Diane Purkiss
@janetanderson.bsky.social
I love books, reading, eating, cooking, and my French bulldog Bunty. I write history and I teach English at Oxford University.
It’s not a crystal ball. It’s much more complicated and potentially addictive and morally dangerous than that.
November 11, 2025 at 3:15 PM
It’s not a crystal ball. It’s much more complicated and potentially addictive and morally dangerous than that.
Tolkien would absolutely hate this, just as he detested the Nazis.
November 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Tolkien would absolutely hate this, just as he detested the Nazis.
Wah wah. My career is not going as well as I thought it would. The patriarchy is not my best friend after all. It must be the fault of younger women.
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Wah wah. My career is not going as well as I thought it would. The patriarchy is not my best friend after all. It must be the fault of younger women.
Thank you for posting this link. I wish I understood better how to access this site.
November 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Thank you for posting this link. I wish I understood better how to access this site.
Also because in the case of the BBC, they still feel as if it should belong to them and should be one of their assets.
November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Also because in the case of the BBC, they still feel as if it should belong to them and should be one of their assets.
Many of them do. Others are in it for the money and the fame and the freebies.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Many of them do. Others are in it for the money and the fame and the freebies.
While it’s not a conspiracy, there has been a lot of hissing from the sidelines that could be described as coordinated. Don’t underestimate how much they hate the BBC for not belonging to them.
November 11, 2025 at 9:15 AM
While it’s not a conspiracy, there has been a lot of hissing from the sidelines that could be described as coordinated. Don’t underestimate how much they hate the BBC for not belonging to them.
Those people have been gunning for the BBC for years. in almost daily articles in the times, the Telegraph, the daily mail, they have been trying to sow discontent. I am not saying the BBC is perfect – far from it – but I am saying that the right hates it with a particular intensity.
November 11, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Those people have been gunning for the BBC for years. in almost daily articles in the times, the Telegraph, the daily mail, they have been trying to sow discontent. I am not saying the BBC is perfect – far from it – but I am saying that the right hates it with a particular intensity.
Nowadays, it’s a euphemism for the superrich.
November 10, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Nowadays, it’s a euphemism for the superrich.