Nicholas Allen
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one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
What strikes me is that 'the volk' have incredibly incoherent and everywhere ideas, but the people who claim to speak for them in the press are like clerics who think there are two poles for all politics and everything must fit between them. These poles are like, eight inches apart
February 18, 2026 at 1:19 PM
one reset I'd personally appreciate: behind the insistence that we must offer the electorate a little bigotry is the idea that commoners are more bigoted than the richer and more educated, who can be appealed to with high minded policy. but then you Ctrl+F "phrenology" in the Epstein files
And everywhere it seems, stupidity and greed in vast combination
February 18, 2026 at 3:46 PM
And everywhere it seems, stupidity and greed in vast combination
after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered.. the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls.. and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
Proust
Proust
February 18, 2026 at 3:37 PM
after the people are dead, after the things are broken and scattered.. the smell and taste of things remain poised a long time, like souls.. and bear unfaltering, in the tiny and almost impalpable drop of their essence, the vast structure of recollection.
Proust
Proust
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On 26 May @ihr.bsky.social is hosting a special panel discussion to celebrate the publication of the 200th volume in the @manchesterup.bsky.social series ‘Studies in Imperialism’. Register below to join us either in person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
Studies in Imperialism: marking the 200th volume
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February 18, 2026 at 12:57 PM
On 26 May @ihr.bsky.social is hosting a special panel discussion to celebrate the publication of the 200th volume in the @manchesterup.bsky.social series ‘Studies in Imperialism’. Register below to join us either in person or online. www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
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Glenbeg Lake, outside Ardgroom on the Beara Peninsula
February 18, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Glenbeg Lake, outside Ardgroom on the Beara Peninsula
In those days then, impossible it was not to be closed-up because closed-upedness was everywhere.. When it got down to it, although people spoke of ordinariness, there wasn’t really ordinariness because moderation itself had spun out of control.
Anna Burns, Milkman
Anna Burns, Milkman
February 18, 2026 at 3:02 PM
In those days then, impossible it was not to be closed-up because closed-upedness was everywhere.. When it got down to it, although people spoke of ordinariness, there wasn’t really ordinariness because moderation itself had spun out of control.
Anna Burns, Milkman
Anna Burns, Milkman
Just to say registration has opened for my conversation with Mark Carruthers at the Heaney Centre in Queens on Monday 2 March at 5.30pm. It will be good to be home with friends.
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
February 18, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Just to say registration has opened for my conversation with Mark Carruthers at the Heaney Centre in Queens on Monday 2 March at 5.30pm. It will be good to be home with friends.
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
www.qub.ac.uk/schools/seam...
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So very excited to present at Senate House on Thursday along with @paddy-brennan.bsky.social - come around if you're in London! I'll be talking about Pádraic Ó Conaire's amazingly bizarre & fun novella Exile and metafictionality. @ies-sas.bsky.social
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ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ECR double header with Mikelyn Rochford (University of York) and Paddy Brennan (University of Liverpool)
ies.sas.ac.uk
February 18, 2026 at 1:03 AM
So very excited to present at Senate House on Thursday along with @paddy-brennan.bsky.social - come around if you're in London! I'll be talking about Pádraic Ó Conaire's amazingly bizarre & fun novella Exile and metafictionality. @ies-sas.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
When you see a barred owl break from cover you can see how the squirrels haven’t a chance
February 18, 2026 at 12:06 AM
When you see a barred owl break from cover you can see how the squirrels haven’t a chance
Just a man taking his pig for a walk
February 17, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Just a man taking his pig for a walk
Ernie O’Malley’s reading list,
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
February 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Ernie O’Malley’s reading list,
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
on hunger strike in Mountjoy, October-November 1923, Twain, Chaucer, Dickens, Melville, Austen, and more, reading a comfort for the failing body as it could be done in bed (from The Singing Flame)
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Ding, ding, ding: my collection, launching 19th March, is available for pre-order
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Four Night Seas - Niamh Mac Cabe - The Lilliput Press
Set across liminal landscapes, Four Night Seas is a collection of stories from award-winning author Niamh Mac Cabe feature characters navigating emotional or existential thresholds – grieving, seeking...
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February 17, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Ding, ding, ding: my collection, launching 19th March, is available for pre-order
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
www.lilliputpress.ie/products/fou...
Wait a week and it might be two-for-one, but in the meantime here’s the link should you like a copy bit.ly/4bVQMR7
February 17, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Wait a week and it might be two-for-one, but in the meantime here’s the link should you like a copy bit.ly/4bVQMR7
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Mexican flag at the famous farewell to the International Brigades down Barcelona's Diagonal on 28 October 1938. Some 250-300 Mexicans fought in the International Brigades.
February 17, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Mexican flag at the famous farewell to the International Brigades down Barcelona's Diagonal on 28 October 1938. Some 250-300 Mexicans fought in the International Brigades.
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Splendid clips of UVA English alums talking about the impact of the major on their lives and careers
Splendid clips of UVA English alums talking about the impact of the major on their lives and careers
What Can You Do with an English Major?
YouTube video by UVA English
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February 17, 2026 at 2:12 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZfL...
Splendid clips of UVA English alums talking about the impact of the major on their lives and careers
Splendid clips of UVA English alums talking about the impact of the major on their lives and careers
And another necessary book to read now
Wow this was a thoroughly engaging historical experience. The bibliography is a plethora of resources for the classroom.
February 17, 2026 at 2:14 PM
And another necessary book to read now
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The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733).
#histmed
#histmed
Research Fellowships – Edward Worth Library
edwardworthlibrary.ie
February 17, 2026 at 1:57 PM
The Edward Worth Library, Dublin, is offering two short-term research fellowships of between 1 week and 1 month between Jun and Nov 2026 to encourage research relevant to its collection of c. 4,300 books, left to Dr Steevens’ Hospital by Dublin physician Edward Worth (1676-1733).
#histmed
#histmed
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From last week mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) green heart trade bead, red exterior with a dark green core. Made on the island of Murano, Venice, 17th-19thC, these were used as currency by Europeans to trade with Indigenous & First Nation communities in America 1/
February 16, 2026 at 9:03 AM
From last week mudlarking on the Thames Foreshore, a Hudson’s Bay Company (HBC) green heart trade bead, red exterior with a dark green core. Made on the island of Murano, Venice, 17th-19thC, these were used as currency by Europeans to trade with Indigenous & First Nation communities in America 1/
For you REM types, Mike Mills joined Peter Buck’s new band, Drink the Sea, for a rendition of The One I Love, in the 40 Watt
February 17, 2026 at 3:49 AM
For you REM types, Mike Mills joined Peter Buck’s new band, Drink the Sea, for a rendition of The One I Love, in the 40 Watt
An REM, a Screaming Tree, and a QOTSA for you @lieven.bsky.social
February 17, 2026 at 1:22 AM
An REM, a Screaming Tree, and a QOTSA for you @lieven.bsky.social
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Free public lecture by Vona Groarke
Ireland Professor of #Poetry Vona Groarke will deliver her first public lecture at @tcddublin on 26 February - details below. It’s a free event. Vona is a fine poet. Her talk is sure to be interesting.
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Vona Groarke, 'A Lonely Began: The Poem Alone and the Poem in Company'
Vona Groarke will deliver her first public lecture as Ireland Professor of Poetry in the Edmund Burke Theatre, Arts Building,Trinity College
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February 16, 2026 at 12:30 AM
Free public lecture by Vona Groarke
