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Professor of Humanities, QMUL | Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford | General Editor of the OUP Letters of William Godwin | Writer on the edge | Northumbrian | Trainspotter | website: pamelaclemit.wordpress.com
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· Nov 25
RED-LETTER DAY: this afternoon I delivered the completed manuscript of The Letters of William Godwin, Volume IV: 1816-1828, to my editor at OUP. Contains 404 letters. Pictured (1) the last steps of a ten-year intellectual journey (2) engraving of Godwin by WH Lizars, after William Nicholson, 1816.
1. Thanks for the kind words, likes and reposts. I’m turning this into a short thread about Volume 4 of the OUP edition of Godwin’s letters.
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Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Industrial Heritage 2006
Joseph A Nuttgens
Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.
#StainedGlassSunday
Industrial Heritage 2006
Joseph A Nuttgens
Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.
#StainedGlassSunday
February 8, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Cathedral of St Mary, Newcastle
Industrial Heritage 2006
Joseph A Nuttgens
Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.
#StainedGlassSunday
Industrial Heritage 2006
Joseph A Nuttgens
Ship building - the vessel towering over the worker’s terraced housing as they leave work.
#StainedGlassSunday
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'Pilot Boat, Moelfre, Anglesey.' (c1970) Writing about why he started to paint, Kyffin Williams said it was record the land, the people and natural history. I never intended to produce works of art but if this did happen by chance, it was all to the good.'
February 6, 2026 at 8:04 PM
'Pilot Boat, Moelfre, Anglesey.' (c1970) Writing about why he started to paint, Kyffin Williams said it was record the land, the people and natural history. I never intended to produce works of art but if this did happen by chance, it was all to the good.'
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Hello to all our lovely new followers! Many of you, mysteriously, seem to be in America. You all okay there?! (We read the news)
This is us, if you want to know more. Greetings, from Oxford, UK.
oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...
This is us, if you want to know more. Greetings, from Oxford, UK.
oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...
We are all the Clarion
Occasionally we are asked “Who is behind the Oxford Clarion?”
At our core is a small writing team who work for free – we have no funding from anyone. Among them are people with backgrounds in journal...
oxfordclarion.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Hello to all our lovely new followers! Many of you, mysteriously, seem to be in America. You all okay there?! (We read the news)
This is us, if you want to know more. Greetings, from Oxford, UK.
oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...
This is us, if you want to know more. Greetings, from Oxford, UK.
oxfordclarion.uk/we-are-all-t...
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3rd February 2026 08.16
February 3, 2026 at 8:20 AM
3rd February 2026 08.16
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“Not your typical social issue film, this documentary utilizes a touch of humor & a wide diversity of perspectives to call upon people to stand up for their neighbors”
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET wins the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at the Sundance Film Festival
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET wins the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at the Sundance Film Festival
“Much like the literal whistleblowers currently helping keep their streets safe from federal agents in cities around the U.S., the people of Pollokshields were simply ready to drop everything and stand up for a stranger”
—The @avclub.com on Everybody To Kenmure Street
www.avclub.com/everybody-to...
—The @avclub.com on Everybody To Kenmure Street
www.avclub.com/everybody-to...
A timely Sundance doc is an ICE-breaker around community action
Everybody To Kenmure Street shows what's possible when immigration officials aren't allowed to murder at will.
www.avclub.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:19 PM
“Not your typical social issue film, this documentary utilizes a touch of humor & a wide diversity of perspectives to call upon people to stand up for their neighbors”
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET wins the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at the Sundance Film Festival
EVERYBODY TO KENMURE STREET wins the World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for Civil Resistance at the Sundance Film Festival
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On this day (267 years ago), date of birth of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml
#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml
#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
January 25, 2026 at 8:01 PM
On this day (267 years ago), date of birth of Robert Burns (1759-1796).
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml
#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
Poems appear in the #EighteenthCenturyPoetryArchive:
https://www.eighteenthcenturypoetry.org/authors/pers00307.shtml
#c18th #poetry #DH #18thCentury #OnThisDay #OTD
'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame', by Robert Burns (b. 25 Jan. 1759), based on what he described as 'a beautiful Jacobite Air', was sent by him to the Edinburgh lawyer Alexander Cunningham on 11 March 1791, & published, set to music, in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1792). 1/2
January 25, 2026 at 10:38 AM
'There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame', by Robert Burns (b. 25 Jan. 1759), based on what he described as 'a beautiful Jacobite Air', was sent by him to the Edinburgh lawyer Alexander Cunningham on 11 March 1791, & published, set to music, in James Johnson's Scots Musical Museum (1792). 1/2
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Tonight is Burns' Night, an annual celebration of the Scottish poet Robert (Rabbie) Burns.
