David Clifford
@djhc2.bsky.social
Assoc Professor English, @homertoncollege.bsky.social.
Research/writing on origins of language and storytelling.
Research/writing on origins of language and storytelling.
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Delighted that the paperback of The Unrecovered (pub 9 Oct) is in the Waterstones 25% off pre-order!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-unr...
Offer runs until 23.59 on Thursday 31st July, enter: SUMMER25 to redeem the offer and receive 25% off on the Waterstones website and app
#WPreorder #Booksky
www.waterstones.com/book/the-unr...
Offer runs until 23.59 on Thursday 31st July, enter: SUMMER25 to redeem the offer and receive 25% off on the Waterstones website and app
#WPreorder #Booksky
July 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Delighted that the paperback of The Unrecovered (pub 9 Oct) is in the Waterstones 25% off pre-order!
www.waterstones.com/book/the-unr...
Offer runs until 23.59 on Thursday 31st July, enter: SUMMER25 to redeem the offer and receive 25% off on the Waterstones website and app
#WPreorder #Booksky
www.waterstones.com/book/the-unr...
Offer runs until 23.59 on Thursday 31st July, enter: SUMMER25 to redeem the offer and receive 25% off on the Waterstones website and app
#WPreorder #Booksky
I have to say, I'm liking my zero-effort wildflower garden as much as the bees seem to be
June 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I have to say, I'm liking my zero-effort wildflower garden as much as the bees seem to be
An excellent essay on the politicized orthodoxy of the humanities, alienating academic jargon, and the need for constant, robust scholarly scrutiny. By
@ianpace.bsky.social.
thecritic.co.uk/we-need-high...
@ianpace.bsky.social.
thecritic.co.uk/we-need-high...
We need higher standards for academic writing | Ian Pace | The Critic Magazine
At the end of 2024, a short-lived Twitter/X storm raised significant questions about the nature of academic work and public engagement with such work, especially on social media.
thecritic.co.uk
May 30, 2025 at 8:55 AM
An excellent essay on the politicized orthodoxy of the humanities, alienating academic jargon, and the need for constant, robust scholarly scrutiny. By
@ianpace.bsky.social.
thecritic.co.uk/we-need-high...
@ianpace.bsky.social.
thecritic.co.uk/we-need-high...
I'm curious about what lay behind the decision to title the UK version of Catherine Nixey's latest 'Heresy' and the US one 'Heretic'. The distinction between two very different words must have mattered to someone. Terrific book, though.
May 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'm curious about what lay behind the decision to title the UK version of Catherine Nixey's latest 'Heresy' and the US one 'Heretic'. The distinction between two very different words must have mattered to someone. Terrific book, though.
Artist son tells me he's a bit bored, really looking forward to restarting Life Drawing classes.
Rather hurt by his response to my offer that I, his mother or his sister could possibly put some time aside to model if it would help 😔
Rather hurt by his response to my offer that I, his mother or his sister could possibly put some time aside to model if it would help 😔
April 23, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Artist son tells me he's a bit bored, really looking forward to restarting Life Drawing classes.
Rather hurt by his response to my offer that I, his mother or his sister could possibly put some time aside to model if it would help 😔
Rather hurt by his response to my offer that I, his mother or his sister could possibly put some time aside to model if it would help 😔
And of course, no devotee of Middlemarch can stop by in Rome and not pay a visit to St Theresa (Bernini)
April 2, 2025 at 9:35 AM
And of course, no devotee of Middlemarch can stop by in Rome and not pay a visit to St Theresa (Bernini)
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fine work being done by the Guardian picture editor today.
April 2, 2025 at 7:23 AM
fine work being done by the Guardian picture editor today.
When I was a kid at Sunday school in Essex our church was probably decorated with, at most, illustrations from a Ladybird book showing the Sermon on the Mount, or the Wedding at Cana.
In Rome, they have Caravaggios.
In Rome, they have Caravaggios.
April 1, 2025 at 4:00 PM
When I was a kid at Sunday school in Essex our church was probably decorated with, at most, illustrations from a Ladybird book showing the Sermon on the Mount, or the Wedding at Cana.
In Rome, they have Caravaggios.
In Rome, they have Caravaggios.
