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A great description of what history and historians are about by David Olusoga ft.com/content/9e6b91… (h/t Stephen Bush of the @ft)

This is Tuesday! Join us in Southampton when the TS Eliot Prize-winning poet Anthony Joseph talks about his work and surrealism and calypso and the Caribbean… Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities Being Human Festival SUSU English at Soton

Missed our panel on #Shakespeare last month? Catch up with the editors of our newest editions here: oxford.ly/3BYxlXG

You know in ‘Horny’ by Mousse T, when she sings “I sent a message through the Internet but it rejected”? Do you think she’d been blocked by the recipient, or had she just typed their email incorrectly? Interviewer: We meant do you have any questions about the job.

I saw this at the National Gallery at the weekend. It’s by a follower of Rembrandt. Painted around 1630, doesn’t it seem such a modern composition. Quite abstract. I love it!

Belatedly, a favourite of my husband’s

Announcing the launch of #PublicHumanities!! Articles today on democracy, AI, Beyoncé, climate, Trump, empathy, Animal Crossing, legacies of slavery in higher ed, & more. ✅ Open access ✅ Peer reviewed ✅ Of the moment Spread the word! cambridge.org/pub

Don’t miss your chance to get hands-on at our Arts & Humanities Day on Saturday! 🥳 The free family event is taking place in Southampton's Cultural Quarter for the first time and is part of the annual Arts & Humanities Festival. Find out more 👉 brnw.ch/21wOmxI

I feel like a broken record even writing this, but policy-makers and commentators really need to realise that student loan repayments are impacting most millennials in their 30s paying high effective marginal tax rates whilst juggling childcare and housing costs.

Leftovers pie with meat cold cuts and cupboard veg

Maybe because every children’s book on sale in the UK is called FAT NAN’S MASSIVE CHRISTMAS FART: BOTTOM’S UP

This is APPALLING. Deciding that English Lit degrees are “no longer viable in the current climate” is a disgrace - English Lit teaches empathy, communication & coherence of argument: what will you take from students by denying the opportunity to study it? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

We are seeking new members of our editorial board, with expertise in the periods 1700–1850 or 1900–1940, as well as a joint book reviews editor (specialising in the modern period). More information is available here. All reposts much appreciated. thelondonjournal.org/EOI_Call_1124.…

A fun discovery this week - a little 16th century quill tucked into one of our documents! Some poor Elizabethan must have been going insane wondering where they'd put that blasted quill...

Get cultured this festive season! Discover our OUP ✨ Holiday Gift Guide, including classic novels your loved ones will love to see under the tree, here: oxford.ly/3YQ0xcr

A thin frost on the common by campus today

Very pleased to finally see this little wonder out in the world, in the latest issue of HLQ, co-authored with Eric Dunnum = muse.jhu.edu/article/944188

FEA Prof. Antony Rowland (MMU) surveyed English Association Fellows about changing structures of research, developments in teaching delivery, the impact of AI and the ‘contraction’ of the discipline in UK HE. Here is the report: englishassociation.ac.uk/the-state-of-t…

Have to give a major shout out to the always brilliant Platform 9 team at Clapham Junction station SouthWesternRailway. Even in the ranks of national service breakdowns, they consistently put a smile on faces and are models of helpful professionalism. 💯

Some exciting book news to round out the year 🎉: signed a contract with Yale for a popular history/"trade book" on the Curtain playhouse (out c. 2028). Provisionally titled "Curtain: The Story of a Shakespearean Playhouse" (+ provisional "blurb"). Resolution of writing for 2025!