iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Practising for the post-apocalypse

000 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Last barbecue of the year? Maybe

240 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

One more top tip: there is no one better than an English teacher and director of an educational charity to proof-read your book!

030 0

Reposted by Peter Stockwell

EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This is coming soon from @engmediacentre.bsky.social ! Largely the work of the stylistics gurus @stockwell.bsky.social and @jessnorledge.bsky.social with some classroom tips (and 'can you make that even simpler for people like me' requests) from me, it should be an excellent resource. More soon.

The extremely sexy cover of the Nottingham Stylistics Toolkit Companion designed by Sam Sullivan for the EMC.

21910 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Kotshena by Kiss Facility. Heard this at a wedding at the Mena House Hotel by the pyramids in Giza. Lovely.

010 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We are hosting the annual @babelzine.bsky.social Lecture at @uonenglish.bsky.social on 12th November Henry Normal: ‘Poetry, Comedy and a Greater Truth’ Free admission but strictly ticketed - sign up here: tinyurl.com/NormalBabel

073 0

Reposted by Peter Stockwell

Prof Michaela Mahlberg @michamahlberg.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

How can the analysis of concordances be supported by algorithms? 📽️ Have a look at this new series of videos where we introduce the FlexiConc functionality in CLiC. 💻 CLiC is a free web app designed to support the computer-assisted study of narrative fiction. youtu.be/W9FYF81SYPQ?...

youtu.be

FlexiConc in CLiC: Tutorial 1

YouTube video by Text and Language Lab

0125 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Ha! This is over several books. It’d be obvious whodunnit

001 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Publisher’s royalty statement arrives. I have £7.32! Obviously don’t actually have it, as it is too low an amount to actually send me. Maybe can’t retire just yet.

290 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Waiting for the Evri man, like some sort of medieval allegory

2166 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The original ticket office still stands: Bridge St, Stockton

040 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

I got 12! But that was best of around 50 attempts. This really shows you how many identikit plump shiny faced white men happen to be MPs

030 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It’s important to put a ‘use of AI’ statement on our modules. Here’s mine:

The point of doing a stylistics analysis and essay is the process of learning how to be a stylistician. We will be supporting your ideas throughout the module as you develop your thinking. Your analysis is highly likely to be a unique application of a linguistic pattern in a literary text, so the large-language collator that is 'AI' will almost certainly produce a very mediocre piece of slop and drivel, for which you will get a terrible grade. You are better than that; have some self-respect. In short, don't be a loser: no 'AI'.

3110 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

But if you treat data artefacts of a financial model as being more real than actual cash and real costs, then eliminating non-existent marginal costs while rejecting surplus income is where you end up. History will not be kind. 5/5

040 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Cutting a joint honours degree - even with tiny numbers of students in it - is simply throwing away their fee income for ZERO saving in cost. It is the dumbest thing that a bunch of clueless, non-teaching consultants can advise an unthinking management team to do. 4/5

191 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Joint honours degrees and pathways are easily designed with existing modules, existing staff, existing buildings, and with only a tiny increase in other facilities. 3/5

130 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If Degree A has 100 students and Degree B has 50 students, then the joint Degree AB brings in almost pure surplus - whether that is another 50 students or only 5 students. 2/5

110 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If Dept A and Dept B have 10 modules each for their degrees, say - then they can run 5 of those modules each as a joint honours course at virtually no extra cost at all. 1/5

120 0

Reposted by Peter Stockwell

English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Secure access to all the webinars we're hosting in 2026/27 with one of our Annual Webinar Packages, which provides live and on-demand access for the whole department and helpful resources linked to every webinar: buff.ly/VxAREIB

buff.ly

EMC Annual Webinar Package 2026-2027

EMC Annual Webinar Package 2026-2027 – live and on-demand access for the whole department to all our webinars for the academic year 2026-2027 On sale until 5pm 30th September 2026.

013 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Had another of those ‘Hi! We love your work [insert text merge] and would like to feature it in our book group’ scams. Latest from the ‘London Philosophy Group’ (who are real but had their ID stolen). I usually reply asking for a £500 fee to be featured; generally then never hear from them again.

170 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Wow. The word ‘viral’ really has shifted in meaning, hasn’t it!

031 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I think it’s always a good sign of ongoing activity. Be honest about ‘in press’ and ‘in prep’, though. I’ve seen candidates get booted out for claiming a paper that was little more than a twinkle in their eye. Be ready to be asked about it.

040 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Saw Dolly at Sheffield arena many years ago. Half the audience there in pink stetsons for the 9-5 music, half for the country gospel. By the end, she’d switched everybody. And her reading foundation gave books to thousands of Yorkshire kids. A genuine legend. RIP

050 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Back from the excellent @pala2026.bsky.social conference, though they might have over-catered for the final evening

060 0

Reposted by Peter Stockwell

Christiana Gregoriou @cgregoriou.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Fab Uppsala PALA pic, where Practising Stylistics, celebrating (beaming) Paul Simpson was launched. So lucky to be among friends/co-contributors Billy Clark, Marina Lambrou, Simon Statham, Peter Stockwell, Siobhan Chapman, Dan McIntyre, Michael Toolan, Sandrine Sorlin & Katie Wales. Joe Bray too! 📚✨

072 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Ready for some LitLing in Sweden? It’s PALA in Uppsala #Usppala To the Stylisticsmobile - and away!

020 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

To Sweden on Monday for the @pala2026.bsky.social conference: cooler than here but not cold. I have washed all my favourite clothes so now have to spend the weekend dressed as Dwayne Dibbley

0101 0

Peter Stockwell @stockwell.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I set up what, by metrics and reputation, is a world-leading online global postgrad scheme. We didn’t employ know-nowt consultants; we designed it as academic and admin colleagues. We spent two years researching it, and what Cardiff is doing is precisely the wrong way. nation.cymru/news/more-re...