Sheâs had a quiet resurgence in academia. Iâm also a big Murdoch fan and used to follow some great Murdoch academics over in the bird place.
Youâll be fine if you go in with very, very low expectations. If youâre hoping for quality or good judgment in scriptwriting and plotting stay away until you next have Covid/flu and donât care what you watch.
I once worked with someone whoâd been on The Telegraph in the 90s/00s. She was on the left and said her junior colleagues used to sigh wistfully looking at job ads for The Guardian because they were all left-leaning but couldnât afford to leave right-wing journalism because London was so expensive.
In Hungary, instead of saying âmy bosses gave me too much work to doâ you can use the poetic phrase bekergettek tĂĄtott szĂĄjjal a faszerdĹbe. It means âthey chased me into the dick-forest with a wide-open mouthâ * Read on for more Hungarian idioms and slang (a thread)âŚ
Youngest dreamt that she and oldest got tickets for Taylor Swift - but the budget version. They went to local hall where Taylor sang one song and then spent an hour telling riddles. She was mortified because eldest was desperate to answer all the riddles and wouldnât put her hand down.
đŁ Places are still available on our new MA in Philosophy Optional modules: Telling, Believing and Knowing Equality and Injustice Dimensions of the Mind New Directions in Aesthetics Contemporary Feminist Philosophy Interpersonal Relationships Full information is available here: bit.ly/CdfMAPhil
Gratuitous French food post. Monkfish with broccoli, chorizo, mussels and beurre blanc and Moules Normandie avec frites in Granville. ParfaitâŚ
Post a banger that isnât in English. Yws Gwynedd - Sebona fi (Welsh). Love this⌠m.youtube.com/watch?v=H4t8...
Two books Iâve really loved this summer as holiday reading are: His Brother by Phillippe Besson - perfect if you want something short, very moving and powerfully written. 22.11.63 by Stephen King - a time travel novel, perfect if you like long, immersive, page turning reads.
This is a shout out for my painter friend Richard Hughes who I think is amazing. I own several of his bird paintings and his art makes brilliant gifts, cards, decoration. He hates social media and may never make it this far, so Iâm here instead. www.richardahughes.com
