Anthropologist; author of Watching the English; Associate Member, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford.
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Joined May 2013
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I am now a proud patron of Ceasefire on @patreon, and if you really want to promote civil public discourse (as opposed to just complaining about the lack of it) you should be too: #NewPatron patreon.com/ceasefire?utm_me…
When in doubt, it's always worth checking out what @melindacmills has to say.
You asked for a simple & concrete examples of how our #COVIDー19 network #exitstrategy can move from mathematical simulation models to real life examples – see arxiv.org/abs/2004.07052 (pages 14-16) @block_per But I break it down here….
Science lessons should teach evolution, not creationism. I've signed @Humanists_UK's petition with David Attenborough to tell the @WelshGovernment to ban teaching creationism as science. Please join me and sign it too → humanism.org.uk/what-you-can…
Congratulations to @theAliceRoberts on becoming the next President of @Humanists_UK! Splendid news - excellent choice. humanism.org.uk/?p=69973
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Sorry for very very late thank-you - I'm working obsessively on the new book, but at about the pace of natural selection, I'm afraid. It was very kind of @Ways_With_Words to let me try out some of the ideas. xitter.gq/DrKateLovett/status/88…
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The web is crawling with v smart social scientists, but if you could only read one book about social media, this is the one I'd recommend. xitter.gq/DannyAnth/status/79156…
Congratulations to the team for award yesterday to our book How the World Changed Social Media which has 25,000 downloads in six months. xitter.gq/UCLpress/status/791307…
#trumpvideo Misogyny aside, this is about Trump's view of power: power = "you can do anything you want" to people and "they let you". Scary.
Today will go down in history as Britain's 'Insularity Day'. Tragic. #insularityday #EURefResults #EUreferendum
Thank you! I couldn't write a novel to save my life, so am very happy WTE is a useful reference for those who can! xitter.gq/KillerNashville/status…
#Amwriting a #book set in England? Shout-out to a killer reference for an Anglophile #author: "Watching the English" by @KateFoxWatching!
Very late thank-you - sorry! That'll probably be my epitaph - 'caused a national outbreak of...rueful nodding'. xitter.gq/saville_e/status/71802…
@KateFoxWatching Sitting in sunny Barcelona reading 'The Weather' chapter whilst giggling and nodding ruefully. Well written & so funny :-)
One of the many things I love about Henry is that he's not afraid to change his mind. xitter.gq/bengoldacre/status/725…
Henry Marsh on why he now supports #JuniorDoctorsStrike. The NHS and all its goodwill is being mindlessly destroyed. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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@DannyAnth Sure you're drowning in praise for the epic project, but please may I add mine? Followed the blogs, now avidly reading the books.
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Was so sad to miss the launch of this delightfully subversive book. xitter.gq/contactsaraegan/status…
Great summer read Dispatches from the Kabul Cafe by Heidi Kingston @superlotuslane launch @Dauntbooks last nite
Shocking – a 10-yr-old girl pregnant after being raped by her stepfather is being denied an abortion amnesty.org.uk/actions/child… via @amnestyuk
Met lots of smart and lovely people at Cardiff University yesterday. Big thanks to Dorottya Cserzo for inviting me! xitter.gq/chasing_crow/status/59…
Brilliant keynote from @KateFoxWatching - risks and rewards of writing for a popular audience @bb_cardiff @CardiffUGC
Good thing we're not competitive - a 'domestic' in a crowded bookshop would have been rather unseemly. xitter.gq/Watermark_Books/status…
@Watermark_Books The first book signing I ever did, they stuck me next to Uri Geller. He was bending spoons. Hard to compete with that!