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Michael Bacon
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Senior lecturer in political theory, Royal Holloway, University of London.
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Ah! Good morning, reality. And welcome. We’ve been expecting you…
FT graph showing massive UK public support for the opinion that it was wrong to vote to leave the EU.
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 AM
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I was delighted to talk to journalist Julie Henry about what it was like to spend three years in psychoanalysis as a child.

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September 29, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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I am very sad to learn of the passing of Rodney Barker. A wonderfully engaging and supportive teacher, and one of the kindest people I've had the good fortune to know.

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Rodney Barker (1942-2025) - LSE Government Blog
Professor Paul Kelly pays tribute to an influential scholar, committed teacher and distinctive thinker who left a lasting impact on his department and students. It is with great sadness that we announ...
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June 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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June 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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Pragmatism and psychoanalysis in Bloomsbury. With @roberttalisse.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Leverhulme Research Fellow @michaelbacon.bsky.social writes back back to his therapist in a critical study of the theory and practice of child psychoanalysis. www.flipsnack.com/leverhulmetr... @royalholloway.bsky.social
Screenshot of newsletter page. Title: Analysing my analyst: the conduct of child psychoanalysis. Image: A paint-by-numbers canvas with pink and red flowers, open paint pots and two paint brushes.
May 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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I am very grateful to @leverhulme.ac.uk for awarding me a Research Followship to research a project on psychoanalysis. @aeon.co @rhulpir.bsky.social @philosophyrhul.bsky.social @melaniekleintrust.bsky.social

For details, please p. 5 of the Trust’s newsletter:

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Leverhulme Trust Newsletter - May 2025
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May 23, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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May 23, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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We relaunched Psyche magazine! psyche.co
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May 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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A short essay by me on pragmatism.
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To resist dogma and accept uncertainty, think like a pragmatist | Psyche Ideas
Founded in 19th-century America, the philosophy of pragmatism promises imaginative ways of coping with our circumstances
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April 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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1850.
April 4, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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Pleased that my essay on psychoanalysis is being discussed in a workshop today.

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‘Power and Autonomy’ in the Consulting Room | Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy
Members only event. SIP Ethics and Professional Standards Committee invites full SIP members to this workshop which explores issues of power and autonomy in clinical settings, in supervision, and in t...
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March 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Secret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nurses

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Secret files reveal 1 in 3 hospitals in England missing 10% of nurses
After a ten-month battle, Channel 4 News’ FactCheck team has obtained NHS data revealing 1 in 3 of England's hospitals are missing at least 10% of their planned-for nurses across their wards.
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March 20, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Join us online on Friday 5pm-6pm for the launch of our former PhD student, Gozde Hussain's book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism"
Dr Hussain will be joined by @jseglow.bsky.social and Prof Mohammad Fadel from the University of Toronto
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A book front cover which is mainly made up of an image of a modernist tower block with glass windows in the background and a minaret in the foreground. In the centre is the title of the book "Islamic Doctrines and Political Liberalism: Muslim's Sincere Support". Underneath this is the author's name: Gozde Hussain. The publisher's name, Palgrave Macmillan, is in the bottom right corner. The title of the book series "The Modern Muslim World" is in the top right corner.
January 27, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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RIP David Lodge.
January 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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I was delighted to be invited to talk at Sapienza University of Rome this week on the politics of analytic philosophy.
December 18, 2024 at 4:34 PM
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I’m so glad Aeon found a way to use this picture for my article. It’s of Kathy Wilkes, taken by the secret police.
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How a Cold War underground university smuggled in Western ideas | Aeon Essays
During the Cold War, Oxford philosophers worked together to aid dissidents behind the Iron Curtain. I was one of them
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November 29, 2024 at 11:03 AM
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I was very pleased to be invited to talk about misinformation at Ofcom’s Making Sense of Media conference yesterday — alongside @morrischris.bsky.social of Full Fact and Richard Burgess from the BBC.
Three panellists (me, Chris Morris from Full Fact and Richard Burgess from the BBC) are talking on a stage.
November 28, 2024 at 5:51 PM
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The complete trilogy. I guess I had something I needed to get off my chest....
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 PM
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Boris Johnson has made the claim now in French that the UK* got vaccines faster thanks to Brexit.

This is incorrect.

*he says Angleterre but let’s assume he means UK
November 21, 2024 at 10:09 AM
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The philosopher Richard Rorty predicted the rise of Trump in 1997.

'... something will crack. The nonsuburban electorate will decide that the system has failed and start looking around for a strongman to vote for...'
November 17, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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A thought for the next 4 years.
November 13, 2024 at 2:02 PM