Alex Wragge-Morley
@wraggem.bsky.social
Science & Medicine Historian @ Lancaster University. Author of Aesthetic Science: Representing Nature in the Royal Society of London http://tinyurl.com/yy4nhqn7
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Friends! We are looking for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in 17th century literature. Help me spread the word? It’s limited term, but I can promise wonderful students and lovely colleagues for a very nice bit of teaching experience… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Visiting Assistant Professor of English: Seventeenth-Century Literature The Department of English at Wesleyan University seeks applicants for a full-time Visiting Professor with expertise in seventeen...
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February 6, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Friends! We are looking for a visiting assistant professor with expertise in 17th century literature. Help me spread the word? It’s limited term, but I can promise wonderful students and lovely colleagues for a very nice bit of teaching experience… wesleyan.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Looks like my book 'The Transactioneer: Hans Sloane and the Rise of Public Natural History in Eighteenth-Century Britain' will finally be published by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year!
Excited doesn't cover it!
Excited doesn't cover it!
February 3, 2026 at 6:05 PM
Looks like my book 'The Transactioneer: Hans Sloane and the Rise of Public Natural History in Eighteenth-Century Britain' will finally be published by Johns Hopkins University Press later this year!
Excited doesn't cover it!
Excited doesn't cover it!
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Looking back on this and remembering my classes, my brilliant tutors, the sheer amount of time dedicated to reading and thinking and discussing, I think education is the greatest thing ever. Future generations will look back in horror at how we monetised, managerialised and AI-fucked the HE sector.
5 classes you took in uni:
1. Art & Letters 1900-1930 (best course EVER, changed my life)
2. Nineteenth century sexualities (Eng Lit, yes - obviously I went to Sussex 😂)
3. Ethics (Philosophy)
4. Kant (a whole semester on Kant! I used to be smarter 🤓)
5. Representations of the Body in Art
1. Art & Letters 1900-1930 (best course EVER, changed my life)
2. Nineteenth century sexualities (Eng Lit, yes - obviously I went to Sussex 😂)
3. Ethics (Philosophy)
4. Kant (a whole semester on Kant! I used to be smarter 🤓)
5. Representations of the Body in Art
5 classes you took in university:
1. Imperial Leather : GB Empire
2. Foundations of Mdn Historical Thought
3. 20th Cen Fascism
4. Special Subject: France 1848-1852
5. Dissertation on a comparative study between Walter Greenwood’s ‘Love on the Dole’ and Salford/Manchester/UK during the Depression
1. Imperial Leather : GB Empire
2. Foundations of Mdn Historical Thought
3. 20th Cen Fascism
4. Special Subject: France 1848-1852
5. Dissertation on a comparative study between Walter Greenwood’s ‘Love on the Dole’ and Salford/Manchester/UK during the Depression
February 1, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Looking back on this and remembering my classes, my brilliant tutors, the sheer amount of time dedicated to reading and thinking and discussing, I think education is the greatest thing ever. Future generations will look back in horror at how we monetised, managerialised and AI-fucked the HE sector.
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Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
Lecturer in Early Medieval History | King's College London
www.kcl.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Very exciting job announcement! Permanent early medieval (Britain and/or Europe) teaching post at KCL. I know first-hand that this is a great opportunity to work with amazing colleagues and students. www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/136727-...
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JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800) at British Library
Explore an exciting academic career as a Lead Curator: Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601 – 1800). Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
January 28, 2026 at 12:15 PM
JOB ALERT: Lead Curator, Modern Archives & Manuscripts (1601-1800) at The British Library - closing date: 18th Feb
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQH179/l...
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Those Europeans who spent yesterday obsessing over Trump destroying the US would do far better to think about how the few guardrails that will stop him do not exist in most of our countries. Germany might be the only exception to this?
January 26, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Those Europeans who spent yesterday obsessing over Trump destroying the US would do far better to think about how the few guardrails that will stop him do not exist in most of our countries. Germany might be the only exception to this?
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Happy Feast Day to #JulianofNorwich! She was an astonishing medieval theologian who had some pretty trippy visions and wrote the FIRST known book in English by a woman. If you want to know more about her, you could always read my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN 💙
May 8, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Happy Feast Day to #JulianofNorwich! She was an astonishing medieval theologian who had some pretty trippy visions and wrote the FIRST known book in English by a woman. If you want to know more about her, you could always read my novel, FOR THY GREAT PAIN HAVE MERCY ON MY LITTLE PAIN 💙
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Remmber this is what Farage wants to bring to the UK along with removing the NHS
This is Trump’s America. We need to ensure it won't be his “Mirror, Mirror” version much longer.
