Su-ming Khoo

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Sociologist. Interested in development, human rights, higher education, books, transdisciplinary stuff. Posts personal. #academicsky

Summer posy in a glass jug
Roses
Garden flowers in a patterned jug, surrounded by summer fruit in bowls
Sweetshop selection of roses in a glass jug
Pretty heirloom roses in a tall glass
Yellow freesias and pale lilac wisteria in a glass vase
Small posy with a pink and apricot rose and tangerine gems, in a straight glass vase
Book cover
Tulips
Tulips and greenery
Red and gold tulips in a straight vase and a spring of wallflower and sweet cicely in a tiny round hand-blown glass vase
Moss, wall saxifrage and little mouse ear chickweed plant
Tiny posy of orange and pink tulips, hellebore, chrysanthemum and muscari in a grey pottery vase
Yellow and orange tulips in the sun. Magenta chrysanthemums in the background
Twigs with greenery and hanging Easter egg decorations
Spring flowers in a vase, grapes in a bowl and a glass of pink wine
A copy of Castoriadis and Autonomy in the Twenty First Century, by A Schismenos, N Ioannou and Chris Spannos
A copy of Towards a Feminist Ethics of Nonviolence, edited by T J Huzar and C Woodford.
Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring
Book and bookmark as described in the skeet
Yee Sang lucky rawfish salad ingredients: smoked trout, carrot, scallions, radish, lime, pomelo, peanut and red paper packets containing pepper and sesame
Some trees and overcast but still blue sky
Radical Abundance: How to Win a Green Democratic Future, by Kai Heron, Keir Milburn and Bertie Russell, Radical Abundance. Just visible is a postcard of a painting of two women, Toulouse-Lautrec, The Two Friends, 1894
38 Londres Street with a postcard of Bottle and Newspaper by Picasso marking a few pages in. A pile of books with Scanlon on the top in the background
Morality and Responsibility by TM Scanlon (2025). Bookmark is a postcard of Sean Keating's painting An Allegory (1924)
Maeve McKeown's book With Power Comes Responsibility. Bookmark is "Wissenschaft", A Kubin
Cheshire cat mosaic high up on a wall next to a street sign that reads "4th Arr. Rue Vielle du Temple"
Carbon: the book of life by Paul Hawken. Bookmark is Big Bang Fountain, Olafur Eliasson
Cover of TM Scanlon's What We Owe to Each Other with a bookmark, Picasso's "Bouquet des Fleurs" (1958)
Cover of Wendy Harcourt's new book, Conundrums of Care
Paperback of You are Not a Gadget, by Jaron Lanier
Exit, Voice, and Loyalty, by Albert O. Hirschman
Paperback of Jaron Lanier, "You Are Not A Gadget" and a postcard of a painting of a young boy, drawing at a small desk, wearing a blue shirt, black shorts, and red shoes.
Crunchy little fried seafoods
A large kir and a tiny biere
Canelé, a wee cake from Bordeaux
Spinoza: Freedom's Messiah by Ian Buruma with a postcard of Philip Guston's painting, "The Irony of History"
Sam Moyn's book "Liberalism against itself", a pen and small notebook
A quiet marina wreathed in freezing fog
A painting by Monet, "Impression: sunrise"
Crevettes grises, oysters, a crab roll and Provencal rosé
Colourful patisserie and yule logs
Window of a fancy patisserie with colourful meringues
Detail of a Picasso painting of a woman reading in blocks of black, green, white and blue
Beautiful mimosa about to burst into flower
Historic plane tree in the Jardin des Plantes, dating from the 1780s
Twigs of red Holly and hawthorn berries in a celadon jug hung with a few baubles and twinkling tealights
Evening table scene with a glass of wine, candles and snacks
West of Ireland scene
A stunning view of a large lake and mountains
A lake and blue sky, seen through silver birches
Sleepy manul in a tree
Colourful autumn leaves and berries in a stoneware vase
Dahlias, berries and pretty lemon geranium leaves in a pottery vase
Slightly blurry chocolate éclair with a bite taken and a mug of tea on a cluttered kitchen table
Chaotic autumnal flowers in a stoneware vase. They seem to be enjoying autumn sunshine.
Sliced tomatoes and cheese on toast
Dahlias, tomatoes and grapes
A motley collection of twigs and berries, rescued from a hedge destroyed by so-called "maintenance"
Tomatoes