David Fearn
@davidfearn.bsky.social
HoD & Professor of Greek, Classics & AH, University of Warwick
– lyric poetics esp.:
https://tinyurl.com/5bzbk5xu
Here for the intellectual serendipity.
When I can, large-format 🎞 photographer:
https://t.co/B4aSZJlSiM
– lyric poetics esp.:
https://tinyurl.com/5bzbk5xu
Here for the intellectual serendipity.
When I can, large-format 🎞 photographer:
https://t.co/B4aSZJlSiM
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David Fearn
@davidfearn.bsky.social
· Jan 20
This handmade print is in a frame on an easel in my office at work.
It is there to remind me of beauty, nature & calm when the rest of the world seems like a different kind of wild outside.
Peony Argyrotype
Full details in alt text.
#believeinfilm #largeformatfilmphotography #10x8 #8x10
It is there to remind me of beauty, nature & calm when the rest of the world seems like a different kind of wild outside.
Peony Argyrotype
Full details in alt text.
#believeinfilm #largeformatfilmphotography #10x8 #8x10
Utterly, utterly, extraordinary snippet from Dennis Potter on Today Programme this morning, thanks to Melvyn Bragg's reminiscences.
'Nowness', death, and the wondrousness of the mundane.
Thankyou!
(And Merry Christmas!)
'Nowness', death, and the wondrousness of the mundane.
Thankyou!
(And Merry Christmas!)
December 24, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Utterly, utterly, extraordinary snippet from Dennis Potter on Today Programme this morning, thanks to Melvyn Bragg's reminiscences.
'Nowness', death, and the wondrousness of the mundane.
Thankyou!
(And Merry Christmas!)
'Nowness', death, and the wondrousness of the mundane.
Thankyou!
(And Merry Christmas!)
Merry Scottish Christmas everyone (via France!)
Raspberry Cranachan Soufflés for two, with Glenmorangie Nectar.
🏴🇫🇷🥃❤️
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Merry Scottish Christmas everyone (via France!)
Raspberry Cranachan Soufflés for two, with Glenmorangie Nectar.
🏴🇫🇷🥃❤️
Baz as Chewbacca locking droids in a cupboard was something I wasn't expecting to read, but fair does.
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Baz as Chewbacca locking droids in a cupboard was something I wasn't expecting to read, but fair does.
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Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
So this is Christmas. And what have we done? The Ashes is over. With two Tests still to come
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Arrogant England’s cricket machine collapses like a castle of dust in 11 days | Barney Ronay
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Will not win in Oz until we have good spinners. Cf. e.g. Emburey/Edmonds/Swann. Surely we have known this for decades, not that historical knowledge seems to count for anything. Ave <40 and Econ < even 4 shouldn't be too much for ask for?? (Control, folks.)
December 21, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Will not win in Oz until we have good spinners. Cf. e.g. Emburey/Edmonds/Swann. Surely we have known this for decades, not that historical knowledge seems to count for anything. Ave <40 and Econ < even 4 shouldn't be too much for ask for?? (Control, folks.)
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EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme
Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:17 PM
EXCL: An agreement to rejoin Erasmus – the EU’s student exchange programme – set to be announced on Wednesday as part of UK government’s drive towards closer relations with Brussels.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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Please sign and share this petition to stop Banbury museum's closure. Cherwell council are proposing to cut ALL the museum's core funding.
c.org/jWp54xYh9r
c.org/jWp54xYh9r
Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Save Banbury & Museum and Gallery: Urge Cherwell to source alternative funding
c.org
December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Please sign and share this petition to stop Banbury museum's closure. Cherwell council are proposing to cut ALL the museum's core funding.
c.org/jWp54xYh9r
c.org/jWp54xYh9r
This is nice, I like this. Thomas Joshua Cooper on his latest project, as per latest B+W Photography magazine.
(One plan I have for this coming xmas break, other than to sleep for one million years, is to figure out a better way of getting out with my 10x8 view camera... contradictory, I know...!)
(One plan I have for this coming xmas break, other than to sleep for one million years, is to figure out a better way of getting out with my 10x8 view camera... contradictory, I know...!)
December 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
This is nice, I like this. Thomas Joshua Cooper on his latest project, as per latest B+W Photography magazine.
(One plan I have for this coming xmas break, other than to sleep for one million years, is to figure out a better way of getting out with my 10x8 view camera... contradictory, I know...!)
(One plan I have for this coming xmas break, other than to sleep for one million years, is to figure out a better way of getting out with my 10x8 view camera... contradictory, I know...!)
“Tricky Texts” drinks party in MRC at Warwick. Lovely.
December 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
“Tricky Texts” drinks party in MRC at Warwick. Lovely.
A pleasure to be at Warwick centre for post-Kantian philosophy this evening to hear @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social & others on Schopenhauer;
heartbreaking and moving tribute to Andrew Cooper to start things off, from Stephen Houlgate. A tragic loss.
heartbreaking and moving tribute to Andrew Cooper to start things off, from Stephen Houlgate. A tragic loss.
December 2, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A pleasure to be at Warwick centre for post-Kantian philosophy this evening to hear @davidbatherwoods.bsky.social & others on Schopenhauer;
heartbreaking and moving tribute to Andrew Cooper to start things off, from Stephen Houlgate. A tragic loss.
heartbreaking and moving tribute to Andrew Cooper to start things off, from Stephen Houlgate. A tragic loss.
Dreamed last night that I had in my possession a fancy turntable (Rega planar or upwards). The fact that I even seem to know the brand is a very bad sign. But I own zero LPs. 🤷♂️
At least, despite by best efforts, I haven't got into electric guitars yet. Paging @drconortrainor.bsky.social !
At least, despite by best efforts, I haven't got into electric guitars yet. Paging @drconortrainor.bsky.social !
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dreamed last night that I had in my possession a fancy turntable (Rega planar or upwards). The fact that I even seem to know the brand is a very bad sign. But I own zero LPs. 🤷♂️
At least, despite by best efforts, I haven't got into electric guitars yet. Paging @drconortrainor.bsky.social !
At least, despite by best efforts, I haven't got into electric guitars yet. Paging @drconortrainor.bsky.social !
Film photo from the archives 😀
November 29, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Film photo from the archives 😀
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Still think about my Latin professor who 5 weeks into the semester realized that the class didn’t know English grammar well enough for him to be able to explain Latin, so the class suddenly became a simultaneous English grammar & Latin class
November 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Still think about my Latin professor who 5 weeks into the semester realized that the class didn’t know English grammar well enough for him to be able to explain Latin, so the class suddenly became a simultaneous English grammar & Latin class
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
November 18, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It may well be the case that small, independent presses are the lifeblood of literature, and a vital feature of our cultural landscape, providing an essential service in a complex ecosystem, like wrasses or shrimps. What is undeniably the case is that we have sold a total of five books this month.
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If this really is what is being proposed, I think adding the jewellery confiscation policy + the 20 year policy could kick off the kind of PLP revolt that (without rapid u-turn) could entirely destabilise a struggling government that risks falling over on every front
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3734007...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3734007...
Small boat migrants to have jewellery & assets seized to pay for accommodation
ILLEGAL migrants’ valuables such as jewellery and watches will be seized and sold to pay towards their accommodation costs, The Sun can reveal today. Necklaces and chains — but not wedding rings — …
www.thesun.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 12:10 AM
If this really is what is being proposed, I think adding the jewellery confiscation policy + the 20 year policy could kick off the kind of PLP revolt that (without rapid u-turn) could entirely destabilise a struggling government that risks falling over on every front
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3734007...
www.thesun.co.uk/news/3734007...
Yes. I hate them with a passion on migration, but it's not clear that there is a coherent strategy on it driven by anything other than panic at opponents / state of the Home Office.
Anyway, it's the absence of clear narration that I think is really damaging the Starmer government, above all else.
November 17, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Yes. I hate them with a passion on migration, but it's not clear that there is a coherent strategy on it driven by anything other than panic at opponents / state of the Home Office.
Important very cool book; serendipitous purchase today.
#WalkerEvans #photography #GreatDepression #FDR
#WalkerEvans #photography #GreatDepression #FDR
November 16, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Important very cool book; serendipitous purchase today.
#WalkerEvans #photography #GreatDepression #FDR
#WalkerEvans #photography #GreatDepression #FDR
Write to your (Labour) MP, now.
More Labour MPs starting to express public unease at these proposals. Lots more saying so privately...
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 16, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Write to your (Labour) MP, now.
What do I detest more: generative AI, or this government's ultra-rightwing hatred of foreigners? Answers on a postcard.
November 16, 2025 at 9:50 AM
What do I detest more: generative AI, or this government's ultra-rightwing hatred of foreigners? Answers on a postcard.
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Good lord this man is an idiot
it's fascinating to think what Blue Labour's ideal Britain looks like
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Good lord this man is an idiot
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The humanities get attacked because they make you and the system uncomfortable. They make you think about power, history, and yourself in ways profit-driven tech can’t.
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
The humanities get attacked because they make you and the system uncomfortable. They make you think about power, history, and yourself in ways profit-driven tech can’t.
Glasshouse Sunset
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Glasshouse Sunset
Traces of blue sunset
November 13, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Traces of blue sunset