Iris Murdoch

by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 3h

There's plenty of variety in this selected edition! Coming 6th November from Chatto.

by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 4h

Much more to come on this...

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Euthyphro @euthyphro.bsky.social · 6h

I think I’m done now

A copy of Benjamin JB Lipscomb’s The Women are Up to Something. A book about how Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch revolutionized ethics. The four philosophers are pictured in diamonds. Their eyes have been replaced with googly eyes.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 22h

Enjoy!

by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 22h

🧐

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 22h

Think tanker you say...

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 3d

Naturally.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 4d

No thanks.

by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 7d

Iris Murdoch Review 16 (2025) Cover and Contents Reveal! This year is a North American Special Edition.

Lots to look forward to; members get the review mailed to them on publication. Not yet a member? You can join here from just £15 for the year.

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Nick Black @fuzzynick.bsky.social · 7d

My wife's started 'The Italian Girl'. We're officially house of Iris right now.

#amreading #nowreading @irismurdoch.bsky.social #booksky 📚💙

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 7d

It was found in the attic, not written in it!

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 8d

Coming up in the spring...

www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/murdoch-poems

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent :)

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Books on GIF @booksongif.com · 11d

It's Iris Murdoch-tober! A month of awkward-love jams and raging against growing old.

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Welcome to Iris Murdoch-tober

Let's spend October reading and discussing one of my favorite authors, who I hope will become one of yours, too.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 13d

You might like this:

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Philippa Foot Podcast

In this special episode celebrating the Oxford Quartet Miles is joined by Lesley Brown (Somerville College, Oxford) and John Hacker-Wright (University of Guelph, Canada) to discuss the life and work o

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 13d

Glad you enjoyed it!

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Richard Medhurst📚️🇯🇵 @richardmedh.bsky.social · 13d

I admit I haven't read that much Iris Murdoch, but I didn't know she could write this kind of light, breezy comedy. Her debut novel, great fun to read.

"Under the Net" by Iris Murdoch

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 16d

Nick Reynolds from #ChiUni has produced a wonderful suite of music based on works by Iris Murdoch. Take a listen!

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Iris Murdoch Suite - YouTube

This is a series of seven short pieces all reflecting an aspect of author Iris Murdoch's work. The music attempts to reflect my feelings and memories about t...

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 16d

Come and join us if you're in the area. Or catch the editors out on the road at various events over the next six months or so.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 20d

Yeesh...

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 22d

Iris Murdoch talk in December!

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 22d

The new exhibition at the Iris Murdoch Archives at Kingston University - 'Iris Murdoch: Rhyme and Reason', is now open!
If you're in Kingston though, why not visit the exhibition in person. It's free and accessible to all, everyday from 10am-4pm until 15th January 2026 (excluding bank holidays!).

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Oxford Academic @oxfordacademic.bsky.social · 23d

The Monist invites you to submit a manuscript for a thematic issue on the philosophy of Iris Murdoch.

Submissions that go beyond textual exegesis to consider how Murdochian approaches might open up new perspectives on central questions in moral philosophy welcomed: oxford.ly/4gDcI3K

Philosophy After Murdoch: A Special Issue of The Monist. Learn more and submit research. Oxford University Press

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The London Magazine @thelondonmagazine.bsky.social · 24d

'I feel strongly about a number of things and don't say enough. I think it's the job of any intellectual in society to make comments.

From 1968, an interview with Iris Murdoch: thelondonmagazine.org/archive-iris...

Archive | Iris Murdoch, informally - The London Magazine

'People are often looking for a god or ready to cast somebody in the role of a demon.' From June 1968, an interview with Iris Murdoch.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 26d

Enjoy!

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 27d

Oooo, go on then!

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 27d

'In the poetry I am trying to change my old wicked god into a good god, but to change our gods we have to change ourselves.'

Publishing with @ChattoBooks on 06.11.25

www.penguin.co.uk/books/470920...

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 29d

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · 29d

Classic.

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by Iris Murdoch

Iris Murdoch @irismurdoch.bsky.social · Sep 16

Philippa Foot thought the same as Kieran, and A. S. Byatt thought it one of the very best.

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