Musician/Composer/Electro-Medievalist. PhD (Arabic poetry, Old French song). Hammered dulcimer, vielles/viols/violins. Inventor of the phantasmaphone. "Absolutely extraordinary" - BBC R3 https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/ https://katearnoldmusic.com/https://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mtsssz77ak25This is the sort of thing I want to see on a Monday morning (or indeed any morning). At the Cathedral of Salerno, Duomo di Santa Maria degli Angeli, San Matteo e San Gregorio VII. Also enjoying the bell tower (see full thread). [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Aug 2026 07:47 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtsssz77ak25https://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mtqskt3wfs2qAll the below, except I'd never even heard of John Lewis. I'd also add remote control TV and Viennetta. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Aug 2026 12:37 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqskt3wfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mt2io2aor22kHappy St Arnold's Day! This is the other one - of Soissons (11th c), not St Arnold of Metz (6th-7th c), whose day is 18th July. However, they are both patron saints of beer. Here is today's St Arnold with his mash rake ... (1/2)14 Aug 2026 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2io2aor22khttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mszrf5h7u22jNot sure if it qualifies as a Bernard moment exactly, but: "these finds will unlock the key to those discoveries" is tying my brain in knots this morning. Uttered in an archaeology documentary I watched. How do you unlock a key? [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 08:45 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszrf5h7u22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3msss2ut2z22mLast week, this song (one of the dulcimer's first outings) popped into my head for the first time in many a year. The next day, @pollypaulusma.bsky.social told me about this special anniversary (re-)release. Spooky! A great song, and I loved playing on it ... (1/2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVQfEGo_TK011 Aug 2026 14:08 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3msss2ut2z22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mssoksu2rs2mBernard from Yes Minister moment of the day: "tarnished with the same brush" (BBC Radio 4)11 Aug 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssoksu2rs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mss4bxejkk2dA classic. A formative experience. I watched it again recently and it's still just as good. 🎶🎵🎶🎵🖤🧡 [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Aug 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mss4bxejkk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3msnibloax223A friend from North Carolina told me about Waffle House years ago and I've been obsessed with it ever since, despite never having visited one. I'm also a keen Pope Leo watcher, so for me this is a great thread. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Aug 2026 11:30 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnibloax223https://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3msknlk2v2s2oSorry to hear the news that William Orbit is gone. I enjoyed the Strange Cargo series, and I remember loving this when it was released in 1993 (?!). It has so much S P A C E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfsTsWK-UGQ08 Aug 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3msknlk2v2s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mshzl5rckc2fIt's almost exactly 10 years since my first album, Fairy Tale Ending, with Fear of the Forest, was released. Some thoughts in the thread below 🧵 I'm telling you because it's now on my Bandcamp page, and today is #bandcampfriday! Check out this ancient music! https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/album/fairy-tale-ending07 Aug 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshzl5rckc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mshzl5rckc2fIt's almost exactly 10 years since my first album, Fairy Tale Ending, with Fear of the Forest, was released. Some thoughts in the thread below 🧵 I'm telling you because it's now on my Bandcamp page, and today is #bandcampfriday! Check out this ancient music! https://katearnolduk.bandcamp.com/album/fairy-tale-ending07 Aug 2026 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mshzl5rckc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3msfiwcizz22zAgreed. This articulates clearly what I've been feeling instinctively. I have not used AI to write anything (words or music) and I won't. If I'm not doing my own thinking, what on earth AM I doing? What is the point of me? Who am I? Your brain: use it or lose it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfiwcizz22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mrzavktwi22aalternative music [yes!] anthropic principle computerphobe dive bar gratinée [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Aug 2026 10:24 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzavktwi22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mrxvhrhkgk2bIt's every day in my house. I'm struggling a bit with what seems to be the characterisation of bagpipes as 'uncommon instruments' here. I can see dozens just in that one photo! [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jul 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxvhrhkgk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mruu2f5lk22lDelighted to share that I've been awarded an Alan James Bursary by @efdss.bsky.social to support research on the Middle East & North Africa in English traditional song. Honoured to be among these artists. Looking forward to it a lot! Musical results further along so stay tuned. Thank you, EFDSS! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruu2f5lk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mruu2f5lk22lDelighted to share that I've been awarded an Alan James Bursary by @efdss.bsky.social to support research on the Middle East & North Africa in English traditional song. Honoured to be among these artists. Looking forward to it a lot! Musical results further along so stay tuned. Thank you, EFDSS! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mruu2f5lk22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dulcimerkate.bsky.social/post/3mrtwuhkkvs2aRecommended! [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:vbwe2udfpuhncnleuiwegzev/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrtwuhkkvs2a