Book cataloguer and peripatetic scholar, researching the medieval Armenian Alexander Romance and 19th-century Caucasus cosmopolitanism. Films, trains, British. They/them.https://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mze3qljwf22w👁️👁️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]02 Nov 2026 19:48 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mze3qljwf22whttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mzbhb2ukpc2rAnd God said take those potatoes, parboil them, oil and salt them and roast them for an hour—01 Nov 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzbhb2ukpc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz72nhiduc2jThis is such a funny day to be killing time in a pub. Wally, two Smurfs, the Mario Bros, a bee(??), generic spooky costumes (all black, fishnets, etc etc), regular boozers 40 years older than everyone else in a jumper and poppy, a cowgirl, a Marlboro cigarette.31 Oct 2026 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz72nhiduc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz6y3wsmqs2jLooked up and immediately saw the guy in the pub dressed as Wally. Easy.31 Oct 2026 18:59 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6y3wsmqs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz6otjcoec2bThinking fondly about Japanese trains while I'm on one where a group of people are standing in the vestibule screaming like they're on a rollercoaster. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Oct 2026 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6otjcoec2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz6ldrfot22bLast weekend: the incredible memorials to members of the Fettiplace family in Swinbrook.31 Oct 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6ldrfot22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz6hhkuba22rThe kind of peer review feedback that has me writing extremely pissy notes that no one will ever see.31 Oct 2026 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz6hhkuba22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mz234cwrz22sDon't even know how many things I saw Patrick Stewart in. One of those actors who was just always about, and great at it.29 Oct 2026 20:10 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mz234cwrz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3myxlbuf2z222Monzo lets me view old payments, and let me see a slew of 60p payments at Waitrose in 2020 (not a frequent customer...), and after a moment thinking what on earth I'd spent only 60p on I realised it must've been chocolate bars on my lunch break at the BL. Only 6 years later they've doubled in price.28 Oct 2026 20:21 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3myxlbuf2z222https://bsky.app/profile/aghowes.bsky.social/post/3mywlfdbcdk2cSomeone is making good money selling those crap plastic poppies to councils to put on every lamppost.28 Oct 2026 10:50 +0000at://did:plc:mb3rdih4n5eavhdal2fool2u/app.bsky.feed.post/3mywlfdbcdk2c