Ian Webster
@websterij.bsky.social
PhDed at Exeter: Modernism and the Making of Macroeconomics. Having spent years doing less interesting stuff. Now time to figure out what to do next.
be gone analysis, examination, and determining... it is time to wonder
November 25, 2025 at 9:32 PM
be gone analysis, examination, and determining... it is time to wonder
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Why is this mysterious woman ALWAYS RIGHT? She's the skeleton key to T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land... register for the 2026 International Summer School and let's talk about why! tseliotschool.com.
@intleliotsociety.bsky.social @tseliotfoundation.bsky.social thanks @benjuhmuhn.bsky.social art,
@intleliotsociety.bsky.social @tseliotfoundation.bsky.social thanks @benjuhmuhn.bsky.social art,
November 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Why is this mysterious woman ALWAYS RIGHT? She's the skeleton key to T. S. Eliot's The Waste Land... register for the 2026 International Summer School and let's talk about why! tseliotschool.com.
@intleliotsociety.bsky.social @tseliotfoundation.bsky.social thanks @benjuhmuhn.bsky.social art,
@intleliotsociety.bsky.social @tseliotfoundation.bsky.social thanks @benjuhmuhn.bsky.social art,
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Hey what could be better on a chilly Thursday in November than to edit those abstracts destined for MSA/BAMS?
Doing so with the Eliot Society grad reps, of course!
Doing so with the Eliot Society grad reps, of course!
#ModWrite Mondayers - know how it's easier to TALK ABOUT writing than sitting down to it? The Eliot Society grad student reps have a solution for you: a writing group for all!
November 20 - 5 pm CET - QR code to registration form is on the poster. Please RT and share, ty 🙏
November 20 - 5 pm CET - QR code to registration form is on the poster. Please RT and share, ty 🙏
November 3, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Hey what could be better on a chilly Thursday in November than to edit those abstracts destined for MSA/BAMS?
Doing so with the Eliot Society grad reps, of course!
Doing so with the Eliot Society grad reps, of course!
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The Waste Land, Halloween edition!
October 30, 2025 at 11:40 PM
The Waste Land, Halloween edition!
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Help me get this word out? Thanks! Scholarships available, full schedule soon
October 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Help me get this word out? Thanks! Scholarships available, full schedule soon
From the FT "Joel Mokyr is known as an economic historian rather than someone who stuffs their papers with whizzy maths. And this is the fourth Nobel in a row to feature a substantial economic history element." Some hope for the economics profession?
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
From the FT "Joel Mokyr is known as an economic historian rather than someone who stuffs their papers with whizzy maths. And this is the fourth Nobel in a row to feature a substantial economic history element." Some hope for the economics profession?
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Always an fascinating award to following. Congrats to the winners. societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-s...
Eric Gregory Awards - The Society of Authors
For a collection by poets under the age of 30
societyofauthors.org
June 20, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Always an fascinating award to following. Congrats to the winners. societyofauthors.org/prizes/the-s...
Shout it from the rooftops...
Excellent statement. Something the Labour leadership could learn from.
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
www.durhamminers.org/statement_du...
DMA statement - Durham Miners Gala and Reform UK
Reform UK have chosen to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the Gala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
www.durhamminers.org
June 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Shout it from the rooftops...
Top notch Eliot scholarship, plus *cough* a piece from myself
For #ModWrite this week, how about a ModRead? Our new Eliot Studies Annual is out now. Chew on these:
- Special forum: THE ELIOT WE NEED
Higher ed is collapsing, climate crises abound. Our Prez asks: "in what contemporary struggles could we enlist Eliot as an ally?"
- Special forum: THE ELIOT WE NEED
Higher ed is collapsing, climate crises abound. Our Prez asks: "in what contemporary struggles could we enlist Eliot as an ally?"
June 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Top notch Eliot scholarship, plus *cough* a piece from myself
Delighted to have a small piece in here - thank you to the editors, and particularly Patrick Query.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk
June 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Delighted to have a small piece in here - thank you to the editors, and particularly Patrick Query.
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa
www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/journal/tsesa
Will be changing my profile to Phded @ Exeter once those minor corrections are out of the way. Thank you @mattseybold.bsky.social and Jason Baskin for being brilliantly insightful examiners and to @becimay.bsky.social for being such a wonderful guide along the way.
June 16, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Will be changing my profile to Phded @ Exeter once those minor corrections are out of the way. Thank you @mattseybold.bsky.social and Jason Baskin for being brilliantly insightful examiners and to @becimay.bsky.social for being such a wonderful guide along the way.
