Alex von Tunzelmann
@alexvont.bsky.social
Historian, writer, broadcaster. She/her. Latest book, FALLEN IDOLS, shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2022. HISTORY’S SECRET HEROES and THE LUCAN OBSESSION on BBC Radio 4. One of the Silk Road Slippers https://www.silkroadslippers.com
The 18 pics aren’t all distracting boob shots – in the absence of positive reviews she’s gone through the social media of people called stuff like “albertcumslut”, just spending all day sifting through mounds of ordure just to find anything that looks like a pearl, what a dame
November 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The 18 pics aren’t all distracting boob shots – in the absence of positive reviews she’s gone through the social media of people called stuff like “albertcumslut”, just spending all day sifting through mounds of ordure just to find anything that looks like a pearl, what a dame
Hearty recommendation to go & see Boris Mikhailov’s Ukrainian Diary at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. It was so much weirder, queerer, sexier and more subversive than I expected. Free on Fridays after 5pm. thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/bor...
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Hearty recommendation to go & see Boris Mikhailov’s Ukrainian Diary at the Photographers’ Gallery in London. It was so much weirder, queerer, sexier and more subversive than I expected. Free on Fridays after 5pm. thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/bor...
Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Well-meaning Americans in my mentions: kindly do not recommend extremely illegal actions that could land people in the UK with a ten year prison sentence
How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
November 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
How depressing that they feel they must make this the headline.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Exactly. The really easy follow-up question here is: “And what has given you that impression?”
October 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Exactly. The really easy follow-up question here is: “And what has given you that impression?”
I’m feeling so sad for Rachel and her disastrously low expectations
October 12, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I’m feeling so sad for Rachel and her disastrously low expectations
It should be a dress. It’s what he would have wanted
October 7, 2025 at 7:30 AM
It should be a dress. It’s what he would have wanted
I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun
October 7, 2025 at 6:33 AM
I agree with every word Zelda Williams says. And this at the end from OpenAI makes me want to go full Ned Ludd. Creators can’t have a blanket opt-out on copyright infringement of their work and have to fill out a form appealing to OpenAI’s mercy every time? Fuck off into the sun
It is possible to construct a scenario in which one might. You do not yet know what happened. So perhaps it would be wise to hold your counsel rather than making jokes in exceptionally bad taste about it.
October 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
It is possible to construct a scenario in which one might. You do not yet know what happened. So perhaps it would be wise to hold your counsel rather than making jokes in exceptionally bad taste about it.
We have a standard double sized bed and Bixby Snyder can take up all of it. He’s not even that big for a Maine Coon cat at a mere 9.5kg, but well over a metre long when he stretches out. Also this is one of his most refined and elegant poses. Please admire his surprisingly ginger tummy
September 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We have a standard double sized bed and Bixby Snyder can take up all of it. He’s not even that big for a Maine Coon cat at a mere 9.5kg, but well over a metre long when he stretches out. Also this is one of his most refined and elegant poses. Please admire his surprisingly ginger tummy
The Dennis Morris exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery is terrific. Some of the best pictures you’ll see of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols in particular, and incredible series from 1970s Hackney and Southall. Free on Friday eves thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/den...
September 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
The Dennis Morris exhibition at the Photographers’ Gallery is terrific. Some of the best pictures you’ll see of Bob Marley and the Sex Pistols in particular, and incredible series from 1970s Hackney and Southall. Free on Friday eves thephotographersgallery.org.uk/whats-on/den...
This story is astonishing and there does seem to be something of a pattern to how she perceives her own academic achievement versus reality www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
September 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This story is astonishing and there does seem to be something of a pattern to how she perceives her own academic achievement versus reality www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
OK, if we’re going to celebrate all these gorgeous grumpy babies, then I have to add Martha Dumptruck demanding a brush
August 28, 2025 at 7:02 PM
OK, if we’re going to celebrate all these gorgeous grumpy babies, then I have to add Martha Dumptruck demanding a brush
K-Pop Demon Hunters was really fun and now I want a huge intense cat thing. Fortunately I already have two huge intense cat things
August 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
K-Pop Demon Hunters was really fun and now I want a huge intense cat thing. Fortunately I already have two huge intense cat things
Worried about letting my boy Bixby Snyder see this video because he looks just like the main cat in it, yet I have completely failed to build him his own fully engineered metro system. Outrageous.
August 18, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Worried about letting my boy Bixby Snyder see this video because he looks just like the main cat in it, yet I have completely failed to build him his own fully engineered metro system. Outrageous.
Well, so far you have at least managed to generate a heck of a ratio.
August 5, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Well, so far you have at least managed to generate a heck of a ratio.
I watched all of AppleTV’s autistic robot show and it was thoroughly excellent
August 4, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I watched all of AppleTV’s autistic robot show and it was thoroughly excellent
Every picture of a hammerhead would make more sense if it was wearing a normal pointy shark head. Not a comedy eyes-on-stalks hat. Look at it, for heaven’s sake. Just look at it
July 25, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every picture of a hammerhead would make more sense if it was wearing a normal pointy shark head. Not a comedy eyes-on-stalks hat. Look at it, for heaven’s sake. Just look at it
Oh man. Me after I had to wash the cat
July 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Oh man. Me after I had to wash the cat
I hope this whole thing is a piece of cuttingly satirical performance art. The “Brand Story” page is a masterclass in being simultaneously meaningless and deeply offputting. I think this pompous paragraph just means “we do the stuff we do” brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-sto...
July 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
I hope this whole thing is a piece of cuttingly satirical performance art. The “Brand Story” page is a masterclass in being simultaneously meaningless and deeply offputting. I think this pompous paragraph just means “we do the stuff we do” brand.warwick.ac.uk/en/brand-sto...
There’s a perfectly legit read of this alleged Trump-Epstein note as just standard smug rich guy bonding over their specialness. Even if it is encased in a drawing of a naked woman. It’s the fact Trump’s reacting like an HR exec caught on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert that makes it so suspicious
July 18, 2025 at 11:21 AM
There’s a perfectly legit read of this alleged Trump-Epstein note as just standard smug rich guy bonding over their specialness. Even if it is encased in a drawing of a naked woman. It’s the fact Trump’s reacting like an HR exec caught on a jumbotron at a Coldplay concert that makes it so suspicious