Cheers, #ZeroDay. We all knew #WhoKilledBambi was shit and irritating when it came out. It wasn't the earworm I craved 40 years later.
March 27, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Cheers, #ZeroDay. We all knew #WhoKilledBambi was shit and irritating when it came out. It wasn't the earworm I craved 40 years later.
Cormorant flexing his guns over the Cam just now
March 21, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Cormorant flexing his guns over the Cam just now
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'Girl Writing', St John's Wood (1931) by Harold Knight
(Grundy Art Gallery)
(Grundy Art Gallery)
March 19, 2025 at 7:58 AM
'Girl Writing', St John's Wood (1931) by Harold Knight
(Grundy Art Gallery)
(Grundy Art Gallery)
Somehow I was slow to pick up on How to Speak Whale by @tommustill.bsky.social when first out, but delighted to have given it time now. Novel, fascinating and uplifting - with warnings. Beautifully clear writing, Mustill also knows the power of a good metaphor, and of crafting a memorable line.
March 18, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Somehow I was slow to pick up on How to Speak Whale by @tommustill.bsky.social when first out, but delighted to have given it time now. Novel, fascinating and uplifting - with warnings. Beautifully clear writing, Mustill also knows the power of a good metaphor, and of crafting a memorable line.
Rather handsome little egret spotted yesterday, of all places, at Sainsbury's. Probably picking up lunch too, I suppose.
March 10, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Rather handsome little egret spotted yesterday, of all places, at Sainsbury's. Probably picking up lunch too, I suppose.
On a weekend course on Roman /Anglo Saxon archaeology - fabulous late Roman (c.450 CE) pottery samples. The pale marks are where the potter held the pot with her/his fingertips when dipping it in the coloured slip before firing.
March 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On a weekend course on Roman /Anglo Saxon archaeology - fabulous late Roman (c.450 CE) pottery samples. The pale marks are where the potter held the pot with her/his fingertips when dipping it in the coloured slip before firing.
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Very sad news - a great scientist (and a great friend)…
March 7, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Very sad news - a great scientist (and a great friend)…
I have to say, this was not the news I wanted after a lovely evening with students and alum
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Warning: if your name is David, you won’t survive a horror movie
A survey has revealed the most likely characters to be killed off before the end credits. Actors would be ill-advised to take on any Davids, Hollys or Dicks
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I have to say, this was not the news I wanted after a lovely evening with students and alum
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ma...
Ooh, now THAT'S how to wrap a book! Great job @goldenharebooks.bsky.social. But what's inside..?
March 5, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Ooh, now THAT'S how to wrap a book! Great job @goldenharebooks.bsky.social. But what's inside..?
Very moving in many ways
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: I was 16, gay and bullied for it. Then my father wrote to the Guardian …
Britain in the 90s seemed to see homosexuality as something shameful. My father told the world how proud he was of me
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Very moving in many ways
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Who'd have thought a novel about Hellenic Syracuse told in modern Irish vernacular would be so brilliant and funny? Ferdia Lennon, obviously
March 4, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Who'd have thought a novel about Hellenic Syracuse told in modern Irish vernacular would be so brilliant and funny? Ferdia Lennon, obviously
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I think the Society should at least ballot the Fellowship to gauge the strength of feelings about this matter..(and I’m sure they are very strong)…
Only very sparse details have emerged so far from the meeting of Royal Society Fellows tonight: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists
Questions remain over whether further action will be taken after resignations and calls for the Tesla CEO to be expelled
www.theguardian.com
March 4, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I think the Society should at least ballot the Fellowship to gauge the strength of feelings about this matter..(and I’m sure they are very strong)…
Rather lovely sky outside my house right now - Venus and the newest Moon I've seen for some time
March 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rather lovely sky outside my house right now - Venus and the newest Moon I've seen for some time
This looks like a great charity Tesco. But how about this: instead of asking me to round up my £2.20 bill by 80p, how about you reduce my bill by the same amount and donate it yourself?
March 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This looks like a great charity Tesco. But how about this: instead of asking me to round up my £2.20 bill by 80p, how about you reduce my bill by the same amount and donate it yourself?
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Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No excuses. No equivocation.
February 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Where is Starmer's statement of support for Zelenskyy. No excuses. No equivocation.