Jeremy Smith

Barely two months ago, we lost Professor Jason Arday. Thousands grieved. Institutions across higher education spoke about inclusion and belonging. Now Nathan Cofnas is being given a room at Oriel College, Oxford, to ask whether DEI is undermining higher education. 🧵

Can confirm that The Dragon Has Some Complaints is both for sale in the UK and a wonderful read. (and a nice contrast with certain other books about people riding dragons to war)

A new wave of Ukrainian refugees is asking for shelter in the UK, as conditions in Ukraine worsen. Oxford-based aid worker, campaigner and organiser Justin Robinson asks how people in Oxfordshire can help this Christmas. oxfordclarion.uk/ukraines-sec...

Attention folk horror fans! SCRATCH MOSS, my down and dirty coal mine horror, is currently just 99p on ebook on all platforms: Amazon: www.amazon.co.uk/Scratch-Moss... Kobo: www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/... Google Play: play.google.com/store/books/... Also Apple as well but can't seem to link to that.

This is an absolute bargain on a compelling stoey that uses horror to explore economic power & the historical scars of northern England, while also doing a neat structural thing I'm not going to spoil. If you like horror, you should give it a try.

Just finished @aptshadow.bsky.social 's Green City Wars, and I have to say that was a hell of a read. Somewhere between Raymond Chandler, Redwall and Philip K Dick but with a style all of its own and a sly sense of humour that almost made me throw my e-reader against a wall (Nimoy? Jeff? Really?!)

🚨 DEAL ENDS AT MIDNIGHT🚨 Don't miss out! Grab @pennyvixen.bsky.social 's belovéd fantasy classic THE GOBLIN EMPEROR and enter the court of reluctant ruler Maia as he learns to navigate his distant father's complex realm and builds bridges along the way. Snap it up for only 99p! 👉️ buff.ly/dnkFJbc

Look, intellectually I understand there are situations that call for unsalted butter instead of salted butter, but emotionally there is never a time I want to be in one of those situations.

PAUL: What’s in the box? REVEREND MOTHER: Pain. [PAUL hesitantly puts his hand in the BOX, then FROWNS IN CONFUSION. He pulls out A BAGUETTE.] REVEREND MOHER: Hōn hōn,

Oxford Open Doors is next weekend. With so many fantastic sites open to the public, how do you know which ones to choose? We asked architectural historian Madeline Odent @oldenoughtosay.com for her shortlist. oxfordclarion.uk/oxford-open-...

For those who walk from Headington to Oxford through the University Parks: this message was posted on Facebook on 3 September 2026, warning that the Mesopotamia path has been closed until further notice

I see Connections today is dialling up the NYT’s finest hour: June 2021, when a marine biology story gave rise to The Greatest Headline Of All Time.

Whoever decided to promote Coyote vs Acme by letting Wile E do an AMA using only signs deserves all the praise.

US people - this sounds fantastic!

It's that day again #alevels

Has anyone considers that Odysseus's problem is that his men are just too delicious. Yes, he angered the gods, but so many of them getting eaten cant be a coincidence.

Because I am TERRIBLE at timing, I'm selling my boxed #Transformers Predaking mere DAYS after everyone is all knackered from #TFN! Boxed, complete (haven't even applied stickers!). Selling Due To Broke. Also, enjoy the description. I am once again Back On My Bullshit www.ebay.co.uk/itm/11734011...

Medusa but her hair is an anaconda

Proust Baking Company Recalls Thousands of Madeleines

I'm busy behind the scenes and haven't been posting much, even though there are so many people in the world who haven't seen a cloth goblin, a cloth troll or any of the other creatures I make! Take a look 👀 statuesqueminiatures.co.uk with all import taxes and fees pre-paid to 🇺🇸 and most 🇪🇺 countries

King Charles told me the public keeps eating his prime ministers so l asked how many prime ministers he has and he said he just goes to the parliament and gets a new prime minister afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prime ministers to the public and then his son started crying.

Please blow up the public comment (included below): BREAKING NEWS (7/15) — The administration wants to destroy Chaco Canyon without consulting Tribal Nations. It’s an irreplaceable historic & cultural site with 4,700 archeological sites that could be lost to the bulldozers of oil & gas development

MOODY PALADINS: Converting people to kissing books since 2017!

I'm hiring 👀🐙⚡ This is a rare opportunity to join the Data Visualisation team at Octopus Energy, the largest (and most exciting) energy supplier in Britain. jobs.lever.co/octoenergy/b...

Long shot, but if anyone in North #Oxford has lost a tortoise with a surprising turn of speed in the heat, do get in touch..

long shot but if anyone spots or has found a box of chocs/cakes on the overground which has probably just arrived at Clapham Junction from Dalston I’d be very grateful of a shout

Just noticed that City of Last Chances by @aptshadow.bsky.social is 99p on Kobo today. It's one hell of a book, full of fascinating characters struggling with power & oppression. I haven't checked, but the ebook might be cheap in other places right now too. www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/...

Reminder for London people that we're having some informal summer drinks next Wednesday at The Porterhouse. (Jon Schwabish is in town and joining up so that should be worth the entrance fee* alone!) * there is no entrance fee

british fan chat

disregard | verb | to pay no attention to : treat as unworthy of regard or notice

London data viz folks, there's a few of us in town on the evening of Wed 3rd June so if you're around and fancy joining for a couple of summer drinks, let us know and we'll share details of a suitably nice and conveniently located pub.

Independent creative businesses are quietly having a tough time right now. So if there’s a maker, illustrator or designer whose work you love, this is a good time to tell people about them. Buy something if you can. Share their work if you can’t. This is me www.gailmyerscough.co.uk

A bunch of extremely beautiful pictures of wind farms in China - all photographs by Weimin Chu e360.yale.edu/digest/china...

Apparently we are into the last few days of this offensively generous offer on the ebook of #TheCutThroatTrial. 99 freaking pence. Thousands of readers have exploited me. Feel free to join them.

a handmade embroidery artwork titled "Manually embroidered cats" created by artist @ladyserebrennikova.