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@RobertDyas - please explain why a delivery from you that arrives 24hrs late after I’d waited in all day, then when it arrives requires me to unload it from the lorry, and then when we go to assemble it we find 3 bits missing is only worth a 10% discount on our next purchase?
And still not resolved. So a combination of @RobertDyas Shire Greenhouses and the delivery company means I have a half supplied greenhouse, missing parts, a box full of smashed glass, and a sore back from having to unload greenhouse from lorry.
Just a reminder that this will be starting in a few weeks. Free to attend but please register!
@EngFac_Outreach @engfac I am thrilled to announce an exciting 'open to the public' seminar series as part of our annual 'Weird and Wonderful' talks hosted by @ExeterCollegeOx running Oct-Dec 2026 in Oxford. Attendance is free but please register at: english.web.ox.ac.uk/seminar…
Really pleased to see this is now out. Congratulations to Beppe Pezzini on pulling this collection together. I have a piece in there on Smith and #Tolkien's war poetry! @engfac @ExeterCollegeOx
link.springer.com/book/10.10…
Really looking forward to this. What promises to be a much-needed study of the rise of occultism in the 20th century by Felix Taylor (who I had the pleasure to co-supervise for his doctorate).
I wrote this play in 2006 - it was meant to be a dystopian vision of the US in the light of G W Bush, but it seems a far more innocent time back then than now. It won the 2007 Oxford Playhouse Award and is aimed at KS3 or 11-16 year olds: youtube.com/watch?v=wW9UyKHr…
New interview as part of our Bloomsbury-Oxford Summer School just posted - Samantha Shannon: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/interview-…
We are pleased to announce more recordings from our Bloomsbury-Oxford Summer School - this time follow-up interviews with some of the speakers: podcasts.ox.ac.uk/series/fan…
Got Christmas off to a start with this #cocktail by Eddie Clarke from @TheSavoyLondon American bar:
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The Oxford War Collections have now been viewed more than 1 million times!
It's good to know that people are still finding their way to the fascinating stories and objects that families shared between 2017 and 2024.
Learn more 👉war.web.ox.ac.uk/
Many Oxford colleges can claim to be a home to fantasy lit but @ExeterCollegeOx takes some beating:
exeter.ox.ac.uk/exeter-colle…
Just noticed this doc on #Tolkien is being repeated on Arte TV (I have a small part in there but lots of contributions from a range of excellent Tolkien scholars): arte.tv/en/videos/115010-000…
Hey @British_Airways when I book a return flight with you leaving T5 at LHR I expect you to be dropped back at T5 by a BA plane not at T4 by Vueling meaning I have to get a train to the central bus station. I look forward to your reply.
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Sorry to say that tomorrow's talk (23/10/25) as part of our 'Weird and Wonderful' series at Oxford on 'Charles Williams and the Occult' by Felix Taylor has had to be cancelled. Please accept our apologies.
First of our 'Weird and Wonderful' talks tomorrow where I will be speaking on H P Lovecraft @ExeterCollegeOx @engfac - english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-ser…
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In person & online!
A talk about our newly opened exhibition 'John Le Carré: Tradecraft': visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/even…
Co-curators Jessica Douthwaite & Federico Varese & the Bodleian's Head of Public Engagement will discuss JLC's archive & the development of this exciting exhibition
To remind everyone of this free seminar series on fantasy lit coming up at Oxford this term: english.ox.ac.uk/seminar-ser…
This term @engfac and @ExeterCollegeOx are hosting a seminar series on 'The Weird and the Wonderful'. Open to the public and free to attend (talks and registration in the link below). Topics range from Arthur Machen to Game of Thrones: english.web.ox.ac.uk/seminar…
Whilst in-person attendance is now closed you can still register to join us online (over 1k attendees already) at the Bloomsbury/Oxford 3-day summer school on Fantasy Literature. Register for a free space at: eventbrite.co.uk/e/oxford-bl…
Hey @SpringerNature - your 'Author Support' is beyond dreadful. I've been waiting 8 months+ for a simple answer and, when you bother to reply, have received garbled responses. The latest gem is you will respond 'after July 22nd'. August? December? 2028? 3001?