Rod Duncan
@rodduncan.bsky.social
Writer. Writing mentor. Printmaker. Photographer. Lecturer. Dyslexia. Aphantasia. ADHD. PhD. Shortlisted for the Philip K Dick Award & the John Creasey Dagger. He/him.
I'm sure there was something I should have remembered today.
November 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I'm sure there was something I should have remembered today.
Instagram congratulates me if my posts one week reach a larger audience than my posts the week before. As if that was my goal. As if one genuine interaction with an individual was somehow less important than an uptick on a graph.
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Instagram congratulates me if my posts one week reach a larger audience than my posts the week before. As if that was my goal. As if one genuine interaction with an individual was somehow less important than an uptick on a graph.
Being no longer employed by a university, I'm now free to talk about the bad management, money wasted on vanity projects, cruel treatment of lecturers, unsustainable workloads, widespread burnout and mental health crises - all of which seem common in the HE sector.
November 3, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Being no longer employed by a university, I'm now free to talk about the bad management, money wasted on vanity projects, cruel treatment of lecturers, unsustainable workloads, widespread burnout and mental health crises - all of which seem common in the HE sector.
And they hadn't yet invented the National Student Survey or staff appraisal software...
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 AM
And they hadn't yet invented the National Student Survey or staff appraisal software...
Spotted on my walk this morning. Only had my camera phone to hand.
November 2, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Spotted on my walk this morning. Only had my camera phone to hand.
I'm delighted to have had this relief print, 'Distraction', accepted for Leicester's Open Exhibition. The exhibition will be at New Walk Museum. It runs from the 14th December untill the end of January.
October 31, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm delighted to have had this relief print, 'Distraction', accepted for Leicester's Open Exhibition. The exhibition will be at New Walk Museum. It runs from the 14th December untill the end of January.
October 29, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When I started my writing journey, I didn't know how many of those miles would be filled with editing.
#WritersLife
#WritersLife
October 27, 2025 at 11:25 AM
When I started my writing journey, I didn't know how many of those miles would be filled with editing.
#WritersLife
#WritersLife
October 26, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I'm struck (yet again) by the positivity and supportive goodness of Leicester's creative communities. Diverse individuals making things and connecting to each other, and thereby resisting some of the most destructive trends of the age.
#Leicester
#Leicester
October 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I'm struck (yet again) by the positivity and supportive goodness of Leicester's creative communities. Diverse individuals making things and connecting to each other, and thereby resisting some of the most destructive trends of the age.
#Leicester
#Leicester
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Fingerprint of the Wind
I took this one on Borth beach a few years ago.
I took this one on Borth beach a few years ago.
October 24, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Fingerprint of the Wind
I took this one on Borth beach a few years ago.
I took this one on Borth beach a few years ago.
If only I'd started hoarding all the fluff from the lint trap when I bought this drier, I'd have enough felt to make three and a half yurts by now. Quite how there's anything left of my clothes, I really don't know.
October 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
If only I'd started hoarding all the fluff from the lint trap when I bought this drier, I'd have enough felt to make three and a half yurts by now. Quite how there's anything left of my clothes, I really don't know.
I saw these numbers today and quite liked them. So, there you are.
October 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I saw these numbers today and quite liked them. So, there you are.
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T' Curve, Leicester.
October 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
T' Curve, Leicester.
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I am so surprised.
This is my surprised face.
This is my surprised face.
V interesting piece about an AI education pilot in South Korea: restofworld.org/2025/south-k... #EduSky
AI-powered textbooks fail to make the grade in South Korea
South Korea’s AI learning program was rolled back after just four months following a backlash from teachers, students, and parents, underlining the challenges in embedding the technology in education.
restofworld.org
October 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I am so surprised.
This is my surprised face.
This is my surprised face.
The history of Hellenistic Egypt would be a great deal easier for me to follow if its royal family had invented more than two names. You can only read about Ptolemy marrying Cleopatra so many times before the grey mist descends and you end up playing Candy Crush.
October 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The history of Hellenistic Egypt would be a great deal easier for me to follow if its royal family had invented more than two names. You can only read about Ptolemy marrying Cleopatra so many times before the grey mist descends and you end up playing Candy Crush.
Bought myself a pair of 'gardening gloves' yesterday. So far, nothing. What am I doing wrong? Do they need batteries?
October 18, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Bought myself a pair of 'gardening gloves' yesterday. So far, nothing. What am I doing wrong? Do they need batteries?
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+supporting Locus Magazine!
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October 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
I'm in that strange time between sending the novel out and getting feedback from my kind Beta readers. This book is such a departure from my previous novels that I really don't know how it will land. So there it is, on the edge of becoming. A liminal space of autumn light.
October 11, 2025 at 10:00 AM
I'm in that strange time between sending the novel out and getting feedback from my kind Beta readers. This book is such a departure from my previous novels that I really don't know how it will land. So there it is, on the edge of becoming. A liminal space of autumn light.
October 11, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Not only did this second-hand jigsaw puzzle have all the pieces, it had an extra bonus piece.
October 10, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Not only did this second-hand jigsaw puzzle have all the pieces, it had an extra bonus piece.
Fly agaric from our walk this morning.
October 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Fly agaric from our walk this morning.
