Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

Writer, mother, and Jane Austen enthusiast. Words: @Spectator_LIFE @TheCriticMag @publicdiscourse @plough @seenunseenmag @FairerSexFD beatricescudeler.weebly.com Oxford, England Joined May 2022

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

20 hours ago

Yeah so the trailer for this put me off my breakfast.

Film Updates @FilmUpdates

3 days ago

Yeah so the trailer for this put me off my breakfast.

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Today is the anniversary of Tolkien’s death. Fortunately … “There is a place called ‘heaven' where the good here unfinished is completed; and where the stories unwritten, and the hopes unfulfilled, are continued. We may laugh together yet…” (Tolkien, Letter 45).

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

2 weeks ago

'My commonplace book is a healthy mix of St. John Henry Newman and Michael Scott'. Entirely agree with @tsh except for me it's probably a mix of Dorothy Sayers and Leslie Knope 🤣

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

2 weeks ago

Very pleased to have visited @BookcaseCrlisle in Carlisle yesterday.

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

3 weeks ago

Let's be clear: no parent can ever entirely shield their child from pain. Selling people the dream that they can do so - even shaming parents who don't fall for it, as Orchid does - is repugnant.

Noor Siddiqui @noor_siddiqui_

3 weeks ago

Let's be clear: no parent can ever entirely shield their child from pain. Selling people the dream that they can do so - even shaming parents who don't fall for it, as Orchid does - is repugnant.

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

3 weeks ago

Technology is changing the way we approach art. Read more of my thoughts for @TheCriticMag below 👇🏼

The Critic @TheCriticMag

3 weeks ago

Technology is changing the way we approach art. Read more of my thoughts for @TheCriticMag below 👇🏼

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The Critic @TheCriticMag

3 weeks ago

“You’d be forgiven for wondering whether Netflix ran its algorithm magic and asked AI to write a script with all the trends” — @beatrixscudeler is unimpressed by “My Oxford Year” thecritic.co.uk/a-series-of-dr…

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

3 weeks ago

What's the point of getting a literature degree if you can't criticize bad storytelling? Today for @TheCriticMag, I review the new Netflix film My Oxford Year, arguing that its obsession with clichés is a symptom of the microtrendification of fiction.

The Critic @TheCriticMag

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

4 weeks ago

Baked enough cheesecakes for a formal dinner for 20 people the other day. A nice distraction from my usual job of ranting about how horribke everything is in the world. Seriously considering catering as a side hustle...

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Public Discourse @PublicDiscourse

4 weeks ago

It's been an excellent week here at Public Discourse with our Advice for the 20s series. Rev. Peter Ryan closed out the series with his insightful discussion of vocation as a tradeoff between multiple different goods. He writes: "[C]ooperating with God’s plan comes at a cost.…

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Beatrice Scudeler @beatrixscudeler

a month ago

This week, @PublicDiscourse is publishing an article series on advice to people in their early twenties. I kicked off the series yesterday with an essay on career and vocation. Today, the series continues with a reflection on friendship.