Lucy Seton-Watson
@lucysetonw.bsky.social
Native Londoner, long-time Cairene, now living DK. Citizen of Nowhere par excellence. Live by the written word. Lifelong close reader: originally Greek/Latin, then Wittgenstein, then medieval ceremonial architecture in Mamluk Cairo, now back to Eng Lit.
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This event next week, with THE expert on the 18th century minuet, will be so much fun!
Come and hear the minuet music that would have been played at social gatherings during Jane Austen's time, and learn the basic steps for the minuet.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/jane-...
Come and hear the minuet music that would have been played at social gatherings during Jane Austen's time, and learn the basic steps for the minuet.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/jane-...
Jane Austen's Minuets | King's College London
Come and hear the minuet music that would have been played at social gatherings during Jane Austen's time, and learn the basic steps for the minuet.
www.kcl.ac.uk
December 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
This event next week, with THE expert on the 18th century minuet, will be so much fun!
Come and hear the minuet music that would have been played at social gatherings during Jane Austen's time, and learn the basic steps for the minuet.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/jane-...
Come and hear the minuet music that would have been played at social gatherings during Jane Austen's time, and learn the basic steps for the minuet.
www.kcl.ac.uk/events/jane-...
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200 leading global artists, writers and actors are calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti.
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
Global voices call for Marwan's Release - Free Marwan
“We express our grave concern at the continuing imprisonment of Marwan Barghouti, his violent mistreatment and denial of legal rights whilst imprisoned. We call upon the United Nations and the Governm...
freemarwan.org
December 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
200 leading global artists, writers and actors are calling for the release of Marwan Barghouti.
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
An impressive list here.
freemarwan.org/public-figur...
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Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Here is a list of reasons why some of my hearings and trials this year have been delayed and kicked off into the long grass, stuck in our record court backlog. Serious allegations which will now be tried *years* after the event. 🧵👇
December 2, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Today the news will be about the government's proposals for juries.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
Please read this thread so as to be informed about the actual practical problems in the criminal justice system - problems which will not be solved by this misconceived and illiberal tinkering.
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“suspects” - “threats”
Two little boys, 8 and 11 yrs old
“Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them.”
Two little boys, 8 and 11 yrs old
“Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them.”
You’ll never guess how the IDF decided to talk about killing these two kids, 8 and 11 years old, in its official statement
Two brothers killed in Israeli drone strike on Gaza
Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, eight, were gathering firewood at the time, their uncle said.
news.sky.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“suspects” - “threats”
Two little boys, 8 and 11 yrs old
“Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them.”
Two little boys, 8 and 11 yrs old
“Earlier today, IDF troops identified two suspects who crossed the yellow line, conducted suspicious activities on the ground, and approached IDF troops operating in the southern Gaza Strip, posing an immediate threat to them.”
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Theirs is not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
December 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Theirs is not to reason why;
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
Theirs but to do and buy
Ode to capitalism
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Oh my goodness! Read this. Literature for the win:
Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.
December 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Oh my goodness! Read this. Literature for the win:
Oh gosh.
December 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Oh gosh.
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December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Joining in the enthusiastic reposting of this beautiful Stoppardian story & adding that, 15 years ago, this was me, having the systemic adjuvant chemo, before the surgery & the radiotherapy & more chemo & a decade of drugs. My surgery anniversary's next week; forever grateful to @cuh.nhs.uk 💙
December 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Joining in the enthusiastic reposting of this beautiful Stoppardian story & adding that, 15 years ago, this was me, having the systemic adjuvant chemo, before the surgery & the radiotherapy & more chemo & a decade of drugs. My surgery anniversary's next week; forever grateful to @cuh.nhs.uk 💙
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essay on Heaney over at the northseapoets substack … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
Heaney on the Underground
Don Paterson on Seamus Heaney's choice of words
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:06 PM
essay on Heaney over at the northseapoets substack … open.substack.com/pub/northsea...
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“Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.”
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford
November 30, 2025 at 9:40 PM
“Left-wing people are always sad because they mind dreadfully about their causes, and the causes are always going so badly.”
Nancy Mitford
Nancy Mitford
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Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
archive.ph
November 28, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
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-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Witkoff Discusses Ukraine Plans With Key Putin Aide: Transcript
The following is a transcript of an Oct. 14 phone call lasting just over 5 minutes between Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump’s special envoy for peace missions, and Yuri Ushakov, Vladimir Putin’s most senio...
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:17 PM
"Now, me to you, I know what it’s going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere."
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
-- Steve Witkoff, in his call to Putin aide Yuri Ushakov
Read the whole transcript of the Oct 14 call. It's amazing.
Gift link (for 7 days) ⤵️
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Good god. Epstein and Dershowitz.
Wow! "Epstein gave feedback on talking points to discredit Mearsheimer and Walt [after their Israel Lobby article in 2006] and used his extensive social network to circulate allegations of anti-semitism against the two scholars" @ryangrim & @MazMHussain
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/jeffrey-ep...
Jeffrey Epstein Aided Alan Dershowitz’s Attack on Mearsheimer and Walt’s “Israel Lobby”
Epstein and Alan Dershowitz collaborated on smear campaigns against Mearsheimer, Walt, and an underage assault victim making allegations against Epstein—in the same week.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Good god. Epstein and Dershowitz.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:17 PM
New: Three new ex-pupils come forward, on the record, to say Farage's racism as a teenager was targeted, persistent and nasty. Farage has denied targeting any individuals - but two of the men tell us they recall Farage abusing Peter Ettedgui.
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
w/ Dan Boffey, @drblacklock.bsky.social
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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2/2 And here's the 50% off Pevsners sale at Yale University Press, in case you missed it: yalebooks.co.uk/pevsner-arch...
Pevsner Architectural Guides - Yale University Press London
Discover the Pevsner Architectural Guides Series and the Buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
2/2 And here's the 50% off Pevsners sale at Yale University Press, in case you missed it: yalebooks.co.uk/pevsner-arch...
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The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The BBC's has responded in The Guardian that this was a routine editorial decision, but also that it was made on legal advice. Those two explanations don’t fit together. /1
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More than six weeks after the Gaza ceasefire came into force, journalists are still prevented by the Israeli military from entering the Gaza Strip.
November 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
More than six weeks after the Gaza ceasefire came into force, journalists are still prevented by the Israeli military from entering the Gaza Strip.
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If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
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Wow. Just wow. A decision in direct conflict with all the ideals of the Reith Lectures.
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Wow. Just wow. A decision in direct conflict with all the ideals of the Reith Lectures.
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