Greg Walker
@gregmw4.bsky.social
Literature Prof at the University of Edinburgh, fan of Prog rock and Nottingham Forest.
Very pleased to see hard(back) evidence that this tricksy creature is indeed loose in the world. It was a joy to work with the brilliant @ellierycroft.bsky.social to bring it into existence.
January 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Very pleased to see hard(back) evidence that this tricksy creature is indeed loose in the world. It was a joy to work with the brilliant @ellierycroft.bsky.social to bring it into existence.
‘ardest game in the world, wizarding, innit. You’ve got to have a second career lined up, just in case it all goes arse upwards with the sorcery…’
January 12, 2026 at 6:17 PM
‘ardest game in the world, wizarding, innit. You’ve got to have a second career lined up, just in case it all goes arse upwards with the sorcery…’
‘Yep, I think the bastard’s finally gone...’
(Faith, Hope, and Charity say farewell to 2025 and prepare to come out of hiding and try again in 2026.)
Happy New Year everyone!
(Faith, Hope, and Charity say farewell to 2025 and prepare to come out of hiding and try again in 2026.)
Happy New Year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 9:28 AM
‘Yep, I think the bastard’s finally gone...’
(Faith, Hope, and Charity say farewell to 2025 and prepare to come out of hiding and try again in 2026.)
Happy New Year everyone!
(Faith, Hope, and Charity say farewell to 2025 and prepare to come out of hiding and try again in 2026.)
Happy New Year everyone!
A happy New Year to all in the child-boiling community who celebrate 🥂🥳
December 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
A happy New Year to all in the child-boiling community who celebrate 🥂🥳
Just a couple more days to enjoy ‘2025: The Immersive Experience’, tickets selling fast…
December 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Just a couple more days to enjoy ‘2025: The Immersive Experience’, tickets selling fast…
On ‘World’s Worst Jobs’ tonight we talk to Gino Capelletti, the man charged each year with taking down the Christmas decorations at the Vatican.
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
On ‘World’s Worst Jobs’ tonight we talk to Gino Capelletti, the man charged each year with taking down the Christmas decorations at the Vatican.
‘Brace, Death Star ahead!’
‘I’m pretty sure it’s just a réification of our engagement with material historical conditions, Han…’
(Lost footage of Georg Lukács’s failed Star Wars pilot found in Budapest attic.)
‘I’m pretty sure it’s just a réification of our engagement with material historical conditions, Han…’
(Lost footage of Georg Lukács’s failed Star Wars pilot found in Budapest attic.)
December 24, 2025 at 8:42 AM
‘Brace, Death Star ahead!’
‘I’m pretty sure it’s just a réification of our engagement with material historical conditions, Han…’
(Lost footage of Georg Lukács’s failed Star Wars pilot found in Budapest attic.)
‘I’m pretty sure it’s just a réification of our engagement with material historical conditions, Han…’
(Lost footage of Georg Lukács’s failed Star Wars pilot found in Budapest attic.)
Visitors left ´confused’ by new Marxist Santa’s grotto.´They told our Sandra that whether she’d been good or bad just disguises the false consciousness behind an essentially feudal system of gift allocation’, said one angry mum who reached out on X to complain of long delays & arguments with elves.
December 23, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Visitors left ´confused’ by new Marxist Santa’s grotto.´They told our Sandra that whether she’d been good or bad just disguises the false consciousness behind an essentially feudal system of gift allocation’, said one angry mum who reached out on X to complain of long delays & arguments with elves.
Exceptionally sad news for scholars of early English Drama. The great Jean-Paul Debax, a towering figure in Tudor theatre Studies in France, and a kind, generous scholar, has passed away at the age of 90: the last of the founders of the delightful Tours Tables-Rondes.
November 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Exceptionally sad news for scholars of early English Drama. The great Jean-Paul Debax, a towering figure in Tudor theatre Studies in France, and a kind, generous scholar, has passed away at the age of 90: the last of the founders of the delightful Tours Tables-Rondes.
I was deeply sorry to learn, very belatedly, of the passing earlier this year of Prof Marie-Helene Besnault, a stalwart of the long-running Table-Ronde on Tudor drama at the University of Tours. The kindest of souls and most generous of hosts to we travelling Brits. God speed M-H.
November 1, 2025 at 11:17 AM
I was deeply sorry to learn, very belatedly, of the passing earlier this year of Prof Marie-Helene Besnault, a stalwart of the long-running Table-Ronde on Tudor drama at the University of Tours. The kindest of souls and most generous of hosts to we travelling Brits. God speed M-H.
‘Will he have cakes… and tea? Perhaps camomile? He’d surely like that best. No?
