This review of a book about Eric Hobsbawm manages to avoid saying where he worked for his whole career: Birkbeck. He was (t)here from 1947-1982, then emeritus, then President, 2002-2012. A university focused on giving education to working class people. www.theideasletter.org/essay/the-ce...

I liked episode 1 of song of the samurai but I also had to spend an hour reading up on 19c Japanese history .

At this point, I see France winning it.

The problem foreseen a decade ago exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex... 1Williams. Exchanges 2016 4(1), pp. 1-13 A Conversation with Martin Stannard and Barbara Cooke

Yes, a key Tory mistake that enshittifies British universities

Godless communists unite, you have nothing to lose but Trump.

Has the Guardian discovered the massive proportion of students who attend their local university because they’re working-class and have done for years? Of course not. It’s another way to bash non-Russell Group universities as a poor second-best chosen by the desperate. With friends like this…

The problem foreseen a decade ago exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/index.php/ex... 1Williams. Exchanges 2016 4(1), pp. 1-13 A Conversation with Martin Stannard and Barbara Cooke

'Palestine and the relentless erosion of trans rights are perennial issues that shape our customers' discussions and inform both our events and stock profile' www.heraldscotland.com/life...

"Inevitably, this will have implications for the size of our workforce, affecting both academic and professional services roles." 👇

Godless communists unite, you have nothing to lose but Trump.

ban the Afd www.spiegel.de/politik/deut...

I look forward to seeing the new Cinnabon staff bsky.app/profile/acyn...

A mind is a terrible thing to waste, but some young garden fascists do it anyway thetab.com/2026/06/26/e...

European imperialists changing names

Vance is a lot like Nixon: amoral, unloveable, and soulless

Counter-position: yes, you should always feel guilty. www.zeit.de/feuilleton/m...

You know what can spark joy: secure employment www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-uk-...

Man, when the FAZ gets it…

Counter-position: yes, you should always feel guilty. www.zeit.de/feuilleton/m...

You know what can spark joy: secure employment www.timeshighereducation.com/news/new-uk-...

Vance is a lot like Nixon: amoral, unloveable, and soulless

I prefer it in Italian bsky.app/profile/gian...

Um, that's why capitalist world-systems approaches (Wallerstein) exist. fortune.com/2026/06/21/n...

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