Dr Seth Thévoz
@seththevoz.bsky.social
Historian, writer, immigrant, FRHistS, podcaster, right eyebrow raiser; UK political finance & global private members’ clubs; http://linktr.ee/sathevoz; Latest book: ‘London Clubland: A Companion for the Curious'. clubland.substack.com
I started my historical research into clubs, looking at their political role in the 19th century. So it’s been a lot of fun looking at the continued political role of one of London’s largest ever clubs, for Conservative women, well into the 20th century. clubland.substack.com/p/lost-clubs...
Lost Clubs: The second Ladies' Carlton Club (1922-58)
The Conservative Party's bridgehead for wooing women voters
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Why are these right-wing headbangers invariably against all migration, except their own?
"Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration, I've decided not to endorse your park."
As of today, the use of AI becomes more transparent in the EU. Here’s how EU law makes sure AI works for you, in full openness ↓
Your trusty correspondent, live from tonight's premiere of Jay Scheib's production of 'Parsifal', at the Bayreuth Festival. The music was exquisite, the production...a bit more complicated. A sort of psychedelic 'Mad Max', with Grail knights replaced with post-apocalyptic cults.
🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨 “Yes Mr Burnham, we are open to discussing your social care package, however DEATH TAX!!!!!!!!” 💀⚰️🪦 🚨 @zoegrunewald.bsky.social @seththevoz.bsky.social @jasonhazeley.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social on the deranged response to Burnham’s plan 🚨 Listen – linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
Well worth a read. This is literally how Putin began governing Russia in the 2000s, step by step from the same playbook.
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 6d agoExclusive: How Trump and his "princess of darkness" are persuading corporate America to donate hundreds of millions to fund his projects on.wsj.com/4h1b6mC
The UK Government has continued to insist that investment in AI is an absolute necessity for future success. All whilst tearing the heart out of UK science, research, wider tech, gaming, and academia.
Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Now we’re talking. The first original ‘Avengers’ novel in over 30 years.
The most authentic way to hear the stories of Homer is told to you by the best living bard you can find in your time who knows the tale and wants to tell it. So that’s all settled.
One of the more in-depth pieces on the Clubland Substack: everything you ever wanted to know about Nigel Farage and private members’ clubs, but were afraid to ask. clubland.substack.com/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage and Clubs
Establishment, or anti-Establishment?
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“Caligula wants horse to be Senator.” nypost.com/2026/07/21/u...
Exclusive | Trump wants FIFA boss Gianni Infantino for UN secretary-general following World Cup
President Trump wants FIFA President Gianni Infantino to be the next secretary-general of the United Nations, The Post has learned.
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And 21 out of 28 of them attended state schools. Better than having a cabinet full of people whose wealthy parents paid through the nose for a top public school to coach them through an Oxbridge interview, but still ended up doing PPE at Durham or Bristol.
Politics UK@politicsuk.com · 2w ago🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham has appointed the most Oxbridge-educated Cabinet in modern times 17 of the 28 Ministers appointed were educated at either Oxford or Cambridge, according to analysis by The i Paper
Another problem: “adopting” is a low margin, low pricing-power, low value-add activity, so if everything goes this way it will beggar the UK.
Dr Seth Thévoz@seththevoz.bsky.social · 2w agoHave we learned nothing from the Horizon IT scandal, that resulted in 900 innocent people being wrongfully jailed, all because “computer says no”?
Wes Streeting’s appointment as Defence Secretary seems to have elicited a visible response from the armed forces.
Have we learned nothing from the Horizon IT scandal, that resulted in 900 innocent people being wrongfully jailed, all because “computer says no”?
Zoë Crowther@zoecrowther.bsky.social · 2w agoThe AI minister thinks the UK should focus on being the world's best AI adopter, not the world's best AI model builder He said Britain can move "further and faster" than the US in applying AI across healthcare, public services and the wider economy (3/6)
🔑 NEW EPISODE 🔑 Well, he’s finally in No.10. Now what? 🔑 We look at Burnham: Day One with @seththevoz.bsky.social @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com @rmcunliffe.bsky.social & @jonnelledge.bsky.social 🔑 Listen: linktr.ee/ohgodwhatnow...
We had plenty to talk about, given the new PM and everything…
A foul plot by the Establishment to endanger the God-given right of every free-born Englishman to have The Times run a gushing magazine lifestyle supplement feature on them and their spouse.
I appear to be the only attention-seeker who *isn't* standing in the Clacton by-election.
It’s a very traditional peerages list. Tory Party Treasurer & long-standing donor David Ross (£1.6 million in donations; dubbed Boris Johnson’s Mustique “travel agent”) goes to the Lords, as does the Lib Dems’ 4th-largest donor since 2010, Mark Petterson (£1.8 million in donations).
Nigel Farage is under fire over his £5 million gift from a crypto billionaire – but does British politics have a wider money problem? Dr Sam Power, a leading expert on party political funding, joins @seththevoz.bsky.social to decipher who really pays your MP. ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
New in PN: Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism "Graham died a coward. From Gingrich to Trump, he embodied the movement-to-racket transformation of the GOP. Has America ever seen a capitulation so self-abnegating as his conversion from snarling Trump critic into swooning cheerleader?"
Lindsey Graham and the rot of modern conservatism
From Gingrich to Trump, Graham was a fixture as the GOP became increasingly malignant.
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You have the outline of Wes Anderson’s next film, right there.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4w agoWes Anderson, Luke Wilson, the producer James L. Brooks and seven others were freed from a stuck elevator in Los Angeles on Monday, cellphone video shot by the actor King Orba showed.
