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UCL Arts & Humanities @artshumsucl.bsky.social · 9d

📆 Coming up on 15 October

Join us for an afternoon and evening of events and activities, centring on UCL’s museums and their unique collections, and marking the publication of Thomas Kador’s Object-based Learning book.

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · 10d

With her extraordinary work—in collaboration with her husband, Peter—no one has done more to promote Slovak literature in the anglophone world than @juliasherwood.bsky.social And this latest translation of powerful short stories about the atrocity and violence of the Second World War is a triumph.

Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 10d

On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 10d

On International Translation Day, we are delighted to introduce our collaborator in the Modern Slovak Classics series, the London-based @juliasherwood.bsky.social. She is not only active as a translator but also as a tireless promoter of Slovak and Czech literature abroad.

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 14d

Next Monday at Hatchards Piccadilly: UK launch of two Slovak masterpieces in English – "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár & "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola. Join scholar Tim Beasley-Murray, translator Julia Sherwood and editor Jan Zikmund for a fascinating discussion!

Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 28d

We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us!

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Karolinum Press @karolinumpress.cuni.cz · 28d

We warmly invite you to the UK launch of two newly translated Slovak classics from Karolinum Press: "The Hours and the Minutes" by Alfonz Bednár and "The Last Thing" by Leopold Lahola at Hatchards Piccadilly on 29 Sept, 6:30pm with Tim Beasley-Murray, Julia Sherwood and Jan Zikmund. Join us!

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Modern Languages Open @modlangopen.bsky.social · Aug 27

Popular this week on #MLO 📣
'Black Skin, Red Masques: Reading Frantz Fanon and Audre Lorde in Tension with Edgar Allan Poe' by @xineyaophd.bsky.social @qucl.bsky.social
Read it #OpenAccess on MLO: bit.ly/BlackSkin-RedMasques
@timb-m.bsky.social @uclselcs.bsky.social @ucldiscovery.bsky.social

UNMASKING THE RED DEATH: A special collection from Modern Languages Open written in white over a red tinted surrealist image of a girl floating on a theatre stage with red floating lampshades.

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Aug 19

Out now in paperback!
A fascinating look at the role that music played in Jane Austen's world.
Delving into the Austen family music books, discover a treasure trove of evidence that unveils this underappreciated facet of her life and writing.
Available from bookshops & online retailers. #booksky

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Every man who plays with literature at all must be ambitious to
succeed in some form of art that may be called 'creative,' as distinct from critical—a distinction which, since Arnold taught us our lesson, we know does not exist. ” Macy's nascent Creative-criticsm @creativecritical.bsky.social

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

Quoted in John Albert Macy's The Critical Game, 1922. A curious book that I wish I had know about when playing my own Critical Games.

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Contre l'opinion commune, la critique est peut-être le plus subjectif de tous les genres littéraires; c'est une confession perpétuelle; en croyant analyser les œuvres d'autrui, c'est soi-même que l'on dévoile et que l'on expose au public." Remy de Gourmont

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

"You speak of criticism in your last letter to me, telling me that it will soon disappear. Ithink, on the contrary, that it is, at most only dawning…. When will they (critics) be artists, only artists, but really artists?" Flaubert to George Sand, also quoted in Macy

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

Quoted in John Albert Macy's The Critical Game, 1922. A curious book that I wish I had know about when playing my own Critical Games.

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Contre l'opinion commune, la critique est peut-être le plus subjectif de tous les genres littéraires; c'est une confession perpétuelle; en croyant analyser les œuvres d'autrui, c'est soi-même que l'on dévoile et que l'on expose au public." Remy de Gourmont

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 18

“Contre l'opinion commune, la critique est peut-être le plus subjectif de tous les genres littéraires; c'est une confession perpétuelle; en croyant analyser les œuvres d'autrui, c'est soi-même que l'on dévoile et que l'on expose au public." Remy de Gourmont

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · Aug 18

Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated? Author @timb-m.bsky.social writes in @uk.theconversation.com

Now available!
Critical Games, On play and seriousness in academia, literature and life
theconversation.com/politics-has...

Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated?

From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.

theconversation.com

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

Yes. Too true. There is a longer history to this, too. Think of the double meaning of academic: weighty,serious but also “just academic”, unimportant. Or trivial - that originally referred to the trivium, the foundations of the medieval curriculum.

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

@manchesterup.bluesky.social

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

A starting point of my book: in the eyes of right wing critics, the academic humanities are simultaneously a serious threat & a total joke. I argue that insisting on seriousness isn’t enough; we need to own up to and even embrace our playfulness. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you, Laura. I’d love to hear any thoughts if you are able to have a look at it!

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Dr Laura Varnam @drlauravarnam.bsky.social · Aug 15

This looks fascinating! cc @hellomizk.bsky.social @eleanormaybaker.bsky.social @guildmedmak.bsky.social

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jun 17

Published today! My book on play and seriousness.

“… explodes all academic frames and expectations.” Emmanuel Carrère @manchesterup.bsky.social

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/

Manchester University Press - Critical games

Critical games - Browse and buy the eBook edition of Critical games by Tim Beasley-Murray

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

Hi Jill. It was the Conversation editor who chose the image, so I wasn’t aware of that. But yes, good point.

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Radix Big Tent - RBT @radixuk.bsky.social · Aug 15

What we've been reading this week

@mr.place @thetimes.com @meghanowen.bsky.social @theguardian.com @nilspratley.bsky.social @timb-m.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.com @labourlist.bsky.social @bencope.bsky.social

www.radixbigtent.org.uk/news-comment...

Media Review

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Aug 15

Here's my piece on Trumpian cheating in the Conversation. For more on how games can get serious, take a look at my book, Critical Games manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526177766/
@manchesterup.bsky.social

The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Aug 15

From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.

Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated?

From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.

tcnv.link

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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · Aug 15

From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.

Politics has always been a game – but why does it now feel like we’re being cheated?

From golf course antics to constitutional power grabs, Donald Trump’s rule-bending reveals how narcissistic politics risks breaking democracy itself.

tcnv.link

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jul 18

@uclpress.bsky.social

Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jul 18

Book launch for the Anti-Atlas. London, Tuesday. uclpress.co.uk/book-launch-...

Book Launch: Anti-Atlas: Critical Area Studies from the East of the West

Join UCL for the launch of Anti-Atlas: Critical Area Studies from the East of the West, a new volume exploring decolonial, interdisciplinary approaches to Area Studies. Featuring editors Tim Beasley-M...

uclpress.co.uk

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jul 18

Book launch for the Anti-Atlas. London, Tuesday. uclpress.co.uk/book-launch-...

Book Launch: Anti-Atlas: Critical Area Studies from the East of the West

Join UCL for the launch of Anti-Atlas: Critical Area Studies from the East of the West, a new volume exploring decolonial, interdisciplinary approaches to Area Studies. Featuring editors Tim Beasley-M...

uclpress.co.uk

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jul 16

The Salt Path scandal—an assault of fiction on life. In Critical Games, I explore how literary games can blur the line between play and reality—sometimes with real-world consequences. manchesterup.bsky.social
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617776...

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Publication of The Salt Path author’s new book is delayed amid scandal

Penguin said release date of On Winter Hill would be changed in order to ‘support the author’ after allegations that Raynor Winn lied in her bestselling memoir

www.theguardian.com

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Tim Beasley-Murray @timb-m.bsky.social · Jul 16

"[Brexit] was put to the people as if it was some sort of Eton game." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In Critical Games manchesterup.bsky.social I explore how power turns politics into a game whose consequences fall on those who can least afford them. manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617776...