Senior Research Fellow, Institute of English Studies, University of London. Professor Emeritus, University of Sheffield. Editor of the Letters of T. S. Eliot.
Joined February 2014
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Jun 12
A poem you’ll keep coming back to 🧡 The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock ... youtu.be/jJ6Kjq9heQo?si=I8Zl… via @YouTube
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Poet, critic, playwright… croquet champion?
TSE putting his mallet skills to the test in a family game of croquet in New Hampshire, June 1933.
#tseliot #croquet #newhampshire
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Jun 10
Tom Hiddleston's voice will heal your soul tonight #britishaccent #shadowing #shorts - goo.gl/alerts/oUwm1d #GoogleAlerts
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Auden by Peter Ackroyd — Open Letters Review - goo.gl/alerts/Gt1pB5 #GoogleAlerts
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Jun 6
Seamus Heaney in his study at home in Dublin, 2007.
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📆3 June 1938
'But many of us... do not find out exactly what our job is except through many attempts and failures.'
Eliot's words of advice to pupils at the Truro School in Cornwall in his Speech Day address delivered #onthisday in 1938.
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Deerly departed: The forgotten animals that once lived in Victoria Park towerhamletsslice.co.uk/roma…
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British sculptor and author Matthew Spender has died aged 81. A marvellously generous, affectionate and candid person, Matthew was the son of Isherwood’s lifelong friend Stephen Spender, the English poet and critic.
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May 26
"Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the silicone herself" - Mrs Dalloway, 2026.
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May 26
The nakedness of a peculiar body: Antony Gormley’s submerging Thameside sculpture towerhamletsslice.co.uk/popl…
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May 21
Highland noir: The Grey Coast; The Serpent; Blood Hunt, by Neil M. Gunn, reviewed spectator.com/article/highla…
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May 19
Stratford East, the Victorian east London theatre, receives £1.75m grant for refurbishment towerhamletsslice.co.uk/roma…
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May 17
RIP Dennis Locorriere. I remember seeing "Dr Hook" at Sheffield City Hall in 1976 (I think it was) - with two pals in 2nd-row seats - and feeling enthralled throughout. Such a great beat, such a rhythm, such a great noise!
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May 16
At the Firsts London Book Fair (Saatchi Gallery). You certainly do need to shop around for the best price.
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May 11
Hope resides in our young people. But Brexit has held them back.
They should be able to live, work and study in Europe, which is exactly what our Youth Experience Scheme will deliver.
This is part of rebuilding a stronger relationship with Europe. That's the Labour choice.
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May 13
Published in a strictly limited edition of 150 copies, this 15,000-word essay is the first extended analysis of Philip Larkin’s poetic debts to cinema. Beautifully written and illustrated by one of the Society’s three founding members. Available at legalhighspress.com/shop/p/r…
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