Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026From you, sir, that is everything. Thank you for your service 100 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 11/10/2026You and your colleagues are good people 110 0
Reposted by Stephen Hancockvictoria1921.bsky.social @victoria1921.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Yup. Thank you Michael Spicer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8M6...m.youtube.comThe Room Next Door - Kemi BadenochYouTube video by Michael Spicer 15116 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 09/10/2026This is a place I know very well - my grandparents lived there, and they would have hated Reform. Good news. 040 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026My parents have a ginger cat with a white bib called Oscar! Yours is rather splendid, as is theirs! 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Quite. Socialism has a definition. Just look at a dictionary or a sixth form political science textbook book. What Vance decides it means is both irrelevant and (judging by his response) incorrect. 030 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026In memory of those who were killed in the October 7th attacks. May their memory be a blessing. Also thinking of those who grieve. May they know peace. 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I work in Cambridge city centre. I feel your pain! 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026difference to how she approaches international travel (and she does a LOT!) Wishing you continued success as you promote your book - I cannot wait to read it! 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I am glad this journey home seems to have been more successful that previous ones! Sincerely, thank you for being so open about the difficulties you faced when travelling back to England. My American wife (with ILR) has changed the way she travels due to what happened to you. It has made a big 100 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I always think this play is one of the most current and relevant plays Shakespeare wrote. It is a shame that it so often seems to be sidelined as an ‘early play’. I enjoy introducing it to my sixth form students in extension sessions. How wonderful would it be to have it on the curriculum! 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Need to look at the new edition. Have both Jonathan Bates’ edition and revised edition. Is the new one good? 210 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I love this play! I feel it is a great companion piece to Julius Caesar - the later is about the triumph of rhetoric, Titus is about the death of rhetoric. Lavinia’s ‘wooden tongue’ Is a brilliant metaphor for how ineffectual speech is in this play. 130 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Listening to Old Harry’s Game season 4 episode ‘Poet’s Corner’ in memory of Jeffrey Archer. 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I miss the cows in Dean’s Meadow! Are they ever going to return? 100 0
Reposted by Stephen HancockMoira Hancock @moirahancock.bsky.social · 04/10/2026When @nigella.bsky.social reminds you about Korvapuustipäiva -a holiday not designed for coeliacs. Not perfect but pretty good for gluten free! 021 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Thank you so much for this series - erudite, thoughtful, witty. This is a series I recommend to my A-Level students along with In Our Time as things worth listening to that will develop their knowledge and analytical thinking. 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026this misery, hurt, violence and death with this abomination is indicative of a sick society. No-one gets true justice, everyone is left poorer and sullied because of it. It is just so very sad for everyone involved. My heart weeps. 021 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 01/10/2026What happened to Christa Pike as a child in terms of abuse was horrific. The crime she committed was horrific, and I feel desperately sorry for Colleen Slemmer and her family. The abuse Pike suffered does not excuse her actions, but surely mitigates them. That the justice system would compound all 130 0
Reposted by Stephen HancockDak @dak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Ordering dinner via QR code feels less like going out for hospitality and more like submitting an IT helpdesk ticket for a bowl of pasta. 192022228 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Agree - not only is it offensive and tacky, I just think it is trying to appeal to a different culture of Christian Nationalism which has yet to gain mainstream attraction in the UK (and which I think will never do so, largely because it is so very very weird!) 020 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ok. Enough. The first three films changed the face of cinema. The next three were flawed but largely aimed to advance to mythos and story. Now Star Wars is just being used to milk money - there is no love for the fans, desire for creativity. It is production of goods for production’s sake. Just stop 1100 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Things that should be sent to the innermost circle of Hades: Stansted Airport (though I suspect it is actually one of the circles of hell. 000 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Things that should be added to the innermost circle Hades: QR Codes to order food at restaurant tables. 000 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Especially as this story is meant to take place before the events of The Lion etc, which is set in WW2. It seems a bad choice. I am not convinced by what I have heard and seen about this film this far. 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Oxford always has to be different! I hope you enjoyed it there! 011 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 24/09/2026They can take your PhD, as long as they let you keep your DPhil. I think your video was great! 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026gatekeeping of national identity is a horrendously complex (and dangerous!) issue, and those engaging with it seem to be either unaware of that, or willfully ignoring it. None of this is to criticise you, by the way - your question was very thought provoking (and you are right - not a uniquely 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nationality, and culture is incredibly complex, as is the what constitutes a nation or country. For example the United Kingdom’s borders as we know them today is only just over 100 yrs old. And Northern Ireland is a pertinent example of all the complexities of ‘nationality’. I think political 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Sorry - probably did not express myself well. I mean the idea of a homogenous ‘pure’ ideal of English culture. I am pretty sure such a thing does not exist. Cultures have been cross pollinating since forever. I am not sure any one body (and CERTAINLY not political parties) should be determining 110 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Alas, did not see it in the theatre! Agree that Macbeth needs to be fast and no intervals to let up the tension. Of all of Shakespeare’s plays, I think it is one of the most difficult to cut - not a word or thought wasted. The writing is as so sharp and taught. 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If we are a mixture of Celtic, Germanic, French and Scandinavian cultures in our medieval past, why can we not embrace African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Anerican (and other) cultures now. The idea of Englishness is in many ways absurd. 171 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you like the Patrick Stewart version (possibly the favourite I have seen, after the WONDERFUL Globe 2018 version)? 100 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I always go think of Defoe’s description of the English as a ‘mongrel’ race. We are better for our diversity and variety. And stronger. It is a great thing about our country that we are a vibrant multi-cultural place. It enhances our culture and society endlessly 190 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026(I know I am very much preaching to the converted - and indeed far more knowledgeable than me - by replying on this thread. I just wanted to express my complete agreement!) That Macbeth film is great by the way! 021 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026And of course the cheapest most commonly available dyes were some of the most vibrant. Madder, woad, weld! I remember seeing a woollen kirtle dyed with weld and thought it impossible that such a colour was not synthetic. 121 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The literature of the medieval period is saturated in colour. I have been teaching Arrmitage’s modernisation of Gawain and the Green Knight, and the opening description of Camelot is a multi-colour extravaganza. 121 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Every time I hear about someone making a film set in medieval times, I just want to point the director, producer and anyone who will pay attention towards a Breughel painting and say ‘That is what the medieval works looked like!’ Notice the fact that not everything is grey, black or covered in crap! 131 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026This story ought to be told to all those who criticise and attack the RNLI. It should shame them. 0231 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026They are also the very best of Britain, as well as the very best of humanity. Anyone who traduces them doesn’t really respect ideals of respect, compassion, sacrifice and selflessness (ideals that the goons in charge of Reform and Respect simply do not get!) 0122 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Those who serve the RNLI are the very very best of us. They go to sea to save the lives of all those who need them, regardless of creed, religion, nationality, race, or background. They see humans in distress, and seek to serve them - the very definition of selflessness. 1172 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So looking forward to this! Dr Lister is a great historian and excellent communicator! 000 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Make that six - I really enjoy your videos 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Oh so sorry to hear this. Shingles is not nice. Glad you have medication Look after yourself, and feel better soon. I know you will nail your book tour! 010 0
Stephen Hancock @stephenhancock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026I think good practice starts early. Your comments on AI use have informed my class rules too - thank you 010 0
