Neil Sammells
@sam678.bsky.social
Editor, Irish Studies Review. Emeritus Professor of English and Irish Literature.
Published today. I’m in there somewhere, in distinguished company. Indispensable if not, alas, inexpensive…https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-oscar-wilde-9780192866950?cc=gb&lang=en&
September 9, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Published today. I’m in there somewhere, in distinguished company. Indispensable if not, alas, inexpensive…https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-oscar-wilde-9780192866950?cc=gb&lang=en&
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Twitter is mostly people shouting at each other. Bluesky appears populated by groups of academics huddling together for solace and safety, and talking to themselves ( though not much to each other…).
November 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Twitter is mostly people shouting at each other. Bluesky appears populated by groups of academics huddling together for solace and safety, and talking to themselves ( though not much to each other…).
I didn’t expect to like A Complete Unknown, but…
February 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I didn’t expect to like A Complete Unknown, but…
I went to see Stoppard’s ‘The Invention of Love’ at the Hampstead Theatre. I was expecting a gruelling evening, despite Wilde’s appearance as a ghost. In fact it was…brilliant.
January 8, 2025 at 7:23 PM
I went to see Stoppard’s ‘The Invention of Love’ at the Hampstead Theatre. I was expecting a gruelling evening, despite Wilde’s appearance as a ghost. In fact it was…brilliant.
Angst Postecoglou…
December 22, 2024 at 5:51 PM
Angst Postecoglou…
Elmore Leonard’s advice to all aspiring novelists: ‘Never start with the weather.’
December 7, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Elmore Leonard’s advice to all aspiring novelists: ‘Never start with the weather.’
Hot off the press…
November 26, 2024 at 3:36 PM
Hot off the press…
Should we not counter the Haka with…Morris Dancing?
November 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Should we not counter the Haka with…Morris Dancing?
Trump is setting a trap with these deliberately provocative appointments: designed to provoke outrage and attempts to block them, and him. His opponents will then be accused of thwarting the Will of the People. Does this sound familiar…?
November 15, 2024 at 5:04 PM
Trump is setting a trap with these deliberately provocative appointments: designed to provoke outrage and attempts to block them, and him. His opponents will then be accused of thwarting the Will of the People. Does this sound familiar…?
Incidentally, to ‘protest against’ is a useful if threatened phrase. You might protest your innocence, but protest against something you abhor…
November 14, 2024 at 3:20 PM
Incidentally, to ‘protest against’ is a useful if threatened phrase. You might protest your innocence, but protest against something you abhor…
Who was it that said, ‘When the herd moves, it moves?’…?
November 14, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Who was it that said, ‘When the herd moves, it moves?’…?
If you would like to review this, please email i.studies@bathspa.ac.uk.
November 13, 2024 at 2:07 PM
If you would like to review this, please email i.studies@bathspa.ac.uk.
Twitter is mostly people shouting at each other. Bluesky appears populated by groups of academics huddling together for solace and safety, and talking to themselves ( though not much to each other…).
November 10, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Twitter is mostly people shouting at each other. Bluesky appears populated by groups of academics huddling together for solace and safety, and talking to themselves ( though not much to each other…).
Highly recommended…
November 9, 2024 at 7:31 PM
Highly recommended…
Try this. With something by me on Oscar Wilde…
November 9, 2024 at 2:31 PM
Try this. With something by me on Oscar Wilde…
If you haven’t seen it…
November 9, 2024 at 2:29 PM
If you haven’t seen it…
Celebrity endorsements? Do me a favour. Why would you vote for someone supported by people who appear to have everything, when you think you have a lot less…?
November 9, 2024 at 2:04 PM
Celebrity endorsements? Do me a favour. Why would you vote for someone supported by people who appear to have everything, when you think you have a lot less…?
Splendid dinner at conference for Wilde’s 170th, organised by Italian Oscar Wilde Society in Pisa. Thanks for the invitation and the company.
November 8, 2024 at 9:04 PM
Splendid dinner at conference for Wilde’s 170th, organised by Italian Oscar Wilde Society in Pisa. Thanks for the invitation and the company.
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The Office for Students employs 461 staff! I have never met anyone in the sector who has a good word to say about it, or can name a single thing it's done that's been effective. What a joke. apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8376?t...
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November 8, 2024 at 3:55 PM
The Office for Students employs 461 staff! I have never met anyone in the sector who has a good word to say about it, or can name a single thing it's done that's been effective. What a joke. apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8376?t...
The current West End Godot is rather disappointing. Not enough stylisation and too much ‘acting’…
November 7, 2024 at 10:17 PM
The current West End Godot is rather disappointing. Not enough stylisation and too much ‘acting’…