As an arty-farty member of the woke liberati it drives me mad when I see politics full of bigots

The voicemail transcription is ‘low confidence’ but far more poetic than the actual message from my garage

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.

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 Ningyō

Back in the days when I had attack eyebrows and enjoyed eating items of religious symbolism while dressed only in bath towels

‘And when you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gaze into you.’ Thinking of growing (or perhaps buying) a Nietzsche moustache.

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...

I know universities are worried about numbers but I didn’t know they’d started recruiting wildfowl…

For anyone whose thoughts are turning to the coast, beaches, the sea, floating, just floating, away, away, away

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 they’re also lovely human beings

And this is why UK HE is increasingly looking like a long dull scene from a particularly depressing dystopian film.

Marking final-year undergraduate essays: the post-retinal detachment method

Sensible policies for a happier Britain. Thank you Mr Wells.

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.

No, you’re not. And even if you were, I’m not the droid you’re looking for.

You never have to travel far down any thread on Lewis Carroll to realise why the world’s in the state it’s in…

Quite tempted to lift the lid…

A more than passing resemblance…? #doctorwho #metropolis #moloch #ai #robots

The train will be arriving soon! This Thursday, Friday and Saturday (13-15 March) I’ll be appearing in the Settlement Players’ production of The Girl on the Train. Please come and see us if you can. Tickets are £10, which is a pretty reasonable fare - and it’s going to be quite a journey…

Well thank fuck for that

People, please beware of vampire vegetables. Be especially wary of post-Yuletide pumpkins… 🎃 🧛🏻‍♂️ Source: Nick Groom, The Vampire: A New History (2018).

It’s possible I’ve just found my motto for 2025

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 1/2

Scrooge in towel form… Merry Christmas one and all! x

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 they’ve done us all right 🥾 🕰️ 🎄 #sole #soul #homophone #boots #sharpenhoe #walking #christmas #wearandtear

I really don’t think Charles Maturin hits the #Gothic note quickly enough in his play Bertram…

Waiting to have the clouds lifted from one of my eyes with Sylvia, Lolly and Vanessa

“Universities 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.” search.app/5Pjz8Q9Z7zag...

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Read Andy Paciorek's review here on the Folk Horror Revival website: folkhorrorrevival.com/2024/10/17/g...

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...

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.

Happy Tuesday!

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_...

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. 🎞📽 precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/11/24/t...