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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Is FAR TOO focused on US/UK shows, but it's a bit of fun. What have i seen? 1, 3, 4, currently watching 8, 12, 15, 20, 22, currently watching 26, 27, 34, 40, 45, 50, 53, 60, 63, most of 67, 68, 72, 74, 85, 88, 97, 98. I'd get outside more, but I have a newborn that demands feeding at all hours.

The New York Times list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century. Please use your favourite search engine to find full list, no way I can type it all!

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

May I present Spike Milligan's grave. Says "I told you I was ill" in Gaelic.

A photo of Spike and Shelagh Milligan's gravestone. Includes the words "I told you I was ill" in Gaelic.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I disliked Ed Sheeran before it was cool (banned his music from my wedding in 2018).

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Love this! Do you know if other countries have similar lists?

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

When British/English people say foreigner/born abroad they never mean people like me (white middle class, educated, no religion). Bigots.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Tina Turner's longtime sax player.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I see you, and raise: Hungry Jack White.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I LOVE Dorian Grey, but memory tells me there's a very antisemitic minor character. Could be awkward, could be a teachable moment.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Please tell me more about your class!

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Blessed are the cheesemakers, and also their vending machines.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

I thought/have used rainbow-washing for LGBTQ+ matters. Caveat: I'm cishet.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

The house on the cover!!! Love it.

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Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives @darrencullen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Urgently looking for a parking space for the Hell Bus, Ideally somewhere near Bristol / Swindon (where its drivers live) I can pay but obviously looking to keep costs as low as possible since the bus already costs a fortune to simply exist every year.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

My favourite is complimenting people on how gorgeous their dogs are. Always gets a smile, and usually I get to pet the dog 😊

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Functioning is overrated right now.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

I would watch the heck out of a film like this about Philby. Maybe a BBC prestige miniseries with updated details will come to pass.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Strongly recommend Krakauer's book Into Thin Air about the Everest expedition. Unrelated but excellent mountain films: Touching The Void, and Society Of The Snow.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Things spotted at Bletchley Park yesterday:

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

I thoroughly recommend this film. But I also like Under Seige 1 and 2 as well as Kindergarten Cop, so trust me at your peril.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

Time to go write a piece for The Conversation as part of your promotional strategy!

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I don't have DMs enabled but if you're still at UEA I'll look up your email and send it.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Yes, under a stated list of parameters. My uni signed a deal with Claude, and as I teach Brand Mgt I feel obligated to be on-brand. Can send you the full text if you're curious.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

I created a very strict use declaration statement, with a massive penalty if they don't include it. Needs a little refinement, but I believe strongly in it.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Hello again! Trying to get back into the swing of things.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Thank you for thinking of me. Also, that's creepy as hell.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

It's desperately sad reading the NYT and National Post articles about Bob Munsch. Like many Canadians, not only did I grow up with his books but I got to hear him tell stories live. Go hug your families, and read one of his books to your kids.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

So the Met will use facial recognition at Notting Hill Carnival but not today? Fascinating.

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Sequences Billie Rae Busby 2023

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

She was mentioned on an episode of Horrible Science; I was SO excited to tell my son about her.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

I once tried to explain pre decimal currency to one of my first years (she wasn't British) and all I could come up with was: 'you know how in Harry Potter they had weird money, British money was a bit like that.'

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

But but, it's a franchise-able IP!!! /s As disjointed as it's gotten, Amazon will still run with it. MAYBE a young/in training Bond might work. For me, more Le Carre/Cambridge 5 kinda stuff please.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Make a band food: Flanson Great Big Seafood Meatles

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 oh, and my mum was the first person in her family to go to uni. After retirement, dad did a BA History for fun. My sis did an MA in Modern History. And me, well I'm only the second person in my family to get a PhD. End of thread.

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 had a good career teaching hundreds of schoolkids before retirement. The moral of the story: #alevel results don't define your entire life, and nontraditional paths to learning/success are valid. 5/

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 so she applied and got in to #SFU. Did a BA and teacher training, started working in primary schools. Discovered a passion for teaching math, started doing all sorts of experiential learning. Did an MA, then went mad and did a PhD. 4/

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 she moved to Canada, had me and my sister. Made extra $ typing up notes and essays fir local uni students (secretary skills!). One of them, who she was friends with until he died, said 'you're just as smart as all these students, why don't you apply ' 3/

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 she left school at 16, did the secretary thing. Still friends with her first boss. But she wanted more, so she tried an A Level at night school while my dad (O Level in woodworking only) did his accountancy studies. Mum failed, and gave up on education for decades. 2/

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Dr Courtney Hagen Ford @chf-ldn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

🧵 about #alevels, #results and exams in the UK. My mum was working class, went to the type of secondary school where girls were encouraged to leave at 16 to train as secretaries. They saw her as the 'wrong sort', and made her do CSEs and barred her from O Levels. She fought and lost. 1/

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