Philip Seargeant
@philipseargeant.bsky.social
Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Our ‘Radicals of Russell Square’ map on sale at Waterstones in Gower Street
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our ‘Radicals of Russell Square’ map on sale at Waterstones in Gower Street
The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
March 15, 2025 at 11:41 AM
At the Romanian Cultural Institute for a discussion about literary translation
March 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
At the Romanian Cultural Institute for a discussion about literary translation
I'll be interviewing the author Julia Bell about being a writer in the era of the algorithm next Monday, as part of the OU's Language, Literature and Politics research group and the MKLit Fest.
Free to attend (though donations welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
Free to attend (though donations welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
March 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I'll be interviewing the author Julia Bell about being a writer in the era of the algorithm next Monday, as part of the OU's Language, Literature and Politics research group and the MKLit Fest.
Free to attend (though donations welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
Free to attend (though donations welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
Pop will eat itself
March 7, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Pop will eat itself
Big Brother is watching you
March 7, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Big Brother is watching you
Mike kicking off Day 2 of the British Council’s Future of English symposium
March 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Mike kicking off Day 2 of the British Council’s Future of English symposium
We’re running a series of online talks about Free Speech and Literature in association with the MKLit Festival. The first is next Monday. Full details below
March 6, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We’re running a series of online talks about Free Speech and Literature in association with the MKLit Festival. The first is next Monday. Full details below
David Crystal opening the British Council’s Future of English colloquium
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
David Crystal opening the British Council’s Future of English colloquium
If only Zelenskyy had been a University of Bedfordshire alum
March 6, 2025 at 2:09 PM
If only Zelenskyy had been a University of Bedfordshire alum
Surely it was Vance & Trump doing all the `Ukraine-splaining’ in that exchange? Unless xxx-splaining now just means talking about something you are an actual expert on
March 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Surely it was Vance & Trump doing all the `Ukraine-splaining’ in that exchange? Unless xxx-splaining now just means talking about something you are an actual expert on
Presumably to take up some high ranking position in the administration 😬
February 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Presumably to take up some high ranking position in the administration 😬
Just this morning was noticing how some of the local Antifa posters were part torn down
February 22, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Just this morning was noticing how some of the local Antifa posters were part torn down
Of course he does
February 17, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Of course he does
Managing to co-opt the meaning of two phrases in one go here: firstly the ‘Gulf of Mexico’; secondly ‘misinformation’
February 14, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Managing to co-opt the meaning of two phrases in one go here: firstly the ‘Gulf of Mexico’; secondly ‘misinformation’
Ever so subtly different takes on events 😔
January 20, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Ever so subtly different takes on events 😔
Oh, and they’re also covering the inauguration menu
January 20, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Oh, and they’re also covering the inauguration menu
So the BBC decides the best way to cover the slide into fascism is by treating it as a fashion show 🙄
January 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So the BBC decides the best way to cover the slide into fascism is by treating it as a fashion show 🙄
I mean, sure, riveting stories, happy customers and money-making are pretty much synonymous with the traditional pillars of 'truth, accuracy and objectivity'
January 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I mean, sure, riveting stories, happy customers and money-making are pretty much synonymous with the traditional pillars of 'truth, accuracy and objectivity'
Unhinged use of the etymological fallacy by Peter Thiel in his excessively unhinged op-ed which sets out to liken the apartheid South Africa of his childhood with the woke-vs-populist polarisation he's decided is ravaging US culture today.
January 11, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Unhinged use of the etymological fallacy by Peter Thiel in his excessively unhinged op-ed which sets out to liken the apartheid South Africa of his childhood with the woke-vs-populist polarisation he's decided is ravaging US culture today.
This shows what an odd take on free speech the whole thing is
January 8, 2025 at 1:42 PM
This shows what an odd take on free speech the whole thing is
Don’t forget Liverpool!
January 7, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Don’t forget Liverpool!