Sally Hickson
@HalcyonSilks
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CANADIAN 🍁. Prof; Renaissance Art Historian; Director, School of Theatre, English, and Creative Writing UofG; happy to be anywhere
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Joined December 2012
In Richard II Shakespeare uses the phrase "All is uneven, / And every thing is left at six and seven"; Chaucer used it before him. Sixes and sevens is not a new thing. This is why reading matters -
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Your voice strengthens Ontario's arts, culture & creative sector. Every response to Making It Work 2025 = stronger data for better support, training & policies. Take the survey: https://t.co/lXllHDUB6t Open until Oct 27 #MakingItWork2025
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Important days in the United States. Our team carried out more than 30 events, including productive talks with U.S. President Donald Trump and a meeting between the First Ladies of Ukraine and the United States. Dozens of meetings with leaders for the sake of peace,
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Corduroy pants are a no. Whoever invented velcro was probably inspired by corduroy.
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Code Noir by Canisia Lubrin is the Winner of The 2025 Carol Shields Prize for Fiction (Knopf Canada/Soft Skull Press). The $150,000USD award is the largest English-language literary prize in the world for women and non-binary authors. Learn more: https://t.co/SUj5GWT7nO
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I love that @WaltGoggins is having such fun. He's the perfect mix of Jack Nicholson and Bruce Dern -
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People - the term is 'en route' - it is derived from the French. It is not 'in route'. Thank you -
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A core education in the humanities gives students the intellectual space to grapple with questions of enduring importance. That value can never be measured in dollars and cents alone.
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Defending the humanities in a skills-obsessed university.
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When a woman posted on TikTok about her acts of microfeminism--like addressing a female assistant ahead of a male CEO in an email--some men were so triggered they said she was a misandrist, doing witchcraft & attacked her appearance (fat, ugly, old). https://t.co/oolMAl2VEU
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People are sharing the different tactics they use help to uplift women in small ways.
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It's the time of year to remind people that 'led' is the past participle of 'to lead', not 'lead' in pencil, which is something else entirely - I know it's terribly confusing -
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The @latimes' 101 best restaurants list is such an incredible guide. Can't wait to work my way through this list in the year ahead. ⬇️
After months of searching, eating and writing, restaurant critic Bill Addison and food columnist Jenn Harris share the best restaurants in Los Angeles.
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Hawksley Workman at Sonic Hall on Dec 13 https://t.co/LoafghsMqv via @Tixr_
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Get your Hawksley Workman Tickets at Sonic Hall in Guelph by Sonic Unyon from Tixr.
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Breaking the yield ceiling is just one goal of the team at Limagrain Cereals Research Canada. To ensure the future of the crop, we must look to access and apply all available breeding technologies, writes Benzon Lorenzana. @LimagrainWheat
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Republican National Convention: Savannah Chrisley Says Parents Were "Persecuted" By Rogue Prosecutors
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The reality star spoke at the Republican National Convention
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