David Scourfield
@jhdscourfield.bsky.social
Classicist and Modernist, Em. Prof. Working on a monograph on E. M. Forster and Classics, and a new edition of his novel The Longest Journey for Cambridge UP. Welsh/Irish.
🏴🏴🏴 Wales 7 North Macedonia 1! Amazing result!
November 18, 2025 at 9:35 PM
🏴🏴🏴 Wales 7 North Macedonia 1! Amazing result!
Wow. John Crace. Pulling no punches.
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish
We had always given sanctuary to those who needed it, she said, only now we would kick them out as soon as possible
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Wow. John Crace. Pulling no punches.
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Shabana Mahmood puts the signs up: Britain is full. No blacks, no dogs, no Irish www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Sustain all languages.
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM
Katrín Jakobsdóttir and her co-author want the 350,000 people who speak the language to fight for its future
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Sustain all languages.
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Icelandic is in danger of dying out because of AI and English-language media, says former PM www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
@pjrobichaud.bsky.social You might like this! (And I must get one.)
What's this? @helleborezine.bsky.social in the Guardian! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... @mjpcuervo.bsky.social
‘Demonic’ Wind in the Willows jumper banned from Westminster Abbey
Woman told to remove or cover up garment featuring 1908 illustration of Pan lest it offend worshippers
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
@pjrobichaud.bsky.social You might like this! (And I must get one.)
Was just listening to an old (2017) episode of In Our Time on Hannah Arendt, and the resonances for 2025 re authoritarianism, lies, etc., were extraordinary. Get it on BBC podcasts if you can.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Was just listening to an old (2017) episode of In Our Time on Hannah Arendt, and the resonances for 2025 re authoritarianism, lies, etc., were extraordinary. Get it on BBC podcasts if you can.
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey
The BBC belongs to all of us, and it is under attack as never before. The government must defend it from its enemies, within and without, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
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November 10, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The first step towards saving our precious BBC: remove Robbie Gibb from the board | Ed Davey www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by David Scourfield
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
November 10, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Note that still in post at the BBC is Robbie Gibb, who helped set up GB News, and John McAndrew, formerly director of news and programmes at GB News.
When TV execs run out of ideas. Game of Wool.
November 8, 2025 at 2:54 PM
When TV execs run out of ideas. Game of Wool.
'One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless [...] By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, [...] acres of desolation.'
November 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
'One thought alone preoccupies the submerged mind of Empire: how not to end, how not to die, how to prolong its era. By day it pursues its enemies. It is cunning and ruthless [...] By night it feeds on images of disaster: the sack of cities, the rape of populations, [...] acres of desolation.'
Autumn tones. North County Kildare, 3 November 2025
November 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Autumn tones. North County Kildare, 3 November 2025
In praise of London (and other cities). Great piece.
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
In praise of London (and other cities). Great piece.
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by David Scourfield
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
November 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
The entire bottom 50% of America is worth just $4.2 trillion.
Read that back.
When 400 people control more wealth than half a country’s population, we have a very serious problem.
Who writes these headlines? What he said is that there should have been a Democratic primary, even late in the day. Stupidly misleading.
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’
Actor says Harris ‘was given a very tough task’ because ‘she had to run against her own record’, and extends an olive branch to Hunter Biden
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Who writes these headlines? What he said is that there should have been a Democratic primary, even late in the day. Stupidly misleading.
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
George Clooney says replacing Joe Biden with Kamala Harris ‘was a mistake’ www.theguardian.com/film/2025/no...
I'm reading bits of Pater, and he's full of interesting ideas and splendid turns of phrase, but did he really have to add so much monosodium glutamate to his prose?
November 2, 2025 at 11:33 AM
I'm reading bits of Pater, and he's full of interesting ideas and splendid turns of phrase, but did he really have to add so much monosodium glutamate to his prose?
Rogue state under construction.
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says
Party’s Doge chief says he would cut civil service and close six government offices – most of which are already closing
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Rogue state under construction.
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform UK would let ministers ignore international law, Kruger says www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Excellent piece.
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye
In this age of Tory nativism and Faragist populism, the question isn’t ‘is this person a bigot’? Now it is ‘does that matter at all?’ says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
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October 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Excellent piece.
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
No shame, no opprobrium: racism is priced in now. Of all the right’s victories, this one has been critical | Jason Okundaye www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Conviction, community, fairness, hope.
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth
Welsh voters have rejected Labour and Starmerite managerialism. By offering hope and not division we showed the populist right can be beaten, says Rhun ap Iorwerth, leader of Plaid Cymru
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October 25, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Conviction, community, fairness, hope.
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How did we beat Nigel Farage and Reform in Caerphilly? We stood by our convictions | Rhun ap Iorwerth www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Just went to vote in the Irish Presidential election, hoping that on the ballot paper the name Gavin would somehow have magically morphed into Geldof.
October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Just went to vote in the Irish Presidential election, hoping that on the ballot paper the name Gavin would somehow have magically morphed into Geldof.
Reposted by David Scourfield
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
October 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
Would someone on the BBC please tell the correspondent reporting on Trump's hissy fit over Canada that it's not pronounced 'Ontahrio'?
October 24, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Would someone on the BBC please tell the correspondent reporting on Trump's hissy fit over Canada that it's not pronounced 'Ontahrio'?
There's a difference?
A Welsh Conservative candidate who has been selected to stand in the Senedd election next year has been accused of liking posts on social media that urge people to ‘Vote Reform UK’ ✍️ Emily Price
Tory Senedd candidate accused of supporting Reform UK
Emily Price A Welsh Conservative candidate who has been selected to stand in the Senedd election next year has been accused of liking posts on social media that urge people to “Vote Reform UK”. A Con...
wp.me
October 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
There's a difference?
No doubt those who claim Britain is broken, in chaos, full of violent crime that will diminish only if the borders are closed and people chucked out, etc, will attribute this bit of good news to sloppy record-keeping by the police.
The number of homicides recorded by police in Wales and England has dropped to its lowest level since current methods of reporting began in 2003
Homicides fall to lowest level since police records began in 2003
The number of homicides recorded by police in Wales and England has dropped to its lowest level since current methods of reporting began in 2003. Some 518 homicides were recorded in the year to June, ...
wp.me
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No doubt those who claim Britain is broken, in chaos, full of violent crime that will diminish only if the borders are closed and people chucked out, etc, will attribute this bit of good news to sloppy record-keeping by the police.
Could someone from the US please tell me under what authority a US President may undertake major building works on a property he does not own?
October 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Could someone from the US please tell me under what authority a US President may undertake major building works on a property he does not own?
Vital.
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot
It means breaking with hundreds of years of tradition, but it can’t wait. As hard-right figures spread division and laud autocrats, a fail-safe is vital, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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October 23, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Vital.
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
We must act now: without a written constitution, Reform UK will have carte blanche to toxify our nation | Goerge Monbiot www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...