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Guess which day I'm going to the cricket?

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sentences you can read, even when you can't

General funding applications will reopen soon!

King’s College London’s had a spruce up 👀

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Happy Publication Day to @soumayakeynes.ft.com and @chadpbown.com! Interestingly I see your publisher has produced this graphic. And yet, strangely enough, part of my proposed blurb was not required.

Can’t buy me Lviv

New from me: I had the pleasure of sitting in as host of BBC’s Radical podcast this week, and had an absolutely fascinating conversation with leading geneticist Sir John Bell, where we explored the quite astonishing medical breakthroughs of recent (and coming) years www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Football trouble or Early Modern intrigue?

Terry Mole, there

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Sure we have unbearably hot summers in London, but that means you appreciate the six months of grey drizzle all the more

Great news for Paddington’s creative swearing game

after years of the government not really actually saying "the war with Russia is making the quality of your life go down" now we also have the government not really saying "the war with Iran is making the quality of your life go down"

Sonny Rollins, colossus of jazz saxophone, dies aged 95

Pick a Bond villain from pictures you already have on your phone

Pick a Bond villain from pictures you already have on your phone

PSA for Londoners who (like me) do not have aircon: you should keep your chocolate in the fridge this week.

Also, I would imagine that very few DCIs in the Oxford area drive a 1960s jag

That’s a shame, I always enjoyed his canticles

Current scene at Highbury and Islington tube

So Villa win the Europa League but West Ham get relegated Mixed week for David Cameron

spurs last season 38 points, this season 41 points, trust the process

North London (derby) forever

Phew. Have to admit that a month ago I thought we were going down.

Reminder that the following you insist you have to stay on Twitter for is meaningless. Ghosts, bots, and dead accounts.

How to win a trade war (and influence people) My new essay for the FT: as.ft.com/r/19d4135a-c...

Seagulls are like street signs, you don’t realize how big they are until you’re trying to steal one.

"The closing of programmes in History, and the wider humanities, is a squandering of distinctive scholarly assets for which Hertfordshire, rightly, has received praise and funding over the past decade."

English Heritage unveils recreation of 4,500-year-old Neolithic hall near Stonehenge. The Kusuma Neolithic Hall, based on Durrington 68 site, will allow visitors to ‘step back in time’ into the lives of those who built the stone circle 🎥English Heritage www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

This is a beautiful, heartwarming piece www.youtube.com/watch?v=cu3r...

Still occasionally taken aback by the British Library cafe’s approach to pricing

Still looking for a chance to speak at this year's Congress? Time hasn't run out yet! We still have a number of sessions looking for a new paper! To view a complete list, and submit your proposal, visit our Late Call for Papers here: www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/imc-2026/lat... #Medievalsky #IMC2026 #IMC

So many people wearing the ‘Arsenal’ clothing brand in central London today. Is there a sale on or something?

Chad P. Bown and Soumaya Keynes on whether Trump launched a trade war without a coherent strategy

As a Spurs fan living in Islington I would appreciate your thoughts and prayers at this difficult time

So, uh, @chadpbown.com and I went on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart last night and Jon had read the book and really liked it. And I think my head might explode? m.youtube.com/watch?v=GYcw...

ever think about how umbrella means ‘little shadow’ ☂️

POV: choirs on concert day

I'm hiring for a funded PhD in 'global' medieval history or trans-Mediterranean entanglements at my chair in Bochum, Germany, from 1 Oct 2026 — 3 yrs, your own project, 3 hrs/week teaching in the History Department, at 65 %of TVL-13 (~€2050/month after tax). Apply by 31 May — or please share 👇

I believe they originally missed off viola

Two visual puns I hadn’t been aware of until yesterday. The vertical elements of the City of London School for Girls resemble pencils, and those for the Guildhall School of Music & Drama represent tuning forks.

Can't remember the last time I watched 3 performances on 3 consecutive nights. Have had my ears spoilt this week with Carice Singers singing Martland at King's Place, Peter Grimes at ROH, and Nicholas Mulroy singing Latin American music in Cowes for Fairest Isle Festival on the Isle of Wight.

Obsessed with Carlisle Cathedral advertising a 6-day-a-week job without accommodation (which is often provided in some form for these roles), but offering a 10% discount in the cathedral shop.

Somewhere out there there’s a Celtic fan who’s read all of the Guardian’s top 100 books, having a really excellent Saturday

When the director of music does some arranging of the arrangement

My vote is Klaus Mäkelä

It was a fabulous concert!