Lucy Seton-Watson
@lucysetonw.bsky.social
Native Londoner, long-time Cairene, now living DK. Citizen of Nowhere par excellence. Live by the written word. Lifelong close reader: originally Greek/Latin, then Wittgenstein, then medieval ceremonial architecture in Mamluk Cairo, now back to Eng Lit.
Why does Starmer do this? It is so cackhanded. Maccabi are aggressive provocative thugs. Muslims do have some rights in Britain.
October 17, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Why does Starmer do this? It is so cackhanded. Maccabi are aggressive provocative thugs. Muslims do have some rights in Britain.
August 23, 2025 at 7:02 PM
For many critics … Muslims in particular cannot be accommodated within the “Judeo-Christian” tradition that defines the west. Yet .. barely a century ago Jewish beliefs & practices were seen as being as incompatible with British values as many now deem Muslims to be.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
August 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
For many critics … Muslims in particular cannot be accommodated within the “Judeo-Christian” tradition that defines the west. Yet .. barely a century ago Jewish beliefs & practices were seen as being as incompatible with British values as many now deem Muslims to be.
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
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August 18, 2025 at 6:35 AM
Article continues:
August 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
August 16, 2025 at 7:00 AM
July 31, 2025 at 7:47 PM
“I am sorry to say this, but if my family doesn’t die in an Israeli military operation, we will die of hunger,” he said. “If this happens, please forgive us.”
on.ft.com/45cbl6L ‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
on.ft.com/45cbl6L ‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
July 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
“I am sorry to say this, but if my family doesn’t die in an Israeli military operation, we will die of hunger,” he said. “If this happens, please forgive us.”
on.ft.com/45cbl6L ‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
on.ft.com/45cbl6L ‘There is nothing to buy’: Gaza’s descent into mass starvation
Good article on the numbing effect of habitual -
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
July 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Good article on the numbing effect of habitual -
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
I Teach Creative Writing. This Is What A.I. Is Doing to Students. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/o...
June 29, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Israel’s defence minister is a preposterous booby.
June 19, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Israel’s defence minister is a preposterous booby.
Have begun listening to Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson as audiobook. Johnson is incredibly lovable. The indolence, the paralysis. Then checking the Wiki page, I find this:
June 19, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Have begun listening to Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson as audiobook. Johnson is incredibly lovable. The indolence, the paralysis. Then checking the Wiki page, I find this:
Washington Post at 19:30 GMT Tuesday: so far, 100 arrests in Los Angeles, *96 of which* are for failing to disperse. No protestor violence.
June 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Washington Post at 19:30 GMT Tuesday: so far, 100 arrests in Los Angeles, *96 of which* are for failing to disperse. No protestor violence.
This is from 22:00 UK time, Monday night. 50 arrests in total. Riots? Out of control? What do you think.
Clip is from WaPo.
Clip is from WaPo.
June 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is from 22:00 UK time, Monday night. 50 arrests in total. Riots? Out of control? What do you think.
Clip is from WaPo.
Clip is from WaPo.
May 13, 2025 at 8:22 PM
On Good Friday, the Pope said this:
April 21, 2025 at 3:02 PM
On Good Friday, the Pope said this:
Here’s another of his, in v bc the Ashmolean:
April 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Here’s another of his, in v bc the Ashmolean:
This is absolutely right. The international order, such as it was, *is* falling apart, & chaos *will* ensue.
And chaos means unpredictable conflict. Bad news.
on.ft.com/3RALgHW UK aid cuts are a ‘blow to Britain’s reputation’, David Miliband warns
And chaos means unpredictable conflict. Bad news.
on.ft.com/3RALgHW UK aid cuts are a ‘blow to Britain’s reputation’, David Miliband warns
April 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
This is absolutely right. The international order, such as it was, *is* falling apart, & chaos *will* ensue.
And chaos means unpredictable conflict. Bad news.
on.ft.com/3RALgHW UK aid cuts are a ‘blow to Britain’s reputation’, David Miliband warns
And chaos means unpredictable conflict. Bad news.
on.ft.com/3RALgHW UK aid cuts are a ‘blow to Britain’s reputation’, David Miliband warns
A toxic media is not harmless.
April 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A toxic media is not harmless.
Stephen Bush in FT today (needs no context):
February 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Stephen Bush in FT today (needs no context):
Reuters have re-posted their headline page from three years ago, to make the point.
February 19, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Reuters have re-posted their headline page from three years ago, to make the point.
“From there, Eden proposed that McMahon “should simply destroy Columbia University” — home, among other things, to one of the best medical schools in America — as a warning to other schools about the price of tolerating anti-Israel protest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
February 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“From there, Eden proposed that McMahon “should simply destroy Columbia University” — home, among other things, to one of the best medical schools in America — as a warning to other schools about the price of tolerating anti-Israel protest.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/o...