Julian Girdham
@sccenglish.bsky.social
Thinking, Writing, Reading, (English) Teaching. https://www.juliangirdham.com The Fortnightly newsletter is now at 200+ editions: https://www.juliangirdham.com/the-fortnightly. https://linktr.ee/juliangirdham #edchatie
The Occasional 16, starting with Catríona Lally's 'Home Economics'. Plus: James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/the-occasi...
The Occasional 16
Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more.
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NEW EPISODE OUT NOW! In today’s episode David talks to forensic anthropologist Sue Black about what happens when forensic science and forensic expertise end up on trial in the courtroom. Can a jury distinguish between good science, bad science and junk science? Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
The Occasional 16, starting with Catríona Lally's 'Home Economics'. Plus: James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more. juliangirdham.substack.com/p/the-occasi...
The Occasional 16
Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney, Daisy Christodoulou and more.
juliangirdham.substack.com
Tomorrow: the latest Occasional - Catríona Lally, James Harpur, Francisco de Zurbarán, Carol Atherton, Marc Watkins & William Faulkner, Emily Wilson, David Hockney and more. juliangirdham.substack.com
The Fortnightly from Julian Girdham | Substack
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid co...
juliangirdham.substack.com
🔇 🔇 🔇 My book, Deep Unlearning, is now available for preorders! I don't know how people write so many books because this one took a lot out of me. It turns out, I had a lot to say 😂, with editors cutting out 50k of my words 🫣 ✴️ You can now preorder it at www.simonandschuster.com/books/Deep-U....
Who was YOUR great english teacher (if you had one)? For me it was Hugh Epstein at Richmond college (RUTC). I hope he's well, wherever he is!
Danie Ware@danacea.bsky.social · 2w agoMy old English teachers did the same, instilled a love of the language and of reading that persists well into my fifties. Good teachers are worth their weight 💖
JL Carr, @okwonga.bsky.social and Annie Ernaux in one list, under a Tadao Ando chapel hero? yes please!
New on the blog this week, a mid-year round-up featuring my favourite books from Jan to June 2026 - highlights from 6 months of reading. Including books by Shirley Jackson, Leonardo Sciascia, Lalla Romano, Elizabeth Jane Howard & more! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/m...
My favourite books from Jan – June 2026
Now that we’re well into July, I thought it might be interesting to put together a mid-year review, summarising my reading highlights from January to June. I seem to say this every year, but 2026 i…
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Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM
I have a new short story published in today's Irish Times. I hope you enjoy it – I'll share the link when it's online. Writing it was the purest creative experience I've ever had. Huge thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for publishing it.
The Occasional 15 30 books for summer reading, all under 150 pages long. open.substack.com/pub/juliangi...
The Occasional 15
J.L. Carr, Annie Ernaux, Musa Okwonga, Toni Morrison, Alfred Hayes, Seichō Matsumoto, Duff Cooper, Elias Canetti, Claire Keegan, Stefan Zweig, Neil Sentance, Jessica Au, Deborah Levy and many more.
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Last night, a debate about Alpha School, featuring Alpha School Guide Samantha DePalo, Neil Almond and Donald Clark - Don't miss this one! www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzKp...
The Alpha School Debate: Is AI about to reinvent education?
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New on the blog today, a mid-year round-up featuring my favourite books from Jan to June 2026 - highlights from 6 months of reading. Including novels by Anita Brookner, Penelope Mortimer, Rumer Godden, Olivia Manning, Henry Van Dyke & more! #BookSky 💙📚 jacquiwine.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/m...
My favourite books from Jan – June 2026
Now that we’re well into July, I thought it might be interesting to put together a mid-year review, summarising my reading highlights from January to June. I seem to say this every year, but 2026 i…
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In case you missed it. The charming, brilliant, funny, adorable, erudite @fotoole.bsky.social (with my wee cartoon! Squeeee!) during the fantastic Joseph Hassett lecture at the @nlireland.bsky.social youtu.be/G6HefKdky7s?...
