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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 16h

BBC4 is repeating Bryan Magee’s 1987 series, The Great Philosophers, and I introduce it next Monday 13th at 22.30. I remember being very impressed when it went out that my wonderful PhD supervisor, Myles Burnyeat, was in the very first episode!

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 4d

Very much looking forward to discussing Does Ancient History Have a Future online this Friday with Walter Scheidel and Barry Strauss - a Classical Wisdom event hosted by Anya Leonard. Free to register: bit.ly/4mKNn9h

Does Ancient History Have a Future?

What role should the Classics play today... and tomorrow?

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 4d

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‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem

Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides, while we reveal how Gill worked on the Kremlin’...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 5d

Sick and tired of people wanting to defend “western civilisation” especially when they are also attacking arts and humanities in the universities.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 5d

I am very much looking forward to discussing The Rebirth of Plato: Ficino and More in Bath on November 4th - do come if you can. Find out how Plato may have influenced Newton! bit.ly/46RMFBe

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · Aug 12

podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i... I very much enjoyed discussing my forthcoming Why Plato Matters Now with Sophie Scott-Brown

Does Plato Still Matter Today? with Angie Hobbs

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 09/08/2025 · 54m

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 5d

This was a really enjoyable discussion, with excellent questions. @philosophybites.bsky.social & @blackwelloxford.bsky.social are to be congratulated on the Philosophy in the Bookshop series - the audience included folk from Dorset, Manchester & Northampton who had all made the trip specially.

Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 15d

Very much looking forward to discussing my new book Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does) with Nigel Warburton this Saturday 27th 11.00 - do come if you can. @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Four free to one events in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - starting with Charlotte Blease on how much AI we should allow in healthcare this Sat at 11am upstairs in the Broad Street Oxford shop…

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · Sep 5

My discussion with Tom English for Real Clear Values about my new book Why Plato Matters Now is on YouTube: bit.ly/4ngmESD Also available as a podcast on Spotify and Apple.

Episode 61: Why Plato Matters Now with Prof. Angie Hobbs

Who was Plato? Why are we still talking about him over two-thousand years after his death? What warnings did he give us about the vulnerabilities of democracy? What impact do individuals' values have on a democracy? And, in short, why does Plato matter now? In this episode, Angie Hobbs, Professor emerita of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield and author of the new book Why Plato Matters Now, answers these questions and more.

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Lyndsey Stonebridge @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social · 6d

Exactly what we need: careful, considered, funny intelligence squaring up to our catastrophic, deadly, age of stupid (with Arendt's help).

Excellent piece @will-davies.bsky.social

Will Davies @will-davies.bsky.social · 7d

My essay on stupidology (originally published in N+1) is in today's Guardian www.theguardian.com/news/2025/oc...

A critique of pure stupidity: understanding Trump 2.0

If the first term of Donald Trump provoked anxiety over the fate of objective knowledge, the second has led to claims we live in a world-historical age of stupid, accelerated by big tech. But might th...

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 6d

Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does). You can order here: linktr.ee/whyplatomatt...

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 8d

Peter Feaver, a political scientist at Duke University, said the military “managed well a very difficult walk along a high wire” by listening respectfully to partisan speeches from President Trump and Pete Hegseth without responding.

Military leaders absorb highly partisan presentation from Trump, Hegseth

The unusual, hastily organized event became a forum for the president to tout his political agenda while his defense secretary lectured the brass on standards.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 8d

Really enjoyed taking part this morning in the UK Civil Service Policy Profession Policy Festival: an online panel discussion about better to enable civil servants to adhere to - and celebrate - the civil service code.

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14d

They've lost the 9yos

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My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

With attacks on speedboats in the Caribbean Sea, President Trump has ordered the summary execution of people who may not have committed the crime of which he accused them, the editorial board says. “It is a violation of legal due process that should alarm all Americans.”

Opinion | No President Should Have This Kind of Power

Even if the allegations are correct, blowing up the boats is a lawless exercise in the use of deadly force.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 14d

Just returned from filming in a studio off Brick Lane. It’s a vibrant, friendly, cheerily multicultural quarter of London with churches, mosques and synagogues. Georgian, Afghan and Japanese restaurants side by side in this short stretch. London is thriving with Sadiq Khan as Mayor.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14d

The mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, called President Trump “racist, sexist” and “Islamophobic” after Trump attacked him in his speech on Tuesday to the UN General Assembly.

London’s Mayor Calls Trump Racist and Islamophobic After U.N. Comments

Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London, was responding to President Trump’s political attack on him during his speech at the United Nations on Tuesday.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 14d

And delighted that Spanish translation rights have just been negotiated for Latin America.

Ruth Padel @ruthpadel.bsky.social · 14d

Wonderful!!

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 15d

Rereading Plato’s Timaeus and Critias in preparation for filming tomorrow - an interview on Plato’s legend of Atlantis for a new series by EM Productions: ‘Beyond Myth’. It’s a legend I discuss in detail in ch.7 of Why Plato Matters Now.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 15d

Very much looking forward to discussing my new book Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does) with Nigel Warburton this Saturday 27th 11.00 - do come if you can. @blackwelloxford.bsky.social @philosophybites.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Nigel Warburton @nigelwarburton.bsky.social · Sep 4

Four free to one events in the Philosophy in the Bookshop series @blackwelloxford.bsky.social - starting with Charlotte Blease on how much AI we should allow in healthcare this Sat at 11am upstairs in the Broad Street Oxford shop…

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 17d

Holed up with a humdinger of a cold. So poached quince with a little honey & sugar, vanilla pod, lemon zest, seeds of green cardamom & a few drops rose water. Very soothing to make & eat. And my home made spiced elderberry cordial also helping.

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Arash Zeini @arashzeini.com · 17d

This installment of five books features a wonderful essay* by @profangiehobbs.bsky.social on the pre-socratic philosophy and how Nietzsche related to it 👇🏼

*It's the sort of interview that enables an essay

Five Books - Expert Book Recommendations @fivebooks.com · 17d

"For the most part, these are thinkers of the sixth and fifth centuries BC. They weren’t a group in any sense of the word, they mostly didn’t know each other."
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The Presocratics

They were young, they were radical, they influenced everything from Nietzsche to The Sound of Music. Angela Hobbs introduces the best books on the Presocratics.

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you so much - delighted you enjoyed it

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · Aug 28

I very much enjoyed discussing my new book, Why Plato Matters Now (and he really, really does), with Nick Shepley: bit.ly/46bbyZx

Spotify – Web Player

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Publishers Weekly @publisherswkly.bsky.social · Aug 28

In Why Plato Matters Now (Bloomsbury Continuum, Oct.), the University of Sheffield philosophy professor considers what the ancient thinker might have to say about free speech, fake news, and populism today.

What Is Politics For?: PW Talks with Angie Hobbs

In ‘Why Plato Matters Now’ (Bloomsbury Continuum, Oct.), the University of Sheffield philosophy professor considers what the ancient thinker might have to say about free speech, fake news, and…

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Angie Hobbs @profangiehobbs.bsky.social · Aug 20

I very much enjoyed discussing my forthcoming Why Plato Matters Now with Sophie Scott-Brown: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/d...

Does Plato Still Matter Today? with Angie Hobbs

Podcast Episode · Intelligence Squared · 09/08/2025 · 54m

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