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Rupert Stubbs @rupertstubbs.bsky.social · 12m

Yup - and other YA fiction (books and fanfic). In the past there reallly weren’t that many kids/teen books out there (that were satisfying), so anyone who loved reading had to move up to more grown-up stuff. Now they can stay in the YA zone forever.

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Rick Burin @rickburin.bsky.social · 16m

Harry Potter didn't, in the end, encourage people to read, it just encouraged them to read Harry Potter.

Rachel Feder @rachelfeder.bsky.social · 23h

Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 15m

Just learned that another AP Herbert's Misleading Cases has turned up and it's the one where he writes a cheque on a cow. That's six episodes now in the archives. Enough surely for a DVD.

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Pip @pipmadeley.bsky.social · 1d

As for the so-called 'fans' pestering and sending abuse in the misguided belief that it will magically furnish them with missing Dr Who episodes, I honestly despair. Knobheads.

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Russell Parker @pussellrarker.bsky.social · 35m

Looking for an image of this relevant book to share, stumbled upon this incredible product warning from Jeff Amazon

WARNING for babies only, not suitable for toddlers and up

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 37m

No real objection either to the clip round the ear hole from the bobby on the beat either come to that. But teachers, never.

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En Björn @nollbok.bsky.social · 2h

It's giving

Tweet chain:
1. #AssassinsCreedOdyssey lets you be as gay as you want
2. This takes place in ancient Greece, right? The Greeks followed religious doctrine, so they would kill somebody for being gay. Therefore, if this series, which prides itself in its historical realism (apart from characters having an impact) is gonna add this, it's wrong.
3. LOL YOU THINK ANCIENT GREECE WASN'T GAY
4. I know ancient Greece followed Christianity.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 2h

Oh, babes. Have you got a big surprise coming...

Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️
@realchrisrufo
This is great news. We've hired the classicist Spencer Klavan to teach at New College of Florida. Goodbye gender studies; hello, Greek literature.
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Spencer A. Klavan
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Aug 19, 2024
Truly excited to be teaching an online survey course in Greek literature this fall semester @NewCollegeofFL. Even more excited that it's open to the public. Please join in here! We'll be reading Homer, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, and lots more.

https://ncf.edu/youngheretics/
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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 41m

By which I mean in school. I don't have any particular objection to parents smacking their kids under certain circumstances.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 42m

Introduce yourself using one long number on the front of your card, one sort code on your card, and one three digit number on the back of your card.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 45m

IIRC the firm which re released a lot of the more marketable Network stuff is owned by a former boss of Fremantle, which explains the Thames stuff.

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John Finn @seanfionn.bsky.social · 50m

Incredible how this is framed, this is BBC adding accelerant to fire

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Darren Rigby-O'Neill @mrdazbear.bsky.social · 1h

When you ride in a Bentley, you ride with Yaxley-Lennon. And some spare cash in an envelope.

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Ray Newman @raynewman.bsky.social · 1h

Suggesting that public toilets should be converted into 'community podiatry units' is a ludicrous suggestion. And implying that it would also help fund the British space programme? Insult added to injury. To be clear, nobody has said any of this but, ooh, imagine if they did.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

standards holding up well today

Frankarama 🛸😇👻🪐 @frankarama.bsky.social · 1h

If you're so sure of this, could you please explain what consciousness is in basic physical terms, so we dumb readers can glimpse your deep and secret knowledge, ohh commander of the order of the british empire, the avatar of new science.
With all due respect, professor, your post is proper shite.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

Have been reminded that Harrods of the North Home Bargains' slogan is Top Brands Bottom Prices and SURELY they know what they've done there?

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katy manning @manningofficial.bsky.social · 2h

i made it to 79
& feel
just fine , now the next stop
for katy is 80 thank you all for being in my life ❤️

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

-ize ze spelling of 'realize' so obviously a Yank whose entire interaction with lit had indeed been doing The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice And Men and bloody Robert Cormier in high school.

Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

"This week on In Our Time me and my fucking boring mum will be discussing boring fucking Rick Astley again."

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Dan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 2h

I have, in fact, encountered several anonymous accounts over the last 5-6 months who have given out bad tear gas advice and I suspect that they may have done so on purpose.

When in doubt, come to me for the straight dope.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

Waters, Winterson, Smith, Ishiguro, Seth, Kureishi, Rushdie, Jacobson, Forster.

Disraeli.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

Plenty of historians who can though. Michael Wood. Bettany Hughes. Sam Willis. Hell, Al Murray is a pukka historian.

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Rob Palk @robpalk.bsky.social · 1h

There's loads of capital L literature written by people who aren't "straight white (often older) men" and it's weird that people feel the need to pretend otherwise

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

One food I can't not eat: roast chicken with all the trimmings.

One film I will always watch if I stumble across it on telly: The Titfield Thunderbolt.

One song I will always, well, move my head around a bit to anyhow: Big Love by Fleetwood Mac.

Doug, Persisting @dasmunch.bsky.social · 1h

One food I can't not eat: fresh crusty bread and butter. I am a whore for fresh crusty bread and butter

One film i will always watch if I stumble across it on telly: Any Moore/Dalton-era Bond

One song I will always get up and dance to: Trash by Suede

Fourfoot @fourfoot.bsky.social · 2h

One food I can't not eat - Roast Chicken dinner.

One film I will always watch if I stumble across it on telly - Jaws

One song I will always get up and dance to - Such A Feeling by Bizarre Inc.

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Horace Dorrington @mrtrellis.bsky.social · 1h

Just saying that the witch hunting thing would be a hundred times more interesting with Tony Blackburn.

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