Erstwhile Professor. M.A. (St Andrews) Ph.D. (Leeds). Woke Shakespeare (editor). Epistolary Novel: Class and Cloister https://teapawt.org/t.co/1AvrQszw7g
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Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
The Emperor has no clothes.
Incompetent, a liar, a narcissist, a convicted felon, pro-Putin, and he's in the Epstein Files.
Many Americans (incl. members of Congress) have absolutely no problem with any of this. If you do, you should probably vote. #Midterms2026 #USA
ALT US President Donald Trump Photo credit: Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
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'Famous man' loses High Court bid for injunction to stop publication of allegations against him lbc.co.uk/article/famous-man…
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
BBC News - Celebrity loses injunction bid but will stay anonymous pending appeal
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqgl…
ALT David Walliams in a character in Little Britain.
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
Alton Towers closes World of David Walliams bbc.in/4sXvGIF
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"In great literature, I become a thousand different men but still remain myself."
--- C. S. Lewis, An Experiment in Criticism (1961)
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Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
Bash and Romesh's choice of charities as winners has really annoyed some people. Oh dear. Anyway.
If you'd like to donate to either of them:
Choose Love - chooselove.org/
Refugee Council - refugeecouncil.org.uk/
#CelebrityTraitors
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
The entire £83,000 #CelebrityTraitors prize fund going towards supporting refugees and queer displaced people feels bloody wonderful in such wretched times marked by fearmongering and inhumane politics – even more so knowing there will be many right-wingers enraged by that. ❤️
ALT Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft hugging Claudia Winkleman.
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
The grotesque violence of rabbit combat ... Opportunity for creative writing? #drollery #medieval #art #marginalia #illustration #humor #engchatuk #TeamEnglish
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United States in a poor state? Perception v. Reality Check. Time to Dump the Trump? #MAGA
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Things Hidden since the Foundation of the World by René Girard (2003) ebay.us/m/v0l6mA
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Figures of the Thinkable - Cornelius Castoriadis ebay.us/m/MT5BNZ #philosophy
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
Any update from Cambridge University on "Prof" Dr James Orr's breach of electoral law allegations?
#HigherED
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
Metaphoric Process: The Creation of Scientific and Religious Understanding. (Mary Gerhart & Allan Russell)
"an excellent illustration of its central theme: knowledge in process" --- Paul Ricoeur.
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Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
Horrendous
Security guard who protected Nigel Farage on campaign trail was facing rape charge
Ryan Dinnage – who accompanied Reform UK leader on walkabouts before local elections – was later jailed, raising questions about vetting failure
theguardian.com/politics/202…
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
So which fearless political journalist is going to doorstep @michaelgove and question him about his ex-partner being charged with possessing images of child abuse?
@lewis_goodall? @Peston? @bbclaurak? @AndrewMarr9?
How strange that this story has disappeared.
Dr Ian McCormick retweeted
MPs, celebrities, academics and students call on @OrielOxford to cancel #NathanCofnas’ event
Singer Beverley Knight and actor Zawe Ashton are the latest to have joined the call.
The open letter was initiated by Oxford Students’ Coalition Against Racism and is supported by @AntiRacismDay and Black Lives Matter UK.
➡️voice-online.co.uk/news/2026…
@AntiRacismDay @GoodLawProject @misanharriman @HackneyAbbott @BellRibeiroAddy
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A “well-known individual” attempting to block two media outlets from publishing allegations about him has been accused of inappropriate and exploitative sexual activities “with a large number of girls and young women”, the high court has heard.
theguardian.com/law/2026/oct…
