Sarah Wride

@srwride

Historian of culture & ideas | hows, whys, & effects of writing & making c18th+ | now: political activism's role in framing practice; ethics of reimagining historical homicides | @york.ac.uk, @ihr.bsky.social, & in the wild | shop window 👉 sarahwride.co.uk

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Sarah Wride@srwride· 17d

Drop your crime-fighting Catholics

Rowan Atkinson as Jules Maigret looking pensively off-screen, fingers interlaced, smoking pipe in mouth...

Sarah Wride@srwride· 19d

A photo of the “MAI THAI RESTAURANT & TAKE AWAY” on a corner of Chelsea Road in Bath - rich dark red, white, and yellow paintwork and signage, an a-board outside the door…

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jul 9

Lightbox sign reading "JASON DONERVAN" and "KEBABS CHICKEN BURGERS CHIPS" in red and blue.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jul 9

Front windows of HairRazor, a barber shop in Radstock

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 30

Front of traditional fish and chip shop, The Codmother; with hanging baskets and images of pouting, be-hatted fish...

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 30

The shopfront for Twinkle Toes Foot Health Clinic, with contact details and an image of a literal foot with a twinkle...

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 30

#skystorians

A black and white sign reading "HAIRATAGE", "CARNO VILLAGE", with a phone number; a second sign shows silhouettes of hairdressing equipment and outlined flowers.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 15

Image of text from Brandon Sanderson’s Firefight: “I hadn’t been a nerd, mind you. I’d just been the type of guy who spent a lot of time by myself, focused entirely on a single consuming interest.”

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 11

Hot pink shop front, with “HAIR OFF THE DOG” and a phone number in cyan.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 9

Shopfront of Menai Cuts “traditional turkish barber” in Menai, with an icon of Menai Suspension Bridge and a pair of scissors

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jun 9

The driveway of a house named “Tether’s End”.

Sarah Wride@srwride· May 27

Another, er, eclectic featured film list from the BBC iPlayer…

Two films are listed under ‘Featured’ in the image: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret and The Krays

Sarah Wride@srwride· May 20

As someone who also edits & indexes am *ridiculously* envious of this one. Bravo Michelle Brumby!

Screenshot of webpage for “Simply the Text”, subtitle “freelance professional indexing”; white on a cream background

Sarah Wride@srwride· May 4

One of Aimee’s Wine House’s shop fronts: blue and white, A-boards and bottles galore.

Sarah Wride@srwride· May 4

A sign reading “HAIRS AND GRACES” with a phone number, hanging from a Tudor, black and white timber built shop

Sarah Wride@srwride· Apr 28

A white van advertising a business called “SOAPS & LADDERS”, tagline “Windows - Gutters - Conservatories”, with contact details.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Apr 8

Estate agent: Bob Burns also lives in the village. Er, yes, and Nicolas Cage too, I think. To the maker-happener of Glastonbury pasties & local research projects (including one of my own)!

The shop front of Burns the Bread's Glastonbury bakery: redbrick, glazed, maroon and cream signage, shelves of bread and cakes...

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Sarah Wride@srwride· Feb 3

📣 Please do what I cannot & take in @physiciansgallery.bsky.social's forthcoming exhibition. For details & to register for the launch on 26 February, w/ talks from the (bloody) excellent @helenking.bsky.social & Prof. Marc Turner👉 shorturl.at/fnH5m #AcademicSky #Skystorians #MedicalHumanities

Sarah Wride@srwride· Jan 30

The side of a white van, with "JUST-WILLIAMS" (in the style of the dust covers used for the original Just William series), "REMOVALS LEWES", and the company's contact details.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Dec 23

I'm finally clocking (& logging) off for Christmas: Happy Holidays one & all!

Two uniformed policement are in the foreground of this mid-century photograph, one has his hands behind his back. They are both looking out at Trafalgar Square's epic Christmas tree, with lights and a star on top. Night is falling and it is foggy.

Sarah Wride@srwride· Dec 8

Tschüss, Frankfurt! I had a delightful time at 'Short Narrative Forms of the Long #c18th' talking #GeorgeCrabbe & whether to write short stories that are 'performative' or just fun. Thank you Roslyn Irving, Anna P-M, & @mainzuniversity.bsky.social's lovely English & Linguistics team for inviting me!