I teach at a university and had a novel out a while ago. Maybe there'll be another along in a bit. https://david-wharton.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3msamckarwc2wI'm simplifying Gramsci here, but surely focusing one's rage on noisy cultural commentators/'contrarians' alive or dead is what lets hegemony keep on hegemonising?04 Aug 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3msamckarwc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mr3na4emp22uEvery day now, some major figure from my childhood dies. Kind of grim, but I suppose the time to start worrying is when the supply runs out.20 Jul 2026 15:45 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3na4emp22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mp5dg262ec2iLike there's more than one possible answer [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp5dg262ec2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mols2k434c2qIf you see this, post a pic from your device with no explanation [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Jun 2026 21:38 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mols2k434c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mlq3dp54xs2jEnjoyed this contemporary take on Kirsty MacColl. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:20 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq3dp54xs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3ml45dwcy5s2aEnjoying this AI generated 'dog-calming video', in which a parade of uncanny valley pooches nosh down on a brick, a bag of cement, and for dessert a lovely basin of hot tar.05 May 2026 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml45dwcy5s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3ml2mxlqopc2zSome Like It Warm [contains quote post or other embedded content]04 May 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2mxlqopc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mjz4jfwxpk2hAw, cheers Rob. So nice to be remembered. Might give it a re-read myself. [contains quote post or other embedded content]21 Apr 2026 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjz4jfwxpk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mjkfdnaly22sI just bought a jar of these. They're going on eBay for a thousand quid if anyone is interested. [contains quote post or other embedded content]15 Apr 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkfdnaly22shttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mhs73r25n22wPitching a stage musical version of There Will Be Blood24 Mar 2026 08:51 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhs73r25n22whttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mhqcbzfym22hHappy ALCS day to all my fellow writers.23 Mar 2026 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqcbzfym22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mhqarrttd227First new idea for a novel in ages. I look forward to reading the resulting journal entry four years from now and thinking 'Oh yeah. That.'23 Mar 2026 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqarrttd227https://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mg5zgr3d2s2uCongratulations Barbara. My copy is on the way. Looking forward to it. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Mar 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg5zgr3d2s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mfce44ci7s2zThe Gen X urge to ask yourself, 'Where is my beautiful wife?' [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Feb 2026 14:48 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfce44ci7s2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3mdncimhk3k2yAnd what rough beast, its hour come round at last, Slouches towards Birmingham to be born? [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jan 2026 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdncimhk3k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3m36oscpsz22rTeam on Only Connect called the Whitley Baes getting a connecting wall group of Spanish Cities right, and very few people in the world knowing why that is pleasing.14 Oct 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m36oscpsz22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/wharton1965.bsky.social/post/3m2y4xi54s22iReminds me of the gag in both Shawshank and Porridge when the only con who can write decent prose starts a business supplying love letters for the others to send to their wives and girlfriends. We've accidentally ended up in a text-driven world hardly anyone is competent to operate. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/oct/12/chatgpt-ed-into-bed-chatfishing-on-dating-apps?utm_term=68eb4766c002ea341f5007b729c58bee&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=GTUK_email12 Oct 2025 07:02 +0000at://did:plc:pgnms7rixvxwyb4fa2ufrgyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2y4xi54s22i