(OTD in 1957 John Betjeman auditioned for the role of Sauron in Leni Riefenstahl’s doomed Lord of The Rings project. His ‘lack of chemistry’ with co-star Conrad Veidt (Frodo) allegedly blighted the project from the start
(OTD in 1957 John Betjeman auditioned for the role of Sauron in Leni Riefenstahl’s doomed Lord of The Rings project. His ‘lack of chemistry’ with co-star Conrad Veidt (Frodo) allegedly blighted the project from the start
October 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
‘Will he have cakes… and tea? Perhaps camomile? He’d surely like that best. No?
(OTD in 1957 John Betjeman auditioned for the role of Sauron in Leni Riefenstahl’s doomed Lord of The Rings project. His ‘lack of chemistry’ with co-star Conrad Veidt (Frodo) allegedly blighted the project from the start
(OTD in 1957 John Betjeman auditioned for the role of Sauron in Leni Riefenstahl’s doomed Lord of The Rings project. His ‘lack of chemistry’ with co-star Conrad Veidt (Frodo) allegedly blighted the project from the start
OTD in 1953 historian AJP Taylor guested on Radio 4’s ‘Beat the Experts’. Wrongly billed as ‘author of ‘How Warts Begin’’, he faced 38 unanswerable questions on swimming pool hygiene, verrucas & how best to touch toads, before hitting host Robert Robinson with an egg sandwich & storming out.
October 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
OTD in 1953 historian AJP Taylor guested on Radio 4’s ‘Beat the Experts’. Wrongly billed as ‘author of ‘How Warts Begin’’, he faced 38 unanswerable questions on swimming pool hygiene, verrucas & how best to touch toads, before hitting host Robert Robinson with an egg sandwich & storming out.
‘If I can just lever all these little cogs out, the whole thing will work a lot better...’
‘You do know that’s not how clocks work, don’t you?’
(‘Allegory of University Management’, 2025)
‘You do know that’s not how clocks work, don’t you?’
(‘Allegory of University Management’, 2025)
October 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
‘If I can just lever all these little cogs out, the whole thing will work a lot better...’
‘You do know that’s not how clocks work, don’t you?’
(‘Allegory of University Management’, 2025)
‘You do know that’s not how clocks work, don’t you?’
(‘Allegory of University Management’, 2025)
´Pope arrives in Oxford to challenge old Exam results.´
‘He just appeared in the quad, announced he was infallible & refused to leave until we’d regraded him to a First’, observed a shaken Dame Eleanor Fitzbadderley, Mistress of Boverille College. ‘& then his attack-deacons drank all the sherry...’
‘He just appeared in the quad, announced he was infallible & refused to leave until we’d regraded him to a First’, observed a shaken Dame Eleanor Fitzbadderley, Mistress of Boverille College. ‘& then his attack-deacons drank all the sherry...’
September 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
´Pope arrives in Oxford to challenge old Exam results.´
‘He just appeared in the quad, announced he was infallible & refused to leave until we’d regraded him to a First’, observed a shaken Dame Eleanor Fitzbadderley, Mistress of Boverille College. ‘& then his attack-deacons drank all the sherry...’
‘He just appeared in the quad, announced he was infallible & refused to leave until we’d regraded him to a First’, observed a shaken Dame Eleanor Fitzbadderley, Mistress of Boverille College. ‘& then his attack-deacons drank all the sherry...’
‘And if they don’t have the crispy duck; I’ll just take the chicken in black bean sauce...’ (‘Many would argue that Sir Delivier la Roux’s storied career rested on completing one of the easier Grail Quests...’)
September 19, 2025 at 8:18 AM
‘And if they don’t have the crispy duck; I’ll just take the chicken in black bean sauce...’ (‘Many would argue that Sir Delivier la Roux’s storied career rested on completing one of the easier Grail Quests...’)
OTD in year 650 of the Third Age: Owing to a persistent glitch in the world-leading University of Numenor course allocation software, Galadriel found herself registered for both Troll Studies A and B and ‘Living Under Bridges: New Perspectives/New Directions’ in Semester 2...’
September 16, 2025 at 8:31 AM
OTD in year 650 of the Third Age: Owing to a persistent glitch in the world-leading University of Numenor course allocation software, Galadriel found herself registered for both Troll Studies A and B and ‘Living Under Bridges: New Perspectives/New Directions’ in Semester 2...’
‘No, he definitely wants it to be called, ‘The Great D’Artagnan and His Three Older, Less Interesting Friends...’’
The little shi…. Look, he’s not here yet; change it to ‘The Three Musketeers’ and there’s a tenner in it for you...
(‘The stories Behind Great Book Titles’ number 15)
The little shi…. Look, he’s not here yet; change it to ‘The Three Musketeers’ and there’s a tenner in it for you...
