Mark Robson
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Arriving here but gently.
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Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
November 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Barely mentioned but that now notorious Trump Panorama *wasn’t made by the BBC*
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
It was an indie production (as so much is)
Even if was BBC, head of news or DG would wouldn’t have been involved in edits
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🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
October 11, 2025 at 11:04 PM
🤖 If you use LinkedIn, please be aware that they automatically use your profile to train their GenAI. To turn off, go to Settings > Data Privacy > Data for Gen AI improvements.
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Omg Portland REALLY understands the mission.
Pass this on. We need this movement nationwide 🔥🔥
Pass this on. We need this movement nationwide 🔥🔥
October 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Omg Portland REALLY understands the mission.
Pass this on. We need this movement nationwide 🔥🔥
Pass this on. We need this movement nationwide 🔥🔥
So, if I understand this correctly, those who believe in the Rapture - who seem to be the worst people in the world, individually and collectively - will disappear tomorrow from the world in a moment of, well, let’s not worry about details.
I’m in.
I’m in.
September 22, 2025 at 9:53 PM
So, if I understand this correctly, those who believe in the Rapture - who seem to be the worst people in the world, individually and collectively - will disappear tomorrow from the world in a moment of, well, let’s not worry about details.
I’m in.
I’m in.
youtu.be/eCEu-WWgB7s?... This has been in my head all day. If you don’t know it, you’ll still find it shockingly familiar
"The Newsroom" Opening Scene: Classroom Edit
YouTube video by freakybuzz
youtu.be
September 18, 2025 at 6:12 PM
youtu.be/eCEu-WWgB7s?... This has been in my head all day. If you don’t know it, you’ll still find it shockingly familiar
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The last REF found that 98% of UK research was either "internationally recognised", "internationally excellent", or "world-leading". If you think low-quality research is the noteworthy challenge in UK higher ed right now, you are wilfully looking in the wrong direction
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ .
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”.
www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...
Ministers ‘want to shift funds away from low-quality research’ - Research Professional News
Universities UK president says institutions cannot afford “unfunded hobbyist research”
www.researchprofessionalnews.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
The last REF found that 98% of UK research was either "internationally recognised", "internationally excellent", or "world-leading". If you think low-quality research is the noteworthy challenge in UK higher ed right now, you are wilfully looking in the wrong direction
As the country bubbles with identitarian simplifications, it is curiously reinvigorating to think about early modern conversion, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, and Wajdi Mouawad for a seminar later this month in Nanterre. No flags, no shouting at hotels, not a roundabout painted.
September 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
As the country bubbles with identitarian simplifications, it is curiously reinvigorating to think about early modern conversion, al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Wazzan, and Wajdi Mouawad for a seminar later this month in Nanterre. No flags, no shouting at hotels, not a roundabout painted.
The wonderful Italian writer Erri de Luca once said in an interview: Flags are like washing that no one can be bothered to bring in when it rains.
September 2, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The wonderful Italian writer Erri de Luca once said in an interview: Flags are like washing that no one can be bothered to bring in when it rains.
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August 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
✍🏻 WRITE FOR US! ✍🏻
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We welcome pieces on anything related to higher education. Previous topics include governance, student experience, free speech, and academic freedom.
We offer a fee for our writers – particularly the precariously employed and students.
Please send pitches to [email protected]
Dear @bbc
Perhaps when you screen stories apparently supporting victims of sexual abuse, you could mention that the government has just welcomed an adjudicated sex offender, Donald Trump, without any comment
Perhaps when you screen stories apparently supporting victims of sexual abuse, you could mention that the government has just welcomed an adjudicated sex offender, Donald Trump, without any comment
July 30, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Dear @bbc
Perhaps when you screen stories apparently supporting victims of sexual abuse, you could mention that the government has just welcomed an adjudicated sex offender, Donald Trump, without any comment
Perhaps when you screen stories apparently supporting victims of sexual abuse, you could mention that the government has just welcomed an adjudicated sex offender, Donald Trump, without any comment
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FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...
July 29, 2025 at 1:17 PM
FT Editorial: "Unless the Israeli government agrees to an immediate end to the war and a surge of aid into Gaza, western countries should be sanctioning Netanyahu and his government." www.ft.com/content/69d5...
Great idea to have a direct London-Berlin train, but until they offer cheaper, reliable and more comfortable trains within the UK, it won’t be an alternative to flying for anyone north of Leicester or west of Reading.
