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Gabriel Schenk
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Teaches fantasy | DPhil in Arthurian Literature | Tolkien Lecture on Fantasy Literature Committee | 🏳️‍🌈 He/him
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I have written to Nigel Farage in response to his visit to my constituency of Bicester and Woodstock today.
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Remember that poll I posted asking which Pevensie kid you'd like to be? Lucy won (surprise, surprise). Well, I have an invitation for you: Come with Lucy through the Wardrobe! youtu.be/Pvx1dElzeRU
#Narnia #books #reading #fantasy #CSLewis #literature
Myth & Meaning Through the Wardrobe
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Lots of important research is being done by people with PhDs in fantasy literature!
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“My Dear Lucy,” wrote C.S. Lewis: “some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” Are YOU old enough to read fairy tales again? Yes? Then let's read one together!
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#Narnia #CSLewis #Inklings #books #reading #classes #literature
Myth & Meaning Through the Wardrobe
YouTube video by Dr. Sørina Higgins
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I think they might have to!
Thanks! Hope you like it!
My tour of Oxford locations in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials and The Book of Dust is now up on Youtube. Share and enjoy!

#PhilipPullman #BookofDust #HisDarkMaterials #Fantasy

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Philip Pullman in Oxford
YouTube video by Dr Gabriel Schenk
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From December 1 – 24 I exclusively listen to Christmas music and I have so much choice I never need to repeat a song, but in August the only song I can listen to is "August" by Taylor Swift. We need more "August" songs!
It's pretty good quality, I think. Definitely don't judge it by the recording of my talk as Tolkien was played through a speaker in the room which was then picked up on the laptop microphone and compressed massively!
Yes, I've heard those recordings before but I didn't have time to talk about them in my paper. But it is really useful to have a recording of a young Tolkien to compare to the older Tolkien. His delivery does sound better in the 20s than it does in the 50s.
I think Max Wilkinson did well to get Matthew Pennycook to agree to working with him to achieve the goals of the bill... but yes, it does feel a bit like they just stole the idea so they could take credit! Politics.
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Mayday, mayday … there’s nothing quite like May Day in Oxford!
Fun fact: Sylvia Plath was a Tolkien fan and celebrated her birthday in 1960 by reading The Lord of the Rings with her husband Ted Hughes.
It was my first time, which isn't too bad for about 20 years of having this email account!
Deleting 1,500 unread emails felt good (I'm 99% sure they were all things that weren't important and therefore I hadn't opened)
I have 1,500 unread emails in my inbox. Might just delete them all... (Also, 28,476 read emails in my inbox but they can just sit there).
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No campaigning today as I've got the kids but it was nice to take them down to explore the market with our wonderful Kidlington East candidate, Gabriel
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✨ Tickets are out now for the 2025 Tolkien Lecture, delivered by Zen Cho (@zenaldehyde.bsky.social)!

🎟️ Visit Eventbrite to reserve your seat: tinyurl.com/2025TolkienL....

🐈‍⬛ The lecture will be held on Monday 19 May at 6:00 pm, in the Pichette Auditorium, Pembroke College, Oxford.
It was stunning... Same clouds from Oxford Parkway!
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This is thuggery from Trump and Vance, plain and simple.

They are bullying the brave true patriot Zelensky into accepting a deal which effectively hands victory to Russia. Unless the UK and Europe step up, we are facing a betrayal of Ukraine.