Dan Hicks

Everybody should be on the Left.

We're excited to announce the launch of the MA Race and Empire at @soasuni.bsky.social convened by our very own
Samia Khatun & Henny Ziai. The MA is enriched by the Histories of Capitalism and Race seminar series, running since 2022. For more info see:
www.soas.ac.uk/study/find-c...

The unfinished story of the Worcester College Skull-Cup - Society of Antiquaries of London This lecture introduces the history of a skull made into a drinking cup and used in dining rituals at Worcester College Oxford, a story told in Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and for...

Next Thursday—19 Feb, 5pm—come to hear me talk at the Society of Antiquaries of London (Burlington House/Royal Academy courtyard) about museums, ancestral remains, and unfinished case of the Worcester College skull cup. Open to all, free of charge but register here >> www.sal.org.uk/event/skull-...

The unfinished story of the Worcester College Skull-Cup - Society of Antiquaries of London This lecture introduces the history of a skull made into a drinking cup and used in dining rituals at Worcester College Oxford, a story told in Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and for...

Next Thursday—19 Feb, 5pm—come to hear me talk at the Society of Antiquaries of London (Burlington House/Royal Academy courtyard) about museums, ancestral remains, and unfinished case of the Worcester College skull cup. Open to all, free of charge but register here >> www.sal.org.uk/event/skull-...

Elon’s emails to Epstein.
Location: Starbase, Texas

minor point of order since it keeps coming up, it's "Woke 2" and not "Woke 2.0". we're leaving tech industry bullshit behind too

Morgan McSweeney resigns.

Is he defecting to Reform?

Read all of the comments in this incredible thread.

🙃

last year someone tried to convince me that the culture war was “over” on the basis of a MORI poll and an announcement by the British culture secretary

this new announcement on Harvard from the US War Department underlines that their War on Culture is just getting going

www.war.gov/News/News-St...

thank goodness that the most toxic bits of the legacy of New Labour were only about *checks notes* one bad apple

link to the WhatsApp channel I mentioned here >> whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

It's wet and horrible out there

but inside the woodburner's on and I just signed off the proofs for the paperback edition of #everymonumentwillfall—with a new preface Militarist Realism 2.0

out on 1 May—watch this space or follow my WhatsApp channel for the paperback book tour, links in my bio🔥💫

having said that it's great that after like ten years of civil engineering works they are at long last installing the new Botley Road bridge this week 🙏

there are surely no three words in the English language that will strike terror into the rail passenger’s heart more deeply than that most ominous phrase “bus replacement service” 💫

👏👏👏

impossibly I actually got mine submitted before 5pm this year

happy Self-Assessment Procrastination Comeuppance Day to all who observe 💫

Katabasis book cover

my grad students tell me I need to read this; a dark academia novel on the theme of “academia is hell” in which a doctoral advisor is dispatched to hell by a mistaken magic spell? bring it on, diving in 💫🙃😱

for 600-page version of this post see www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252... #everymonumentwillfall

Precisely 😱

holy shit they did what

Oxford academics drank from cup made from human skull, book reveals Decades-long use of chalice at Worcester College highlights violent colonial history of looted human remains, says Prof Dan Hicks

Background >> www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

LONDON -- come to hear me speak about "The unfinished story of the Worcester College Skull Cup" at the @antiquaries.bsky.social on Thursday 19 Feb at 5pm
free, registration required >> www.danhicks.uk/talks
#Everymonumentwillfall

Trump: "With that being said, you can't have guns. You can't walk in with guns. You just can't. You can't walk in with guns. You can't do that. But it's just a very unfortunate incident."

here’s one of the videos, content warning but this needs to be seen and shared

listening to a debate on radio 4 about enforcing age restrictions on social media

the answer is surely simple?

children can’t open an adult’s bank account because there’s an id check

social media platforms would be vastly better with full id checks — so behind every account is a real person 🤷‍♂️

Trump speaks in Davos

(Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty)

indeed! 🙃

Trump's "we're going to build a Dome like no other" has significant 1998 Tony Blair vibes 🤷