Josh Simons to stand down for Burnham as predicted on Bluesky yesterday.

Amazingly specific pieces of archaeological evidence. Of any relevance to this day in UK politics, I wonder....

'Salmon Lane in the Rain, Bow' (1987) by Doreen Fletcher doreenfletcherartist.com

'Wild Peaks: On Foot Through England's First National Park', a bargain for 99p on Kindle today... 364-mile journey, so 0.002p per mile #verygoodvalue on the 75th anniversary of the park Tinyurl.com/5ew3dfd2

Leo Wigger's and my analysis of the Bangladesh election outcome and its consequences for institutional resilience, democratic pluralism, and foreign policy has just been published in English. ▶️ www.swp-berlin.org/en/publicati... @swp-berlin.org | @swp-asia.bsky.social

📢 NEW PAPER In this paper for Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, I examine the populist performance of international summitry during India’s G20 presidency in 2023. Using the theoretical frameworks of populism as style (@benmoffitt.bsky.social) and ...(1/3) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Lots of authoritative commentary in this thread. including:“For something more casual, consider a knit tie”

Graham Thorpe’s family speak with great courage about mental health. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke....

Erik Cleven's research on Kenya informed much of thinking on party-driven violence. Very grateful for his review of my book in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. The review is below, and the book can be found in all the places one goes to for academic books: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/V6DHK...

Cezanne is honoured in his home town

The sun shines on Aix-en-Provence

A tree for your day: probably Holm oak

Village perché: Reillane

The Roman theatre in Orange

Jim Masselos, 1940-2025. Historian of Bombay & Indian Nationalism.

Zohran Mamdani draws on some classic cinema to campaign in the New York mayoral primary. Fun! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFGk...

A few of the take-aways from "Twitter and the projection of political personalities in India" neatly summarised here. doi.org/10.1080/1466...

Rob and I have a new(ish) article in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. In the paper we discuss the extent to which the first term Albanese Labor Government reshaped Australia's political economy. It's open access too!

Short, to the point and helpful. #academicwriting

A nice book that I'd recommend on this: uclpress.co.uk/book/parliam...

Very much enjoying the cherry blossom and new leaves on the trees in the University of Bristol precinct.

A fascinating and carefully researched article on party politics, networks, dynastic politics and the business-politics nexus in India. #entrepreneurialpoliticians #Maharashtra www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Signs of spring around Bristol

Other Everests is published and is Open Access @jonwestaway.bsky.social tells me... manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526179166/

What does the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor look like nearly 10 years since its official launched? What impact did it have on Pakistan's domestic politics? We answer w/ @katadeney.bsky.social in this #OpenAccess article - tinyurl.com/2zmu7pbj @oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social

Very good to see this substantial special issue on Federalism in Pakistan published in Commonwealth & Comparative Politics. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fccp20/c...

For the season finale of #GrandTamasha, I sit down with Adnan Naseemullah (@dnaseemullah.bsky.social) & Pradeep Chhibber to discuss their new book, "Righteous Demagogues: Populist Politics in South Asia and Beyond." Listen here: grand-tamasha.simplecast.com/episodes/pop...

On AI companies stealing everyone's work, the arguments are finely balanced. thecritic.co.uk/keir...

🎉 New Publication! We’re excited to share a new book chapter on India’s migration governance by #EISS Board Member, @nicoblar.bsky.social 📚The chapter appears in the edited volume ‘States and Their Nationals Abroad’, published by Cambridge University Press 🧷 www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

2025 South Asia Annual Conference in Dublin City University Ireland India Institute Call for Papers! Please consider submitting a paper or panel proposal on a range of themes relating to South Asia. PhDs and Early Career Researchers welcome For details and submissions: dcu.ie/ireland-indi...

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Happy to see a chapter (co-authored with John Echeverri-Gent and Aseema Sinha) on Narendra Modi's economic record published. Many other informative chapters too. It is Open Access as well. www.jstor.org/stable/10.39...

Applicants are invited to contact potential supervisors (soon!)

Lots of interesting things in the linked article. Including, but not limited to, "Of adults in Great Britain, 27.6% said that they tend to trust the UK government"

Blue sky & autumn leaves in Bristol.

Hello! I am a historian of modern South Asia, with a growing interest in foreign policy in the South Asian neighborhood. My most recent book is “Hurt Sentiments: Secularism and Belonging in South Asia.” It’s now 30% off with the code HOL24 on the HUP website: www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067...

AfterWords S5:E3 is out now! Listen to Zac O'Yeah and Samanth Subramanian discuss Zac's book #TheGreatIndianFoodTrip, revealing unique insight into #India's delicacies, their origins and locales. Rate, review & subscribe ➡️ tinyurl.com/ywabj843 Buy the book ➡️ tinyurl.com/35jv59h7

Here’s a little nugget before I forget about US for a while ~One per cent swing in PA MI and WI and Harris is president* *Granted what the aftermath of her getting literally 270 would’ve looked like is anyone’s guess.

Other Kris Kristofferson songs are also helpful right now. #onedayatatime

Looking fwd very much to hearing Adnan Naseemullah in Bristol, discussing his new book, coauthored with Pradeep Chhibber: Righteous Demagogues @dnaseemullah.bsky.social

It's release day! Morris Riskind's memoir will show you a side of the border region and of American Jewish life you never knew about. It's also great for retail history, Mexican and Mexican American history, memoir, and microhistory. Ordering info is here, and I'm always happy to discuss! 🗃️

Bit autumnal today, so some summer throwback.

Why is The Rest Is Politics so popular? Because it harks back to an earlier age of broadcasting: less cynical, less combative, and in which the BBC's John Freeman asked questions like : “Are you on the whole more interested in ideas or in people?” www.economist.com/britain/2024...

The Annual Open Exhibition at the Royal West of England Academy in Bristol is underway!

Orient BlackSwan remind us of the many relevant books they have published, on Gandhi's birth anniversary.

Eagle Pass, Texas, as remembered by Peter Lanyon in 1963. Currently on loan to the Courtauld Gallery, London. @bestonetx.bsky.social

Monet's Antibes in the Courtauld Gallery.

One of Cezanne's Mt St. Victoire paintings, in the Courtauld Gallery.

Thoughtful commentary about why and how one should use Bluesky. Esp. "Don’t quote post dumb posts"

A little bit of summer left around the UoB. Top trees too.