Darryl Jones
@profdarryljones.bsky.social
Professor of Modern British Literature and Culture, Trinity College Dublin. M. R. James, H. G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle - and fountain pens.
Ah, go on then:
“Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.”
Ahem, who burgled the Louvre? Correct answers only.
“Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.”
Ahem, who burgled the Louvre? Correct answers only.
October 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Ah, go on then:
“Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.”
Ahem, who burgled the Louvre? Correct answers only.
“Who robbed the Louvre? Right answers only.”
Ahem, who burgled the Louvre? Correct answers only.
Look what finally arrived! Hooray!!
September 27, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Look what finally arrived! Hooray!!
We have a cover!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
September 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
We have a cover!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
“I have given you the room in the tower…”
August 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
“I have given you the room in the tower…”
I once gave a conference paper in which I gave a long reading of M. R. James’s ‘Mr Humphries and his Inheritance’ with this image behind me on PowerPoint. Nobody said anything.
August 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I once gave a conference paper in which I gave a long reading of M. R. James’s ‘Mr Humphries and his Inheritance’ with this image behind me on PowerPoint. Nobody said anything.
Further evidence for my prankster theory. “Curiousity”??!!!
August 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Further evidence for my prankster theory. “Curiousity”??!!!
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
July 29, 2025 at 6:25 AM
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2026. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
July 2025: Kaweco Sport Brass, with Montblanc Burgundy Red ink.
July 25, 2025 at 6:47 AM
July 2025: Kaweco Sport Brass, with Montblanc Burgundy Red ink.
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2025. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
July 23, 2025 at 9:13 PM
‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ will be published by Oxford University Press on 10 September 2025. Set your watches, mark your calendars, and spread the word!
And in case you need more detail: ‘This query specifically relates to the Rolling Stones bassist and his upcoming book.’
July 20, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And in case you need more detail: ‘This query specifically relates to the Rolling Stones bassist and his upcoming book.’
AI is never, ever wrong. It’s the future!
July 20, 2025 at 1:11 PM
AI is never, ever wrong. It’s the future!
‘To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.’ Happy Bloomsday!
June 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
‘To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.’ Happy Bloomsday!
‘I am unrepentant’, says Ezra Pound.
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 AM
‘I am unrepentant’, says Ezra Pound.
James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot listen in horror to Ezra Pound’s pro-Mussolini broadcast. What has he done?
June 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and T. S. Eliot listen in horror to Ezra Pound’s pro-Mussolini broadcast. What has he done?
New Year’s Eve 1922: James Joyce (in fancy dress as a policeman) and Gertrude Stein (dressed as Mama Cass) attempt to cheer up T. S. Eliot, who is suffering from ennui.
June 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
New Year’s Eve 1922: James Joyce (in fancy dress as a policeman) and Gertrude Stein (dressed as Mama Cass) attempt to cheer up T. S. Eliot, who is suffering from ennui.
James Joyce: the man and his music.
June 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
James Joyce: the man and his music.
June 2025: TWSBI Vac 700R, with Diamine Imperial Purple ink. #fountainpens
June 1, 2025 at 12:05 PM
June 2025: TWSBI Vac 700R, with Diamine Imperial Purple ink. #fountainpens
May 2025: Sheaffer Sagaris, with J. Herbin Perle Noire ink.
May 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
May 2025: Sheaffer Sagaris, with J. Herbin Perle Noire ink.
May 2025: Sheaffer Sagaris, with J. Herbin Perle Noire ink.
May 9, 2025 at 4:49 PM
May 2025: Sheaffer Sagaris, with J. Herbin Perle Noire ink.
April 2025: Wancher Pocacho, with Montblanc Toffee Brown ink.
April 25, 2025 at 8:12 AM
April 2025: Wancher Pocacho, with Montblanc Toffee Brown ink.
March 2025: Parker Duofold Centennial, with Waterman Serenity Blue ink.
March 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
March 2025: Parker Duofold Centennial, with Waterman Serenity Blue ink.
February 2025: Parker 51, with Montblanc Irish Green ink.
February 6, 2025 at 7:26 AM
February 2025: Parker 51, with Montblanc Irish Green ink.