“Things I once thought were funny are scary now. I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava” (2013). Academic and musical satirist Tom Lehrer exposed hypocrisy, vices, and prejudices through song like no other.

A brilliant end to the term! UCL's Celebration of Humanities Education was expertly organised & brought together a range of exciting, inspiring & innovative approaches to education. Proud to have contributed as a member of the Centre's Languages Stream! @ucl-che.bsky.social @artshumsucl.bsky.social

Professor Alexander Samson delivering his fascinating inaugural lecture on 28 May: 'Time Frames: Marking the Early Modern'. @samsonaws.bsky.social @uclearlymodxcha.bsky.social #MarianEngland #UniversalClockTime #EarlyModern

My article, ‘A Wounded Cinema: Failed Utopias, Décor Leitmotifs, and the Homo Minnellianus’, is published in MOVIE: A Journal of Film Criticism. Among other misfits in Vincente Minnelli's films, I write about one of my favourites: Ginny from Some Came Running (1958). warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/sca...

📚 My book, "Memory and the Gothic Aesthetic in Film", explores the #Gothic (1920s-1950s) as an aesthetic of memory and exile. Includes chapters on memory-objects, hands, pianos, and amnesia. Download it for free from #PalgraveMacmillan #OA @uclselcs.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...