James Loxley
@oldnorthroad.bsky.social
English Lit prof based in Edinburgh. Bisexual English Scot - volatile organic compound - he/they. Roundhead in politics, Cavalier in spirit. Small room dj.
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Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
Shakespeare
www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Hundreds, perhaps thousands of the fallen of WWI were buried with epitaphs drawn from Shakespearean. A selection can be found here: www.epitaphsofthegreatwar.com/tag/shakespe...
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
None more haunting than the inscription for Alfred Dunne (aged 17)
O MONSTROUS WORLD
TO BE DIRECT AND HONEST
IS NOT SAFE
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Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Today is the OFFICIAL publication day for TEXTILE SHAKESPEARE! Please indulge me: I want to say a little (perhaps rather a lot) about it and share my acknowledgements - and a discount code! Appropriately,🧵1/10
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A radio programme like the Shipping Forecast but it’s called Bin Day and it just reads out every single council in the country’s bin schedule
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1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Michael Prescott of Hanover Communications, whose leaked memo alleging left-wing bias led to the BBC meltdown.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
You could be forgiven for thinking that a corporate lobbyist & former Murdoch press hack may not have the best interests of public-service broadcasting at heart.
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Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Michael D Higgins leaving office this evening to make way for his successor, Michael E Higgins
Jesus. She’s actually proud of this?
Emily Maitlis admitting she worked at the bbc to try and get healthcare for trans people shut down
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Jesus. She’s actually proud of this?
Disco Express tunes are uniformly awesome. Guaranteed to kick any party up a level.
New & Notable: A look back at the last five-years of the aptly named label The Disco Express: gigantic grooves, bubbling keys, & scorching, soulful vocals.
TDE100: 100th Release Special, by The Disco Express
15 track album
thediscoexpress.bandcamp.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Disco Express tunes are uniformly awesome. Guaranteed to kick any party up a level.
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Post a non religious photo you think of as holy
November 10, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Post a non religious photo you think of as holy
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
November 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Trump Threatens To Sue BBC Over Misleading Edit Of ‘The Vicar Of Dibley’ https://theonion.com/trump-threatens-to-sue-bbc-over-misleading-edit-of-the-vicar-of-dibley/
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The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
It takes an obscene amount of hubris to lecture the BBC when you have The Telegraph’s record on truth-telling.
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
Some of the paper’s errors this year are so bad they’re almost laughable 👇🏻
The Telegraph’s BBC hypocrisy
A paper that knows a thing or two about editorial f*ck-ups...
writesbright.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:06 PM
The Telegraph had to correct its multiple lies about "illegal immigrants" in London at least three separate times.
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Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Michael Prescott's report makes vital points about the importance of being accurate, and also how difficult that is. For instance, he describes himself as having been Political Editor of the Sunday Times for 10 years, which is not what the Guardian reported when he left the job.
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it's that time of the month again
The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, October 2025
Our guide to the month's crucial electronic LPs.
daily.bandcamp.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
it's that time of the month again
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Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
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was tim davie wearing a poppy when he resigned
November 9, 2025 at 9:42 PM
was tim davie wearing a poppy when he resigned
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The British press, ladies and gentlemen
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
The British press, ladies and gentlemen
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Floella Benjamin for DG.
November 9, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Floella Benjamin for DG.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
No more noble British tradition than resigning over some nonsense everyone is only pretending to be angry about rather than all of the actually bad things you've done.
The fact that the right wing press is now coming for Tory appointees to the public service broadcaster demonstrates precisely how far right they have gone. Overton window exiting stage left (audience right), pursued by a bunch of howling Nazis.
BREAKING: BBC director-general Tim Davie has resigned, the corporation has announced
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
Read here: www.thenational.scot/news/2...
November 9, 2025 at 6:35 PM
The fact that the right wing press is now coming for Tory appointees to the public service broadcaster demonstrates precisely how far right they have gone. Overton window exiting stage left (audience right), pursued by a bunch of howling Nazis.
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Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
A 40-fold surge in cases and the litigation infrastructure behind it
ajustsociety.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Who's Funding the War on Trans Inclusion?
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
“The stated goal of strategic litigation is rarely to win every case. It’s to make the target behaviour—in this case, implementing trans-inclusive policies—expensive, risky, and exhausting”
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A special event is to be held at the Scottish Parliament this week to celebrate how Ukrainians are enriching the cultural life of Scotland
Cultural impact of Ukrainians who sought refuge in Scotland to be celebrated
www.thenational.scot
November 8, 2025 at 9:30 PM
A special event is to be held at the Scottish Parliament this week to celebrate how Ukrainians are enriching the cultural life of Scotland
Like how they’re calling this election ‘the Mamdani incident’. Makes it sound like the Gulf of Tonkin or the War of Jenkin’s Ear.
First Israeli reporter I've seen comment on the NYC race
November 8, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Like how they’re calling this election ‘the Mamdani incident’. Makes it sound like the Gulf of Tonkin or the War of Jenkin’s Ear.