Ivan Phillips
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As an arty-farty member of the woke liberati it drives me mad when I see politics full of bigots
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The voicemail transcription is ālow confidenceā but far more poetic than the actual message from my garage
3 months ago
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I imagine anything that prioritises empathy, the articulation of human complexity and the questioning of lazy assumptions must seem like a rip-off to someone like Badenoch, who seems to know the price of everything and the value of nothing.
3 months ago
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Assoc Prof Sam George launches the 2nd day of
#gothicmermaids
#seachanges
@ogomproject.bsky.social
Looking forward to more tales and tails of watery wonders - starting with the NingyÅ
4 months ago
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Back in the days when I had attack eyebrows and enjoyed eating items of religious symbolism while dressed only in bath towels
5 months ago
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āAnd when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gaze into you.ā Thinking of growing (or perhaps buying) a Nietzsche moustache.
5 months ago
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Glen O'Hara
5 months ago
Remember me telling you the university redundancy situation was far worse than it looked? Well, here's the evidence - not renewing contracts, forcing people to 'retire' and the like may not show up in the stats, but it cd double the losses number. (1/2)
www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-univ...
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UK university job cuts put at 20,000 after full impact āhiddenā
Number of roles affected could be almost double previous estimates when voluntary schemes and hiring freezes factored in, say researchers
https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/uk-university-job-cuts-put-20000-after-full-impact-hidden
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I know universities are worried about numbers but I didnāt know theyād started recruiting wildfowlā¦
5 months ago
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For anyone whose thoughts are turning to the coast, beaches, the sea, floating, just floating, away, away, away
6 months ago
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So proud of our graduating cohort of UH Model Design students and the fantastic team of dedicated colleagues who support them. 9 of 20 awards at New Blades 2025 yesterday - amazing achievement and fully deserved! Not only are they a phenomenally talented bunch but theyāre also lovely human beings
6 months ago
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And this is why UK HE is increasingly looking like a long dull scene from a particularly depressing dystopian film.
add a skeleton here at some point
8 months ago
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Marking final-year undergraduate essays: the post-retinal detachment method
8 months ago
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Sensible policies for a happier Britain. Thank you Mr Wells.
8 months ago
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Following his announcements on film industry tariffs and the reopening of Alcatraz, Donald Trump is now planning to tax unAmerican air and reenact both the American Civil War and the Battle of the Little Big Horn to prove the originals were fake news.
8 months ago
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No, youāre not. And even if you were, Iām not the droid youāre looking for.
8 months ago
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You never have to travel far down any thread on Lewis Carroll to realise why the worldās in the state itās inā¦
8 months ago
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Quite tempted to lift the lidā¦
9 months ago
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A more than passing resemblance�
#doctorwho
#metropolis
#moloch
#ai
#robots
9 months ago
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The train will be arriving soon! This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (13-15 March) Iāll be appearing in the Settlement Playersā production of The Girl on the Train. Please come and see us if you can. Tickets are Ā£10, which is a pretty reasonable fare - and itās going to be quite a journeyā¦
10 months ago
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Well thank fuck for that
10 months ago
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People, please beware of vampire vegetables. Be especially wary of post-Yuletide pumpkinsā¦ š š§š»āāļø Source: Nick Groom, The Vampire: A New History (2018).
11 months ago
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Itās possible Iāve just found my motto for 2025
12 months ago
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On BBC4 now: Caroline John as in the 1967 Zeffirelli version of Much Ado with Derek Jacobi, Maggie Smith, Robert Stephens & Ronald Pickup. As both a Who nerd & a Bard nerd this is a bit of a treat
#doctorwho
#shakespeare
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12 months ago
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Scrooge in towel form⦠Merry Christmas one and all! x
about 1 year ago
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Our soles fell apart at the same time on Christmas Eve. The boots are over 30 years old - we got them in the first year we got together - so theyāve done us all right š„¾ š°ļø š
#sole
#soul
#homophone
#boots
#sharpenhoe
#walking
#christmas
#wearandtear
about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
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I really donāt think Charles Maturin hits the
#Gothic
note quickly enough in his play Bertramā¦
about 1 year ago
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Waiting to have the clouds lifted from one of my eyes with Sylvia, Lolly and Vanessa
about 1 year ago
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āUniversities are in a shocking state⦠[Closing arts/humanities courses] is more than an institutional failure. It signals a cultural shift that risks leaving future generations without the critical, empathetic and intellectual tools provided by literature.ā
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The Guardian view on humanities in universities: closing English Literature courses signals a crisis | Humanities | The Guardian
With degrees disappearing and reading rates plummeting, the arts face a critical moment in education and culture
https://search.app/5Pjz8Q9Z7zagzzck6
about 1 year ago
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Classic Horror Films
about 1 year ago
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Folk Horror Revival š³ļøāšš³ļøāā§ļø
about 1 year ago
Read Andy Paciorek's review here on the Folk Horror Revival website:
folkhorrorrevival.com/2024/10/17/g...
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Headpress
about 1 year ago
Now available for purchase exclusively from the Headpress store, Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology, Folk Horror and the Spectre of Nostalgia by William Burns. Hits all other outlets in early 2025, but you can get ahead of the curve now!
#newbooks
#hauntology
#folkhorror
headpress.com/product/ghos...
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Ghost of an Idea: Hauntology and Folk Horror
A critical analysis of the 21st-century fascination with the past, from horror films to haunted music.
https://headpress.com/product/ghost-of-an-idea/
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Kit Yates
about 1 year ago
It's at this time of year, when the Christmas songs come on the radio, that I like to remember one of the Pogues finest works.
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ā§ Mother Suspiria ā§ (Stina Marie)
about 1 year ago
Happy Tuesday!
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Eddie Robson
about 1 year ago
I see the Tories are getting on their high horse about this Louise Haigh thing. Remember when Robert Jenrick unlawfully approved a £1bn housing development as a favour to a party donor and didn't resign?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_...
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Ray Newman
about 1 year ago
BLOG POST: What to watch next if, like me, you wish there were at least a hundred more of those 1970s BBC ghost stories for Christmas. šš½
precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/11/24/t...
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The infinite supply of BBC ghost stories for Christmas
There are only eight episodes of the BBC Ghost Story for Christmas, produced between 1971 and 1978. Thatās not enough. Here are some suggestions for where to go next. First, letās address a technicā¦
https://precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/11/24/the-infinite-supply-of-bbc-ghost-stories-for-christmas/
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