This was a really wide ranging, stimulating and entertaining session to chair. Many thanks to Tim and Jarrod.

CfP open for @cricketacademic.bsky.social Conference @hugheshall.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk! @rafnicholson.bsky.social @drcricket.bsky.social @bayfirth.bsky.social @bssh.bsky.social @sportinhistorypod.bsky.social @jeremylonsdale.bsky.social @russinthezone.bsky.social idrottsforum.org/call-for-pap...

Absurd.

Very much looking forward to this event.

PANEL: Cricket, Gambling and Match-Fixing 29 October 2025 5pm-6pm (London time - GMT) Chair: @stevemenary.bsky.social Panelists: Dr Minhyeok Tak – Loughborough University, Anca-Maria Ghergel – Sheffield Hallam University, Will Gunn – Sporting Solutions Open to all. DM us for the Teams link!

Today's essential reading.

Could not agree more.

Anything @heidimaurer.bsky.social is involved in will be dynamic, considered and inspiring & this is a particularly significant agenda. And it's just so good to see #Teaching&Learning centred again.

"The pro-Trump billionaires behind Israel’s war-tech are in prime position to deploy the suite of militarised surveillance and border control technologies of a Trump-brokered peace" @nafeez.bsky.social on the 'circular economy of war' @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/10/16/p...

The World Cup has increasingly become a tool of authoritarian regimes, political corruption, and plain and simple grift. That it looks like the US is going to be the most extreme example of all this yet says volumes about the world in general.

RIP Diane Keaton.

So sad. Jane Goodall. Jilly Cooper Diane Keaton All in one week. God, now balance the books: Trump Putin Netanyahu

Congratulations and what a relief. #Nobel #Peace #Prize

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So young Zidane opts for Algeria.

I heard her speak once in Cambridge and she opened her talk- as I'm sure she did many talks- with a chimpanzee call. And I know that she's taught so many people so much but on that day, she taught me there was more than one way to be an academic. www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

This is a huge story. Don't let him get away with it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Seems the weak kneed politicians are more afraid of people like these...than the type that shoot innocent women and children queuing for food!! #ToriesGone401 #HopeNotHate #BrexitTheElephant #BrexorsisimNow

Find yourself a nice chunk of time and if you like cricket this will be well spent.

CRN member Pamela Jabbar wants to hear about your experiences of belonging and unbelonging in sport. Details below:

A must read.

Such a talented individual. His skills are so needed in these febrile times .

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🚨 New Report - Hit for Six: The Danger Zone 🚨 🏏🌍 Following on from the original Hit for Six report, The Danger Zone is a stark reminder of the existential threat to cricket from climate breakdown. Read more on our blog: bit.ly/4m64faK

“Music can be a call to arms, but music itself changes nothing. It won’t go further unless you are determined to act upon it.” Bob Geldof, the rock star-turned-activist who helped organize Live Aid 40 years ago, reflected on the benefit concert’s impact and why it could not happen today.

Place names -and maps - are "a political technology. It’s part of how countries envision their own identity, how they project their own identity to a larger world, and it becomes part of how they think about themselves as a nation” @derekgeographer.bsky.social www.afar.com/magazine/how...

Well worth a look. #cricket

It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.

Hard to think people are feeling safer today than they were yesterday.

So struck by the dignity displayed in victory by the #SouthAfrican cricketers. No gloating rather an understanding of all that went before and how their victory could contribute to national unity and celebration. #Bavuma #TestCricket

One of my favourite ever footballers, still absolutely preaching it

The best moment of this sports weekend has just happened: South Africa World Test champions. Remarkable game against Australia, massive favourites before and during the game. Aidan Markram joins list of South African sporting greats. 🏏 Fantastic for long form cricket too !

Come on Bavuma. Plenty of time. #AusvSouthAfrica #CricketWorldChampionship

The Gulfication of global sport: Sports bodies addicted to support from petro-states. Test championship final at Lord’s swamped with livery promoting UAE/KSA companies.

Something to reflect on at Lords this morning! #WorldTestChampionship #ICC

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Good luck.

Still the best thing in Telegraph

This will be excellent.

💀 If we don't put an end to fossil fuels very soon, cricket will be looking less like this, and more like this 👇 🏏 That's why cricket lovers everywhere are standing up for climate action. Join us 👊

"Germany's forgotten genocide" - the first genocide of the 20th Century, systematic murder of more than 70,000 Africans is being marked with a national day of remembrance for the first time in Namibia. www.bbc.com/news/article...

This must not escape under the radar.

Absolutely.

The provisional conference schedule for Sport, "islands", people and politics, being held at the St Magnus Centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Saturday, 28 June. Might have space for a few seats: please let me know. @bssh.bsky.social @northernstudies.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @insuhi.bsky.social

This should appeal to some colleagues and friends. #PlayTheGame.

Certainly worth a listen.

This looks very enticing.

We banned tobacco advertising because smoking kills . Fossil fuels kill too – 5.1 million people a year according to one study in the British Medical Journal . It's time to ban fossil fuel ads , just 13 days left to sign my petition govpetition.uk/700024

Mr Ayliffe and I concur. But then you might have guessed that. #cricket #elitism #Wisden #ICEC www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/a...