Postdoctoral researcher - author of 'The Rise of Office Literature' (Bloomsbury, 2025) - co-host of @smfmspodcast.bsky.social Il faut, comme disait Balzac, offrir une surface commerciale.https://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3mjefjvne6s2lTrevor Howard was the name I didn't have to hand. [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 08:00 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjefjvne6s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3mfmgctkdz22vI had a nightmare in which I attended a lecture delivered by Donald Trump on the virtues of AI. Diagnosis: too much lurking on Bluesky.24 Feb 2026 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmgctkdz22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3m5tebmgugk2u'Rank-and-file Francophile' - can somebody do something with that, s'il vous plait?17 Nov 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5tebmgugk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3m52dmfmkek2v'Deliver me from calamity; from muddy boots and whirlpools; deliver me lunch.' Another album from my dear old dad - a retelling/reimagining/detournement of 'Dark Side of the Moon'. Feat. yours truly on heavily distorted concertina in the final track: https://hrsmokeandrewsmith.bandcamp.com/album/mortal-questions07 Nov 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m52dmfmkek2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3m4uoc2s6tk2vLooking to compile the definitive collection of portrayals of tyrants in bikinis. So far I've just got Caligula in 'I, Claudius' (1976) and Louis XIII in 'The Devils' (1971). Please get in touch if you have any others. Thanks.05 Nov 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4uoc2s6tk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3m3rihugnfc2pI had a great time at the 'Files, Forms, Fictions' symposium in Bonn last week. Excellent blend of bureaucracy chat, Adenauer anecdotes, and Bönnsch beer. Thanks again to @alexandrairim.bsky.social and her colleagues for an excellent conference!22 Oct 2025 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3rihugnfc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3lyzyihmvtk26Thanks again for having me on! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2025 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzyihmvtk26https://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3lyzcypnrrk2xLooking forward to this - love the swish poster! [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzcypnrrk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3lyfes3eiq22tIf Dorothy didn't squash the Wicked Witch of the East, the legalistic Munchkins, still loyal to the Witch, would've subjected her and Toto to a Kafkaesque cycle of trials and appeals - all sung-through: 'The Bishop is in hock to the Lollipop Guild, but they're a front for the Lullaby League (etc.)'09 Sep 2025 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyfes3eiq22thttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3lxqyeo27xs2oThanks for this lovely review of the book! [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Sep 2025 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxqyeo27xs2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/dcjenkin-smith.bsky.social/post/3lv6v72gjts26Physicists: we've got fission down, but will we ever perfect fusion chips?30 Jul 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:qof3r3tim3nqoav2jbypl4e7/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv6v72gjts26