Philip Seargeant
@philipseargeant.bsky.social
Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Sociolinguist, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Sociolinguist, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Our ‘Radicals of Russell Square’ map on sale at Waterstones in Gower Street
May 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Our ‘Radicals of Russell Square’ map on sale at Waterstones in Gower Street
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‘The times we’re living in are dominated by rapid technological change, and much of this change is focused on how we communicate.’
@philipseargeant.bsky.social discusses how 21st-century developments in technology are changing the ways we communicate www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
@philipseargeant.bsky.social discusses how 21st-century developments in technology are changing the ways we communicate www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
May 13, 2025 at 8:14 AM
‘The times we’re living in are dominated by rapid technological change, and much of this change is focused on how we communicate.’
@philipseargeant.bsky.social discusses how 21st-century developments in technology are changing the ways we communicate www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
@philipseargeant.bsky.social discusses how 21st-century developments in technology are changing the ways we communicate www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...
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Listened to this yesterday - absolutely fascinating - as are all of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social podcasts. V interesting explanations of weird street names and distinctions between roads and streets.
Here's the link to last week's Word of Mouth, in which I discuss the language of street names with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Word of Mouth - Street Names - BBC Sounds
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 12, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Listened to this yesterday - absolutely fascinating - as are all of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social podcasts. V interesting explanations of weird street names and distinctions between roads and streets.
Here's the link to last week's Word of Mouth, in which I discuss the language of street names with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Word of Mouth - Street Names - BBC Sounds
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Here's the link to last week's Word of Mouth, in which I discuss the language of street names with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Street Names
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social talks to @philipseargeant.bsky.social from the Open University about where our street names come from, like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social talks to @philipseargeant.bsky.social from the Open University about where our street names come from, like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Street Names
Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 10, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Street Names
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social talks to @philipseargeant.bsky.social from the Open University about where our street names come from, like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Word of Mouth
BBC Radio 4
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social talks to @philipseargeant.bsky.social from the Open University about where our street names come from, like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane.
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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How are 21st-century developments in technology changing the very nature of language and the ways that we communicate with each other?
@philipseargeant.bsky.social, author of The Future of Language, provides a brief history of the future of human communication bit.ly/4merPmK
@philipseargeant.bsky.social, author of The Future of Language, provides a brief history of the future of human communication bit.ly/4merPmK
May 9, 2025 at 9:36 AM
How are 21st-century developments in technology changing the very nature of language and the ways that we communicate with each other?
@philipseargeant.bsky.social, author of The Future of Language, provides a brief history of the future of human communication bit.ly/4merPmK
@philipseargeant.bsky.social, author of The Future of Language, provides a brief history of the future of human communication bit.ly/4merPmK
To accompany the @openuniversity.bsky.social's collaboration with Radio 4's Word of Mouth with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, here's a short quiz about the bewildering world of idioms
connect.open.ac.uk/education-de...
connect.open.ac.uk/education-de...
connect.open.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 12:13 PM
To accompany the @openuniversity.bsky.social's collaboration with Radio 4's Word of Mouth with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, here's a short quiz about the bewildering world of idioms
connect.open.ac.uk/education-de...
connect.open.ac.uk/education-de...
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April 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM
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Podcast of Episode 4 of our #FreeSpeech and #Literature series - #Translation and #Censorship - is now available to listen. Translators Sawad Hussain and Monica Cure discussed taboos, cultural difference, banned words + more with Daria Chernysheva.
mklitfest.org/podcasts
@monicacure.bsky.social
mklitfest.org/podcasts
@monicacure.bsky.social
Podcasts | MK Lit Fest
Podcasts available from Milton Keynes Literary Festival.
mklitfest.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Podcast of Episode 4 of our #FreeSpeech and #Literature series - #Translation and #Censorship - is now available to listen. Translators Sawad Hussain and Monica Cure discussed taboos, cultural difference, banned words + more with Daria Chernysheva.
mklitfest.org/podcasts
@monicacure.bsky.social
mklitfest.org/podcasts
@monicacure.bsky.social
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Enjoying this morning's #R4moreorless about #freespeech? Join us online tonight as we look at free speech, #translation + #Censorship
www.mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social
Free Speech and Literature: Translation and Censorship with Sawad Hussain, Monica Cure and Daria Chernysheva | MK Lit Fest 2025
In this event, we explore literature in translation with a specific focus on censorship and free speech through the lens of two novels that both address these concerns: Liliana Corobca’s The Censor’s ...
www.mklitfest.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Enjoying this morning's #R4moreorless about #freespeech? Join us online tonight as we look at free speech, #translation + #Censorship
www.mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social
www.mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social
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Don't miss Translation and Censorship: Pt 4 of our #freespeech + #literature series, Mon 31/3.
