Signed up for Great British Bake Off, perhaps? They do know a thing or two about cakes after all.
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Signed up for Great British Bake Off, perhaps? They do know a thing or two about cakes after all.
This is so lovely. π€ Thanks to the @hist-isanet.bsky.social for showcasing historical work and to the committee for recognising Erased with this prize. π₯ Congratulations to Yan Long for their honourable mention.
This is one of 11 poetry workshop videos I've done to help children write poems. In all they've had 400,000 views. Free to use. Use the how you want.
I've Had This Shirt | What is Poetry for Kids | Michael Rosen Poetry Wor... youtu.be/iDkt5-6RpS4?... via @YouTube
And here is the (other) big news of the day - Reykjavik will hold a referendum on 29 August, seeking a mandate to continue its negotiations on EU accession, which had stalled in 2014.
www.euractiv.com/news/iceland...
An Γzdemir win would matter in another sense too. 7 decades after the first "guest workers" came to the federal republic, he would be the first minister-president of a German state to have Turkish roots. It wasn't a big factor in the campaign - people just like him (β¬οΈ) - but is a moment nonetheless.
Add 'sorting out misogynistic robots' to the things your daughter needs to do (for less money than a man) to save society and politics. Or, maybe work to sort out misogyny, which all of us can do? (Of course, that's not required to be a binary).
The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social
Brexit
a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)
www.cer.eu/insights/imp...
Casanova wandering London in the 18th century - theatres, taverns, the Exchange, and the curious manners of the English.
Read the full entry here: www.europeanliterarylondon.org/feature/f4b3...
@uclei.bsky.social
#EuropeanLiteraryLondon #London #CoventGarden #Casanova
'Only four in 10 UK PhD graduates remain in academia just over a year after completing their degrees with many more heading overseas for research jobs than in previous years, a major national poll suggests.' 1/3
Opera is not dying, TimothΓ©e, it's thriving. In Europe alone, 14m a year attend (2.5m under 25s) worth β¬10bn. Since 2000 La Traviata had 30,000 performances. In its lifetime it's been seen by half a billion people and recorded 291 times. Check back in 180yrs to see how Marty Supreme is doing, yeah?
This would have been my dream job when a post-doc myself.
Nine titles from independent publishers and seven debuts have been longlisted for the 2026 Womenβs Prize for Fiction, including books by Wendy Erskine, Lily King, Katie Kitamura and Kit de Waal π #BookSky
The herostratic impulse: to burn the world as a final act of self-assertion
One neutral EU country wondering how it can (and whether it should) help another neutral EU country.
I have said for years that neutrality in Europe will come increasingly under pressure.
www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41...
By the excellent @timothysnyder.bsky.social
Course slides discussing Dewey, Havel, and taking agency.
Taught Havel this year.
We all need to think more on taking agency.
βIt is to be expected that Togoβs newly installed restitution committee will demand the repatriation.β ππΎ
Creation of Eve from Wells Cathedral drawn by John Flaxman - compare to his drawing of the presentation of Pandora (Image 3).
From the wonderful @porticolibrary.bsky.social, via the glorious @poisonchallis.bsky.social.
HAPPY WORLD BOOK DAY! #WBD2026
Delighted to have been on this really interesting panel in Berlin last week, hosted by the British Council & the Alexander Humboldt Foundation about how to protect academic freedom in science over the coming years...
nachdem das verfassungsschutz-gutachten zur afd von nahezu allen seiten wochenlang in der luft zerrissen wurde, stellt man beruhigt fest, dass die legitimitΓ€t der geheimdienstlichen erkenntnisse fΓΌr die drangsalierung linker buchhandlungen wohl gerade noch so auszureichen scheint.
New @hepi-news.bsky.social report shows continued fall in foreign language study in England at A-level.
Language teacher recruitment consistently falls well below government targets β in 2024, just 43% of the target was reached.
on.ft.com/4l5SYX4
(Full report www.hepi.ac.uk/2025/07/31/n...)
βShe preferred the largesse, so wide and free and without mistakes, of not-understanding.β
(Lispector, An Apprenticeship)
'The Publishers Association, whose members include academic publishers across the UK, released a report on 4 March making the case for the protection of content as demand for its use by AI companies grows.' 1/3
My latest column for @wpr.bsky.social in which I argue that Macronβs nuclear speech really was groundbreaking and should get more attention
(and please: I did not chose the title! All mistakes in the text are mine, but the title is not.)
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Coming up in just an hour: our next interactive masterclass for @laws.ucl.ac.uk students, with Luis GonzΓ‘lez GarcΓa of Matrix Chambers, on the legality and longer-term impact of using tariffs as tools of negotiating leverage, geopolitics, and economic security.
www.ucl.ac.uk/european-ins...
I have just held a call with President Pedro SΓ‘nchez to express the EUβs full solidarity with Spain.
The EU will always ensure that the interests of its Member States are fully protected.
It is quite astonishing to remember the Iraq war, the demise of a brutal dictator there, the principled opposition of France and Germany, the chaos and regional instability that followed vindicating French and German opposition - and to see only Sanchez have the courage to take a stance.
This Women's History Month we are highlighting the long history of female involvement in Parliament and politics.
Below, Dr Kathryn Rix overviews the political involvement of women in the years leading up to some women gaining the right to vote in 1918.
#WomensHistoryMonth #WHM
