@FrancesRLarson

author, anthropologist, historian. writing a book about heads...human heads...and what people get up to with them. you'd be surprised.

 Oxford, UK
franceslarson.com
Joined April 2013
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Thank you @UtetLibri for a fab weekend in Milan @TempodiLibri good books, good food, good conversation, great city, great people, good times
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I'm honoured to be included in this fantastic line up of people and ideas yearinideas.ted.com/2015/ thanks @TEDTalks
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Thanks so much @NooseandGibbet. Didn't get to that one @stealingkittens, too many to choose from.
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Escaping to #Faclan2015 @anlanntair tomorrow - my first visit to the Western Isles. Beautiful scenery, sea air, exceptional books... bliss.
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Replying to @RichardMedicEU
Thanks @Happeningo! Sorry taken me so long to reply. I love this, thanks for sharing.
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Thanks @AlanCarr! lovely to hear from you. Glad you are enjoying it - it was a thrill to write, so many crazy stories.
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I'm looking forward to joining in the fun at London Month of the Dead on October 17th, should be a fascinating day. xitter.cf/AntiqueBeat/status/644…
Antique Beat@AntiqueBeat18 Sep 2015
Why is the severed head so compelling? @FrancesRLarson londonmonthofthedead.com/cap… @realtuesdayweld @LiverightPub
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Thanks @TEDTalks for inviting me to give a TED Talk last June... It's great to see it online today t.ted.com/madbOJh

Why public beheadings get millions of views

In a disturbing — but fascinating — walk through history, Frances Larson examines humanity's strange relationship with public executions … and specifically beheadings. As she shows us, they have...

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great day @edbookfest filled with ideas, inspiration, friendliness and fun. what a treat.
Mini phrenological heads from 1831: No.54 that of a scientific man, No.8 that of an idiot, so never be fooled again!
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Frances Larson retweeted
Nesta Morgan@nestaart17 Jun 2015
TED Global: Beyond The Edge, London #TEDGLOBAL A collection of sketches drawn during the evening's event, more soon – at Camberwell, London
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Thank you @TEDTalks for a thrilling, fascinating, & slightly terrifying, day at TEDGlobal>London yesterday. So much fun to join your party.
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can't wait to escape to Keswick this weekend and talk books @ways_with_words #wbtw #keswick
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Sun 7 March-Science of the Mind. @ProfDFreeman Jason Freeman @FrancesRLarson Geoffrey Hosking @Psych_Writer - #wbtw #keswick
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Frances Larson retweeted
CNN International
@cnni13 Jan 2015
Beheadings: We're too horrified to watch, too fascinated to turn away, by @FrancesRLarson. cnn.it/1wTwSbD
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In 1982 André Tchaikowsky left his skull to the RSC: removed by medics; cleaned by curators; 27yrs later on tv... bit.ly/14qyVwM
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find out whether I would get my head frozen in this fun interview with @RickPaulas for @vice ... bit.ly/1viPHTw
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looking forward to looking back with Martin Rees and Jo Dunkley at New Scientist Live tonight @j_dunkley @newscientist #nslive
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