Lord of the lecture. Self-sabotaging integrity. Whiff of camp menace. Disappointment, not a failure. Giants & 49ers. Bay Area ❤️ King of the low engagement post
We love you: that’s why we’re here. My celebration of 40 years of A Very Peculiar Practice - with contributions from Peter Davison, Andrew Davies, Barbara Flynn and Davids Tucker and Troughton. telegraph.co.uk/tv/2026/06/0…
I've written around 10 articles for @ConversationUK in the last 6 years. The biggest engagement was 98K reads for a piece about "Why people watch pornography at work". This is where the readers are from...
theconversation.com/why-do-s…
“They don't want jobs. At least not the kind they're qualified to do. So even if we did manage to open all those steel mills and dog biscuit factories, we wouldn't get them to sign on. . . Oh, I dare say they wouldn't mind being president of IBM or a TV star. Or John McEnroe.”
It was great to talk to @StephenNolan on @bbc5live on the complex & crucially important topic of maintaining child safety & supporting rehabilitation when those with sex abuse convictions are released back into the community
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
It was great to talk to @StephenNolan on @bbc5live on the complex & crucially important topic of maintaining child safety & supporting rehabilitation when those with sex abuse convictions are released back into the community
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/b…
For fans of the cult BBC series Moviedrome, a new documentary about it! Moviedrome: Welcome to the Cult | A BFI Player film youtu.be/TuA_m2llcRQ?si=zQGx… via @YouTube
On average, I receive around one request to peer review a research paper each day, all of which are unpaid. The academic publishing model is built on the free labour of researchers, resulting in excellent profit margins for the main scientific and medical publishers.
Pls listen to this fantastic podcast on the case of the missing masterpieces at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, which belong to all of us and should be free to see 🎧
podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcas…
A student essay about the psychological design characteristics of the moquette used on seats on Piccadilly line trains might be the most niche, yet beautiful thing I read all year.
From my early years: voluntary job experiences as a young graduate in 1993. I still maintain cleaning 1000s of hospital loos was the best learning experience.
Note the absence of hustle or the desire for wealth acquisition, which is so prevalent these days
bps.org.uk/blog/psychology-m…
By the brilliant @ruth_millington on the decline of Birmingham Museum (@BM_AG)
'Where there were once beautifully decorated ceramics by Victorian designer William De Morgan and objects by Morris & Co is now a large photograph of… a piece of bread. Mounted poorly on a tacky piece of board, the caption says “Crusty Cob” and asks: “What is your favourite filling?”
telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/06…