Professor of English, Oxfordhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3ljk4midtq225Anyone else really struggling with hay fever? I always seem to struggle around this time. Whatever pollen is in the air doesn't agree with me.04 Mar 2025 09:10 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljk4midtq225https://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3ligrjslxxk2tCan't wait. All welcome! [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Feb 2025 07:48 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ligrjslxxk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lfjvhpdlw22aThe ruins of Godstow Abbey amid the frost and freezing fog.12 Jan 2025 09:21 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfjvhpdlw22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lercrv24vk2sDoes anyone else have trouble renewing their BSECS (@bsecs.bsky.social) membership with Wiley? This is the 3rd year in a row that my card has been declined and the process to rectify this is time consuming and infuriating.02 Jan 2025 14:43 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lercrv24vk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lejrxultuc2sJust read Ciaran Carson's Fishing for Amber. It's an astonishing book. A masterpiece. I can't believe it's not better known.30 Dec 2024 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lejrxultuc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3ldoxzbwxfk2sThis sonnet by Gillian Clarke. Beautiful.19 Dec 2024 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldoxzbwxfk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lcobwnmess2iOxford folk - get yourselves to the North Wall to see Creation Theatre's Christmas show, Hansel & Grettel. It's fabulous. Took our 8yo this evening and we booked to go again as soon as we got home. The final medley is worth the ticket price alone. Tickets: https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/hansel-and-grettel/06 Dec 2024 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcobwnmess2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lcllcpzwqs2kPringles are biscuits, not crisps (potato chips). For the second time this week, a student has blown my mind.05 Dec 2024 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcllcpzwqs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lcglvumook2gDid you know that Leigh Hunt kept a *Hair Book*? Yes, a *Hair Book*: an album of locks belonging to literary greats. And the good folk @ransomcenter.bsky.social have digitized it. Thanks to my student @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social for telling me about this. https://hrc.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15878coll1403 Dec 2024 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcglvumook2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3lc5r7lsees2oThis essay by Fara Dabhoiwala is stupendously good. Both scholarly detective work and storytelling of the highest order. https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n22/fara-dabhoiwala/a-man-of-parts-and-learning30 Nov 2024 09:18 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc5r7lsees2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3laz4xyof4s2xCo-teaching a special option on 'Word & Image' for our finalists with the wonderful @ljpowell.bsky.social has been the best teaching experience of my career... ...and the cherry on top is that for our final class today we were joined by T. J. Clark, who is as lovely and generous as he is brilliant.15 Nov 2024 19:40 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3laz4xyof4s2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidftaylor.bsky.social/post/3laz4l35zlc2xI'm so excited to be working with Creation Theatre & @orangetreetheatre.bsky.social on a script-in-hand staging of Susanna Centlivre's wonderful comedy The Busy Body! Tickets: Oxford (24 Jan) https://creationtheatre.co.uk/show/thebusybody/… Richmond, London (26 Jan): https://orangetreetheatre.co.uk/whats-on/the-busy-body/15 Nov 2024 19:32 +0000at://did:plc:pry4nosuycis63cbexigfxfr/app.bsky.feed.post/3laz4l35zlc2x