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I'm in the early stages of organising some sort of network for people who are actively translating poetry, and publishing (or hoping to publish) their translations. If you might be interested, be in touch. And do please retweet!

Farage and his mortifying dimwit entourage represent no-one but themselves iandunt.substack.com/p/farage-and-h…

I'm all for objecting to Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff (and completely agree) but guys if Margot Robbie is coming to Haworth I'm going to be camped on that moor and wuthering my little heart out.

Just watching David Attenborough talk about a polarising camera. I don't like it.

📢📢📢Hakluyt Society Essay ECR Prize 2025 Essays (6k-8k) are invited on the history of travel, exploration, cultural encounter or their effects, or that critically engage with the work of the Society. 1st prize £1250 & 2nd prize £250. Enter by 1/3/25 hakluyt.com/hakluyt-societ…

OED #WordoftheDay: repullulescent, adj. That revives or springs up afresh. View the entry: oxford.ly/480VSaz

This is a great piece. My gorgeous niece gets transport to school, and it's outrageous to see it described as a 'perk'. It is very welcome support, and completely necessary if we want to do the best we can by children and young people.

I went to a state school and I can read long novels. Twelve before breakfast on a slow news day.

Nobody says it better than Michelle. Watch this – and then make sure you’re ready to vote tomorrow: IWillVote.com

Call for submissions! *Embodied Knowledge and Making Texts: A Handbook* Send your research proposals and creative responses to Helen Smith and me by 13th Jan thinicepress.org/research/call-…

I'd be much more concerned by a politician who hasn't criticised Trump in the past than one who has. The use of this as a gotcha speaks volumes.

Call for Papers — English: Shared Futures 2025 - in York. Proposals that relate to any area of English Studies, including creative writing, language, and literature are welcome. ⬇️⬇️ ⁦EnglishSharedFutures⁩ englishsharedfutures.org/cfp

Thinking of proposing a paper critically reflecting on my teaching periodicals and digital/physical (and my assessment for this). Specifically I am teaching Gothic Short Form. Anyone interested in forming a panel either on teaching periodicals and/or Gothic and/or short form?

Giving bluesky a go: please say hello at @wordsmith.bsky.social.

Hello all! If you're on bluesy, and I'm not yet following you, please say hello over there. I'm @wordsmith.bsky.social (and with a slightly zoomed-out version of my avatar!).