I once wrote an article with Paul Simpson on the language of the Terry/Ferdinand incident. It seems ludicrous to me now that we went to the bother of seeking legal advice in case he sued us for calling him the racist that he is. www.theguardian.com/football/202...

🌱 A long(ish) read for your weekend. Here’s me discussing why the UN SDGs might be doing more harm than good to people and the planet and why we need to reframe progress if we want to avoid ecological collapse…

I’m hiring an 18-month postdoc to work on physics-informed machine learning for acoustic-articulatory speech inversion at @phoneticslab.bsky.social 🗓️ Deadline: Friday 10 April. 🔗 More info & applications: hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... 📣 Please share with anyone who might be a good fit!

The University of Sheffield has 2 ‘Ragdoll’ Scholarships available to support students studying an MA in 2026/27. These are funded by The Ragdoll Foundation, created by honorary graduate Dr Anne Wood, creator of iconic children's TV programmes such as Teletubbies. sheffield.ac.uk/funding/scho...

This is very sad news indeed.

My report - Effective Communication for the Modern Industrial Bioeconomy - is now available open-access here: bb-reg-net.org.uk/resource-hub/ The report is the result of 2 years’ work with the amazing Biobased and Biodegradable Regulatory Network. @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Had a fantastic day at the House of Commons today, launching the white paper for our BB-REG-NET project. Really proud of everything we’ve achieved and honoured to be part of such a brilliant team. @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social bb-reg-net.org.uk/wp-content/u...

lectureship in applied linguistics in my department. lovely city, lovely department, lovely colleagues 🌸 manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

100 years today since the birth of Ian Hamilton Finlay. Happy birthday IHF.

📣 Reminder: Sheffield Library is recruiting for an Open Research Manager/ local UKRN ORCA! Applications close next Wednesday, 22 October 👇

I’m seeking volunteers to take part in some online focus groups about biobased and biodegradable materials. Please complete this form if you can spare an hour of your time for the BB-REG-NET project. tinyurl.com/vmdxru4a

Very sad to learn of the death of Tony Harrison. One of my favourite poets and a good Leeds lad. I was lucky enough to meet him a couple of times and he was utterly charming. The literary world and the world in general is a poorer place without him. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

Another great post from @bnerlich.bsky.social on the metaphors of geoengineering. #linguistics #ecolinguistics @granthamcsf.bsky.social

"Since 1800, there’s been a sharp decline in nature-related words in English language books. It closely matches a simulation of nature–human interactions." A new piece in @grist.org by Kate Yoder, with some #ecolinguistics input from @repoole.bsky.social grist.org/language/nat...

This October, I’m curating a strand of the Off the Shelf festival called Human/Nature. I’m very excited to be talking to @tonyjuniper.bsky.social on 18th about his book ‘Just Earth: How a Fairer World will Save the Planet’. Details👇 offtheshelf.org.uk/events/just-... @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Pleased to share I’ve been appointed to the Communications and Behaviour Change Advisory Group of the new government body, PackUK. Along with two other advisory groups, we’ll be helping to shape the UK’s packaging waste reforms. Great to be in such excellent company here. www.gov.uk/government/n...

Want to keep up with environment stories from the Guardian? We now have a dedicated Guardian Environment Bluesky account. Follow us at @environment.theguardian.com bsky.app/profile/envi...

This is a great read. It’s just vibes.

Had a wonderful day yesterday, giving a talk on the language of Ian Hamilton Finlay’s poetry in his garden at Little Sparta. Also managed to catch the exhibition of his work at Biggar museum afterwards. A beautiful selection of his work, expertly curated by Head Gardener, George Gilliland. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Last book review for a while (probably), this time @doctorvive.bsky.social's The Language of Climate Politics www.linkedin.com/posts/richar...

🚨 CfP open! ❓Are you a young researcher in Cognitive Linguistics? ➡️Present your work at the "4th International Conference for Young Researchers in Cognitive Linguistics", hosted by @uco.es online. 📝Deadline: Sept 1, 2025 🎤Four plenary speakers 🗓️Dec 10-12, 2025 eventos.uco.es/132298/detai...

