Jon Harvey
@jondharvey
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Comedian/writer/geek. If it’s sporty, ancient, or crap-film-related, I’m interested. Author of A Fan For All Seasons, out now in paperback.
London
Joined January 2009
I put Boris in the starring role in the British sequel to Succession, because it just had to be done. @jessearmstrong1 @lucyprebblish @hbo @NicholasBritell
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I’ve been collaborating with @classicsforall who do fantastic work bringing Latin and Classics to state primary and secondary schools across the UK. It’s amazing how much the kids love it and how it boosts learning. A very worthy recipient in the Big Give: https://t.co/sDJpeb2xg4
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Classics for All trains teachers to introduce and sustain Classics in their state schools. We give children and young people, …
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What the hell is this doing in a BBC News story? 1. Cut the flippancy FFS. 2. We assume you check EVERYTHING. 3. Pre-school kids know an ichthyosaurus is a fish dinosaur, so it’s not rocket science to guess an ichthyocentaur might be a fishy centaur. Jeez.
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I reckon I could beat him at golf. And I haven’t played since I was 12.
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Australia thought their way out of trouble. England dug their way into it. #Ashes
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Why Ashes cricket is as epic as the Iliad and Odyssey. My new piece in the Guardian:
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Why wait for Christopher Nolan’s film of The Odyssey? England and Australia are about to create their own version
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Me probably, and I’m a chronic asthmatic.
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“It becomes the default for communication, and they often struggle to move away from the WhatsApp chat.” Tom Stroud says he’s unsurprised that men are spending over six hours online daily. @jondharvey
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“When I was first a student, I had a wonderful time, but 10 per cent of the undergraduate students were women. It was a kind of monoculture.” British universities “are not going down the tubes”, says @wMaryBeard as she defends their trajectory. @JonDHarvey | #TimesRadio
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“Even in the States, at state level, there’s effective legislation.” People are “waking up to” the need of regulation online, say @AdeleWalton121 and Ian Russell as they call for more ambitious legislation to tackle the “unsafe design of social media.” @JonDHarvey | #TimesRadio
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“He wants to be an emperor…we all have to bow down to him...I don’t want to bow down to him at all.” Cheltenham festival goers react to Trump’s Gaza peace deal. @JonDHarvey | #TimesRadio
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Are they waving goodbye?
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I’ve written a piece in this, comparing the first ball in an Ashes series with the opening lines in the Iliad and Odyssey. Because, incredibly, nobody had already done it.
Issue 51 of The Nightwatchman is out now, full of wonderful long-form cricket writing from @ajarrodkimber, @danielgallan, @huwzat, @camsell59, and more Print: https://t.co/wBHQaJ2e8D Digital: https://t.co/qIoLfAjc8B
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I reckon this has a claim to be the best programme ever. Incredible achievement. Well played, Melvyn. Well played.
Having presented well over 1,000 episodes of the much-loved BBC Radio 4 series, Melvyn Bragg has made the decision to step down from In Our Time following the series which aired earlier this year Read more ➡️ https://t.co/vEKXGAbLR5
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Man City? Guardiola? Haaland? Ezey Peasy. Who needs a Gooner anyway? We. Are. Top of the league. #COYS
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Nominative determinism.
Thomas Frank: "I knew we had to do something a little bit different against PSG. It was a special operation. In medical terms, the operation succeeded but the patient died. So not that good in the end. (contd)
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I can’t say I’ve ever previously spent a Sunday morning chatting about Sydney Sweeney with @JaneMulkerrins and @AnnekaRice, but I’d do it again in a heart-beat! #nonemoreblonde #tokenbrunette
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Hey, I'm on this! Thanks @jondharvey for including me and #Quint So proud to be part of the lore! https://t.co/3OLZ9i29EM
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Jon Harvey celebrates 50 years of Jaws with a hilarious history of shark fiction.
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