Book (free/donations): mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social #translation #censorship #restlessbooks #7storiespress #translation #censorship
Book (free/donations): mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social #translation #censorship #restlessbooks #7storiespress #translation #censorship
Free Speech and Literature: Translation and Censorship with Sawad Hussain, Monica Cure and Daria Chernysheva | MK Lit Fest 2025
In this event, we explore literature in translation with a specific focus on censorship and free speech through the lens of two novels that both address these concerns: Liliana Corobca’s The Censor’s ...
mklitfest.org
March 29, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Don't miss Translation and Censorship: Pt 4 of our #freespeech + #literature series, Mon 31/3.
Book (free/donations): mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social #translation #censorship #restlessbooks #7storiespress #translation #censorship
Book (free/donations): mklitfest.org/translation
@oupolitics.bsky.social @monicacure.bsky.social @sawadhussain.bsky.social #translation #censorship #restlessbooks #7storiespress #translation #censorship
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The #podcast of Episode 3 of our #Freespeech and #literature series - Historical #CancelCulture - is now available. Charlotte Gordon talks to Jupiter Jones about #marywoolstonecraft, cancelled in the C18th. www.mklitfest.org/podcasts
#romanticoutlaws #openuniversity
@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
#romanticoutlaws #openuniversity
@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The #podcast of Episode 3 of our #Freespeech and #literature series - Historical #CancelCulture - is now available. Charlotte Gordon talks to Jupiter Jones about #marywoolstonecraft, cancelled in the C18th. www.mklitfest.org/podcasts
#romanticoutlaws #openuniversity
@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
#romanticoutlaws #openuniversity
@jupiterjonz.bsky.social
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I haven't seen Giant yet (am going in May) but this discussion with playwright Mark Rosenblatt is excellent, talking about (among other things) how and if Roald Dahl's antisemitism colours his own reading of the books.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...
Free Speech and Literature: Part 1 - Literature and Offence
MK Lit Fest · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I haven't seen Giant yet (am going in May) but this discussion with playwright Mark Rosenblatt is excellent, talking about (among other things) how and if Roald Dahl's antisemitism colours his own reading of the books.
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...
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“Maybe I’m thinking too much about the emoji. This is just the way people communicate these days, I understand. ... But the emoji are part and parcel of a set of exchanges that reveal a group of people play-acting at importance." - @slate.com slate.com/life/2025/03...
There’s One Part of the Signal Leak That I Can’t Get Out of My Head
This week, we found out our leaders are just more fools in a group chat.
slate.com
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 AM
“Maybe I’m thinking too much about the emoji. This is just the way people communicate these days, I understand. ... But the emoji are part and parcel of a set of exchanges that reveal a group of people play-acting at importance." - @slate.com slate.com/life/2025/03...
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Here's the podcast of the most recent event in our series on literature and free speech, run in collaboration with the @mklitfest.bsky.social
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Free Speech and Literature: Part 3 - Historical Cancel Culture
MK Lit Fest · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here's the podcast of the most recent event in our series on literature and free speech, run in collaboration with the @mklitfest.bsky.social
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Here's the podcast of the most recent event in our series on literature and free speech, run in collaboration with the @mklitfest.bsky.social
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Free Speech and Literature: Part 3 - Historical Cancel Culture
MK Lit Fest · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Here's the podcast of the most recent event in our series on literature and free speech, run in collaboration with the @mklitfest.bsky.social
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...
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#CancelCulture isn't new: #MaryWollstonecraft was cancelled in the 18th century. Join us online on Mon eve as Charlotte Gordon explains all to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social for our #FreeSpeech + #literature series.
