Jonathan Ervine
@jonathanervine.bsky.social
Senior lecturer in French at Bangor University. Author of 'Humour in Contemporary France' and publications about comedy, cinema and sport in France. From Scotland and powered by porridge. https://linktr.ee/jonathan_ervine
I'm really enjoying this new book about iconic French football club Red Star.
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I'm really enjoying this new book about iconic French football club Red Star.
Enjoyed listening to this and looking forward to reading the book
NEW PODCAST 🎙️
My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, whose new book covers his search for the soul of football.
Topics include:
🇫🇷 Red Star (Paris)
🇩🇪 Babelsberg
🇮🇹 Refugee football in Napoli
...and much more...
Download/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Here's a taster...
My guest is BBC journalist @alexbysouth.bsky.social, whose new book covers his search for the soul of football.
Topics include:
🇫🇷 Red Star (Paris)
🇩🇪 Babelsberg
🇮🇹 Refugee football in Napoli
...and much more...
Download/subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
Here's a taster...
November 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Enjoyed listening to this and looking forward to reading the book
Enjoyed a stroll around Caernarfon
November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Enjoyed a stroll around Caernarfon
Enjoyed starting the day by heading out into the Ogwen Valley on this week's long run.
November 6, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Enjoyed starting the day by heading out into the Ogwen Valley on this week's long run.
Enjoyed another visit to the National Football Museum in Manchester this week, especially their exhibition Black in the Game. It tells a fascinating story of the history of players of black heritage in UK football.
November 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Enjoyed another visit to the National Football Museum in Manchester this week, especially their exhibition Black in the Game. It tells a fascinating story of the history of players of black heritage in UK football.
An archive image of Halloween 1985 in North East Fife
November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
An archive image of Halloween 1985 in North East Fife
Older son's homework for next week includes creating a booklet about the Beatles. There are currently a few blank pages. I've suggested he just submits it as it is and says they're his tribute to the White Album.
November 2, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Older son's homework for next week includes creating a booklet about the Beatles. There are currently a few blank pages. I've suggested he just submits it as it is and says they're his tribute to the White Album.
Never seen a trick-or-treater dressed as a supermarket delivery person before. Offered him some sweets and said "great costume". Turned it was the guy delivering our groceries.
October 31, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Never seen a trick-or-treater dressed as a supermarket delivery person before. Offered him some sweets and said "great costume". Turned it was the guy delivering our groceries.
I recently wrote a blog article about legacies of colonialism in contemporary French sports films. I discussed some of the themes which feature in my upcoming book French Sports Films: Visions of Masculinity. Read it here:
cinemasocialjustice.org/2025/10/28/d...
cinemasocialjustice.org/2025/10/28/d...
Dreams of integration and legacies of colonialism in French sports films
Jonathan Ervine The way in which contemporary French sports films depict social justice issues is evolving. Not as many are based on the exploits of stereotypically macho males; an increasing amoun…
cinemasocialjustice.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:40 AM
I recently wrote a blog article about legacies of colonialism in contemporary French sports films. I discussed some of the themes which feature in my upcoming book French Sports Films: Visions of Masculinity. Read it here:
cinemasocialjustice.org/2025/10/28/d...
cinemasocialjustice.org/2025/10/28/d...
Today I'll be talking about Uncle Roger in a class about humour and global food.
a man in an orange shirt is sitting in front of a laptop with the word fuiyoh written on his arm
ALT: a man in an orange shirt is sitting in front of a laptop with the word fuiyoh written on his arm
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October 28, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today I'll be talking about Uncle Roger in a class about humour and global food.
2026 Tour de France route features locations associated with different sports. Opening stage in Barcelona finishes next to 1992 Olympic Stadium, and stage 12 starts at iconic motor racing circuit Magny-Cours. Several stages in Alps near areas associated with skiing too.
Tour de France 2026 : tout savoir sur le parcours de la 113e édition
Tour de France 2026 : tout savoir sur le parcours de la 113e édition
Le peloton cycliste s’élancera de Barcelone, en Espagne, pour retrouver, trois semaines plus tard, les Champs-Elysées, lieu traditionnel de l’arrivée de l’épreuve. Le parcours sera marqué par deux arrivées consécutives au sommet de l’Alpe d’Huez, lors des 19ᵉ et 20ᵉ étapes.
www.lemonde.fr
October 23, 2025 at 11:09 AM
2026 Tour de France route features locations associated with different sports. Opening stage in Barcelona finishes next to 1992 Olympic Stadium, and stage 12 starts at iconic motor racing circuit Magny-Cours. Several stages in Alps near areas associated with skiing too.
