John Havard
@johnhavard.bsky.social
"Disaffected Parties (OUP, 2019) | "Late Romanticism and the End of Politics" (CUP, 2023) | "The Last Man" by Mary Shelley, foreword Rebecca Solnit | Next: Austen, Byron, Ali Smith, Brexit Aesthetics, Policing | Brit in NYC | @johnowen82 www.johnhavard.me
Thrilled! Ecstatic! In raptures!
May 13, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Thrilled! Ecstatic! In raptures!
Does anyone know whether PLUTOCRACY is based on a real board-game? (he asked meaningfully). From Alan Hollinghurst.
January 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Does anyone know whether PLUTOCRACY is based on a real board-game? (he asked meaningfully). From Alan Hollinghurst.
“Really holding space with that and feeling power in that… I’m in queer media, so…”
November 25, 2024 at 6:38 PM
“Really holding space with that and feeling power in that… I’m in queer media, so…”
This is totally something I would have written.
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
This is totally something I would have written.
I have some sympathy for the hillbilly-elegy-ization of it all. But as the article concludes, “It’s not like, by getting rid of the other guys, suddenly employers will say, ‘Oh, great, here’s this reserve army of labor sitting there, raring to go.’”
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I have some sympathy for the hillbilly-elegy-ization of it all. But as the article concludes, “It’s not like, by getting rid of the other guys, suddenly employers will say, ‘Oh, great, here’s this reserve army of labor sitting there, raring to go.’”
I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
November 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
I’m not an expert, but I feel like this was also an argument behind Brexit. And it didn’t work. But paging the experts! @stephenkb.bsky.social @pickardje.bsky.social @chrislhayes.bsky.social
Will Sharpe (unrecognizable!) was so good as a bumbling British tour guide. Keiran Culkin is recognizable and also unrecognizable, so great. It is annoying that Jesse Eisenberg made a film this good.
November 22, 2024 at 1:40 AM
Will Sharpe (unrecognizable!) was so good as a bumbling British tour guide. Keiran Culkin is recognizable and also unrecognizable, so great. It is annoying that Jesse Eisenberg made a film this good.
I really, *really* enjoyed this I was really not expecting to!
November 22, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I really, *really* enjoyed this I was really not expecting to!
“Snow on the Ground! ~ What is to Become of Us?”
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
November 22, 2024 at 1:36 AM
“Snow on the Ground! ~ What is to Become of Us?”
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
Jane Austen, March 7, 1814.
Second or Third edition... it's a really tough call.
November 20, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Second or Third edition... it's a really tough call.
And Penguin let us put foliage on the spine! 🍃
November 18, 2024 at 3:49 PM
And Penguin let us put foliage on the spine! 🍃
My edition of Mary Shelley's THE LAST MAN in "The Atlantic."
November 18, 2024 at 3:46 PM
My edition of Mary Shelley's THE LAST MAN in "The Atlantic."
Some non-face content
November 18, 2024 at 3:45 PM
Some non-face content
Harris got close to a million fewer votes than Biden in New York State (4.38M vs. 5.24M). Trump increased his votes by 25% on 2016 (2.8M to 3.5M).
November 17, 2024 at 5:41 PM
Harris got close to a million fewer votes than Biden in New York State (4.38M vs. 5.24M). Trump increased his votes by 25% on 2016 (2.8M to 3.5M).
I think I look squinty but my boyfriend said I look like I am “gazing into a brighter future” and should post this on Bluesky so 🤷♂️
November 17, 2024 at 4:48 PM
I think I look squinty but my boyfriend said I look like I am “gazing into a brighter future” and should post this on Bluesky so 🤷♂️
November 15, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This show looks so crazy!
November 15, 2024 at 1:31 AM
This show looks so crazy!
@johnowen82 is my Instagram handle btw, not the Other Thing. Here right now but always there!
November 14, 2024 at 11:36 PM
@johnowen82 is my Instagram handle btw, not the Other Thing. Here right now but always there!
“is very smart about a lot of things” = all this, which I was not smart enough to remember
November 14, 2024 at 11:28 PM
“is very smart about a lot of things” = all this, which I was not smart enough to remember
Should I let the robots train on my book? Y/N
November 13, 2024 at 2:56 PM
Should I let the robots train on my book? Y/N
A few more odds and ends.
November 13, 2024 at 12:52 PM
A few more odds and ends.
Choose your fighter.
November 13, 2024 at 12:55 AM
Choose your fighter.