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Free Speech and Literature: Historical Cancel Culture with Charlotte Gordon and Jupiter Jones | MK Lit Fest 2025
Charlotte Gordon, author of Radical Outlaws, talks to Jupiter Jones about the eighteenth-century writer and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and how after her untimely death, Wollstonecraft was effectivel...
mklitfest.org
March 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
#CancelCulture isn't new: #MaryWollstonecraft was cancelled in the 18th century. Join us online on Mon eve as Charlotte Gordon explains all to @jupiterjonz.bsky.social for our #FreeSpeech + #literature series.
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/historical-c...
#charlottegordon #feminism #radicaloutlaws
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Listen to our latest podcast as @juliahbell.bsky.social and @philipseargeant.bsky.social discuss #ai and #writing in the age of the #algorithm open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
Part of our on-going Free Speech + Literature series.
#freespeech #creativewiring #artificialintelligence
Part of our on-going Free Speech + Literature series.
#freespeech #creativewiring #artificialintelligence
Free Speech and Literature: Part 2 - Freedom of Expression in the Age of the Algorithm
MK Lit Fest · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Listen to our latest podcast as @juliahbell.bsky.social and @philipseargeant.bsky.social discuss #ai and #writing in the age of the #algorithm open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
Part of our on-going Free Speech + Literature series.
#freespeech #creativewiring #artificialintelligence
Part of our on-going Free Speech + Literature series.
#freespeech #creativewiring #artificialintelligence
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Our #freespeech and #literature series concludes with a panel of @akischilz.bsky.social @henrycporter.bsky.social Sabrina Mahfouz + Donall Mac Cathmhaoill at WaterstonesMK
on 11 April.
Info and tickets: mklitfest.org/free-speech-...
#miltonkeynes
on 11 April.
Info and tickets: mklitfest.org/free-speech-...
#miltonkeynes
Free Speech and the Politics of Literature | MK Lit Fest 2025
A series of online events with the Open University's Language, Literature and Politics research group, culminating in an in-person panel event at MK Lit Fest's April 2025 festival.
mklitfest.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Our #freespeech and #literature series concludes with a panel of @akischilz.bsky.social @henrycporter.bsky.social Sabrina Mahfouz + Donall Mac Cathmhaoill at WaterstonesMK
on 11 April.
Info and tickets: mklitfest.org/free-speech-...
#miltonkeynes
on 11 April.
Info and tickets: mklitfest.org/free-speech-...
#miltonkeynes
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The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Here's the podcast of my talk for @mklitfest.bsky.social with @juliahbell.bsky.social the other night on freedom of expression in the age of the algorithm
open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
Free Speech and Literature: Part 2 - Freedom of Expression in the Age of the Algorithm
MK Lit Fest · Episode
open.spotify.com
March 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Here's the podcast of my talk for @mklitfest.bsky.social with @juliahbell.bsky.social the other night on freedom of expression in the age of the algorithm
open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
open.spotify.com/episode/68r4...
The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
March 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome)
www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...
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Finally yours to own in paperback! Pre-order at bloomsbury.com/9781350538474
March 18, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Finally yours to own in paperback! Pre-order at bloomsbury.com/9781350538474
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For our event on Monday 17/3 with The Open University, @juliahbell.bsky.social discusses #freespeech and #algorithms with @philipseargeant.bsky.social
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
#ai #ArtificialInteligence #writers #fiction #creativewriting #Birkbeck @oupolitics.bsky.social
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
#ai #ArtificialInteligence #writers #fiction #creativewriting #Birkbeck @oupolitics.bsky.social
Free Speech and Literature: The Age of the Algorithm with Julia Bell | MK Lit Fest 2025
Writer and creative writing lecturer Julia Bell talks to the OU’s Philip Seargeant about how the implementation of AI impacts writers’ freedom of expression, covering topics from augmented writing app...
mklitfest.org
March 16, 2025 at 11:29 AM
For our event on Monday 17/3 with The Open University, @juliahbell.bsky.social discusses #freespeech and #algorithms with @philipseargeant.bsky.social
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
#ai #ArtificialInteligence #writers #fiction #creativewriting #Birkbeck @oupolitics.bsky.social
Tickets (free): mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...
#ai #ArtificialInteligence #writers #fiction #creativewriting #Birkbeck @oupolitics.bsky.social