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Modern Fiction Studies has joined BlueSky! We'll be posting CFPs and announcing new issues.
Our Spring 2025 issue is now available and open-access on Project Muse! Look for us there, or check out our newsletter here: vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/48378...
Our Spring 2025 issue is now available and open-access on Project Muse! Look for us there, or check out our newsletter here: vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/48378...
May 19, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Modern Fiction Studies has joined BlueSky! We'll be posting CFPs and announcing new issues.
Our Spring 2025 issue is now available and open-access on Project Muse! Look for us there, or check out our newsletter here: vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/48378...
Our Spring 2025 issue is now available and open-access on Project Muse! Look for us there, or check out our newsletter here: vr2.verticalresponse.com/emails/48378...
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Great to see all the positive thoughts on the new issue! We're biased but we think it is a really special issue:
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
Subscriptions – Poetry London
poetrylondon.co.uk
March 14, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Great to see all the positive thoughts on the new issue! We're biased but we think it is a really special issue:
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
Why not subscribe and check it out for yourself:
poetrylondon.co.uk/subscriptions/
"It is very depressing to find that the Labour Party in office has proved not only conservative but reactionary" T.S. Eliot on Keir Starmer... sorry Ramsay MacDonald
February 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"It is very depressing to find that the Labour Party in office has proved not only conservative but reactionary" T.S. Eliot on Keir Starmer... sorry Ramsay MacDonald
Reading Auden and for some reason ‘Marginialia’ resonated:
Patriots? Little boys,
obsessed by Bigness,
Big Pricks, Big Money, Big Bangs.
Patriots? Little boys,
obsessed by Bigness,
Big Pricks, Big Money, Big Bangs.
February 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Reading Auden and for some reason ‘Marginialia’ resonated:
Patriots? Little boys,
obsessed by Bigness,
Big Pricks, Big Money, Big Bangs.
Patriots? Little boys,
obsessed by Bigness,
Big Pricks, Big Money, Big Bangs.
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We're delighted that Niall Campbell has been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2024 for his third poetry collection, The Island in the Sound, which draws on history, folklore and memories of his native South Uist. @niallpoetry.bsky.social
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
January 29, 2025 at 2:54 PM
We're delighted that Niall Campbell has been longlisted for the Highland Book Prize 2024 for his third poetry collection, The Island in the Sound, which draws on history, folklore and memories of his native South Uist. @niallpoetry.bsky.social
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
www.bloodaxebooks.com/news?article...
Might words like immoral, unethical, fraudulent, corrupt, illogical, unfounded, be more useful that trying to make political labels stick?
January 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Might words like immoral, unethical, fraudulent, corrupt, illogical, unfounded, be more useful that trying to make political labels stick?
archivists never fail to amaze... email sent: 8:03. question answered: 9:27
January 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
archivists never fail to amaze... email sent: 8:03. question answered: 9:27
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'Niall Campbell’s previous two collections had marked him out as a devoted singer, but in The Island in the Sound he’s added further layers, and colours, to his range.' - Declan Ryan, @irishtimes.bsky.social, on @niallpoetry.bsky.social's third poetry collection.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
New poetry: Works by Niall Campbell, Elisa Gonzalez, John McAuliffe and John Fitzgerald
Reviews: The Island in the Sound; Grand Tour; National Theatre; and Long Distance
www.irishtimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 8:03 PM
'Niall Campbell’s previous two collections had marked him out as a devoted singer, but in The Island in the Sound he’s added further layers, and colours, to his range.' - Declan Ryan, @irishtimes.bsky.social, on @niallpoetry.bsky.social's third poetry collection.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
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A first post from us on BlueSky. To mark it, here is Liz Berry's terrific poem in our most recent issue:
December 18, 2024 at 11:58 AM
A first post from us on BlueSky. To mark it, here is Liz Berry's terrific poem in our most recent issue:
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Go and buy this and read my chapter on being a Marxist thief
December 17, 2024 at 11:15 AM
Go and buy this and read my chapter on being a Marxist thief
Why are theories of comedy so serious? Reading Auden's and there are not many laughs...
November 14, 2024 at 1:57 PM
Why are theories of comedy so serious? Reading Auden's and there are not many laughs...
Didn't come here for Trump analysis... but the chapter on Bloch is a good place to start
November 8, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Didn't come here for Trump analysis... but the chapter on Bloch is a good place to start