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Tom F. Wright

@tomfwright.bsky.social
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Historian of rhetoric and ideas, oracy, charisma. Head of English Dept, University of Sussex, UK. Runs UKRI Speaking Citizens project

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Knowledge & understanding grow in university settings when experts disagree with each other, testing each others' claims, adducing different evidence & positing alternative scenarios. That's how change happens. In this thread, I suggest that we take a different approach to that featured here. 1/x
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What’s the future for our universities?
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Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
NEW from me: many of our universities are now in a dying fall. A new global-national-regional-local split is opening up, which could choke off progress on almost all the Government's plans. Do they have a plan? Nope, nothing, not a clue. 👇 isrf.org/blog/whats-t...
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Tom F. Wright @tomfwright.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Last week was potentially transformational for the future of young people in England's state schools, who received a new commitment to 'oracy' education in the Curriculum and Assessment Review.
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The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
"Conventional wisdom says you can’t sell a tax rise." Tom Wright: How to sell a tax rise
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How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
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Tom F. Wright @tomfwright.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
New piece by me in the @newstatesman1913.bsky.social on how Reeves could learn from history on how to tell a story about the inevitable … www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
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Tom F. Wright @tomfwright.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
was delighted to join David Runciman on his podcast @ppfideas.bsky.social this week to talk about 'charisma' and how the (bad) way we talk about politics shapes the politics we get.
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