Malcolm Quinn
@malrog.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural and Political History UAL, Honorary Professor Bentham Project UCL. Thinks about anti-aesthetics. Read a chapter of my academic work for free:
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10096746/1/Bentham-and-the-Arts.pdf
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Malcolm Quinn
@malrog.bsky.social
· Aug 31
'If Bentham unsettles our faith in aesthetics while appropriating aesthetic forms, if he uses his knowledge of visual culture to compare Treasury officials to automata and has his portrait built in an anatomy theatre, which aspects of utilitarian thought are being developed?'
UCL Laws 24 July 2025
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The question is, if you order a gun kit online & follow the instructions, when, where, and by whom was the gun made? Did the gun cross state lines?
I had great difficulty getting the students to stop debating the metaphysics of artifacts long enough to finish the meeting. 2/3
I had great difficulty getting the students to stop debating the metaphysics of artifacts long enough to finish the meeting. 2/3
February 10, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The question is, if you order a gun kit online & follow the instructions, when, where, and by whom was the gun made? Did the gun cross state lines?
I had great difficulty getting the students to stop debating the metaphysics of artifacts long enough to finish the meeting. 2/3
I had great difficulty getting the students to stop debating the metaphysics of artifacts long enough to finish the meeting. 2/3
I stripped out the hyperbole and abuse. What was left was the word ‘fear’.
You may not like it, but strip out the hyperbole and abuse and it's quite hard to argue with this Cummings asssessment of the public mood
February 10, 2026 at 7:47 PM
I stripped out the hyperbole and abuse. What was left was the word ‘fear’.
So @channel4news.bsky.social is discussing a ‘tilt leftward’ for the government. If that means no more pandering to a so-called ‘battle over immigration’, tilt away.
February 10, 2026 at 7:11 PM
So @channel4news.bsky.social is discussing a ‘tilt leftward’ for the government. If that means no more pandering to a so-called ‘battle over immigration’, tilt away.
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Wuthering tights? ‘There are not one, but two lingerie collections’
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Wuthering tights? ‘There are not one, but two lingerie collections’
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A source close to our living room tells me that younger voters are going to hammer Labour over this. Luckily, there is nothing else going on.
Martin Lewis declares 'breach of justice' over Plan 2 loan changes
The financial specialist claimed that students need to be aware of what is planned
www.mirror.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
A source close to our living room tells me that younger voters are going to hammer Labour over this. Luckily, there is nothing else going on.
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To anyone in the media still sniffing the glue of Reform. Just don’t.
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
To anyone in the media still sniffing the glue of Reform. Just don’t.
To anyone in the media still sniffing the glue of Reform. Just don’t.
This is what we're up against. Bangor University, that fine and noble institution where I've spoken twice, nearly 150 years young and still going strong. The sheer hatred they reserve for us shows what could happen after 2029, but also that they're frightened of knowledge and learning.
February 10, 2026 at 1:42 PM
To anyone in the media still sniffing the glue of Reform. Just don’t.
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Reform's Sarah Pochin (the one who complained about brown people being in adverts) wrote to Bangor university's student debating society asking to be hosted. They said 'no thanks, you're a bit of a racist, we don't like those' & now Reform are threatening to shut down the entire university!
February 10, 2026 at 12:42 PM
Reform's Sarah Pochin (the one who complained about brown people being in adverts) wrote to Bangor university's student debating society asking to be hosted. They said 'no thanks, you're a bit of a racist, we don't like those' & now Reform are threatening to shut down the entire university!
A source close to our living room tells me that younger voters are going to hammer Labour over this. Luckily, there is nothing else going on.
Martin Lewis declares 'breach of justice' over Plan 2 loan changes
The financial specialist claimed that students need to be aware of what is planned
www.mirror.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
A source close to our living room tells me that younger voters are going to hammer Labour over this. Luckily, there is nothing else going on.
Wuthering tights? ‘There are not one, but two lingerie collections’
February 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Wuthering tights? ‘There are not one, but two lingerie collections’
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BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
February 10, 2026 at 7:03 AM
BREAKING NEWS: We’re absolutely thrilled to announce that the Southbank Centre - the Hayward Gallery, Purcell Room, Queen Elizabeth Hall and skaters undercroft - has finally been Grade II listed by DCMS after a 35 year long campaign.
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
➡️ c20society.org.uk/news/southba...
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First class carriage & second class carriage
Watercolour, ink & chalk drawings, 1864, by Honoré Daumier, influential French artist & printmaker, known for unsparing political & legal caricatures, he depicted contemporary life with realism. He died #OTD 1879.
Walters Art Museum
Watercolour, ink & chalk drawings, 1864, by Honoré Daumier, influential French artist & printmaker, known for unsparing political & legal caricatures, he depicted contemporary life with realism. He died #OTD 1879.