(‘The stories Behind Great Book Titles’ number 15)
September 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
‘No, he definitely wants it to be called, ‘The Great D’Artagnan and His Three Older, Less Interesting Friends...’’
The little shi…. Look, he’s not here yet; change it to ‘The Three Musketeers’ and there’s a tenner in it for you...
(‘The stories Behind Great Book Titles’ number 15)
The little shi…. Look, he’s not here yet; change it to ‘The Three Musketeers’ and there’s a tenner in it for you...
(‘The stories Behind Great Book Titles’ number 15)
A fine birthday weekend with old friends and carnivorous plants…
September 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A fine birthday weekend with old friends and carnivorous plants…
(‘When Great Writers Met’ 17: George Eliot and H.D.)
Wha?. I thought you’d be a man...
‘Well, I thought you’d be a pencil...’
Hmmm....oh no, here comes Caryl Phillips.
‘Wha...she’s a bloke now? I think I need a drink.’
Wha?. I thought you’d be a man...
‘Well, I thought you’d be a pencil...’
Hmmm....oh no, here comes Caryl Phillips.
‘Wha...she’s a bloke now? I think I need a drink.’
September 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
(‘When Great Writers Met’ 17: George Eliot and H.D.)
Wha?. I thought you’d be a man...
‘Well, I thought you’d be a pencil...’
Hmmm....oh no, here comes Caryl Phillips.
‘Wha...she’s a bloke now? I think I need a drink.’
Wha?. I thought you’d be a man...
‘Well, I thought you’d be a pencil...’
Hmmm....oh no, here comes Caryl Phillips.
‘Wha...she’s a bloke now? I think I need a drink.’
Breaking: University of Narnia announces acting VC and Professor of Swordplay, Reepicheep McPherson is to step down with immediate effect after allegations emerge of inappropriate relationship with Wonderland exchange student.
August 31, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Breaking: University of Narnia announces acting VC and Professor of Swordplay, Reepicheep McPherson is to step down with immediate effect after allegations emerge of inappropriate relationship with Wonderland exchange student.
(‘And last of all there was Hope, to make all the rest bearable...’)
‘Come on out you little shite, you must be in there somewhere!’
(‘Pandora and Her Box’, 2025’)
‘Come on out you little shite, you must be in there somewhere!’
(‘Pandora and Her Box’, 2025’)
August 28, 2025 at 9:54 AM
(‘And last of all there was Hope, to make all the rest bearable...’)
‘Come on out you little shite, you must be in there somewhere!’
(‘Pandora and Her Box’, 2025’)
‘Come on out you little shite, you must be in there somewhere!’
(‘Pandora and Her Box’, 2025’)
(Charlotte took great pleasure in switching the online Proust and Conrad conversation simulation to ‘stick-fighting’ mode during the weekly free-study period...)
‘You, sir, are a bounder and a cad. ‘Heart of Darkness’? ‘Fart of Darkness’ more like!’
‘You take that back, you French Jessie!’
‘You, sir, are a bounder and a cad. ‘Heart of Darkness’? ‘Fart of Darkness’ more like!’
‘You take that back, you French Jessie!’
August 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
(Charlotte took great pleasure in switching the online Proust and Conrad conversation simulation to ‘stick-fighting’ mode during the weekly free-study period...)
‘You, sir, are a bounder and a cad. ‘Heart of Darkness’? ‘Fart of Darkness’ more like!’
‘You take that back, you French Jessie!’
‘You, sir, are a bounder and a cad. ‘Heart of Darkness’? ‘Fart of Darkness’ more like!’
‘You take that back, you French Jessie!’
(Meanwhile in the Senior Common Room)
‘What’s that old son? ‘Decolonising the curriculum’? Yes, we did that in ‘57. Swapped Kipling for Buchan. Never looked back. We were such radicals back then. Help yourself to an Empire Biscuit, they’re delicious...’
‘What’s that old son? ‘Decolonising the curriculum’? Yes, we did that in ‘57. Swapped Kipling for Buchan. Never looked back. We were such radicals back then. Help yourself to an Empire Biscuit, they’re delicious...’
August 26, 2025 at 8:12 AM
(Meanwhile in the Senior Common Room)
‘What’s that old son? ‘Decolonising the curriculum’? Yes, we did that in ‘57. Swapped Kipling for Buchan. Never looked back. We were such radicals back then. Help yourself to an Empire Biscuit, they’re delicious...’
‘What’s that old son? ‘Decolonising the curriculum’? Yes, we did that in ‘57. Swapped Kipling for Buchan. Never looked back. We were such radicals back then. Help yourself to an Empire Biscuit, they’re delicious...’