Tara Stubbs
@tmcstubbs.bsky.social
Prof in Modern and Contemporary Lit at OUDCE (Oxford), Fellow of kelloggoxford.bsky.social, Senior Fellow @raioxford.bsky.social, member of @engfac.bsky.social, @britishacademy.bsky.social Innovation Fellow 2023-2025.
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Tara Stubbs
@tmcstubbs.bsky.social
· Jan 17
You can now access my podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', on most podcast channels - just search by title...
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Restaurants are so called because the first restaurateurs served "restorative bouillons" (their patrons were the bone-broth aficionados of the eighteenth century). It's very hard to get rich in the restaurant business. This still made me laugh.
From an anonymous account (I Louvre Art Memes) on FB.
From an anonymous account (I Louvre Art Memes) on FB.
April 7, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Restaurants are so called because the first restaurateurs served "restorative bouillons" (their patrons were the bone-broth aficionados of the eighteenth century). It's very hard to get rich in the restaurant business. This still made me laugh.
From an anonymous account (I Louvre Art Memes) on FB.
From an anonymous account (I Louvre Art Memes) on FB.
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Meta have stolen the work of 1000s of writers to train their AI. All of my books were included in their illegal action.
Today UK authors are protesting against this theft.
Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment.
#DoTheWriteThing
Today UK authors are protesting against this theft.
Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment.
#DoTheWriteThing
April 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Meta have stolen the work of 1000s of writers to train their AI. All of my books were included in their illegal action.
Today UK authors are protesting against this theft.
Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment.
#DoTheWriteThing
Today UK authors are protesting against this theft.
Copyright law is clear: to use a creator’s copyrighted work, you need to get permission and agree payment.
#DoTheWriteThing
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Here’s a poem called ‘Prayer for Uninteresting Times’.
April 1, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘Prayer for Uninteresting Times’.
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I work with Red Balloon teaching young people who've suffered trauma. Some staff are running the Northstowe Half Marathon to help raise funds for more therapeutic spaces in the centre, so we can keep on supporting our students and their wellbeing. We’d be very grateful if you’re able to support us!
Buddy is helping with the training for the Northstowe Half Marathon and Red Balloon 5k. You can sponsor them all here: www.justgiving.com/page/sarah-d...
or sign up for the 5k yourself by visiting northstowehalf.co.uk
or sign up for the 5k yourself by visiting northstowehalf.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I work with Red Balloon teaching young people who've suffered trauma. Some staff are running the Northstowe Half Marathon to help raise funds for more therapeutic spaces in the centre, so we can keep on supporting our students and their wellbeing. We’d be very grateful if you’re able to support us!
You can also celebrate world poetry day by listening to my podcast (Demystifying Poetry). Brian B is episode 2.
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Happy World Poetry Day to all who celebrate. If you’re interested in writing poetry yourself, I hope this poem will be of some use.
March 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
You can also celebrate world poetry day by listening to my podcast (Demystifying Poetry). Brian B is episode 2.
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dem...
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dem...
This is how I'm feeling today, but when I was more awake I recorded 6 episodes of 'Demystifying Poetry', all of which you can listen to now (where you get your podcasts). And Please consider leaving a review, as I'd love to record 6 more 😀. Do you like the mix of guests, or would you mix it up more?
February 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
This is how I'm feeling today, but when I was more awake I recorded 6 episodes of 'Demystifying Poetry', all of which you can listen to now (where you get your podcasts). And Please consider leaving a review, as I'd love to record 6 more 😀. Do you like the mix of guests, or would you mix it up more?
The 6th & final (sob) ep of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out. I talk to poetry educator & anthologist Liz Ison about reading poetry in care homes & pubs, Keats, & Taylor Swift. If you've enjoyed the series I'd be grateful for a review as I'd love to record more! open.spotify.com/episode/7tlk...
Liz Ison
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February 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The 6th & final (sob) ep of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out. I talk to poetry educator & anthologist Liz Ison about reading poetry in care homes & pubs, Keats, & Taylor Swift. If you've enjoyed the series I'd be grateful for a review as I'd love to record more! open.spotify.com/episode/7tlk...
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Ep. 5 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out: a fascinating chat with Dr Carol Jacobi, Curator of British Art, 1850-1915, at Tate Britain, about the 2023 exhibition 'The Rossettis', which combined poetry and paintings. Hope you enjoy! Listen where you get your podcasts. creators.spotify.com/pod/dashboar...
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February 12, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Ep. 5 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out: a fascinating chat with Dr Carol Jacobi, Curator of British Art, 1850-1915, at Tate Britain, about the 2023 exhibition 'The Rossettis', which combined poetry and paintings. Hope you enjoy! Listen where you get your podcasts. creators.spotify.com/pod/dashboar...
open.spotify.com/episode/40UJ... Ep 4 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out. I talk to the wonderful poet jsaphra.bsky.social about forms, a poet's 'home form', and poetry as activism. Listeners may be able to solve the mystery of just who sent Jacqueline's '100 Lockdown Sonnets' to my home address...
