ELLIS CASHMORE
@elliscashmore.bsky.social
Author of "The Destruction and Creation of Michael Jackson" (above), "Elizabeth Taylor" (both published by Bloomsbury) and "Celebrity Culture" (Routledge, now in its 3rd edition). Regular contributor to Fair Observer magazine.
📘 1st published (privately): 1928, Florence
🚫 Banned: 1928–1960 in UK
✅ First legal UK edition: November 1, 1960
📚 Nov 1, 1960, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
published Lady Chatterley’s Lover after winning a landmark obscenity trial
#DHLawrence #LadyChatterleysLover #OnThisDay #Censorship
🚫 Banned: 1928–1960 in UK
✅ First legal UK edition: November 1, 1960
📚 Nov 1, 1960, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
published Lady Chatterley’s Lover after winning a landmark obscenity trial
#DHLawrence #LadyChatterleysLover #OnThisDay #Censorship
October 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
📘 1st published (privately): 1928, Florence
🚫 Banned: 1928–1960 in UK
✅ First legal UK edition: November 1, 1960
📚 Nov 1, 1960, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
published Lady Chatterley’s Lover after winning a landmark obscenity trial
#DHLawrence #LadyChatterleysLover #OnThisDay #Censorship
🚫 Banned: 1928–1960 in UK
✅ First legal UK edition: November 1, 1960
📚 Nov 1, 1960, @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social
published Lady Chatterley’s Lover after winning a landmark obscenity trial
#DHLawrence #LadyChatterleysLover #OnThisDay #Censorship
30,000+ asylum seekers in the UK. Some councils plan action against hotels housing them. Today’s Britain is more diverse & anti-racist than ever—but this could become the most divisive issues of this century. #AsylumSeekers #Immigration #UKPolitics #Diversity #SocialCohesion
August 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
30,000+ asylum seekers in the UK. Some councils plan action against hotels housing them. Today’s Britain is more diverse & anti-racist than ever—but this could become the most divisive issues of this century. #AsylumSeekers #Immigration #UKPolitics #Diversity #SocialCohesion
🗓 COMING THIS WEEKEND
UNSUITABLE FOR SPORT?
That’s what women were told — by doctors, officials, and sporting bodies (Read: tinyurl.com/FrailWomen)
They were banned, blocked and belittled.
This weekend: how women fought back — and won.
#WomensSport #HerStory #LetWomenPlay
UNSUITABLE FOR SPORT?
That’s what women were told — by doctors, officials, and sporting bodies (Read: tinyurl.com/FrailWomen)
They were banned, blocked and belittled.
This weekend: how women fought back — and won.
#WomensSport #HerStory #LetWomenPlay
August 8, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🗓 COMING THIS WEEKEND
UNSUITABLE FOR SPORT?
That’s what women were told — by doctors, officials, and sporting bodies (Read: tinyurl.com/FrailWomen)
They were banned, blocked and belittled.
This weekend: how women fought back — and won.
#WomensSport #HerStory #LetWomenPlay
UNSUITABLE FOR SPORT?
That’s what women were told — by doctors, officials, and sporting bodies (Read: tinyurl.com/FrailWomen)
They were banned, blocked and belittled.
This weekend: how women fought back — and won.
#WomensSport #HerStory #LetWomenPlay
AUSTRALIA BANS YOUTUBE FOR UNDER-16s
Because nothing makes teens more curious than a government ban. 📱🇦🇺
#YouTube #Australia #Teenagers #GenZ #BanEffect #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #YouthCulture #Censorship #StreisandEffect
@elliscashmore
Because nothing makes teens more curious than a government ban. 📱🇦🇺
#YouTube #Australia #Teenagers #GenZ #BanEffect #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #YouthCulture #Censorship #StreisandEffect
@elliscashmore
July 31, 2025 at 12:39 PM
AUSTRALIA BANS YOUTUBE FOR UNDER-16s
Because nothing makes teens more curious than a government ban. 📱🇦🇺
#YouTube #Australia #Teenagers #GenZ #BanEffect #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #YouthCulture #Censorship #StreisandEffect
@elliscashmore
Because nothing makes teens more curious than a government ban. 📱🇦🇺
#YouTube #Australia #Teenagers #GenZ #BanEffect #DigitalLife #SocialMedia #YouthCulture #Censorship #StreisandEffect
@elliscashmore
Girls are half as likely to play football at school compared with boys, despite calls for equal access following the Lionesses’ historic Euros, says @CHILDWISE
#GenderEquity #womeninsports #womenseuros2025 #WomenInTech #SportsUpdate
#GenderEquity #womeninsports #womenseuros2025 #WomenInTech #SportsUpdate
July 26, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Girls are half as likely to play football at school compared with boys, despite calls for equal access following the Lionesses’ historic Euros, says @CHILDWISE
#GenderEquity #womeninsports #womenseuros2025 #WomenInTech #SportsUpdate
#GenderEquity #womeninsports #womenseuros2025 #WomenInTech #SportsUpdate
Ozzy Osbourne dies on the same day Prince George turns 12. Weren't they both at Villa Park a couple of weeks ago? We may be looking at a transmigration of the soul situation. (This wouldn't be a bad thing, right?)
#OzzyOsbourne #PrinceGeorge #RoyalFamily #AVFC #Transmigration
#OzzyOsbourne #PrinceGeorge #RoyalFamily #AVFC #Transmigration
July 23, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Ozzy Osbourne dies on the same day Prince George turns 12. Weren't they both at Villa Park a couple of weeks ago? We may be looking at a transmigration of the soul situation. (This wouldn't be a bad thing, right?)
