annoyed with myself for not feeling pleased. Instead I am worried about it being shit but draft chapters are meant to be shit, right? That's what drafts are for. Time to walk the dog and give my head a wobble 😬
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Yay! About to take eldest to his final GCSE exam. So glad to have the exams over and done with, they really drag on. Looking forward to him having a carefree summer and some actual fun! ⭐
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My son’s nine-piece band have their debut gig on Sunday and they’d love to play to a crowd. If you felt like giving some young musicians a leg-up, a repost would be hugely appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Had such a great time hosting the final Grave Matters last night, it was a top night and a fab ending to what has been such a brilliant way to make connections with other death studies scholars and enthusiasts alike! Huge thanks to everyone who ever spoke or attended 🖤
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Turns out dropping your laptop from a great height does break the webcam.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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It's the last ever Grave Matters tonight 😢 but we're going out with a bang! 🥳 Do join us for some incredible talks, you can sign up for free here: ticketpass.org/event/EMTKSG...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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From the Grave Matters blog archive @graveyardarch.bsky.social on Archaeology of Coffins & Shrouds in Colonial North America: gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2023/11/01/a...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Everything you need to know about Victorian mourning dress from Chris Woodyard, via the Grave Matters blog archive: gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2024/01/22/t...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Me: I love birds and birdsong, what joy! Also me: Why is that bloody blackbird alarm calling outside my bedroom window at 4am!
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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< In Tony Soprano's voice> No climbing on the damn wall!
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Out 20th June! #13CornishGhostStories Ed me & Marie Macneill
Feat. Emily Barr, Emma Cowell, Tony Cowell, Liz Fenwick, @janejohnsonbakrim.bsky.social Graham Mitchell, Annamaria Murphy, Kate Riordan, Pauline Sheppard, Nicola K Smith, Roz Watkins
Illustrations Derek Hayes
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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There's still time to sign up to attend the final Grave Matters event on Monday 10 June at 6pm BST. It's going to be a real showstopper! Sign up here: ticketpass.org/event/EMTKSG...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Another great Grave Matters blog on the theme of death & nature was by GM co-host Shani Cadwallender on 'Conservation as Consolation: trees and elegy in Wordsworth’s ‘The Pine of Monte Mario at Rome’: gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2023/08/02/c...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Looking back at more blogs on the Grave Matters archive, today I'm sharing Birkbeck's Jemma Stewart's blog on 'Life is a Flower: Memory and Memorial in the Language of Flowers': gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2022/01/31/l...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Roll up, roll up! Come along to the final Grave Matters seminar on Monday 10 June at 6pm. We have a fab line up of speakers and it's free to attend! Sign up here: ticketpass.org/event/EMTKSG...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Last one for today is a cracking blog by Emily Vincent 'Mocking the Medium and Scoffing at Spirits: Reading Humour in Spiritualism Literature': gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2023/01/11/m...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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One of the most memorable talks at Grave Matters was by Maya Love who spoke about the corpse in contemporary art and wrote this fascinating blog about her research (warning there are some strong images in this one): gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2022/05/04/c...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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As we are fast approaching the final Grave Matters I want to share some of the amazing blogs we have featured over the years. First up Michelle Keeley-Adamson on Egyptianising Mortuary Structures in Victorian England: gravemattersgroup.co.uk/2022/04/20/v...
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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One week today (Monday 10 June) it'll be the last Grave Matters! It's going to be a brilliant event so do sign up (for free): ticketpass.org/event/EMTKSG... and share far and wide!
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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Son is on study leave and for the next two weeks we have to drive him to school for all his exams. It's not very conducive to work/concentration to be driving back and forth but I have tons to do so I need to learn to write in short bursts which is pretty much the opposite of how I usually operate.
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Claire Cock-Starkey
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👇👇👇👻☠💀
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