Simon Tillotson
@simontillotson.bsky.social
Known to offer tea or coffee at the end of In Our Time episodes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In_Our_Time_programmes
Eclectic.
Eclectic.
Back to baking bread after break caused by drop in demand (2 children at university and 3rd has been wearing braces til now). Kept starter alive in fridge and revived it in the last week
October 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Back to baking bread after break caused by drop in demand (2 children at university and 3rd has been wearing braces til now). Kept starter alive in fridge and revived it in the last week
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The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
October 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
The beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time has been awarded the 2025 British Academy President’s Medal!
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Professor Susan J Smith, President of the British Academy, praised the programme for bringing rigorous yet accessible discussion of complex ideas to millions of listeners: buff.ly/1bn63FD
Here‘s the medal awarded to In Our Time. Posting this as a version of the holding-the-silver-trophy-over-head ritual. Was about to shake teapot and spray tea over everyone but had second thoughts
October 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Here‘s the medal awarded to In Our Time. Posting this as a version of the holding-the-silver-trophy-over-head ritual. Was about to shake teapot and spray tea over everyone but had second thoughts
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We are awarding our President's Medal to 'In Our Time' as it has done so much to showcase humanities & social sciences. We'd decided this before the news of Melvyn Bragg stepping down, but glad we got our timing right & had a chance to celebrate with him!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
Renowned BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time receives prestigious British Academy President’s Medal for 2025
The British Academy has awarded its prestigious President’s Medal to the long-running and beloved BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time. Recognising its outstanding contribution to humanities and social s...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:23 AM
We are awarding our President's Medal to 'In Our Time' as it has done so much to showcase humanities & social sciences. We'd decided this before the news of Melvyn Bragg stepping down, but glad we got our timing right & had a chance to celebrate with him!
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/renowne...
Celebrating at The British Academy after In Our Time wins The Presidents Medal for services to the humanities and social sciences. This wonderful photo (c)Captivate Imagery shows many of the teams behind the scenes since 1998 alongside Melvyn.
October 17, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Celebrating at The British Academy after In Our Time wins The Presidents Medal for services to the humanities and social sciences. This wonderful photo (c)Captivate Imagery shows many of the teams behind the scenes since 1998 alongside Melvyn.
Apparently this is normal for the Thames at this time of year (downstream view)
October 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Apparently this is normal for the Thames at this time of year (downstream view)
Woke up to mist this morning, not far from the source of the Thames
October 12, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Woke up to mist this morning, not far from the source of the Thames
Glad to be a plus one at the announcement of the nominees for the first Ilse Schwepke prize for Women’s Travel Writing. Winner to be announced in Frankfurt on 17th October. Feeling: uxorious. Hoping: victorious.
September 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Glad to be a plus one at the announcement of the nominees for the first Ilse Schwepke prize for Women’s Travel Writing. Winner to be announced in Frankfurt on 17th October. Feeling: uxorious. Hoping: victorious.
’It‘s difficult to watch other people when they’re watching you’ - the late Robert Redford, to Melvyn in 1976 www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c98d9...
1976: Robert Redford on the tension between fame and privacy
Actor and director Robert Redford on the tension between fame and privacy since the success of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2025 at 7:15 AM
’It‘s difficult to watch other people when they’re watching you’ - the late Robert Redford, to Melvyn in 1976 www.bbc.co.uk/videos/c98d9...
One observation: in German media, a celebration of the culture of conversation in UK academia and what flows from that.
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Melvyn Bragg: Ende der BBC-Sendung „In Our Time“
Melvyn Bragg hat 27 Jahre lang in der BBC die wahrscheinlich klügste Radiosendung der Welt gemacht. Jetzt hört er auf. Zum Ende einer Ära.
www.sueddeutsche.de
September 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
One observation: in German media, a celebration of the culture of conversation in UK academia and what flows from that.
Another. Endlessly amazed by our listeners www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
September 18, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Another. Endlessly amazed by our listeners www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Melvyn Bragg: Ende der BBC-Sendung „In Our Time“
Melvyn Bragg hat 27 Jahre lang in der BBC die wahrscheinlich klügste Radiosendung der Welt gemacht. Jetzt hört er auf. Zum Ende einer Ära.
www.sueddeutsche.de
September 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Lots of thoughts when reading tributes to In Our Time in other languages www.sueddeutsche.de/medien/melvy...
Thank you @brandyjensen.bsky.social
Thank you, Melvyn Bragg: defector.com/thank-you-me...
