James Harvey

Bill Clinton with his famous third eye for a mouth there

Trailer voice man: "Robert De Niro is...L...B...J"

Milenkovic, De Kuyper and Rice are the only 3 I've had in every draft.

Revising work to fit US punctuation conventions always feels like self-sabotage

Someone on here compared AI produced material as "digital asbestos " which in a few decades' time we will have to work out how to eradicate from the fabric of research.

Well, he'll need something to do on the bench...

Twelve PhD positions (E13, 65%, 48 months) in our new interdisciplinary @dfg.de research training program "Aesthetics of Democracy" @goetheuni.bsky.social in Frankfurt. Application deadline November 14, 2025. Program start April 1, 2026. Drop me a note if you need further info.

The police (wrongly) inform a peaceful protestor that holding a Palestinian flag and signs deploring genocide is an offence under the Terrorism Act. This is the deranged policing environment the government has created.

Parents of young children: why did The Lion Guard have so many big tunes though?

Even the on paper bad performances somehow work in the end, for me. Must be the writing. That, and everything becomes more subtle and nuanced after the second season.

Kent council bans transgender books in children’s library section KCC says the move came after a

No book in the history of the world has made a child gay or straight or trans or cis. But they have provided hope and a future for those that already are. But of course, under Reform, all hope must be crushed.

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Catherine O'Hara was the best one-off Curb guest star.

1 year ago today I was lucky enough to launch my John Akomfrah book at @iniva-arts.bsky.social Stuart Hall Library. Some of the talking can be heard here: youtu.be/PoHFLutICwc?... And you can get the book here: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/john-akom...

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Episode 23: The 'Decolonial Bandwagon’ (with Leon Moosavi) Diversifying and Decolonising the University · Episode

🚨New episode out now with Leon Moosavi discussing decoloniality, international students and what he terms 'the decolonial bandwagon'. Listen 👇🏼or wherever you get your podcasts.

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Wolves 4-3 Brentford
Fulham 3-4 Man City

Used to be a regular (along with The Dukes) when I was a student there.

business as usual: hostile environment (Alberta Whittle 2020)

What Dreams May Come: Waking Up To Alberta Whittle Representing Scotland at the Venice Biennale, the artist’s work embraces both rage and hope. She spoke with Emily Gosling for Elephant SS21

Hearing about Starmer's new visa rules and thinking about Alberta Whittle's work. She is such an important artist right now elephant.art/what-dreams-...

Rogers.. But also maybe Semenyo if he moves to a Champions League team.

Cringe! How millennials became uncool They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?

Enjoying these attempts to define Millennial and Gen Z culture. But isn't this is all actually, seemingly unknowingly, just describing pre-middle-aged, middle-class whiteness? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Isn't that Sathnam's point? Farage's Britain is indeed a continuation of the imperial logic.

Well done to @baftss.bsky.social for taking two important stands this week. Proud to be a member and align myself with both of these.

No online link unfortunately, but will DM you slides!

Open City Doc Fest looks better than ever this year. A brilliant programme of the unknown, unseen and the brand new. Lots of (what appears to be) inventive, politically incisive film on offer. Just what is needed.

Off to #BAFTSS2025 to present new research on South Asian diaspora aesthetics and masculinity crises in recent British cinema

Henderson > Areola