📢 We're very excited to launch the Grantham Amplification Fund! We're pledging £500,000 to kickstart impactful #sustainability research projects! It's open to all @sheffielduni.bsky.social academics, researchers & professional service staff. Read more ⬇️ tinyurl.com/26ut4mpf #ResearchFunding

🔊Registration is NOW OPEN for OpenFest 2025, the annual open research event led by Sheffield & Sheffield Hallam unis. 2nd-5th September - all welcome. This year's theme is Open Research & Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion - in all the meanings of those terms. More details and registration:⬇️

2pm this Sunday 27th July at Little Sparta - come and enjoy the garden and hear me talk about my obsessions! #IanHamiltonFinlay

Repost with you in nature. 🌊

Very happy to have been invited to give a talk at Little Sparta on 27th July as part of their ‘Month of Sundays’ series, marking the centenary of Ian Hamilton Finlay. More details here: www.littlesparta.org.uk/month-of-sun...

I'm looking forward to our Institute of Humanities research seminar research tomorrow! @joannagavins.bsky.social on the discourse of plastic packaging northumbriaenglish.org/2025/06/03/t...

Nice to get this from the postie this morning. 😊 #stylistics #linguistics

Proud and happy that our book in honour of the late Professor Peter Verdonk, Style as Motivated Choice, has been published today. There are some great chapters in here, each of them a fitting tribute to our wonderful colleague and dear friend, Peter. benjamins.com/catalog/lal....

New open-access report from our BB-REG-NET project, debunking the myth that biodegradable plastics encourage littering. ⬇️ Great work from our Circular Economy Working Group. 👏🏻 bb-reg-net.org.uk/wp-content/u...

📣 Here is a fantastic opportunity to join our team @dhssfau.bsky.social @fau.de @fauphil.bsky.social 2 full professorships in #digitalhumanities Please do share widely!

Really pleased to be taking on a new role @sheffielduni.bsky.social as Research Practice Lead. I’ll be leading our open research strategy, ensuring our research is Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable. More on our commitment to these principles here: www.sheffield.ac.uk/openresearch...

A transdisciplinary conference on ecopoetics and environmental artivism labrc.co.uk/2025/02/23/e...

There should be a special rehabilitation programme for people who have to go back to work after time spent on the Isle of Mull.

Never coming home. Ever.

Meeting MPs at Westminster today for our BB-REG-NET project and pleased to see Portcullis House has a well signposted closed system for the disposal of compostables! Also that the incineration end-point of general waste is foregrounded too. 10/10 👏🏻 @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

This is so depressing and inaccurate. It’s just a list of more and more unnecessary stuff to buy. If you really want to help the environment and cut down plastic, stop buying so much crap and reuse what you already have! @granthamcsf.bsky.social @sarahcgreenwood.bsky.social @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Do you have ten minutes to help my research? I'm looking for volunteers to complete a survey about reading. You don't have to be a bookworm - and I explain more about my research questions at the end. If you can take part or share it would be much appreciated. nquire.org.uk/mission/reme...

Funded PhD opportunity at Lancaster: 'The sharing of personal lived experience by peer support workers working in mental health services in NHS, social care and third sector organisations.' Open to applicants with a background in Linguistics as well as Psychology www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

#Ecolinguistics and #cognitivelinguistics followers: does anyone know of any Greek-speaking researchers working on or interested in (non-literary) language, cognition and the environment? I’d be grateful if you could point them in my direction for a potential funding/project opportunity.

What people need to understand about Trump is that, for him, only the framing matters. He doesn’t care if he backtracks. He doesn’t care if he fails. Because the rhetoric leading up to the failed action has already done its work. How he talks about what he does/will do/did is how his cult grows.

Ian Hamilton Finlay, Lead Us, 1968 https://botfrens.com/collections/14375/contents/1133212

Really interesting piece on metaphors for the recent Californian wildfires ⬇️. #ecolinguistics #cognitivelinguistics

I’m going to stick my neck out here and say that if your referencing guidelines for authors are over 30 pages long, then you perhaps need to consider whether your referencing system may just be a little too complicated.

We had a great first meeting of the BB-REG-NET Communication and Market Awareness Working Group this morning. Our next event is our workshop at the Royal Society for Chemistry in March: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bb-reg-net...? Come along if you’re interested in biobased and biodegradable materials! 🌱

🌱Are you interested in communicating about biobased, biodegradable and compostable materials? 🌱 Join our BB-REG-NET online meeting on Monday 13th January at 11.00 GMT. Register here: bb-reg-net.org.uk

David Lodge told me to ‘Fuck off’ once, when I asked him for his autograph in Birmingham’s Dillons bookstore in the early 1990s. I considered it an honour. May he rest in cantankerous peace. amp.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

I just learned that William Labov died yesterday. What an immense loss to linguistics and the world.

We are looking for a full-time, temporary teaching-focused Lecturer in Discourse Analysis/Stylistics/Register analysis/forensic linguistics. Details of the job are available here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai.... Deadline 12th Dec. Please retweet/share!