Dr Charles Littleton explores how his rise to become Scotland's national bard was partly helped by the patronage of a few Scottish nobles.
Dr Charles Littleton explores how his rise to become Scotland's national bard was partly helped by the patronage of a few Scottish nobles.
Robert Burns in Edinburgh: peers, patrons, and politics
In the wake of Burns Night, it is worth considering how the patronage of a small number of Scottish nobles helped Robert Burns become established as the
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January 25, 2026 at 9:15 AM
Tonight is Burns' Night, an annual celebration of the Scottish poet Robert (Rabbie) Burns.
Dr Charles Littleton explores how his rise to become Scotland's national bard was partly helped by the patronage of a few Scottish nobles.
Dr Charles Littleton explores how his rise to become Scotland's national bard was partly helped by the patronage of a few Scottish nobles.
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One of the most beautiful documents ever created: the leaflet that everyone received when Britain's NHS was launched (1948)
"Everyone—rich or poor, man, woman or child—can use it... There are no charges, except for a few special items...it will relieve your money worries in time of illness”
"Everyone—rich or poor, man, woman or child—can use it... There are no charges, except for a few special items...it will relieve your money worries in time of illness”
January 23, 2026 at 6:37 PM
One of the most beautiful documents ever created: the leaflet that everyone received when Britain's NHS was launched (1948)
"Everyone—rich or poor, man, woman or child—can use it... There are no charges, except for a few special items...it will relieve your money worries in time of illness”
"Everyone—rich or poor, man, woman or child—can use it... There are no charges, except for a few special items...it will relieve your money worries in time of illness”
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The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
January 21, 2026 at 4:45 PM
The lesson of history is that tyrants cannot be appeased.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
Appeasement only feeds their insatiable hunger for power.
Tyrants prey on people who feel unsafe and vulnerable.
But without mass submission, a tyrant is powerless.
Remember this.
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Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
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global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
January 16, 2026 at 12:43 PM
Second proof just landed, worryingly entitled 'OUP UNCORRECTED PROOF'. #thelongestjourney
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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It's one of those days isn't it.
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
January 11, 2026 at 1:59 PM
It's one of those days isn't it.
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
Pike Fishing in January by Alfred James Munnings 1898
(Private Collection)
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Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.
January 13, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Edinburgh Castle this afternoon.
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A little Buttermere magic
January 12, 2026 at 8:56 PM
A little Buttermere magic
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Day 8. #12DaysWild. A #NewYearPlantHunt in Wigton. Trailing bellflower in West Street growing in a wall next to Maidenhair spleenwort.
January 1, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Day 8. #12DaysWild. A #NewYearPlantHunt in Wigton. Trailing bellflower in West Street growing in a wall next to Maidenhair spleenwort.
Happy New Year! Best foot forward into 2026. Image: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932.
January 1, 2026 at 10:20 AM
Happy New Year! Best foot forward into 2026. Image: Henri Cartier-Bresson, 1932.
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The Silver Birch & Jackdaws, in the mist.
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
December 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Silver Birch & Jackdaws, in the mist.
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
A silhouette, on the last day of 2025.
#Dorset #NaturePhotography #Trees #Corvids
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Félix Vallotton was a painter and printmaker born #onthisday in 1865. He worked in woodcuts in the 1890s and began to focus on painting around 1900 using blocks of colour that mimicked his printing style.
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
December 29, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Félix Vallotton was a painter and printmaker born #onthisday in 1865. He worked in woodcuts in the 1890s and began to focus on painting around 1900 using blocks of colour that mimicked his printing style.
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
'Road at St Paul (Var) (Route à St Paul (Var))' by Félix Vallotton (1865–1925), Tate
Thomas Hardy’s great end of year lyric poem, 'The Darkling Thrush', first published in The Graphic on 29 Dec. 1900, and then in The Times on 1 Jan. 1901 – though a deleted ‘1899’ on the manuscript suggests he may have written it earlier.
December 29, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Thomas Hardy’s great end of year lyric poem, 'The Darkling Thrush', first published in The Graphic on 29 Dec. 1900, and then in The Times on 1 Jan. 1901 – though a deleted ‘1899’ on the manuscript suggests he may have written it earlier.
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Northern light.
December 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Northern light.