Prof MNP
@nushpowell
Professor of eighteenth-century lit and culture; person who studies pirates; dragon aficionado; proud parliamentarian dork. Opinions are my own and no one else's.
Here is one of my corgis on a trampoline, in case you need that in your feed today.
Incredibly sorry for the family -- but also, is this not a very strange headline?
Huh. I'm not saying I'd actually throw him a rope, but HJ wouldn't be the first one I actually pushed by a long shot. Also I once had a corgi named Henry James and he was very sweet.
What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life? 🎥
Choereg for Easter. Should have sesame seeds, but my wrong family wrongly prefers them without.
The yellow highlighting is almost invisible with age, but you can still get an idea if it’s former glory.
Let’s talk Jack Sheppard, a (bad) thief and a legend. Plenty of people have pointed out that making violent criminals the subject of – well, let’s call it economically inflected fantisizing – is hardly new. What really helps someone cross from news to legend, though, is Not Getting Caught.
😆 muse.jhu.edu/pub/50/artic... -- it's probably paywalled, but here's the best image from it.