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The Power of a Humanities Degree: 5yrs on English grads ‘are making equivalent money to people from a STEM discipline. The things humanities & arts develop are things that corporations want in their employees.’ #Clearing2023 unco.edu/news/articles/…

That sickness you’re experiencing Lee has got something to do with the atrophied amygdala of the right-wing brain … but there I go, wokesplaining and ruining your day.

As we have been saying for years, the economy needs the skills of SHAPE graduates The British Academy School of Advanced Study, University of London Arts and Humanities Research Council English Association IES University English universitiesuk.ac.uk/latest/news/cr…

Our next #ByronTalk is in a month! Andrew McInnes will discuss #Byron and ridiculousness (a talk we have been waiting to hear for a looooooong time) on Sept 19th. Join us in London for Byron, laughs, larks and wine... Details and tickets: thebyronsociety.com/feeling-ridicu…

Grieving Wordsworth found solace in poignant shipwreck treasure after brother’s death theguardian.com/books/2023/aug…

Not long after this book came out I received an appreciative email from Lenny Kaye (soft lad that I am, it made me cry), on the back of which we began a brief correspondence. Not heard from Lenny in years apart from a deluge of spam that, fittingly, offers me ‘free money’.

“Phil Shaw reminds me at times of the late great David Berman (Silver Jews) with a theatricality and presence and a touch of self-deprecatory humour”. I’ll take that. Thank you ⁦Backseat Mafia⁩ backseatmafia.com/premiere-alber…

Fascinating work by the wonderful ⁦Pepys & History⁩: Museum of London identifies man who raised alarm over Great Fire theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

Alberteen return with literate, lo-fi double a-side single 'Dark Matter / This Day Is A Gift' findyoursounds.com/alberteen-retu… via FindYourSounds

These metaphors for the collapsing state-of-things just keep on proliferating. England’s concrete crisis could extend to hospitals and courts, experts say theguardian.com/education/2023…

Still some places!! Join us for drinks and a fascinating #byrontalk on 19th Sept with Andrew McInnes. Details and registration: thebyronsociety.com/feeling-ridicu…

Very pleased to be co-presenting this ‘Sensory Reading’ event with the wonderful Scott Freer.

An Introduction to Fantasy comes out today - Cambridge University Press have released the hardback and paperback simultaneously, with the latter at the Princely price of £19.99. If you order from CUP, the code AIF2023 takes 20% off. I really loved writing this book - I hope you enjoy it!

Sound and Sense in British Romanticism, which I edited with the brilliant Carmel Raz, is out today! It’s available open access from Cambridge University Press, thanks to generous support from the Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics. You can read it here: cambridge.org/core/books/sou…

I was here in late July when the possibility of wildfires was putting everyone on edge. This is what climate breakdown looks like.

'Employers very often snap up humanities graduates, because they [value] people who can think creatively, can make connections, can write well. (Nick Hillman)” Higher Education Policy Institute Arts & Humanities Alliance (AHA) English Association Is it worth going to university? theguardian.com/education/2023…

Book now for 'How Does this Poem Feel', a free online English Association session led by English, University of Leicester Prof Shaw (Phil Shaw) and Dr Freer sharing work to help GCSE English Literature students develop a sensory appreciation of poetry 📅 28 Sep from 16:45 👉eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-does-thi…

We're delighted the Punk Rage & Revolution exhibition has been selected as Heritage Project of the Year for England in the National Lottery Awards! Please vote for Punk to win National Lottery Project of the Year! #nlapunk #NLAwards National Lottery Good Causes #Punk lotterygoodcauses.org.uk/near-you/proje…

I agree with Alice. My experience of Musk’s ‘X’ site is one of incremental decline. I still enjoy most of the content, and will miss the fun, inspiration and information that I glean from my favourite tweeters but the secret of a good life is knowing when it’s time to go.