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Teacher/academic/classicist/critic/reviewer/sf fan. Writes on classical reception & popular culture, comics, & Doctor Who. UK. He/him.
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Back in my day we used to call self-censoring "manners", but what do I know, eh?

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New arrivals at the ND London Library. @classicaljg.bsky.social @workingclassicists.bsky.social @romanscotland.bsky.social

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It's taken too long for our reviews of Atomic Robo, but Vols 1-5 are now live. The short version is we love the idea of a robot created in 1923 and his adventures since from Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener. @bclev.bsky.social @scott-wegener.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/atomic-robo-...

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Space Boy is back! Vol. 21 out this week from Stephen McCranie, and it's great. As usual. This is a great young adult series that captivates older readers also. @darkhorse.com theslingsandarrows.com/space-boy-21/

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NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson features in the latest of William Augel's funny and touching looks at the younger lives of the greats. "Charming, funny and fulfilling". @humanoids.com theslingsandarrows.com/young-kather...

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Saw some herds of deer in the fields by the railway on my train journey in. #TinyJoys

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Logically, if it's wrong to have policies that say transphobic abuse won't be tolerated, it must also be wrong to have policies that say racial abuse or abuse on the grounds of sexuality won't be tolerated. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Because they won't talk about Brexit, there's a failure in the Tory Party to understand that Johnson's dramatic victory in 2019 was because he promised to get Brexit done so people could enjoy the benefits...

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My thoughts exactly. Musk has a desperate, pathetic need to be liked, but can't see that a route to that is not behaving in a shitty fashion to everyone.

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We love @maxwelleaton.bsky.social 's three books of solid practical advice for youngsters. Survival Scout: Lost at Sea is "an astonishing achievement in contracting and explaining what could save lives" "essential for any child likely to spend time on a boat". @mallorygrigg.bsky.social

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We've loved Asaf Hanuka's previous Realist collections, and we love Last Day on Earth as well. "intelligent, funny, humane, thoughtful and thought provoking and so beautifully drawn". @archaiansea.bsky.social

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This does not surprise me in the slightest, but I don't suppose the Nazis care.

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Post your favourite Doctor Who (wrong answers only).

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"Nancy fans will treasure this, and many newcomers will fall for the genius of Nancy and Griffith’s rich, fascinating and judiciously surreal account of the character and her creator". @abramscomicarts.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/three-rocks-...

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In black and white or in colour, if you've never read Bryan Lee O'Malley's #ScottPilgrim perhaps a 20th Anniversary Box Set is the place to start. @oni-press.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/scott-pilgri...

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@tylerpage.bsky.social details his younger years and ADHD diagnosis in Button Pusher. "an immersive skate through a variety of emotions accompanied by sound advice". @01firstsecond.bsky.social theslingsandarrows.com/button-pusher/

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Ah, so it's the benefits system holding Britain back,.and not, say, not being part of the European Union. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Never thought these words could be applicable to a Labour government: ”– I warn you not to be ordinary – I warn you not to be young – I warn you not to fall ill – I warn you not to get old." Neil Kinnock, 1983

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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this? I’m fed up of being told that we’re ‘radical’ - most people oppose NHS privatisation! Let’s send a message to those destroying the NHS! 🚨💙

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I wonder how soon before they start digging these people up from Arlington and moving them elsewhere.

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Who could have known that Trump would be like this? Well, no-one, except all the people who said Trump would be like this.

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