July 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Great idea to have a direct London-Berlin train, but until they offer cheaper, reliable and more comfortable trains within the UK, it won’t be an alternative to flying for anyone north of Leicester or west of Reading.
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If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
July 15, 2025 at 12:31 AM
If this is accurate, WeTransfer is unusable for professional creative work. Would violate most work-for-hire contracts to share copyrighted material with a third party like this.
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There are many, many recent moments that I'd like to see all the people professing to be deeply outraged by Bob Vylan comment on. From columnists & politicians to the Chief Rabbi. (Perhaps they have but I can't find any...)
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
Senior Israeli official says all Palestinian adults in Gaza 'should be eliminated'
Deputy parliament speaker Nissim Vaturi also called for the destruction of Jenin, warning that it will soon be turned into Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There are many, many recent moments that I'd like to see all the people professing to be deeply outraged by Bob Vylan comment on. From columnists & politicians to the Chief Rabbi. (Perhaps they have but I can't find any...)
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
Apropos of something very specific to my tenuous hold on a profession: in what universe does someone presented with a choice between declaring themselves incompetent or corrupt by a failed Scottish Tory not say ‘I reject the premiss of the question’. Who qualified how as a university principal?
June 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Apropos of something very specific to my tenuous hold on a profession: in what universe does someone presented with a choice between declaring themselves incompetent or corrupt by a failed Scottish Tory not say ‘I reject the premiss of the question’. Who qualified how as a university principal?
In a turbulent world, good that some things remain reliable: another predictable delivery failure from @royalmail.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
In a turbulent world, good that some things remain reliable: another predictable delivery failure from @royalmail.bsky.social
Sometimes a quiet point of resistance to the simplifications of politics might lie in the deceptive simplicity of art.
June 22, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Sometimes a quiet point of resistance to the simplifications of politics might lie in the deceptive simplicity of art.
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Just imagine the benefits of doing this for three years! #EnglishCreates
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
Engaging with arts improves quality of life, increases productivity and creates financial ‘dividend’
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 8:25 AM
Just imagine the benefits of doing this for three years! #EnglishCreates
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Consuming arts and culture is good for health and wellbeing, research finds
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Just Published: CounterText Vol. 11.1
Special Issue: The Sentence
Guest Editor: Mark Robson
The latest issue of CounterText is now out, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Available now: www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
Special Issue: The Sentence
Guest Editor: Mark Robson
The latest issue of CounterText is now out, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Available now: www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
June 4, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Just Published: CounterText Vol. 11.1
Special Issue: The Sentence
Guest Editor: Mark Robson
The latest issue of CounterText is now out, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Available now: www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
Special Issue: The Sentence
Guest Editor: Mark Robson
The latest issue of CounterText is now out, published by Edinburgh University Press.
Available now: www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
Very hapy to see this is now available. Thanks to the contributors and to @countertext-eup.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
Edinburgh University Press Journals - Table of Contents - count: Vol 11, No 1
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June 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Very hapy to see this is now available. Thanks to the contributors and to @countertext-eup.bsky.social www.euppublishing.com/toc/count/11/1
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On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Support resources for our trans friends and allies | Good Law Project
At a time when anti-trans discrimination is rife and hate crime has reached record levels, it’s important to know what support is out there for trans, non-binary or gender-questioning individuals and ...
goodlawproject.org
April 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
On what is a really difficult day, here are some resources for our trans friends and allies.
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Solidarity 💜
goodlawproject.org/resource/sup...
Is it ironic that Tr*mp is announcing his tariffs as if they were Eurovision scores? #nilpoints
April 2, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Is it ironic that Tr*mp is announcing his tariffs as if they were Eurovision scores? #nilpoints
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An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
BBC radio drama is in grave danger. Without it we may lose the next generation of writing talent
Hundreds of hours of original plays have been cut from the corporation’s programming in recent years. If the trend continues, a valuable training ground for writers will be lost
www.theguardian.com
February 23, 2025 at 2:50 PM
An important piece in today’s Observer from Katie Hims on why cuts to audio drama are so damaging - to writers, audiences and the wider cultural ecosystem in the UK
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
We continue to campaign to Save Audio Drama at the BBC #SADatTheBBC
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
So nothing learned from the Grenfell inquiry, then.
January 29, 2025 at 7:58 AM
So nothing learned from the Grenfell inquiry, then.