Joseph Hassett Lecture 2026 | WB Yeats: National Pride and National Vanity - Fintan O'Toole
YouTube video by National Library Ireland
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Coming on Saturday, another 'Occasional'. 30 excellent books for summer reading, all under 150 pages. juliangirdham.substack.com
Went to see The Odyssey last night. A hugely exciting film that nevertheless fatally undermines the character of Odysseus letterboxd.com/marie_philli...
A ★★★½ review of The Odyssey (2026)
This film is not The Odyssey. That’s not to say there’s nothing to enjoy here, far from it. I cannot argue with the set pieces: the monsters, battles and storms at sea, the trip to Hades. They are as ...
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So today I learned there are little doors in the gates to the Colosseum in Rome because the city cats go there at night to sleep. cc @darthbluesky.bsky.social
Another 'Occasional' coming on Saturday: 30 short works of under 150 pages for perfect one-day reading. juliangirdham.substack.com
The Fortnightly from Julian Girdham | Substack
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid co...
juliangirdham.substack.com
207: Lizard handbags and so forth The final Fortnightly of this academic year: Wendy Erskine, Julie Parsons, Edna O'Brien & Andrew O'Hagan, summer reading, Gustave Caillebotte and more. open.substack.com/pub/juliangi...
207: Lizard handbags and so forth
Wendy Erskine, Julie Parsons, Edna O'Brien & Andrew O'Hagan, summer reading, Gustave Caillebotte and more.
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Increasingly frustrated, the cleaner borrowed a manuscript from the aspirant writer's desk and plonked it down prominently on the publisher's, only to find it later in the bin. 'I wouldn't mind, she told Wilson later, but Mr Adams's book about rabbits is really good. 2/2
Julian Girdham@sccenglish.bsky.social · last mo.Just finished Catríona Lally's 'Home Economics': she echoes Crump's points about the complementary value of cleaning for a writer.
The Occasional 14 Patrick Radden Keefe,, the short novels of Alfred Hayes, Wendy Erskine at the Dalkey Book Festival, Claire Keegan & summer books, Tessa Hadley, Mandy Brown on reading & attention, Gloria Mark on attention, Marc Watkins on analog teaching. open.substack.com/pub/juliangi...
The Occasional 14
Patrick Radden Keefe, Alfred Hayes, Wendy Erskine in Dalkey, Claire Keegan & summer books, Tessa Hadley, Mandy Brown on reading & attention, Gloria Mark on attention, Marc Watkins on analog teaching.
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Tomorrow morning, The Occasional for paid subscribers of The Fortnightly: Patrick Radden Keefe, Alfred Hayes, Wendy Erskine on 'The Benefactors', Claire Keegan & summer books, Tessa Hadley, Mandy Brown on reading & attention, Gloria Mark on attention, and lots more. juliangirdham.substack.com
The Fortnightly from Julian Girdham | Substack
The Fortnightly is about thinking, writing, reading, teaching & more. Every 2 weeks in the school term since 2016 - on Substack since 2024. Always free, but contributions are most welcome, and paid co...
juliangirdham.substack.com
Reading is how we attend the world, *which is also how we change it.* https://aworkinglibrary.com/writing/umyazu
Umyazu
Reading is the art of attention.
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as genai proliferates, it has become difficult to avoid it. at @aial.ie, we're compiling a list of genai-free tools, libraries & websites to support research across tasks;grammar/spell check, coding/code review, data analysis (esp large scale text classification) & graphing/data visualisation recs?
Freemedou: We'd Love To Hear It
ALT: Freemedou: We'd Love To Hear It
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Books newsletter: International Booker Prize fund doubles Plus details of our summer fiction series - great original stories from Rónán Hession, Elaine Garvey, Alice Ryan, Abbie Spallen, Neil Tully, Caragh Maxwell and the winner of €3,000 Moth Short Story Prize www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
Some more pics from the Serpentine’s DAVID HOCKNEY exhibition, A YEAR IN NORMANDIE. #Art #ArtSky #Hockney #RIP
JacquiWine@jacquiwine.bsky.social · 2mo ago#RIP David Hockney. This glorious exhibition is currently running at the Serpentine’s North Gallery. It’s a beautiful, life-affirming show, the very highest of recommendations. #Art #ArtSky #DavidHockney
