Barthes Studies
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An open-access, independent, peer-reviewed journal for research in English on the work of Roland Barthes. Based at Cardiff University.
https://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/barthes
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And Bluesky would have me believe that you wrote your post in German:
November 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
And Bluesky would have me believe that you wrote your post in German:
I was about to post a reply in praise of your heroic stance, but then I had an accident refilling my fountain pen and have concluded that I would be better off handing every aspect of my pathetic life over to the robots.
November 6, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I was about to post a reply in praise of your heroic stance, but then I had an accident refilling my fountain pen and have concluded that I would be better off handing every aspect of my pathetic life over to the robots.
Intimations of apocalypse notwithstanding, here are the journal’s plans for the future:
- 2026 will be a special issue on Le Plaisir du texte, guest-edited by Bryan Counter;
- 2027 will be a collection emerging from the recent ‘Global Barthes’ symposium in Leeds.
Et après? Who knows?
- 2026 will be a special issue on Le Plaisir du texte, guest-edited by Bryan Counter;
- 2027 will be a collection emerging from the recent ‘Global Barthes’ symposium in Leeds.
Et après? Who knows?
October 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Intimations of apocalypse notwithstanding, here are the journal’s plans for the future:
- 2026 will be a special issue on Le Plaisir du texte, guest-edited by Bryan Counter;
- 2027 will be a collection emerging from the recent ‘Global Barthes’ symposium in Leeds.
Et après? Who knows?
- 2026 will be a special issue on Le Plaisir du texte, guest-edited by Bryan Counter;
- 2027 will be a collection emerging from the recent ‘Global Barthes’ symposium in Leeds.
Et après? Who knows?
An agent in the field texts me the sad news that Michael Jayston has died. To me he *is* Peter Guillam (though I also love Michael Byrne’s performance in Smiley’s People). It is time to revisit the greatest TV series ever made.
February 6, 2024 at 6:40 PM
An agent in the field texts me the sad news that Michael Jayston has died. To me he *is* Peter Guillam (though I also love Michael Byrne’s performance in Smiley’s People). It is time to revisit the greatest TV series ever made.