Thank You, Melvyn Bragg | Defector
Melvyn Bragg, host of the BBC Radio 4 programme In Our Time since its very first episode back in 1998, has greeted me in the same delightfully brusque manner hundreds and hundreds of times. Hello. In…
defector.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Thank you @brandyjensen.bsky.social
I see I’ve written ‘Wednesday’ as if that’s not yesterday 🙄. One of those weeks where so much happens that an hour seems like a day. Oh well.
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
I see I’ve written ‘Wednesday’ as if that’s not yesterday 🙄. One of those weeks where so much happens that an hour seems like a day. Oh well.
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
I’m passing on any messages so thanks for emailing them or posting them here (or elsewhere)
So many tributes to Melvyn since Wednesday and I was especially moved by Esther Rantzen and her reference to Joni Mitchell and Big Yellow Taxi (Don't it always seem to go/ That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?) but not for the obvious reason.
September 4, 2025 at 7:17 PM
So many tributes to Melvyn since Wednesday and I was especially moved by Esther Rantzen and her reference to Joni Mitchell and Big Yellow Taxi (Don't it always seem to go/ That you don't know what you got 'til it's gone?) but not for the obvious reason.
Slightly short of words today but happy to echo this from John who, with Teresa and Phil, slipped in under the wire for what turned out to be a fitting close. Great edition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
September 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Slightly short of words today but happy to echo this from John who, with Teresa and Phil, slipped in under the wire for what turned out to be a fitting close. Great edition www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
On a ferry across the Baltic and saw this retro French ad for constipation remedies (underneath the children’s burgers) and something in it immediately reminded me of a very brief encounter with Jane Birkin many years ago
July 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
On a ferry across the Baltic and saw this retro French ad for constipation remedies (underneath the children’s burgers) and something in it immediately reminded me of a very brief encounter with Jane Birkin many years ago
My co-worker this afternoon
July 24, 2025 at 6:00 PM
My co-worker this afternoon
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To celebrate I've updated my Dewey Decimal Classification of the series to include the latest episodes: feelinglistless.blogspot.com/2022/02/cata...
July 24, 2025 at 4:38 PM
To celebrate I've updated my Dewey Decimal Classification of the series to include the latest episodes: feelinglistless.blogspot.com/2022/02/cata...
Thanks for including us in your list @dockterman.bsky.social it means a lot
July 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thanks for including us in your list @dockterman.bsky.social it means a lot
Time + of all time + in our time = time to listen time.com/collections/...
'In Our Time' Is on The 100 Best Podcasts of All Time
Here's why "In Our Time" made TIME's list
time.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Time + of all time + in our time = time to listen time.com/collections/...
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Oh, all civil-looking, but you just know they were on the Luther Insulter just as you were offering tea or coffee. ergofabulous.org/luther/?
July 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Oh, all civil-looking, but you just know they were on the Luther Insulter just as you were offering tea or coffee. ergofabulous.org/luther/?
We no longer have the shorter repeats on Thursday evenings but a full repeat on Sunday. Can’t say I miss taking 14 minutes out of a 42 minute discussion and doing that to a tight deadline, though I did like the echo effect
If you missed our episode of In Our Time on civility (and can't wait for the rebroadcasts tonight and Sunday), you can catch the extended version on BBC Sounds here. I won't spoiler you on my tea or coffee order save to say that I was delighted it was the same as Melvyn's.
In Our Time - Civility: talking with those who disagree with you - BBC Sounds
On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards
www.bbc.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We no longer have the shorter repeats on Thursday evenings but a full repeat on Sunday. Can’t say I miss taking 14 minutes out of a 42 minute discussion and doing that to a tight deadline, though I did like the echo effect
Reposted by Simon Tillotson
If you missed our episode of In Our Time on civility (and can't wait for the rebroadcasts tonight and Sunday), you can catch the extended version on BBC Sounds here. I won't spoiler you on my tea or coffee order save to say that I was delighted it was the same as Melvyn's.
In Our Time - Civility: talking with those who disagree with you - BBC Sounds
On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards
www.bbc.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 6:02 PM
If you missed our episode of In Our Time on civility (and can't wait for the rebroadcasts tonight and Sunday), you can catch the extended version on BBC Sounds here. I won't spoiler you on my tea or coffee order save to say that I was delighted it was the same as Melvyn's.
Reposted by Simon Tillotson
An honor and a pleasure to meet @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social at last and to talk about the slipperiest of topics, civility!
Tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 9am on BBC Radio 4 — In Our Time discusses civility with Teresa Bejan (@tmbejan.bsky.social), Phil Withington, and me! Listen live or after broadcast at the link below.
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Civility: talking with those who disagree with you
On the value of keeping conversations going with opponents, from the Reformation onwards
www.bbc.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
An honor and a pleasure to meet @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social at last and to talk about the slipperiest of topics, civility!