dr joshua phillips
@woolfianjosh.bsky.social
Woolf Doctor | Turns squiggles into angle brackets | modernism, digital humanities, bad puns | he/him | would prefer not to
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The Digital Anon
www.digital-anon.com
*ahem* now for a professional one.
I am excited to announce the publication of The Digital 'Anon', a new digital edition of Virginia Woolf's final, unpublished essay drafts which makes this remarkable corpus available as an OA resource.
It is available here: www.digital-anon.com.
I am excited to announce the publication of The Digital 'Anon', a new digital edition of Virginia Woolf's final, unpublished essay drafts which makes this remarkable corpus available as an OA resource.
It is available here: www.digital-anon.com.
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A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michel Foucault, a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless. In a world of social control operating through discursive practices…
I have found it: the most ‘80s-Ass Book Cover of All Time
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A shadowy flight into the dangerous world of a man who does not exist. Michel Foucault, a young loner on a crusade, to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless. In a world of social control operating through discursive practices…
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Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy There's a Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day.
I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.
I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.
November 10, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Almost forgot to wish everyone a happy There's a Circulatory System Walking Through the Kitchen Day.
I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.
I hope you all remembered to leave a wee dram out for the circulatory system walking through the kitchen.
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Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Right, enough of James Watson - who's a senior academic you've met who's been an utter delight?
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
I'll go first: Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Britain should adopt Denmark-style policies
(An eleven-fold increase to one Legoland per six million as opposed to the current figure of one Legoland per seventy million)
(An eleven-fold increase to one Legoland per six million as opposed to the current figure of one Legoland per seventy million)
November 8, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Britain should adopt Denmark-style policies
(An eleven-fold increase to one Legoland per six million as opposed to the current figure of one Legoland per seventy million)
(An eleven-fold increase to one Legoland per six million as opposed to the current figure of one Legoland per seventy million)
No you’re trying to figure out Fun and Interesting ways to teach approx. 200 years of book production and circulation, sliced three different ways, for three different seminars
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
No you’re trying to figure out Fun and Interesting ways to teach approx. 200 years of book production and circulation, sliced three different ways, for three different seminars
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Live footage of T.S. Eliot writing a poem
November 7, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Live footage of T.S. Eliot writing a poem
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Firmly in the 'ban the public sale of fireworks' camp over here
November 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Firmly in the 'ban the public sale of fireworks' camp over here
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The first tenant has been announced at Oxford North.
November 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The first tenant has been announced at Oxford North.
It is, of course, impossible to carry something as big and heavy a pen in a bag or a pocket. Everybody knows that.
Paul Major, owner of Pens Plus on the High, “an icon of Oxford for over 65 years”. “We’ve seen a 15% growth year-on-year for three years. In the first five days of the congestion charge we were 52.8% down in revenue. Who in their right mind introduces such a scheme so close to Christmas?”
November 4, 2025 at 1:23 PM
It is, of course, impossible to carry something as big and heavy a pen in a bag or a pocket. Everybody knows that.
How could anyone forget the Decade of the Simultaneous Prime Ministers?
November 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
How could anyone forget the Decade of the Simultaneous Prime Ministers?
Dammit I forgot to do my Seasonal Spooky Name
November 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Dammit I forgot to do my Seasonal Spooky Name
Tired: Greater Oxford
Wired: Oxfordshire unitary
Inspired: Abingdominion
Wired: Oxfordshire unitary
Inspired: Abingdominion
Oxfordshire County Council and Oxford City Council have each published their detailed proposals for council reorganisation today. The County’s proposal envisages one council for the whole of Oxfordshire, while the City proposes three councils (Greater Oxford, North, Ridgeway).
October 31, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Tired: Greater Oxford
Wired: Oxfordshire unitary
Inspired: Abingdominion
Wired: Oxfordshire unitary
Inspired: Abingdominion
Ah, that’ll explain them constantly validating him and his policies. Genius idea from the brain trust
‘The novelty will wear off’: Labour hopes publicity will be Farage’s downfall
‘The novelty will wear off’: Labour hopes publicity will be Farage’s downfall
Government still struggling to win the agenda from Reform, leaving planners trusting voters will sour on what they see
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Ah, that’ll explain them constantly validating him and his policies. Genius idea from the brain trust
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Pumpkin Spice Crohn'S Disease
October 29, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pumpkin Spice Crohn'S Disease
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not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
October 28, 2025 at 4:15 PM
not to brag but i can generate slop with natural intelligence
For when your drip needs to be a bit heavier-duty than the LIDL trainers allow for
They're calling the costco kirkland signature x nike SB dunk low collab the "most targeted at 36 year olds" product ever invented
October 28, 2025 at 3:11 PM
For when your drip needs to be a bit heavier-duty than the LIDL trainers allow for
Today’s episode of Why Is Everything So Needlessly Difficult: light bulbs
October 28, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Today’s episode of Why Is Everything So Needlessly Difficult: light bulbs
Wouldn’t it be nice if the anxious gnawing at the pit of my stomach would abate?
October 27, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Wouldn’t it be nice if the anxious gnawing at the pit of my stomach would abate?
A great disturbance in the Force, as if a million literature academics suddenly cried out in recognition
Why am I (also) like this
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
A great disturbance in the Force, as if a million literature academics suddenly cried out in recognition
The entire Spock’s Brain but every time they say Spock’s Brain it gets faster
October 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
The entire Spock’s Brain but every time they say Spock’s Brain it gets faster
🎵 Robert Daaaaaaaarnton waiting in the sky
He’d like to do book history
But he thinks he’ll blow our mind 🎵
He’d like to do book history
But he thinks he’ll blow our mind 🎵
October 26, 2025 at 1:21 PM
🎵 Robert Daaaaaaaarnton waiting in the sky
He’d like to do book history
But he thinks he’ll blow our mind 🎵
He’d like to do book history
But he thinks he’ll blow our mind 🎵
What’s it like inside your head?
October 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
What’s it like inside your head?
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This has been my TED talk.
October 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This has been my TED talk.
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This is how you blurb
October 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
This is how you blurb