@j-m-moore.bsky.social
Abolitionist, writer, researcher, activist. Website: jmmoore.org Email: post@jmmoore.org
From 1971 Well worth a watch
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4pm Wednesday 26th November, I am presenting at a BSC Historical Criminology seminar on the origins of penal excess. Is it something the British learnt in its empire or something the English had developed before empire?
Online - to register and get the zoom link:
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4pm Wednesday 26th November, I am presenting at a BSC Historical Criminology seminar on the origins of penal excess. Is it something the British learnt in its empire or something the English had developed before empire?
Online - to register and get the zoom link:
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/93...
Read it, it’s brilliant 💕💕
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11.11.2025 07:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Overall a strong shortlist and the first in a few years without DNF
10.11.2025 21:37 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0And lagging behind in 6th (& the only one I would be annoyed if it won!
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5th fav
(Actually 3, 4 & 5 are all equally good)
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4th fav
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3rd favourite
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Second fav
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10 minutes to the 2025 Booker prize. Which is the best book? Impossible to say. But this is the list in the order of my enjoyment of them
My favourite
Cartoon summarising the article https://jmmoore.org/2021/04/29/why-penal-reform-fails-succeeds/
Penal reform, succeeding while appearing to fail.
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Fiction at its best. 670 pages working together. A joy to read. Glad I saved this till last in my reading of the Booker short list. Definitely my favourite
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Snails, sex/marriage tourism, extinction, collapsing 4th wall, Ukraine, Russian invasion, and a resolute grandfather.
Worth a read but don’t be too disappointed at the ending (or lack of).
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1960s West Country captured perfectly. Snow, marriage, class and pregnancy. Good story and enjoyable read.
Recommend.
Photo of the cover of the novel Flashlight
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2
Set in Japan, USA & Korea, a massively ambitious saga that tells the tale of a family but also manages to cover some bigger issues. An old fashioned novel (in a good way)
This is the ninth of the Booker long list I have read and the best so far.
Trinca, seven years ago. The very best dog, companion, gentle and completely trusting.
08.10.2025 15:40 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Fiction pile
08.10.2025 06:17 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0We hosted the first seminar of the academic year yesterday evening and it was brilliant!
If you want to share your research with a friendly crowd, or perhaps you're a first time presenter, then consider applying to take part in our seminar series! More info below...
Found it!
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Sadly, requires a log in. Is there a link for outside academia?
02.10.2025 06:57 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Cover picture of the novel Flesh
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The story of one man’s life, rags to riches attained in a quite detached and passive way. Plot has holes. But somehow it draws you in and becomes engrossing. Weirdly enjoyable.
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The nightmare future which has already arrived. Love a novel with footnotes.
Strong recommendation
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Man goes on road trip to escape very ordinary marriage and tries to find himself, but there is not a lot there. Another uninspiring Booker long list read. But not the worse.
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The best of the Booker long list so far. Beautifully written story, definite recommend 💕
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DNF
I tried but gave up.
3? You can still remain in a union after you retire!
09.09.2025 10:18 — 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