Jacqueline Saphra
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February 5, 2025 at 4:20 PM
open.spotify.com/episode/40UJ... Ep 4 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is out. I talk to the wonderful poet jsaphra.bsky.social about forms, a poet's 'home form', and poetry as activism. Listeners may be able to solve the mystery of just who sent Jacqueline's '100 Lockdown Sonnets' to my home address...
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I tried to write a love poem but stupidly left Autocorrect on. :-(
January 31, 2025 at 12:32 PM
I tried to write a love poem but stupidly left Autocorrect on. :-(
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Need a break from the news cycle? Close your eyes and listen to Oxford's lovely @tmcstubbs.bsky.social and me talk about the important things - like poetry & caregiving. #DemystifyingPoetry
Episode 3 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is up.Find it on Youtube, or where you get your Podcasts. I talk to my colleague at Oxford Brookes, @preraphsrule.bsky.social, about poetry and care, and Christina Rossetti.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJa_ECjDCc&list=PLtOzb8gGEpTsJmkwCKHsHwprLcPCaeFcn&index=2
Dinah Roe
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January 30, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Need a break from the news cycle? Close your eyes and listen to Oxford's lovely @tmcstubbs.bsky.social and me talk about the important things - like poetry & caregiving. #DemystifyingPoetry
Thank you so much!
This is a really fine episode of a great podcast.
A new episode of 'Demystifying Poetry' has dropped, with the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social Find it wherever you get your podcasts. This is a street I found by chance today- in Wolverhampton where I went to an exhibition. Hope you enjoy- I loved this one!
January 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Thank you so much!
Episode 3 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is up.Find it on Youtube, or where you get your Podcasts. I talk to my colleague at Oxford Brookes, @preraphsrule.bsky.social, about poetry and care, and Christina Rossetti.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJa_ECjDCc&list=PLtOzb8gGEpTsJmkwCKHsHwprLcPCaeFcn&index=2
Dinah Roe
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January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Episode 3 of 'Demystifying Poetry' is up.Find it on Youtube, or where you get your Podcasts. I talk to my colleague at Oxford Brookes, @preraphsrule.bsky.social, about poetry and care, and Christina Rossetti.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJa_ECjDCc&list=PLtOzb8gGEpTsJmkwCKHsHwprLcPCaeFcn&index=2
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I edited this superb podcast. Have a listen here, or search wherever you find your podcasts. Latest episode is with the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dem...
January 28, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I edited this superb podcast. Have a listen here, or search wherever you find your podcasts. Latest episode is with the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social creators.spotify.com/pod/show/dem...
Chuffed at the reviews so far for 'Demystifying Poetry' & for 5 stars... wherever you get your podcasts @brianbilston.bsky.social
January 25, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Chuffed at the reviews so far for 'Demystifying Poetry' & for 5 stars... wherever you get your podcasts @brianbilston.bsky.social
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I’m done dating humans. I’ve got a better idea—
January 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
I’m done dating humans. I’ve got a better idea—
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Nearly there now - just a few hundred more days to go.
January 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nearly there now - just a few hundred more days to go.
A new episode of 'Demystifying Poetry' has dropped, with the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social Find it wherever you get your podcasts. This is a street I found by chance today- in Wolverhampton where I went to an exhibition. Hope you enjoy- I loved this one!
January 22, 2025 at 4:39 PM
A new episode of 'Demystifying Poetry' has dropped, with the brilliant @brianbilston.bsky.social Find it wherever you get your podcasts. This is a street I found by chance today- in Wolverhampton where I went to an exhibition. Hope you enjoy- I loved this one!
You can now access my podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', on most podcast channels - just search by title...
January 17, 2025 at 4:15 PM
You can now access my podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', on most podcast channels - just search by title...
Reposted by Tara Stubbs
This is really good. And I wasn't expecting laugh out loud moments. As to the 'crowd of stars' - the skies were darker then, little light pollution, so the heavens would be wall to wall stars, a starry screen, that could not be seen through, to where (her) 'Love fled'. So perhaps death is present?
January 16, 2025 at 3:15 PM
This is really good. And I wasn't expecting laugh out loud moments. As to the 'crowd of stars' - the skies were darker then, little light pollution, so the heavens would be wall to wall stars, a starry screen, that could not be seen through, to where (her) 'Love fled'. So perhaps death is present?
My new podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', is out! 1 episode each Wed. Week 1 I'm talking to Deb Alma of the Poetry Pharmacy. open.spotify.com/episode/3HvY... Thank you to @britishacademy.bsky.social and to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @kelloggoxford.bsky.social
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January 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
My new podcast, 'Demystifying Poetry', is out! 1 episode each Wed. Week 1 I'm talking to Deb Alma of the Poetry Pharmacy. open.spotify.com/episode/3HvY... Thank you to @britishacademy.bsky.social and to @poetrypharmacy.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @kelloggoxford.bsky.social