Tom F. Wright
@tomfwright.bsky.social
Historian of rhetoric and ideas, oracy, charisma. Head of English Dept, University of Sussex, UK. Runs UKRI Speaking Citizens project
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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
In this thread, I suggest that we take a different approach to that featured here. 1/x
What’s the future for our universities?
isrf.org
May 6, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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
In this thread, I suggest that we take a different approach to that featured here. 1/x
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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. 👇
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What’s the future for our universities?
isrf.org
May 5, 2026 at 4:48 PM
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...
isrf.org/blog/whats-t...
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.
November 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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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"Conventional wisdom says you can’t sell a tax rise."
Tom Wright: How to sell a tax rise
Tom Wright: How to sell a tax rise
How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:03 AM
"Conventional wisdom says you can’t sell a tax rise."
Tom Wright: How to sell a tax rise
Tom Wright: How to sell a tax rise
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-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
How to sell a tax rise
The Chancellor could do worse than reach back into the stories her predecessors told about tax
www.newstatesman.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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.
NEW EPISODE OUT NOW!
For today’s episode in the history of bad ideas David talks to cultural historian Tom Wright about charisma, a term that often feels essential for understanding modern politics but which ends up obscuring far more than it explains.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
For today’s episode in the history of bad ideas David talks to cultural historian Tom Wright about charisma, a term that often feels essential for understanding modern politics but which ends up obscuring far more than it explains.
Find us at...🎧 ppfideas.com
June 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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.