Colin Silver
@ColSilverUK
Interested in early 19th century culture. Author of a book about the poet John Keats and his friend, the painter and diarist, B.R. Haydon. Also colsilver on 🦋
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My piece on Keats & Wordsworth at the really excellent Romanticism blog @Wordsworthians
Keats goes on "I am sorry that Wordsworth has left a bad impression wherever he visited in town by his egotism, Vanity, and bigotry... Yet he is a great poet if not a philosopher". And he influenced Keats, as @ColSilverUK blogs wordsworth.org.uk/blog/2014/10/2…
I miss the days when all my computer files were saved in a lockable box of floppy disks, labelled and sorted like a pack of cards. There was something reassuring in their physical presence, their square, hard plastic cases. #computers #data #nostalgia #1990s
I wanted an update on the #Gaza genocide but gave up trying to find anything approaching factual reporting here. X is drowning in AI generated slop when we need factual reporting now more than ever. I will buy a quality newspaper and so should you. @guardian @FT
The @demishassabis film The Thinking Game is brilliant, has already been watched 160m times - and is probably the best advert for the UK’s centrality to the future of high level globally important research and therefore for the world economy… from AI itself to its applications…
From our archive ~ Abraham Werner's wonderful 19C book Nomenclature of Colours gives swatches of all colour tones, & where to find them in nature. So, for example, Bluish Green is the colour of thrush’s egg, underside of rose leaves, & the mineral beryl mymodernmet.com/werner-nomencl…
Midwife leading Nottingham maternity inquiry charging NHS up to £26,000 a month. theguardian.com/society/2025/d…
This seems unbelievably cruel and heartless to me. I understand there has not even been a conviction for any crime. What is happening to our country? #Gaza #Palestine #Justice
A group of Palestine Action prisoners have been taking part in a hunger strike while on remand awaiting trial. Sky's Sadiya Chowdhury spoke to the sister of hunger striker Teuta Hoxa, who said she fears that her sibling could die. Read more ➡️ trib.al/zVlsLuV
As usual, not a mention on @BBCNews or any Western news outlet. Palestinian deaths are simply ignored and the news desks issue a collective shrug. Shame on you @thetimes @Telegraph @nytimes
Gaza - a graveyard of International Law Storm Byron did not kill toddlers in flooded tents. Israel’s occupation and blockade did. 1.5 million displaced in the freezing cold. The bad weather continues. Yet, look at these tents!!!
Seriously, what's the point in requiring financial compliance in a society when wealthy people are free to break the rules if it's in their own interest? Chief constable on £170k to retire for just one day to protect pension #society #pension #police bbc.com/news/articles/…
My walk on the promenade at #Paignton this afternoon - a lovely scene in chilly weather. #Devon #Torbay #Photography
I've long loved Vincent Van Gogh's painting of the Bridge at Langlois. I don't know why, but I was surprised at how beautiful was his handwriting, and how lovely were his illustrated letters. #VanGogh #Letters #Art
Finished another drawing. You can lose yourself in the process - it's very therapeutic. #drawing #art #MentalHealthMatters
The state of Israel at the UN call Francesca Albanese "a witch"... This is how they treat UN officials unmasking their crimes. Her response is perfect. Imagine what lies they make up about Palestinians when they accuse respected UN figures of witchcraft.....
“What fools we are to live in a generation for which war is a computer game for our children."
So the chancellor is at a business meeting in Saudi Arabia talking about imposing tax rises and spending cuts on the people back home. #Labour? They're a joke that's not funny. #RachelReeves #KeirStarmer #Budget2026
The wonderful work of the Flemish painter Jan van Kessel the Elder (1626-1679). He was active in Antwerp in the mid 17th century. #art #painting
Israel should pay reparations for generations - just as Germany did and does. People slaughtered for their RACE - with everything that supports life smashed into rubble — adds up to ecocide as well as genocide: the very worst crimes against humanity. No excuses.
Could the BBC please explain this ?
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