January 25, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Remmber this is what Farage wants to bring to the UK along with removing the NHS
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OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
January 25, 2026 at 7:11 PM
OpenAI exec James Dyett calling out the cowardice
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
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Really hard to watch these videos and not conclude this was an execution
January 24, 2026 at 10:11 PM
Really hard to watch these videos and not conclude this was an execution
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Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
January 24, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Reminder: All it would take to end the murder of American citizens by an untrained government goon squad is 16 Republicans in Congress voting with Dems to defund ICE (or 23 to impeach and remove Trump — 3 in House & 20 in Senate). That’s it. 23 Americans can vote for the public and end all of this.
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The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
January 24, 2026 at 8:16 PM
The rest of the world should absolutely boycott the World Cup and boycott the Olympics. At minimum.
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Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
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Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
January 24, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Abolish ICE is now the moderate minimum position,
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
Prosecute ICE is where Dems should be at next.
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extremely delighted that @harpers.bsky.social wanted to excerpt and republish one of the essays in Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, this hilarious brilliance by @kukukadoo.bsky.social
Found a reading of a close reading in the Readings section of the magazine I’m reading, @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social and @johannawinant.bsky.social. Good stuff!
January 21, 2026 at 2:58 AM
extremely delighted that @harpers.bsky.social wanted to excerpt and republish one of the essays in Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century, this hilarious brilliance by @kukukadoo.bsky.social
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Happy 3 year anniversary to this little weirdo 💙 #ForThyGreatPain
January 19, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Happy 3 year anniversary to this little weirdo 💙 #ForThyGreatPain
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Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
NEW
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
The UK constitution is even more vulnerable than the US constitution
In the face of an illiberal radical assault, what has happened politically in America could easily happen in the UK
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
January 15, 2026 at 5:34 PM
Reminder that in the UK an incoming radical, populist government would have immediate access to immense, unchecked executive power.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
And the current government is doing nothing to protect us from that.
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What an amazing experience this was. Huge thanks to the project team for all their hard work and making it such a great success 🙌🏽
A huge thank you to all our delegates for joining The Hand: Emotion, Embodiment, Identity!
Your ideas, questions and conversations made the conference such a rewarding and inspiring event. We are grateful to everyone who contributed and helped make it a success 🤝
Your ideas, questions and conversations made the conference such a rewarding and inspiring event. We are grateful to everyone who contributed and helped make it a success 🤝
January 12, 2026 at 11:17 AM
What an amazing experience this was. Huge thanks to the project team for all their hard work and making it such a great success 🙌🏽
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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There really is no question this is an unequivocal murder. The officer fires 3 shots at the car. This still is taken before he fires the last 2 of those 3 shots: He is CLEARLY out of the car's path of travel, and in no danger whatsoever.
This is murder
This is murder
January 7, 2026 at 6:55 PM
There really is no question this is an unequivocal murder. The officer fires 3 shots at the car. This still is taken before he fires the last 2 of those 3 shots: He is CLEARLY out of the car's path of travel, and in no danger whatsoever.
This is murder
This is murder
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The UK's journalists and politicians are not just going to allow the country to slide into a conspiraciat abyss - they're gonna get redpilled enough by social media that they'll shrug or even laugh about it.
January 7, 2026 at 11:26 AM
The UK's journalists and politicians are not just going to allow the country to slide into a conspiraciat abyss - they're gonna get redpilled enough by social media that they'll shrug or even laugh about it.
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If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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I had a long thread written out but the app closed and it's deleted so here are some mostly-formed thoughts: it's a mixture of their central problem (lack of a clear mission), unforced errors (WFA) and a failure to recognise the information environment they're operating in
Glad the FT is asking the question. Even if I’m not convinced they found a compelling answer.
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
I get that Starmer & Reeves are unpopular, I really don’t understand the extent of the dislike.
www.ft.com/content/1995... ‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
‘There’s a real dislike, even loathing’: why voters hate Starmer and Reeves
Allies concede the prime minister and chancellor have made mistakes yet the level of disdain towards them is still striking
www.ft.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I had a long thread written out but the app closed and it's deleted so here are some mostly-formed thoughts: it's a mixture of their central problem (lack of a clear mission), unforced errors (WFA) and a failure to recognise the information environment they're operating in
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Many congratulations 🎊
December 30, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Many congratulations 🎊