Gareth L Evans
@garethllevans.bsky.social
Swansea boy at large in London. Lawyer (partially retired). Public law. Mostly skeeting on music/lit/culture. Sometimes church and a few photos
Not to mention the bards use of fronted adverbials
June 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Not to mention the bards use of fronted adverbials
And Taming of the Shrew has nothing to do with sexism because it is a critique of Petruccios “taming merthods” rather than a celebration of it
(But oops we don’t do criticism)
(But oops we don’t do criticism)
June 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
And Taming of the Shrew has nothing to do with sexism because it is a critique of Petruccios “taming merthods” rather than a celebration of it
(But oops we don’t do criticism)
(But oops we don’t do criticism)
Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in fer me
June 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Infamy, infamy, they’ve all got it in fer me
Do it the Australian way, boil until cooked and then sear on the bbq. Guaranteed succulent, safe bangers
June 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Do it the Australian way, boil until cooked and then sear on the bbq. Guaranteed succulent, safe bangers
Horrifying. It seems the best the US can hop for at the moment is that the incipient political violence can be contained. But it feels/looks more and more like Northern Ireland troubles level of discontent
June 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Horrifying. It seems the best the US can hop for at the moment is that the incipient political violence can be contained. But it feels/looks more and more like Northern Ireland troubles level of discontent
Seeit, sayit, sorted (ah well)
June 11, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Seeit, sayit, sorted (ah well)
Doesn't he have a suit?
June 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Doesn't he have a suit?
So Katie and Stephen are speaking again?
June 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
So Katie and Stephen are speaking again?
But on the subject of re-reading the classics I’m just off Grapes of Wrath and Chapter 21 (“the Moving questing people were migrants now”) strikes so true in a way that it did not when I read it too long ago.
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
But on the subject of re-reading the classics I’m just off Grapes of Wrath and Chapter 21 (“the Moving questing people were migrants now”) strikes so true in a way that it did not when I read it too long ago.
It is not a novel of course but the project is novelistic and would be reflected in so many novels of that era
June 7, 2025 at 8:34 PM
It is not a novel of course but the project is novelistic and would be reflected in so many novels of that era
I think re-reading the recent canon is also important. I’m re-reading Svetlana Alexeivich’s Second Hand Time at the moment. It fascinated me at the time but how much more important is it to revisit he post Soviet record in the light of the current Russian conflicts
June 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I think re-reading the recent canon is also important. I’m re-reading Svetlana Alexeivich’s Second Hand Time at the moment. It fascinated me at the time but how much more important is it to revisit he post Soviet record in the light of the current Russian conflicts
I went to see Ballad of Wallis Island yesterday and it’s great. The shopkeeper (Sian Clifford) did few South Wales dialect jokes that only I seemed to get.
I loved especially(with fond memory)-
“It’s raining is it?”
I loved especially(with fond memory)-
“It’s raining is it?”
June 7, 2025 at 6:25 PM
I went to see Ballad of Wallis Island yesterday and it’s great. The shopkeeper (Sian Clifford) did few South Wales dialect jokes that only I seemed to get.
I loved especially(with fond memory)-
“It’s raining is it?”
I loved especially(with fond memory)-
“It’s raining is it?”
He hasn't read it, of course
June 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
He hasn't read it, of course
Has anybody made a comparative assessment of the strength of American vs Russian windows?
June 5, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Has anybody made a comparative assessment of the strength of American vs Russian windows?
Windows come before prison (he says cryptically)
June 5, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Windows come before prison (he says cryptically)
Narrator - the orange orangutan went HOT CHICKEN
May 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Narrator - the orange orangutan went HOT CHICKEN
And the tapes that live there
May 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
And the tapes that live there
As a UK citizen I’m grateful that even by our standards we don’t have any politician as stupid as this. She hasn’t even realised that if her orange overlord suspends habeas corpus he would no longer be able to deport anybody, on her reading
May 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
As a UK citizen I’m grateful that even by our standards we don’t have any politician as stupid as this. She hasn’t even realised that if her orange overlord suspends habeas corpus he would no longer be able to deport anybody, on her reading
So, per Noem, if her orange overlord suspends habeas corpus it suspends his right to deport people. Has anybody told him
May 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So, per Noem, if her orange overlord suspends habeas corpus it suspends his right to deport people. Has anybody told him