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24.02.2026 14:27
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Try By the Ionian Sea, it's beautiful. In the Year of Jubilee is also a masterpiece <3
The UK government says tougher English rules will aid integration. Esol experts warn they risk turning language learning into a tool of exclusion.
While lists of 2025 albums, or gigs, or books or achievements might be more popular, this 2025 by way of road signs is perhaps less usual and maybe more achievable...
Delighted to announce that the University of South Wales will host the British Digital Games Research Association #BDiGRA 2026 conference in Cardiff.
Theme: Who We Are and Why: #periphery & #identity.
Call for papers: bdigra.co.uk/bdigra-2026-...
#BritishDiGRA #GamesStudies #GamesResearch
Ever wondered what 1890s London would look like in Minecraft? Now's your chance to find out with this world I built with Sally Bushell, Blockworks and @lselibrary.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/ar...
#minecraft #victorian #history
Gissing, Will Warburton.
Caveat is that's it's a posthumous novel but it was written just a year or so before.
Cats laugh in the face of dead legs
My choice of Northanger Abbey was not a popular one! That moment with the laundry list is one of the wittiest scenes in literature!
If anyone's in the area of Dove Cottage, Grasmere tomorrow, come along and hear me and others explain how (and why you might want) to build literary worlds in Minecraft
wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2025/08...
Love this idea! Minecraft + Wordsworth. Can't wait to learn more about this and other worlds in LitCraft from Lancaster University.
@bloodstockopenair.bsky.social Letter to BOA concerning the line-up for 2026. Having emailed the organisers, & not getting a response, I'm making the letter public. Turns out 'for the fans' isn't all fans. #sophielancasterfoundation #metalforgood #bloodstockopenair #metalmusic #metalukraine
This, from Dorothy Richardson, is quite frankly the best Reformation joke I've ever heard.
Just imagine what it must be like to be a Bristolian asking for a non-meat breakfast and oat milk just about anywhere else ;)
#JobAlert
Come & work with us! USW is looking for a Research Fellow who has experience in performance & immersive technology, with a focus on the way it intersects with the skills & innovation challenges facing the creative industries.
#ResearchFellow #ImmersivePerformance #ImmersiveTech #ApplyNow
How many more articles?! It's an affront seeing great swathes of buildings under reconstruction whilst at the same time losing brilliant colleagues from those self same campuses...
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
#Geohumanities #AcademicSky
The launch of the new Geohumanities Platform is a month away!
When? Wednesday 9th July 10am-1pm
Where? Glamorgan Building (Rm 3.51), King Edward VII Ave. Cardiff
With? Dr Rebecca Hutcheon (USW) & Prof. Jon Anderson (Cardiff)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
This is an open invitation to participate in & publish on a new Geohumanities Platform from colleagues at Cardiff University.
The Platform will be launched at an in-person event in Cardiff University on Wednesday 9th July 10am-1pm (Glamorgan Building, Room 3.51)
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
Oh, I don't like the look of this at all...
Come along to the exciting launch of our Geohumanities Platform where we explore the intersections of geography & the humanities!
When? 10-1, 9.7.25
Where? Glamorgan Building (Rm 3.51), King Edward VII Ave. Cardiff
Who? Dr Rebecca Hutcheon & Prof. Jon Anderson
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geohumanit...
I know it's not the same but the other day, in Bristol, I witnessed a trans couple being shouted at in the street. Just for walking along and being. That was not okay, and that was just words. Horrendous.
What were you doing on the 8th of November 2011? Buying some shoes. Anything else? Doing some reading which somehow connected Aristotle and Derrida (the classic pair).
What it was to be a first year PhD student...
Job Alert!
We are looking for a Research Fellow (0.8 FTE) to join the USW Media Cymru team working on screen industries research, supporting training evaluation, pathways to impact and impact analysis.
Closing date 6th May so don’t hang about!
ce0091li.webitrent.com/ce0091li_web...
Set in a fictionalised Bristol, William explores the pressures of class, gender and modernity.
Last year I (re)discovered E. H Young and have been reading everything of hers I can get my hands on. Her novel, William, is 100 years old this year and I can't recommend it enough. I've written about it for #theconversation here: theconversation.com/once-a-bests... #author #literature #moderism
Join me for a literary walking tour celebrating 225 years of Lyrical Ballads, 2nd edition! #lyra #bristol #coleridge #wordsworth
www.lyrafest.com
I’m hosting the event on Romantic poetry as part of this. 25 April: New Lyrical Ballads: Coleridge and Wordsworth. Book here: www.lyrafest.com#e126198
@lyrafest.com runs from 25th April to 4th May featuring readings, workshops, slams, walking tours, open mics, and a poetry retreat. The 2025 theme, Weird and Wild, explores nature, rewilding, and otherness through poetry.
www.lyrafest.com
To anyone in or near Bristol (or who fancies a trip), check out this year's Lyra Poetry Fest programme. Lots of free events, including this: www.lyrafest.com#e126198 with two old colleagues. It promises to be a fantastic evening; do come along if you can!
I think some better advice would be: 'keep it closed'...