Jeffrey Archer dies, aged 86

Scholar power: 5.8%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew Scott	2%	29	3.2%
🎓 Steve Peers	5%	27	2.6%
Total			5.8%

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Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

Archer came and spoke to my school in the 1980s.

Charm personified. Bragged at length about his many achievements and then... something bizarre happened. 1/3

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Jeffrey Archer obituary

Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

www.bbc.co.uk

October 5, 2026 at 9:56 PM

by John Haffenden

26%

Scholar power: 26.0%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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🎓 John Haffenden	25%	12	26.0%

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Reposted by Alex Callinicos

2%

Scholar power: 2.9%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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🎓 Alex Callinicos	5%	33	2.9%

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19.4 h

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Reposted by Trudy Harpham

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Scholar power: 0.6%

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🎓 Trudy Harpham	1%	40	0.6%

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by Adrian Barnett

13%

Scholar power: 13%

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Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Adrian Barnett	-	76	-

Adrian Barnett

@aidybarnett.bsky.social

Jeffrey Archer, a man who was always in the news during my childhood. This obituary is a great read. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Jeffrey Archer obituary

Politician and best-selling author whose career was mired in scandal and disgrace.

www.bbc.com

October 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM

by Arthur Spirling

5%

Scholar power: 5.9%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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🎓 Arthur Spirling	4%	24	5.9%

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81.0%

26.8 h

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0.014

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Reposted by Will Jennings

3%

Scholar power: 3.6%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Will Jennings	5%	51	3.6%

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72.0%

29.5 h

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0.013

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Marie Gardiner

@mariegardiner.bsky.social

Awful coverage of Jeffrey Archer's death on the BBC. First apparently he's the author of 380 million books... that's prolific.

Second, he died in between writing sessions. Are you sure about that; *between*? He wrote, died, then got up and wrote a bit more did he?

October 5, 2026 at 8:57 PM

by James Crossley

3%

Scholar power: 3.7%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 James Crossley	3%	17	3.7%

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53.0%

8.2 h

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James Crossley

@jc01229.bsky.social

On Jeffrey Archer...
jamescrossley3.substack.com/p/jeffrey-ar...

October 6, 2026 at 6:13 PM

by Steven Fielding

7%

Scholar power: 7.9%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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🎓 Steven Fielding	7%	14	7.9%

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Steven Fielding

@polprofsteve2024.bsky.social

Having read a few of his, I guess we need to call them novels, they could’ve also mentioned how excruciatingly bad they were. They were perhaps his greatest crime.

October 6, 2026 at 6:36 AM

Reposted by Steve Peers

2%

Scholar power: 2.6%

Story's scientific field profile

Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	5%	27	2.6%

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays)

@sundersays.bsky.social

There is v warm coverage of the late Jeffrey Archer on Radio 4 Today focusing on book sales & chsrity with fraud, perjury & disgrace mainly as something to bounce back from. He probably got more second, thitd & fourth chances that anybody else in British public life in the last half century.

October 6, 2026 at 6:23 AM

by Adrian Barnett

13%

Scholar power: 13%

Story's scientific field profile

Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Adrian Barnett	-	76	-

Adrian Barnett

@aidybarnett.bsky.social

His attitude was "fake it till you make it", then "keep faking it even after you've made it".

October 6, 2026 at 4:01 AM

by Aidan O’Sullivan

6%

Scholar power: 6.7%

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Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

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🎓 Aidan O’Sullivan	6%	14	6.7%

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54.0%

19.8 h

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6.7%

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Aidan O'Sullivan

@aidanosullivan.bsky.social

RTE news just covered all of that. 🙂

October 6, 2026 at 6:35 AM

Reposted by Arthur Spirling

2%

Scholar power: 2.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Arthur Spirling	4%	24	2.0%

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84.0%

29.9 h

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by Andrew Scott

3%

Scholar power: 3.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Art 70%, Political science 20%, Communication & Media Studies 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Andrew Scott	2%	29	3.2%

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45.0%

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0.004

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Otto English

@ottoenglish.bsky.social

A relative (by marriage) of mine worked at Private Eye and Archer did everything he could to befriend him until said relatives' wife rang the alarm bells and questioned his motives... and wondered why he was going to such lengths... it was obvious to all

October 6, 2026 at 7:47 AM

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Jeffrey Archer dies, aged 86

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