Andrew Frayn
@afrayn.bsky.social
Academic. Work on First World War literature (Assoc Ed., FWW Studies); modernist studies (former BAMS Chair); non-canonical literature; rural modernity; late style. Grumbles my own.
Yikes. There's just such poor understanding. It's really alarming...
November 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Yikes. There's just such poor understanding. It's really alarming...
So good - the intro gives a through line by picking up the melody from the first song on the album, 'Frank and Jesse James', and the chutzpah/genius of "I was listening to the air conditioner him / It went mmm mmm mmm" is just *chef's kiss
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
So good - the intro gives a through line by picking up the melody from the first song on the album, 'Frank and Jesse James', and the chutzpah/genius of "I was listening to the air conditioner him / It went mmm mmm mmm" is just *chef's kiss
This is of course part of the same set of issues: a pervasive anti-intellectualism, and a total lack of advocacy for, strategy for, and investment in public services.
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is of course part of the same set of issues: a pervasive anti-intellectualism, and a total lack of advocacy for, strategy for, and investment in public services.
Also LITERALLY next to the above story on the BBC front page, the word jumble machine is often wrong
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Don't blindly trust what AI tells you, Google boss tells BBC
Sundar Pichai candidly acknowledged concerns about inaccurate answers generated by Google's models.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Also LITERALLY next to the above story on the BBC front page, the word jumble machine is often wrong
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I also nearly walked into someone as I was typing it, tbf
November 18, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I also nearly walked into someone as I was typing it, tbf
At ours, depressingly, one of the main people in L&T.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
At ours, depressingly, one of the main people in L&T.
New contender for standout on my last week of term contemporary FWW remembrance slides
November 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
New contender for standout on my last week of term contemporary FWW remembrance slides
And Sheffield, and all the other places that are striking as the sector crumbles due to the government's total unwillingness to do anything.
November 17, 2025 at 1:08 PM
And Sheffield, and all the other places that are striking as the sector crumbles due to the government's total unwillingness to do anything.
I know it's the least egregious thing, but that punctuation is truly cursèd
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I know it's the least egregious thing, but that punctuation is truly cursèd