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Laura Ashe

@lauraashe.bsky.social

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Oxford academic. Medievalist. European. Lover of cats. 3am atheist. Easily amused; loud laugh. Never knowingly underdressed. Newish book Chaucer's Ethical Philosophy (OUP, 2025)

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@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 11, 2026, 6:37 AM

In fairness he does look a bit unsure

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 4:05 PM

He needs to pull that trick where he pretends to be a rug

@florencehrscott.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:54 AMReposted by @lauraashe.bsky.social

Ahab’s Irish granda checking in with him at Sunday dinner:

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:13 PM

I can't believe it. What a loss

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:24 AM

"Fighting? We never fight"

A cream and a brown cat sit handsomely on a sofaClumps of cream and brown fur adorn a blue carpet
@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:52 AM

Supplies for a party! I'm not a drinker of sparkling soft drinks. They got nothing on me

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 6:49 AM

Mine includes the absolute banger "One-time sparkling beverage exploration" which on a dating profile would sound very iykyk

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 1:06 AM

I've ... never seen anywhere that big

@contemprainn.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 1:32 AMReposted by @lauraashe.bsky.social

This guy got people from around the world to teach him their favourite dance moves. 📹Ed People

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 7:19 PM

I mean, an AI pope is surely the answer

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 3, 2026, 1:22 PM

Oh, so now you can't be a seagull and British?

News headline "Britons lose £171 million worth of food a year to seagulls"
@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 4:14 PM

Argh argh argh

@lauraashe.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 7:13 AM

Oh god the cat's copying famous pictures again

Andrew Wyeth, 'Christina's World' (1948)Merrill the cat lying in an odd position
@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 8:24 PM

PLEASE GATHER ALL OF MY EVIDENCE

Guardian headline: "No. 10 gathering evidence on public support for UK rejoining EU
@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 12:18 PM

www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se...
A brilliant piece. "The incident fits a broader pattern in the discourse around ‘free speech’ and ‘cancel culture’: whatever comes from the top down is freedom; whatever comes from the bottom up is bullying and censorship."

@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 7:09 PM

Wyatt promises that he will find the person who has been chewing the shower tube, no matter who it is

A thoughtful dark brown cat is sitting a little awkwardly under the tube for a shower head
@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 8:48 AM

What I offer if you date me

Advertising poster slogan: "Direct access to your relationship manager"
@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 7:12 PM

Clearly anyone armed with a corkscrew is prepared for an immediate, urgent and possibly violent glass of wine

@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 5:14 PM

Made the error of opening the fridge

An athletic and glossy dark brown cat is poised on the bottom shelf of the fridge, examining the contents
@lauraashe.bsky.socialSep 27, 2026, 2:47 PM

Feeling a bit annoyed with the airport security guy who confiscated my folding corkscrew. I mean I suppose you could stab someone with it, but only if they were willing to hold still while you turned it several times

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