Dr Sarah Irving

@drtermagant

Associate Prof of Middle Eastern History (Palestine, earthquakes, archaeology, labour). Gobby feminist, inky, cyclist, cat rehabber, born at 331. She/her. #actuallyautistic. Ed. of @contemplevant.bsky.social. Defender of post-92s, union member.

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Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· 7d

1970s BBC histories of the British Empire. Horrifically racist but of historical interest to someone? Free. Collect from Stoke or could discuss a courier:

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· 24d

RIP (Image nicked from a friend on FB)

Picture shows a dark green tshirt with a photo of a middle-aged bearded man with glasses (Bill Oddie) photoshopped to be holding an assault rifle, with the slogan Support the Provisional RSPB - Until the Last Osprey Egg in imitation of Irish Nationalist political posters.

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jul 3

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jun 16

Shelves filled with tiny glass jars containing rolls of paper, next to a poster explaining the Infected Blood Enquiry Memorial

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jun 12

FYI, if you’re in a journal special issue with T&F they might propose turning into a book. They will also say that contributors only get digital copies. Here’s proof that a couple of stroppy emails will turn those into hard copies:

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Apr 27

Oh dear, somebody's been at the AI again:

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Mar 28

IT’S CATURDAY sez Karl

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Mar 18

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Feb 14

Here's one from the cats:

A mock Valentine's poem from a cat, written in black on white with a red heart outline above. The poem reads:
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I pushed your mug off the counter
and I meant to.
Peace is an option
You know what to do.
Sprinkle the salmon
Or the number of broken mugs will be two.

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jan 17

Living in semi-rural England is all very nice (except for the Reform fuckers) but sometimes a trip to civilisation - ie medhu vada and karak chai at 10:30am - is needed. Ta Manchester:

Fried donut-shaped medhu vada - brown circular fritters - on a shiny silver metal tray with separate sections for white coconut chutney with black mustard seeds dotting it and for a tan-coloured sambhar sauce

A glass of brown liquid -karak chai - in front of a small shiny metal teapot

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jan 10

Timeline cleanse: here’s Karl doing some impressive cat yoga to clean his big furry feet ❤️:

A ginger and white cat, lying on pale grey and a grey-green and pink blankets. He had his front legs wrapped round one back leg to hold it so that he can wash it with his very pink tongue.

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Dec 30

Mural by Randa Abu Rahmeh, on stairs off Khirfan St, Jebel Amman:

Mural painted on a wall adjoining steps up a hillside; mural itself shows a busy urban landscape of rectangular buildings depicted in shades of orange and red with grey outlines

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Dec 30

This intriguing work by @eliaskurdy.bsky.social uses the style of Mesopotamian reliefs to depict life in Gaza under attack from Israeli drones and those watching helplessly on TV. Part of “In That Same Hour” at Darat al-Funun, Amman, till May 2026:

Terracotta wall plaques in the style of Mesopotamian reliefs but depicting aspects of the current war on Gaza.

Information panel about the artworks in the previous image, black text in Arabic and English

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Dec 6

CFO for a special issue of Jerusalem Quarterly edited by Ruba Totah, abstract d/line 22nd December, full details www.palestine-studies.org/en/node/1658...

Sepia photograph of a man playing an oud (Arabic musical instrument) with superimposed text advertising a special issue of the journal Jerusalem Quarterly. The photo is old fashioned and the man has a dark hair and a small moustache and wears a grey suit and tie.

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Sep 27

I’ve just seen Tony Iommi play Paranoid live on a stage full of ballet dancers. I can die happy:

Theatre stage with a large group of people, two with electric guitars, one of them Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath in a long black coat

Two men with electric guitars on a theatre stage, with ballet dancers behind, one of them Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Sep 19

Private Eye on Sabra and Chatila. Plus ca change: H/t @marchudson.bsky.social

1980s Private Eye cover depicting war criminal Ariel Sharon saying “I vos only obeying orders” in relation to the 1982 massacre at Sabra and Chatila refugee camps in Lebanon, which his troops facilitated

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Sep 9

In case anyone needed a laugh/confirmation that Darren Grimes is a total plank:

Screenshot from the Twitter account of right wing blogger Darren Grimes, in which he mistakes Catholic nuns at the funeral of Pope Francis for Muslim women because of their headscarves

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Aug 4

She is gorgeous. These are my three rescue monsters:

Three cats - two black and one tabby - curled up on a pale grey blanket

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jun 28

Numerous Cinnabar Moth caterpillars with bright yellow and black stripes eating vivid green ragwort leaves

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· Jun 4

So @matthaig.bsky.social has the measure of Andrew Tate:

Screenshot of author Matt Haig’s description of alleged rapist and trafficker Andrew Tate

Dr Sarah Irving@drtermagant· May 26

A typically blistering show from the mighty Asian Dub Foundation at @bandonthewall.bsky.social: “Naxalite,” “(Banging on the Walls of) Fortress Europe” and a song dedicated to the Children of Gaza - as MC Aktarv8tr says, none of us are free until Palestine is free: