Dr Elizabeth Mackintosh
@drelizabethmac1.bsky.social
Lecturer of Philosophy & Theology. Visiting Research & Knowledge Exchange Fellow. Educational Partnerships. Philosopher in the Wild. Happiest in Pembrokeshire.
Brilliant article from the fantastic @karensteele.bsky.social Can’t wait to visit her & her wonderful students soon @worcesteruni.bsky.social to talk #philosophy #philosophyinthewild & #theology #teaching #HeroRETeachers #TeamRE Perfect excuse to visit old stomping ground too #marshesfolk
#teamre #NATRE There was never a more exciting time to train to become an RE teacher. Please share far and wide 🙏 eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
How you can make a difference as an RE teacher - University Of Worcester
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January 7, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Brilliant article from the fantastic @karensteele.bsky.social Can’t wait to visit her & her wonderful students soon @worcesteruni.bsky.social to talk #philosophy #philosophyinthewild & #theology #teaching #HeroRETeachers #TeamRE Perfect excuse to visit old stomping ground too #marshesfolk
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Thinking of a career change this year? Want to do something meaningful? People from different backgrounds and different stages of their career discuss being an RE teacher at a time when RE is at a landmark historic moment. @karensteele.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
S17 E1: The One About Becomng An RE Teacher
Podcast Episode · The RE Podcast · 05/01/2026 · 1h 35m
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January 5, 2026 at 7:12 AM
Thinking of a career change this year? Want to do something meaningful? People from different backgrounds and different stages of their career discuss being an RE teacher at a time when RE is at a landmark historic moment. @karensteele.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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New year. New career? Super excited about this podcast exploring why now is such an exciting time to train to teach RE. Great contributions from @WorcesterUni trainees past and present too. Please share widely. #TeamRE
Ever thought about being an RE teacher? No? Wonder why? Tomorrow, listen to trainees, early career teachers, experienced head of departments and principles talk about the reality of teacher RE in the 21st Century and where it might lead. @karensteele.bsky.social #TeamRE
January 4, 2026 at 12:50 PM
New year. New career? Super excited about this podcast exploring why now is such an exciting time to train to teach RE. Great contributions from @WorcesterUni trainees past and present too. Please share widely. #TeamRE
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My book, The Necessity of Aesthetic #Education, is now available as an affordable paperback!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/necessity...
#philsky #edusky #philofed #artsed #artsky
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#philsky #edusky #philofed #artsed #artsky
January 6, 2026 at 4:22 PM
My book, The Necessity of Aesthetic #Education, is now available as an affordable paperback!
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/necessity...
#philsky #edusky #philofed #artsed #artsky
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/necessity...
#philsky #edusky #philofed #artsed #artsky
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Is Philosophy an Armchair Discipline? Our co-Director Emma Swinn argues against this idea with Stephen Law in this new paper:
Is Philosophy an Armchair Discipline? Emma Swinn and Stephen Law in Conversation | Think | Cambridge Core
Is Philosophy an Armchair Discipline? Emma Swinn and Stephen Law in Conversation - Volume 24 Issue 71
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January 5, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Is Philosophy an Armchair Discipline? Our co-Director Emma Swinn argues against this idea with Stephen Law in this new paper:
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How would #Plato address current questions of the nature of a good life, healthcare, love and friendship, heroism, reality, art, and myth-making?
How could he help us engage with contested issues in a more constructive way?
Join us Mon. Jan. 5. #Philosophy
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How could he help us engage with contested issues in a more constructive way?
Join us Mon. Jan. 5. #Philosophy
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Select tickets – "Why Plato Matters Now": Angie Hobbs in conversation with Jon Hawkins and Peter West – Zoom
"Why Plato Matters Now": Angie Hobbs in conversation with Jon Hawkins and Peter West – Zoom, Mon 5 Jan 2026 - Mon 12 Jan 2026 - Despite his great age, Plato remains an invaluable resource for understa...
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January 3, 2026 at 3:05 PM
How would #Plato address current questions of the nature of a good life, healthcare, love and friendship, heroism, reality, art, and myth-making?
How could he help us engage with contested issues in a more constructive way?
Join us Mon. Jan. 5. #Philosophy
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
How could he help us engage with contested issues in a more constructive way?
Join us Mon. Jan. 5. #Philosophy
www.tickettailor.com/events/theph...
Tonight at 9.30 BBC One #WaitingForTheOut based on one of my favourite books #TheLifeInside @picadorbooks.bsky.social (& one the @fivebooks.com #PhilosophyBooksOfTheYear 2022) from the super talented and wonderful chap #AndyWest
#Philsky #PhilosophyOnTheTelly youtu.be/nHkCex1YNZc?...
#Philsky #PhilosophyOnTheTelly youtu.be/nHkCex1YNZc?...
January 3, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Tonight at 9.30 BBC One #WaitingForTheOut based on one of my favourite books #TheLifeInside @picadorbooks.bsky.social (& one the @fivebooks.com #PhilosophyBooksOfTheYear 2022) from the super talented and wonderful chap #AndyWest
#Philsky #PhilosophyOnTheTelly youtu.be/nHkCex1YNZc?...
#Philsky #PhilosophyOnTheTelly youtu.be/nHkCex1YNZc?...
#Dip12 #12DipsOfChristmas #foffcancer @cancerresearchuk.org
and what a sky to greet me for the final dip of this challenge #Whitesands #Pembrokeshire #dothelittlethings #NewYearsEve #endoftheyear fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/elizabe...
and what a sky to greet me for the final dip of this challenge #Whitesands #Pembrokeshire #dothelittlethings #NewYearsEve #endoftheyear fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/elizabe...
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
#Dip12 #12DipsOfChristmas #foffcancer @cancerresearchuk.org
and what a sky to greet me for the final dip of this challenge #Whitesands #Pembrokeshire #dothelittlethings #NewYearsEve #endoftheyear fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/elizabe...
and what a sky to greet me for the final dip of this challenge #Whitesands #Pembrokeshire #dothelittlethings #NewYearsEve #endoftheyear fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/elizabe...
Wonderful day venturing out of #Pembrokeshire for lunch in #Cardigan and then time elephant spotting and stomping in beautiful #Carmarthenshire at Skanda Vale #IYKYK #Twixtmas with friends including lots of animal friends #Cymru #CountyHopping www.skandavale.org/about/elepha...
December 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Wonderful day venturing out of #Pembrokeshire for lunch in #Cardigan and then time elephant spotting and stomping in beautiful #Carmarthenshire at Skanda Vale #IYKYK #Twixtmas with friends including lots of animal friends #Cymru #CountyHopping www.skandavale.org/about/elepha...
#Dip8 & #Dip9 have felt really tough but we march on for the #12DipsOfChristmas @cancerresearchuk.org #foffcancer and then the perfect excuse for a day watching #StarWars and reading in bed with my cubs #Pembrokeshire #Betwixtmas #filmsky #booksky
December 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
#Dip8 & #Dip9 have felt really tough but we march on for the #12DipsOfChristmas @cancerresearchuk.org #foffcancer and then the perfect excuse for a day watching #StarWars and reading in bed with my cubs #Pembrokeshire #Betwixtmas #filmsky #booksky
#BoxingDay #Dip7 #swimming & stomping in #Pembrokeshire
Part 1 #Whitesands
Part 2 #PoppitSands
Part 3 #StDavids @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
Part 4 #Whitesands #sunset
#Home #stompingground #BoxingDayWalk #12dipsofchristmas @cancerresearchuk.org
Part 1 #Whitesands
Part 2 #PoppitSands
Part 3 #StDavids @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
Part 4 #Whitesands #sunset
#Home #stompingground #BoxingDayWalk #12dipsofchristmas @cancerresearchuk.org
December 26, 2025 at 5:06 PM
#BoxingDay #Dip7 #swimming & stomping in #Pembrokeshire
Part 1 #Whitesands
Part 2 #PoppitSands
Part 3 #StDavids @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
Part 4 #Whitesands #sunset
#Home #stompingground #BoxingDayWalk #12dipsofchristmas @cancerresearchuk.org
Part 1 #Whitesands
Part 2 #PoppitSands
Part 3 #StDavids @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
Part 4 #Whitesands #sunset
#Home #stompingground #BoxingDayWalk #12dipsofchristmas @cancerresearchuk.org
#NadoligLlawen #HappyChristmas from the #PembrokeshireCoast #Whitesands #Run #Swim #DoTheLittleThings @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social #12DipsOfChristmas #Dip6 @cancerresearchuk.org #Pembrokeshire #nofilter
December 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A perfect #SundayMorning in #StDavids #Pembrokeshire #Run #Swim #Coffee #ScratchNativity #Community #12DipsOfChristmas #Dip2 @cancerresearchuk.org
#WinterSolstice2025 #WinterSolstice @weareerc.bsky.social @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
#WinterSolstice2025 #WinterSolstice @weareerc.bsky.social @stdavidscathedral.bsky.social
December 21, 2025 at 12:21 PM
In a week of wild amounts of work, I’m attempting to be more dolphin @matthewleggatt.bsky.social! Coffee, Chapter 2 and attempts at some balance and play. This is a masterpiece #PlayInUtopianAndDystopianFiction - congratulations @uniwinchester.bsky.social #booksky #litsky
December 16, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In a week of wild amounts of work, I’m attempting to be more dolphin @matthewleggatt.bsky.social! Coffee, Chapter 2 and attempts at some balance and play. This is a masterpiece #PlayInUtopianAndDystopianFiction - congratulations @uniwinchester.bsky.social #booksky #litsky
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Next week is our special (online) Christmas Lecture with Lawrence Blum! Come along!
