Alice Wickenden

Make the simulacra sexy with Bawdyrillard

A red armchair in the sun. A grey cat has stolen my seat

I got up from my seat in the sun for one second. What happened next will shock you

I think his formal name is Clifford

flat

Marina Warner on the Massacre of the Innocents & rage; “I think Sontag was wrong about photography, actually”.

‘Strikingly Similar’ by Roger Kreuz review

I reviewed a history of plagiarism for History Today: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

saving the mean LRB Greenblatt review as a little treat for when I’ve done my emails

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Our cousin is doing a study abroad term in the UK and has come to visit. So far we have: overslept because of jet lag and failed to meet her at the station; taken her to the pub for iftar because we had no food; and had a fun evening of waiting for the plumber because the boiler broke.

In every airport bathroom I’ve ever been in there’s one of the most glamorous women in the world. How? Where are they flying to? Do they ever yearn for a tracksuit?

Screenshot from the simpsons telling the bullies that superintendent Chalmers is crying like a little girl

"I'll tell you something that's not so funny. Right now, Matt Goodwin is at the count for Gorton and Denton, crying like a little girl!"

THIS 👇

thank you, @awickenden.bsky.social

‘Strikingly Similar’ by Roger Kreuz review

I reviewed a history of plagiarism for History Today: www.historytoday.com/archive/revi...

it’s also your AI given real name

Almost certainly some deep injustice in the universe. Or the important question of breakfast.

Today’s update from the cat sitter has really captured the essence of Cordy

It’s so common to come across the assertion that books were luxury objects exclusively for the elite in the Middle Ages that I want to guest curate a massive exhibition called “Meh-nuscripts: Books for the Many,” which features just workaday or unremarkable objects.

me when i want my gentle puck to come hither

(To be fair I also try not to think about it)

Worth noting also that we are now at the point where academics also have student loans from after the hike in fees, which I don’t think students necessarily think about

A handwritten page in an old ledger that begins “to all whom” and then abruptly ends

I mean, starting a proclamation for the Royal Mint and then forgetting what the hell you were going to proclaim, who hasn’t been there before

and someone had bought it! which earned an extra hee.

Seeing my book on display in the conference book stall and audibly saying ‘hee hee hee’

waking up to check the news and feeling unbridled glee is a feeling I haven’t felt in about 15 years

my friend’s dear partner is released! ❤️

this must be so nice; sometimes i think about the dark tower film and cry a little bit

review is in: they all enjoyed it, "very atmospheric", "not sure if story was accurate". Emerald Fennell has found her audience at last and it's the WI

the thing is, it's a panel on Areopagitica... but I really want to talk about the Sonnets for 10 minutes instead

going to have to go for the classic Royal Tenenbaums framing I think. "Well, everyone knows Custer died at Little Bighorn. What this book presupposes is... maybe he didn't."

Students had it tough during the worst of covid. But their education continued and they were able to get their degrees, despite a global pandemic and dysfunctional government. Like 1000s of colleagues, I worked way over the odds, while dealing with domestic pressures. This action feels very cruel.