Steven Curtis
@stevencurtis.bsky.social
Diplomatic Studies | Public & Diaspora Diplomacy | Higher Education | International Relations | Learning & Teaching in Politics | Film | Classical Music & Jazz
Associate Professor of IR at London Metropolitan University | National Teaching Fellow 2011
Associate Professor of IR at London Metropolitan University | National Teaching Fellow 2011
My daughter asked for a Pierrot clown doll for Christmas, but what on God's green earth is this thing?
December 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
My daughter asked for a Pierrot clown doll for Christmas, but what on God's green earth is this thing?
My daughter’s choice for our film tonight: British Agent (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1934). It’s based on the memoir by R. H. Bruce Lockhart on his attempts to influence the Soviet Union immediately after the revolution
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
My daughter’s choice for our film tonight: British Agent (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1934). It’s based on the memoir by R. H. Bruce Lockhart on his attempts to influence the Soviet Union immediately after the revolution
Marco Rubio says that Trump is the only leader who can end Russia’s war on Ukraine, as Trump clearly struggles to stay awake
December 3, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Marco Rubio says that Trump is the only leader who can end Russia’s war on Ukraine, as Trump clearly struggles to stay awake
Of course, they couldn’t hold Cliff’s leaving do in Cheers because the studio set of the bar was replaced with Frasier’s apartment (season nine, episode 21)
December 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Of course, they couldn’t hold Cliff’s leaving do in Cheers because the studio set of the bar was replaced with Frasier’s apartment (season nine, episode 21)
Season eight is so poor someone is having another go at Humboldt’s Gift
November 28, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Season eight is so poor someone is having another go at Humboldt’s Gift
President George H W Bush distributing tie clips to US troops based in Saudi Arabia as part of Desert Shield, Thanksgiving 1990. Can’t imagine him telling the troops they were “full of shit”
November 26, 2025 at 11:23 PM
President George H W Bush distributing tie clips to US troops based in Saudi Arabia as part of Desert Shield, Thanksgiving 1990. Can’t imagine him telling the troops they were “full of shit”
In the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 7:40 PM
In the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
One of these prizes is not like the others. I’m not sure Mearsheimer does himself any favours by noting he won the 2019 book prize awarded by one of Putin’s propaganda platforms
November 23, 2025 at 11:49 AM
One of these prizes is not like the others. I’m not sure Mearsheimer does himself any favours by noting he won the 2019 book prize awarded by one of Putin’s propaganda platforms
The top 15 in the 2025 Nation Brands Index #GI7100 #GI5052 #brand static1.squarespace.com/static/673b9...
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
The top 15 in the 2025 Nation Brands Index #GI7100 #GI5052 #brand static1.squarespace.com/static/673b9...
And what concessions is Putin going to make? Apart from some real estate in Moscow for Trump hotels
November 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
And what concessions is Putin going to make? Apart from some real estate in Moscow for Trump hotels
Sundar Pichai, having spent the past five years hyping Google’s AI, even claiming - falsely - that it had taught itself to speak Bangla, is now warning that we’ll all suffer when the bubble bursts. Yeah, thanks, in part, to him
November 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Sundar Pichai, having spent the past five years hyping Google’s AI, even claiming - falsely - that it had taught itself to speak Bangla, is now warning that we’ll all suffer when the bubble bursts. Yeah, thanks, in part, to him
On the undiplomatic origins of writing, according to @naomialderman.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 11:23 AM
On the undiplomatic origins of writing, according to @naomialderman.bsky.social
This only seems weird until you recognise that Farage, Johnson, Trump and others attacking the BBC have long been advancing Putin’s interests, by sowing division both between and within liberal democracies and weakening the West’s institutions and resolve
November 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This only seems weird until you recognise that Farage, Johnson, Trump and others attacking the BBC have long been advancing Putin’s interests, by sowing division both between and within liberal democracies and weakening the West’s institutions and resolve
‘And then he said, “Do you happen to own a blue dress?”’
November 15, 2025 at 12:08 AM
‘And then he said, “Do you happen to own a blue dress?”’
“And then he said, ‘Go and put on your blue dress’!”
November 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
“And then he said, ‘Go and put on your blue dress’!”
Given how much time BBC news and current affairs programmes gave this self-appointed nitwit to air his fantasy of post-Brexit Britain, one might think he’d look more kindly on the organisation. Of course, the faction that would benefit from its demise are post- or anti-truth politicians like him
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Given how much time BBC news and current affairs programmes gave this self-appointed nitwit to air his fantasy of post-Brexit Britain, one might think he’d look more kindly on the organisation. Of course, the faction that would benefit from its demise are post- or anti-truth politicians like him
They make it sound like a bad thing. Yes, do it, do it!
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
They make it sound like a bad thing. Yes, do it, do it!
The email comes from In Depth with Academia. What a joke. Destroying the Planet While Lowering Standards and Polluting our Culture would be more accurate
November 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The email comes from In Depth with Academia. What a joke. Destroying the Planet While Lowering Standards and Polluting our Culture would be more accurate
The Long Kiss Goodnight (dir. Renny Harlin, 1996). What a blast
November 9, 2025 at 2:34 PM
The Long Kiss Goodnight (dir. Renny Harlin, 1996). What a blast
I like the way M&S doesn’t shame you by suggesting how many people this should serve. Although on the back of the box it does say you should carve it, rather than just put it on your plate
November 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I like the way M&S doesn’t shame you by suggesting how many people this should serve. Although on the back of the box it does say you should carve it, rather than just put it on your plate
A third of the way through series six and someone has returned the copy of Humboldt’s Gift. They probably spent five years trying to read it before giving up
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
A third of the way through series six and someone has returned the copy of Humboldt’s Gift. They probably spent five years trying to read it before giving up
November 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
My colleague @profandrewmoran.bsky.social introduces the two visiting former members of the House of Representatives at this year’s Congress-to-Campus event at London Metropolitan University
November 3, 2025 at 5:28 PM
My colleague @profandrewmoran.bsky.social introduces the two visiting former members of the House of Representatives at this year’s Congress-to-Campus event at London Metropolitan University
Has anyone at the BBC seen the film?
November 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Has anyone at the BBC seen the film?