Exciting news from the Twittersphere! The ‘funder least likely to’ has actually got a Twitter account. Yes, the British Academy, wholesale provider of wingback leather arm chairs, steamed sponge puddings and ironed copies of The Times of London, has joined the Twitterati.
This is both exciting and – to be frank – slightly disappointing news. Exciting in that Twitter has become an important tool in the world of research funding for finding out what’s going on, and getting early alerts, insights and gossip on forthcoming schemes. Disappointing in that it shatters my treasured vision of the BA as a Mayfair gentlemen’s club, which I mentioned in an earlier post.
However, thankfully the BA has managed not to disappoint with its first tweet: ‘Archbishop of Canterbury asking ‘what should the Word of God sound like?’ at the British Academy today.’ You couldn’t make it up. I’m hoping the next will be ‘Is there honey still for tea? The need for a good dinner in a time of change.’
Oh yes. The BA: reassuringly old school.