Walters Art Museum
February 10, 2026 at 6:01 AM
First class carriage & second class carriage
Watercolour, ink & chalk drawings, 1864, by Honoré Daumier, influential French artist & printmaker, known for unsparing political & legal caricatures, he depicted contemporary life with realism. He died #OTD 1879.
Walters Art Museum
Watercolour, ink & chalk drawings, 1864, by Honoré Daumier, influential French artist & printmaker, known for unsparing political & legal caricatures, he depicted contemporary life with realism. He died #OTD 1879.
Walters Art Museum
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For the future head of comms:
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
For the future head of comms:
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
A day of footering around has eventually coughed up a good research question. A bid is brewing.
February 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
A day of footering around has eventually coughed up a good research question. A bid is brewing.
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The latter, obviously. It’s ridiculous, opportunistic and won’t help him much in May.
Does Anas Sarwar actually want Starmer to resign; or does he want it to be put on record, for the minutes, that he has said he should resign?
February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
The latter, obviously. It’s ridiculous, opportunistic and won’t help him much in May.
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Seeing Tony Blair at 500-1 to be next Labour Leader. Gary Neville 200-1.
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February 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
Seeing Tony Blair at 500-1 to be next Labour Leader. Gary Neville 200-1.
www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...
www.oddschecker.com/politics/bri...
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Why am I imagining that this is what Chris says before boiling an egg?
Tell it like it is, Chris: ‘We are in one of those moments of intense fluidity and volatility where anything seems possible, or at least nothing would be entirely surprising.’
Chris Mason: Crunch time for the prime minister
There is universal acceptance in Labour that Sir Keir Starmer's predicament is dire and he confronts immense peril, writes Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Why am I imagining that this is what Chris says before boiling an egg?
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Automation in the HE factory: 'The work got easier, and the product got better. But something – the satisfaction, the meaning, the sense of ownership – got worse.'
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson explores the growing evidence that AI isn't just changing what students produce – it's changing what their brains are ready to do, and asks whether HE can redesign itself around a question it has been avoiding for decades buff.ly/uHtisNU
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Automation in the HE factory: 'The work got easier, and the product got better. But something – the satisfaction, the meaning, the sense of ownership – got worse.'
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I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
For the future head of comms:
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
Tim Allan, Keir Starmer’s director of communications, has just quit his Downing Street role:
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
“I have decided to stand down to allow a new No 10 team to be built. I wish the PM and his team every success."
February 9, 2026 at 11:18 AM
For the future head of comms:
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
1 Don’t promote a fake ‘battle’ over immigration.
2 Do promote a real battle against corruption.
Automation in the HE factory: 'The work got easier, and the product got better. But something – the satisfaction, the meaning, the sense of ownership – got worse.'
NEW on Wonkhe: Jim Dickinson explores the growing evidence that AI isn't just changing what students produce – it's changing what their brains are ready to do, and asks whether HE can redesign itself around a question it has been avoiding for decades buff.ly/uHtisNU
February 9, 2026 at 10:24 AM
Automation in the HE factory: 'The work got easier, and the product got better. But something – the satisfaction, the meaning, the sense of ownership – got worse.'
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Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 9, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Re-upping this for the Monday crowd... I think my favourite, most revealing detail is that the guy seems to not realise he's in trouble because London Centric's reporting didn't hit anything like his view counts, so therefore it can't really matter.
Why am I imagining that this is what Chris says before boiling an egg?
Tell it like it is, Chris: ‘We are in one of those moments of intense fluidity and volatility where anything seems possible, or at least nothing would be entirely surprising.’
Chris Mason: Crunch time for the prime minister
There is universal acceptance in Labour that Sir Keir Starmer's predicament is dire and he confronts immense peril, writes Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Why am I imagining that this is what Chris says before boiling an egg?
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Good on why psychoanalysis is not the story of your life. It’s the story of what you just said.
Illuminating podcast from the archive (2012) - Adam Phillips 'Freud's Impossible Life' - psychoanalysis, life stories, the death instinct, heroism, sexuality, modernism.
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/freuds-impos...
podcasts.ox.ac.uk/freuds-impos...
Freud's Impossible Life
podcasts.ox.ac.uk
February 8, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Good on why psychoanalysis is not the story of your life. It’s the story of what you just said.
Tell it like it is, Chris: ‘We are in one of those moments of intense fluidity and volatility where anything seems possible, or at least nothing would be entirely surprising.’
Chris Mason: Crunch time for the prime minister
There is universal acceptance in Labour that Sir Keir Starmer's predicament is dire and he confronts immense peril, writes Chris Mason.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 6:39 AM
Tell it like it is, Chris: ‘We are in one of those moments of intense fluidity and volatility where anything seems possible, or at least nothing would be entirely surprising.’