#OzzyOsbourne #PrinceGeorge #RoyalFamily #AVFC #Transmigration
#OzzyOsbourne #PrinceGeorge #RoyalFamily #AVFC #Transmigration
#10Days #Day3 How did #CelebrityCulture become the global force it is today? Dive into timeline #3 charting its origins, culture-shifting moments, key figures & how it shaped the modern world. fairobserver.com/timeline/cel...
#Celebrity #PopCulture #Scandal #Olympics #Footbanll #Justice
#Celebrity #PopCulture #Scandal #Olympics #Footbanll #Justice
July 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
#10Days #Day3 How did #CelebrityCulture become the global force it is today? Dive into timeline #3 charting its origins, culture-shifting moments, key figures & how it shaped the modern world. fairobserver.com/timeline/cel...
#Celebrity #PopCulture #Scandal #Olympics #Footbanll #Justice
#Celebrity #PopCulture #Scandal #Olympics #Footbanll #Justice
July 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
#10Days #Day0Starting tomorrow, I’ll post a timeline each day from @myfairobserver.bsky.social — charting how a major issue, figure, or cultural shift unfolded over time. No essays. No arguments. Just timelines. First one drops tomorrow: SEX AND SPORTS
July 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
#10Days #Day0Starting tomorrow, I’ll post a timeline each day from @myfairobserver.bsky.social — charting how a major issue, figure, or cultural shift unfolded over time. No essays. No arguments. Just timelines. First one drops tomorrow: SEX AND SPORTS
"Was Jaws the first postmodern action epic? Possibly.
Here, after all, are Melville and Ibsen, Vietnam and Hiroshima, literary allusion and movie lore in a single blockbuster" — Nigel Andrews, @data.ft.com, on Jaws at 50, June 20. #Jaws50 #FilmTwitter #CinemaHistory #JawsAnniversary
Here, after all, are Melville and Ibsen, Vietnam and Hiroshima, literary allusion and movie lore in a single blockbuster" — Nigel Andrews, @data.ft.com, on Jaws at 50, June 20. #Jaws50 #FilmTwitter #CinemaHistory #JawsAnniversary
June 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"Was Jaws the first postmodern action epic? Possibly.
Here, after all, are Melville and Ibsen, Vietnam and Hiroshima, literary allusion and movie lore in a single blockbuster" — Nigel Andrews, @data.ft.com, on Jaws at 50, June 20. #Jaws50 #FilmTwitter #CinemaHistory #JawsAnniversary
Here, after all, are Melville and Ibsen, Vietnam and Hiroshima, literary allusion and movie lore in a single blockbuster" — Nigel Andrews, @data.ft.com, on Jaws at 50, June 20. #Jaws50 #FilmTwitter #CinemaHistory #JawsAnniversary
Bill Belichick, the 73-year-old former manager of the @patriots.bsky.social is rumoured to be engaged to Jordon Hudson, who is 24. I am sure I speak for fellow @bsky.app friends in expressing my deep repugnance.
May 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bill Belichick, the 73-year-old former manager of the @patriots.bsky.social is rumoured to be engaged to Jordon Hudson, who is 24. I am sure I speak for fellow @bsky.app friends in expressing my deep repugnance.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has called in Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to rescue the American economy.
April 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The U.S. Department of the Treasury has called in Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng to rescue the American economy.
Coming next month:
February 14, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Coming next month:
114 years ago today (Jan 25, 1911) the Daily Herald was published as the 1st daily newspaper owned and run by a British trade union. It eventually sold 2m copies per day. In 1964, it was revamped as @thesun.co.uk and, in 1969, sold to Rupert Murdoch's organization.
January 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
114 years ago today (Jan 25, 1911) the Daily Herald was published as the 1st daily newspaper owned and run by a British trade union. It eventually sold 2m copies per day. In 1964, it was revamped as @thesun.co.uk and, in 1969, sold to Rupert Murdoch's organization.
Crime prevention through sport? The role of sport in tacklng criminal behaviour has been explored globally and the consensus is that sport is an effective preventative. The opposite is nearer reality: sport acts as a catalyst for all types of crime, from sexual offences to fraud.
January 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Crime prevention through sport? The role of sport in tacklng criminal behaviour has been explored globally and the consensus is that sport is an effective preventative. The opposite is nearer reality: sport acts as a catalyst for all types of crime, from sexual offences to fraud.
@ABC pays $15m to Trump for saying he was “liable for rape” when he was found to have "sexually abused" a woman. The crucial difference and its relevance to sport is explored in this book, out March 2025:
December 15, 2024 at 4:12 PM
@ABC pays $15m to Trump for saying he was “liable for rape” when he was found to have "sexually abused" a woman. The crucial difference and its relevance to sport is explored in this book, out March 2025:
Coming in 2025 ...
December 10, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Coming in 2025 ...
Rod Stewart accuses Gregg Wallace of ‘humiliating’ his wife when she was on the show in 2021. Though not as much as Rod himself did when he neglected to wear his shoe lifts.
November 29, 2024 at 3:31 PM
Rod Stewart accuses Gregg Wallace of ‘humiliating’ his wife when she was on the show in 2021. Though not as much as Rod himself did when he neglected to wear his shoe lifts.
71-years ago today (Nov 25) Hungary's national football team, led by the mercurial Ferenc Puskás, beat #England 6-3 @wembleygoodboy.bsky.social . It was an epoch-defining game that changed the sport. (One of my former students has written a brilliant book on the subject)
November 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM
71-years ago today (Nov 25) Hungary's national football team, led by the mercurial Ferenc Puskás, beat #England 6-3 @wembleygoodboy.bsky.social . It was an epoch-defining game that changed the sport. (One of my former students has written a brilliant book on the subject)
Coming in 2025 ...
November 23, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Coming in 2025 ...