Tim Unwin
@unwint.bsky.social
Emeritus Professor of French, University of Bristol. Trying very hard these days to read for pleasure not profit.
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"The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages urges the University of Leicester to declare an immediate pause in the current proposals for the closure of degrees in modern languages and cultures"
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
"The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Modern Languages urges the University of Leicester to declare an immediate pause in the current proposals for the closure of degrees in modern languages and cultures"
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The game is far too easy for batters. We seek to revolutionise cricket through these new cricket stumps. Boasting four poles rather than three and made of volcanic ash instead of wood, they are perfect for events such as The Ashes.
November 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The game is far too easy for batters. We seek to revolutionise cricket through these new cricket stumps. Boasting four poles rather than three and made of volcanic ash instead of wood, they are perfect for events such as The Ashes.
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Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
November 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Siegfried Sassoon (1917)
Je souhaite bonne chance à Sarkozy-Dantès dans ses projets d'évasion.
October 21, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Je souhaite bonne chance à Sarkozy-Dantès dans ses projets d'évasion.
Could we please put an immediate and universal ban on the phrase 'Back in my day'.
October 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Could we please put an immediate and universal ban on the phrase 'Back in my day'.
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The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
September 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice. Except it doesn’t bend on its own—it bends because we pull it in the direction of justice. What keeps me hopeful during times like these is being surrounded by people who are doing just that.
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History repeats.
October 4, 2025 at 6:54 AM
History repeats.
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The world we live in.
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The world we live in.
A very useful word.
An ‘ultracrepidarian’ (19th century) is one who loves to give their opinion, at length, on matters they know nothing about.
September 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
A very useful word.
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“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
August 24, 2025 at 12:47 AM
“Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty.” ― Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” Groucho Marx
July 29, 2025 at 10:59 AM
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” Groucho Marx
'You just can't underestimate the magnitude of this achievement.' Sorry?
July 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
'You just can't underestimate the magnitude of this achievement.' Sorry?
Spot on.
July 7, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Spot on.
Happy 24th birthday to the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes, formed on this day in 2001 in Dublin, and thriving almost a quarter of a century later. En avant! @uksdn.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Happy 24th birthday to the Society of Dix-Neuviémistes, formed on this day in 2001 in Dublin, and thriving almost a quarter of a century later. En avant! @uksdn.bsky.social
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A Cartoon from The New Yorker buff.ly/CPA8BSH
June 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
A Cartoon from The New Yorker buff.ly/CPA8BSH
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Sting slams Brexit as an ‘act of folly’ during French TV appearance
'We're only just beginning to understand how stupid it was”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sting-t...
'We're only just beginning to understand how stupid it was”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sting-t...
June 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sting slams Brexit as an ‘act of folly’ during French TV appearance
'We're only just beginning to understand how stupid it was”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sting-t...
'We're only just beginning to understand how stupid it was”
www.thelondoneconomic.com/news/sting-t...
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'If you want to control a people, create an imaginary enemy that appears more dangerous than you, then present yourself as their saviour.' Nobody says it better than Chomsky.
June 10, 2025 at 9:52 AM
'If you want to control a people, create an imaginary enemy that appears more dangerous than you, then present yourself as their saviour.' Nobody says it better than Chomsky.