Really interesting discussion in France Culture's 8am news bulletin about why AI wasn't used in translation of new Astérix album 'Astérix en Lusitanie' as well as what AI can and can't translate (13:08-15:10): www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
La Pologne se prépare à des raids aériens russes
Depuis le survol des drones russes au mois de septembre dans leur espace aérien, les Polonais se préparent à l'éventualité d'une attaque aérienne.
www.radiofrance.fr
October 23, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Really interesting discussion in France Culture's 8am news bulletin about why AI wasn't used in translation of new Astérix album 'Astérix en Lusitanie' as well as what AI can and can't translate (13:08-15:10): www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...
When is it acceptable to start telling Christmas cracker jokes in class? Asking for a friend.
October 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
When is it acceptable to start telling Christmas cracker jokes in class? Asking for a friend.
Reposted by Jonathan Ervine
‘Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here.´
At last a thoughtful and fair argument by Jonathan Liew.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At last a thoughtful and fair argument by Jonathan Liew.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Standing with Maccabi’s football hooligans against local police – is that what patriotism looks like now? | Jonathan Liew
Tommy Robinson is said to be going to Villa Park as a Maccabi Tel Aviv fan. Do the politicians jumping on this bandwagon care what they are doing, asks Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
October 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
‘Choosing to stand with the far-right foreign football hooligan against the local police force: this, apparently, is what British patriotism looks like in 2025. Truly, we are through the looking-glass here.´
At last a thoughtful and fair argument by Jonathan Liew.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At last a thoughtful and fair argument by Jonathan Liew.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It was a pleasure to chair a session about football and identity in Bangor and North Wales at recent Bangor History Festival. Great to see football being included among the topics covered.
October 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
It was a pleasure to chair a session about football and identity in Bangor and North Wales at recent Bangor History Festival. Great to see football being included among the topics covered.
"Pas ça Zinédine, pas aujourd'hui, pas après tout ce que tu as fait!"
October 15, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"Pas ça Zinédine, pas aujourd'hui, pas après tout ce que tu as fait!"
Reposted by Jonathan Ervine
Mae hi wedi bod yn wych croesawu ymwelwyr i'r diwrnod agored heddiw! / It's been great welcoming visitors to today's open day!
October 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Mae hi wedi bod yn wych croesawu ymwelwyr i'r diwrnod agored heddiw! / It's been great welcoming visitors to today's open day!
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October 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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Paris Saint-Germain's largest club shop is located within the Stade Jean Bouin. This is across the road from their own ground the Parc des Princes, at the stadium where Paris FC now play their home games #FridayFrenchFootballFact
October 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Paris Saint-Germain's largest club shop is located within the Stade Jean Bouin. This is across the road from their own ground the Parc des Princes, at the stadium where Paris FC now play their home games #FridayFrenchFootballFact
New world record for fastest time to reach second floor of Eiffel Tower on a mountain bike...
See this Instagram post by @toureiffelofficielle www.instagram.com/reel/DPWlZqE...
See this Instagram post by @toureiffelofficielle www.instagram.com/reel/DPWlZqE...
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October 7, 2025 at 1:48 PM
New world record for fastest time to reach second floor of Eiffel Tower on a mountain bike...
See this Instagram post by @toureiffelofficielle www.instagram.com/reel/DPWlZqE...
See this Instagram post by @toureiffelofficielle www.instagram.com/reel/DPWlZqE...
Si les JO revenaient à Paris en 2124, à quoi se ressembleraient-t-ils? L'Equipe essaie d'apporter une réponse... www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/...
On a très sérieusement imaginé les Jeux de Paris 2124
Cent ans après les JO de Paris 2024, OlympiA 2124 a consacré dans la Ville Lumière un nouveau concept de plateforme du sport susceptible de réunifier sous une même bannière des compétitions et des pra...
www.lequipe.fr
October 7, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Si les JO revenaient à Paris en 2124, à quoi se ressembleraient-t-ils? L'Equipe essaie d'apporter une réponse... www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/...
I'm watching coverage of Monaco against Nice. These were the two closest together teams in Ligue 1 before Paris FC were promoted last season and moved into a stadium across the road from Paris Saint-Germain.
October 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
I'm watching coverage of Monaco against Nice. These were the two closest together teams in Ligue 1 before Paris FC were promoted last season and moved into a stadium across the road from Paris Saint-Germain.
Time to review the proofs of my forthcoming book...
October 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Time to review the proofs of my forthcoming book...
Really looking forward to this year's @footballcollective.bsky.social conference in Belfast, always a great event. This year I'm presenting a paper entitled 'Scoundrels, exploiters and victims: football agents in French sports films'. www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/f...
The Football Collective Conference 2025
The Football Collective's 2025 Conference will be hosted by Ulster University's Research Centre for Sport in Society.
www.ulster.ac.uk
September 30, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Really looking forward to this year's @footballcollective.bsky.social conference in Belfast, always a great event. This year I'm presenting a paper entitled 'Scoundrels, exploiters and victims: football agents in French sports films'. www.ulster.ac.uk/conference/f...
Ready for the start of a new academic year...
September 29, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Ready for the start of a new academic year...