Benjamin Halligan
@BenHalligan
Ex-Director of the Doctoral College, University of Wolverhampton. Sentiments my own; RTs mostly endorsements. Website below for my research & publications.
recent books from me: + "Hotbeds of Licentiousness: The British Glamour Film and the Permissive Society" berghahnbooks.com/title/Halligan… bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… + "Politics of the Many" bloomsbury.com/uk/politics-of… + "Adult Themes" bloomsbury.com/uk/adult-theme… + "Diva" bloomsbury.com/uk/diva-978150…
To @wshed Bristol, Cinema Rediscovered #CineRedis25 fest: intros for John Akomfrah / Black Audio Film Collective's "Handsworth Songs" (which repays so much everytime it's rediscovered) & Vera Chytilova's "Kalamita" (40+ years late premiere, so more discovered than rediscovered!)
Reacquaintance with "The Last Days of Disco" this evening @HOME_mcr thx to @LostReelsUK. Reacquintance? No! First proper meeting since it screened from 35mm. @WhitStillman in person too, fielding superb questions from the audience after. "Halston, Gucci, Fiorucci..."
Audio of my talk is here: benjaminhalligan.com/news-misc/
To Hinsley Hall for the Catholic Record Society 67th Annual Conference @CatholicRS #CathHist, to talk about my @downsidereview article on @Stonyhurst theatre and liturgical innovations in 1930: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… (Shire Horses will be getting some apples too)
emergency bee revival in the garden, with my troubleshooting @BEEVIVE1 kit... from honeycomatose to back to buzzing. #savethebees
orange wine, toasted meringue, fresh sourdough; Isca, Levenshulme
crocifissione / crucifixion
⚫️ Ieri soltanto l’attività di osservazione dell’aereo civile #SeaBird di @seawatchcrew ha consentito di scoprire l’ennesimo “naufragio fantasma” nel Mediterraneo centrale. Una motovedetta della cosiddetta guardia costiera libica, presente nell’area, non si è attivata … SEGUE
"Animated Activism" exhibition @UniversityLeeds -- recreated 1980s feminist action hot desk (with Crass making a mug cameo), and Cel artwork from "Give Us A Smile" (1983), imagining seedy Soho aflame, the night reclaimed.
Are you an early career researcher looking to get published? Don’t miss out on financial support and mentorship with the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship, in partnership with @Writers_Artists. Find out how you can apply here: bit.ly/4mHlgcn
Gaza freedom flotilla ship Madleen, due to enter Palestinian waters at around 2am local time Monday, has been intercepted by Israeli vessels and quadcopter drones in international waters. The ship has been sprayed with an unknown substance; crew are reporting the ship is being…
to Penrith Center Parc, only to realise after two days where I actually am...
Hi, I'm Ally Jane Ayers. I'm a former book editor and music journalist who fell in love with finance and co-founded a pretty successful (if I do say so myself) financial planning firm called @Brooklyn_FI.
I'm no sommelier, but this glorious scrawl says it all... Nino Barraco & Sicilian grillo
