Derek Johnston

Lecturer at Queen’s University Belfast. Media history. Gothic, ghosts, uses and representations of history. Any views my own. Mastodon @[email protected]

[Derek Johnston @drdjohnston]

Gone away to Blue Sky and Mastodon with the same handle (but generally using social media less)

[BBC Archive @BBCArchive]

#OnThisDay 1954: An adaptation of George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four was first aired on BBC Television.

It starred Peter Cushing, Yvonne Mitchell, Donald Pleasence and André Morell.

Watch on BBC iPlayer
https://t.co/o7cCx3eeY1

#bbcarchive #georgeorwell #nineteeneightyfour

[👻🧐Dr Jen Baker 🧐👻 @Jendeavour]

Join myself, @drdjohnston and one half of @agothiccookbook for some Festive Gothic this evening (UK time) - DM the Gothica team on one of their socials for a link!

[Pulp Librarian @PulpLibrarian]

The Time Machine, Brave New World, 1984: these weren’t the first dystopian novels. There's an interesting history of Victorian and Edwardian literature looking at the impact of modernity on humans and finding it worrying.

Today in pulp I look at some early dystopian books…

[Tom Pullin @TomPullin_]

🚨🚨🚨The Kneale-Cartier adaptation of Nineteen Eighty-Four, starring Peter Cushing and Yvonne Mitchell, is being repeated on BBC4 on Sun 17 November.🚨🚨🚨

https://t.co/JP8yRrWnTB

[Derek Johnston @drdjohnston]

@Stevevolkwriter Last of the Summer Vodka

[Dr Tom May @DreamCargoes]

Do you remember watching Play for Today when it was on TV in the 1970s or 1980s? If so, please get in touch (see email address in image)

I'm *especially* wanting to hear from any viewers who lived in Northern Ireland, Northern England, the Midlands, or saw it outside the UK!

[Martin Montague @MartinM_Media]

I hate wasps.

So, I have to keep reminding myself that they aren’t just there to annoy us.

"A loss of wasps… leads to reduced pollination, and without wasps our plants are more likely to be eaten by insect larvae otherwise controlled by wasps." https://t.co/7MbXdZnDu2

[J. Michael Straczynski @straczynski]

A reminder that after 50 years Harlan Ellison's THE LAST DANGEROUS VISIONS will debut October 2nd, so there's still time to pick up the original DANGEROUS VISIONS and AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISONS before this hits the stores.

[Hidden Britain Sign Co. @BritainCo]

+ COMPETITION +
After a recent rummage in the archives we are giving away a bundle of rarities, sold out items, commissions, prototypes & promotional items. Follow, RT & Like to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. UK only.
Summer sale is still on in the shop. https://t.co/WM5NKBwEwR

[Bodleian Libraries @bodleianlibs]

We're hiring a new Curator of Printed Ephemera. We're not exaggerating when we say this is a dream job. The role manages one of the most important collections in the world. Candidates with a qualification in librarianship, archives, or similar, apply here: https://t.co/JobTUb4W9z

[Aislinn Clarke @AislinnClarke]

EXCLUSIVE: First clips for Aislinn Clarke’s Locarno title Fréwaka from @Cineuropa

https://t.co/aGU2biXQiN

[QUB Film & Broadcast @qubscreen]

Congratulations to Broadcast Production award winners ✨

⭐️ Anjool Malde Journalism Award - Louise Simms & Sarah Morrison

⭐️ @QUBelfast Foundation Scholarships - Arwen Fegan & Louise Simms

📸 with lecturers @mrfrankdelaney @elena_caoduro @drdjohnston @_johndarcy & Kurt Taroff

[Gothic Nature Journal @gothicnaturejo]

Huge congratulations @KajaFranck! We'd love a reviewer for this...

[Derek Johnston @drdjohnston]

@accordingtoJonD Also similar to the titles of the 1951 The Thing From Another World.

[Coffin Boffin @DrSamGeorge1]

STUDY OPPORTUNITIES
From October 2024 I will be offering supervision for students to study with me online for an MA by Research in Literature on :
#Vampire Literature and Culture
or
Literature and #Folklore
One year full time or two years part-time

[Chris Alvino @ChrisAlvino]

I still can't get over how bad AI has become. And this is coming from a computer scientist who spent over a decade studying and programming AI.

I fucking LOVE AI, but here are 10 reasons I absolutely fucking hate it now, a 🧵 ...

[Derek Johnston @drdjohnston]

What a great conference!

[Horror Studies at Northumbria @HorrorStudies]

Memories of Horror Studies Now 2024 @NorthumbriaUni https://t.co/0dXxR0zCTV
#horrorNU
#horrorstudies #CultureCreativityNU