Quite near the end of this article, it spells out the number of applications in a graph. I'd have started with that, unless I was trying to alarm everybody. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fully-funded AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership project: 'Cold War Socialism, Non-Alignment and Anti-Colonialism in the Yugoslav Press, 1961-1979' - British Library & University of Exeter www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin... Deadline for student applications: 5 May (noon)

Lidl is selling fizzy Tokaji by the way. In case you want a Hungarian-themed celebration.

Current status of the Strait of Hormuz dispute

1999, what a time to be young and bit tipsy at a sing-along #totp

That's a picture of an Aberystwyth University graduation isn't it? 👀 www.theguardian.com/education/20...

I don't suppose he clarified which one?

Further from Earth than anyone has ever been before. Sounds delightful.

This is how I aspire to write in Welsh. I know I'll never be fluent ond hoffwn i berswadio chi i rhoi cacen i fi.

I'm enjoying The Cure at the BBC. I am also marking assignments at the moment so I must point out that no referencing system italicizes song titles and places them inside inverted commas.

I don't know why, but in spite of my better judgement, I love dressing up box Spandau Ballet #totp

Just realised I can look up whether that story about Ricky Martin hiding in the cupboard is true or an urban myth #totp

The Matrix isn't even out yet, is it? #totp

Vivid memory of getting cramp in both legs dancing to Livin' la Vida Loca. I was 18 years old #totp

Like having Day Nurse and Night Nurse at the same time #totp

Major Guardian Film Reveal quiz controversy in our house today.

It's an oldie but a goodie thebaffler.com/latest/testi...

With perfect timing, I switched over to Moonraker just in time for ...

Time to watch a few memorial episodes of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

This song really was everywhere I went #totp

Car coat #totp

In fairness, the drummer has a very early 2000s hairdo #TOTP

When Chuck Norris told a joke about Will Smith's wife, Will Smith slapped himself. RIP to the navigating star of action movie masculinity.

Doing an open day taster lecture on problem pages this weekend. This four-day-old letter to the Spectator looks tempting. Too much?

Why watch at home on 1.5x speed when you can watch at 2.0x speed. Bro, DYEL?

There's a random shop California that emails me receipts for purchases made by, I assume, someone with a similar email address to mine. Today: Priscilla pants, which I assume are trousers.

The philosopher was listed as the seventh most-cited author in the humanities and social sciences by The Times Higher Education Guide. ...and other odd facts to put in an obit. www.dw.com/en/celebrate...

Warmest wishes to the Depeche Mode themed cafe in Cork #totp

That reminds me, I must pop to John Lewis #totp

How shall I oppose thee? Let me count the ways. Strikes, legal challenges, pushing back in consultation, engaging the press, pursading the REF to call out how wrong this is. I've probably missed a few.

For the #InternationalWomensDay, I wrote this blogpost commemorating Avis Waterman, the forgotten war correspondent of The Times, who covered the First World War on the Italian front. I have been researching her story during the last 2 years in various archives. stephanieseul.com/2026/03/avis...

Happy International Women's Day. This international woman of mystery spent the day in a velvet suit and frilly shirt.

The BBC’s job is to “inform, educate, and entertain”? Let’s talk about the middle word. What follows is the story of what we found in an FOI request (per the Observer) about the Corporation killing off plans to launch an online catalogue and failing to deliver ‘learning for people of all ages’. 🧵

Shout out to whoever is walking around my department building mournfully whistling Que Será, Será. Beautifully done.

Very much the feeling I had flying from Birmingham Airport to Copenhagen. One had a sign saying are you being trafficked? Call this number. In Copenhagen, people left their children outside in pushchairs.

Spent the morning in an AI workshop. We were encouraged to think about designing student assessments to make it harder to cheat on them using AI. I thought a lot about this bit of the V&A. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O373752...

Well done Hotpants. 🔥

Debbie McWiilliams was a guest judge on the Great British Menu this week. A couple of thoughts:

Wordle 1,710 2/6 🟨⬛🟨🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 It's a two!

It always catches me off-guard that the Post Office sponsors drama on ITVX.

"If you go to a restaurant and you order mains and sides, and only the sides come, you're not going to be expected to pay for something that you asked for and didn't get," she said. Repeat the false equivalency in the hope it eventually sounds less weird. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

My hometown. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Secret intelligence tells me Debbie McWiilliams will be on The Great British Menu on 24th Feb. Anyone asking her who the next James Bond is should be fired out of the ejector seat.

So this recent report on the National Minimum Wage is pretty startling.

(1/3) It is with deep sadness that we mourn the passing of Teresa de Lauretis (1938–2026), an internationally renowned feminist and film theorist whose work reshaped the fields of cinema studies, feminist theory, and queer thought.

Speaking from the Teaching and Scholarship underclass, I have one message:

A couple of winter Olympics thoughts. That drone shot that follows skiers downhill really conveys how terrifyingly fast they go. Snowboarding lingo sounds unnecessarily suggestive #MilanoCortina2026

Niantic confirmed they have removed the Pokestop from the game. www.gamingbible.com/news/pokemon...

He went on to Aberystwyth University in Wales, where studying drama was the making of him: “I became camper and more flamboyant". I am reliably informed that his habit of wearing jeans with a flame motif on them earned his the nickname 'hotpants' www.theguardian.com/politics/202...