'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy'
17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy'
17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
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December 10, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Next week is our special (online) Christmas Lecture with Lawrence Blum! Come along!
'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy'
17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
'Iris Murdoch, Dorothy Emmet, and Bernard Williams: Convergences and Divergences in Counter-Traditions in 20th Century British Moral Philosophy'
17th December, 3pm - 4.30pm BST
www.womeninparenthesis.co.uk/news/
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Amazing job, @uniwinchester.bsky.social and the EDA and HSS student researchers, actors, writers, film producers on this thoughtful new short film on Austen and the world, available soon on the Jane Austen House Museum website!
December 10, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Amazing job, @uniwinchester.bsky.social and the EDA and HSS student researchers, actors, writers, film producers on this thoughtful new short film on Austen and the world, available soon on the Jane Austen House Museum website!
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Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt
December 7, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Tove Jansson's (1957) illustration from her book 'Moominland Midwinter'. Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #WomensArt
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Had a fabulous time talking Schop’ @blackwelloxford.bsky.social, thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Had a fabulous time talking Schop’ @blackwelloxford.bsky.social, thanks to @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
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Thrilled to be included in this list of the best philosophy books of 2025 @fivebooks.com @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
NEW
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
Every year we ask Nigel Warburton (@philosophybites) to select the best new philosophy books. Here's his 2025 selection—including biographies of Schopenhauer and Wittgenstein, and a carefully-curated collection of Existentialist writings.
fivebooks.com/best-books/b...
The Best Philosophy Books of 2025
The best new philosophy books of 2025, as recommended by our philosophy editor, the author and podcaster Nigel Warburton
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December 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Thrilled to be included in this list of the best philosophy books of 2025 @fivebooks.com @nigelwarburton.bsky.social
#PerfectPembrokeshire #whitessands #Pembrokeshire
#Run #Swim #Sauna @weareerc.bsky.social #whitesandssauna whitesandssauna.co.uk
#nofilter
#Run #Swim #Sauna @weareerc.bsky.social #whitesandssauna whitesandssauna.co.uk
#nofilter
November 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
November 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
The @uniwinchester.bsky.social
celebrate #JaneAusten with new film. Fanny Price’s Tea Party’ will be launched on 10 December, 5.30pm for 6pm, West Downs Auditorium on Romsey Road. The launch is open to the public & booking is not required
www.winchester.ac.uk/News-and-Eve...
celebrate #JaneAusten with new film. Fanny Price’s Tea Party’ will be launched on 10 December, 5.30pm for 6pm, West Downs Auditorium on Romsey Road. The launch is open to the public & booking is not required
www.winchester.ac.uk/News-and-Eve...
November 27, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The @uniwinchester.bsky.social
celebrate #JaneAusten with new film. Fanny Price’s Tea Party’ will be launched on 10 December, 5.30pm for 6pm, West Downs Auditorium on Romsey Road. The launch is open to the public & booking is not required
www.winchester.ac.uk/News-and-Eve...
celebrate #JaneAusten with new film. Fanny Price’s Tea Party’ will be launched on 10 December, 5.30pm for 6pm, West Downs Auditorium on Romsey Road. The launch is open to the public & booking is not required
www.winchester.ac.uk/News-and-Eve...
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I've been interviewed about public philosophy by Mara-Daria Cojocaru for the 'Philosophy Going Wild!'-project
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“How could this be real philosophy?”
Interview with Jes Lynning Harfeld
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August 5, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I've been interviewed about public philosophy by Mara-Daria Cojocaru for the 'Philosophy Going Wild!'-project
open.substack.com/pub/thedryno...
open.substack.com/pub/thedryno...
There once was a department where tired but ferocious women supported each other with #ideas, #books & treats. Even when miles apart the tradition continued - especially at #Advent when all feels heavy but one requires #hope #GunnarGunnarsson, tr. by #PhilipRoughton #humananimalrelations #booksky
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 AM
There once was a department where tired but ferocious women supported each other with #ideas, #books & treats. Even when miles apart the tradition continued - especially at #Advent when all feels heavy but one requires #hope #GunnarGunnarsson, tr. by #PhilipRoughton #humananimalrelations #booksky