Max McGuinness

RT @keithgessen: You can disagree with some (or all) of the tactics and rhetoric of the student protesters at Columbia--and I'm happy to de…

"In Britain and across Europe, free speech, I fear, is in retreat. And [...] I will admit that sometimes the loudest voices for censorship have come not from within Europe, but from within my own country." JD Vance (last month). This month: https://t.co/hlaOO9niCH

The Irish Proust is now in production ⁦@BloomsburyAcad⁩ Coming to (some) good bookshops this October. #MarcelProust #SamuelBeckett #OscarWilde #ElizabethBowen #MaryDevenportO'Neill #JohnMcGahern #BrendanBehan https://t.co/gUEg0sHec7

"Knowledge Economy" https://t.co/oTUySvh5LL

Fascinating podcast by Luke Sheehan for @VoicesCassandra with the legendary polymath Patrick Healy about his new novel, life and times: https://t.co/FrzSsA5jt8

I think @JDVance and @RoryStewartUK ought to settle this in a windowless room with a pair of number 2 pencils and two dozen spatial diagrams. To the victor, a set of the complete works of Thomas Aquinas.

JD Vance @JDVance

I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: the problem with Rory and people like him is that he has an IQ of 110 and thinks he has an IQ of 130. This false arrogance drives so much elite failure over the last 40 years.

Pity Rachel Reeves. From Green New Deal to a third runway in less than a year. And she can't even catch a break with Mick O'Leary. https://t.co/iSHN3bRfcw

Ouch! Dev a mere "clerk" and a "few rungs down" from Lloyd George and Clemenceau. An analysis of how Irish republicans wore lounge suits rather than morning dress would be interesting. I think this was a dividing line between CnaG and FF at some point.

derek guy @dieworkwear

By contrast, the suit was worn by men a few rungs lower on the social and professional ladder, such as clerks and administrators. It differed from the frock coat in two important ways: coat was shorter and was made from the same fabric as the pants. https://t.co/uf6PoFunc8

RT @amwilson_opera: Nobody wanted any of your dystopian futures, @cardiffuni. They just wanted you to stand up for traditional areas of aca…