#Britain

punkacademic

punk_academic

Lots of stuff on academic freedom today - more precisely lack thereof - but this part of the govt letter was always implied in the powers granted to OfS.Remember being

Network Rail Kent and Sussex

NetworkRailSE

Trains run on tracks... but the railway runs on cables! Miles of them! One of our biggest jobs this Christmas was between Blackfriars, London Bridge + New Cross, where we

Peter Young (The Austrian)

TheAustrian3

There is often an overlooked tax story at the heart of humanity’s defining events.@DominicFrisby's book Daylight Robbery provides a fascinating account of the ways in which tax has shaped our

Julia C Carreon

juliaccarreon

What @TheCrownNetflix has to do with #finserv: If you are old enough to remember Princess Diana when she was alive (I was 27 when she passed) then you know she

Ben Phillips

ben_phi11ips

Half of land in Great Britain is < 216 m from a road & >70% may be exposed to road pollution. Our new study asks whether we fully appreciate the

Jon Neale

JonNeale

1/17 Coventry is UK City of Culture this year, so there will be a lot written about its built environment. A lot will be based on popular myth. A quick

M. Atef

muhammadepf

Thread about Egypt: When asking someone about Egypt, they'll probably picture a desolate desert, bedouins, camels, and the pyramids in the background. Egypt, however, has a much more vibrant background

Alex

alexbreeze

It’s interesting that Germany’s transition of power post-Merkel hasn’t got a lot of coverage in the UK. Understandable because of Covid. But generally European politics hasn’t ever interested the UK.

Dr. Zanye (PhD Royal Studies)

bookedbusy

The Harry and Meghan story is a timely, important and complex story because of its intersection with culture, society and politics and if anyone can do it justice it is

Faisal Islam

faisalislam

Let me tell you just two* stories which might have wider resonance about a special person who we were saying bye to today... Dadu, Mukul, Chow to some, to me...

Philip Ball

philipcball

Like many if not most science writers, much of what I wrote this year was on the single, inevitable topic of what we first called "the coronavirus", then Covid-19, now

Peter Ungphakorn

CoppetainPU

“Britain will also ‘not negotiate to remove ban’ on hormone-fed beef in post-Brexit trade deal”Unless the US gives the UK a free gift, that means the UK maintains a share

CounterHegemon ☭🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

GegenHegemonie2

Seeing a loyalist mob come within spitting distance of an explicitly peaceful asylum seeker demo, jeering with Nazi salutes and singing Rule Britannia, throwing coins and insults - it's clear

Martin Johnes

martinjohnes

Although there are claims that the origin of Xmas trees lies in pagan traditions, it probably comes from medieval Germanic traditions of using trees to tell religious stories, especially around

SignorWardh

SignorWardh

A short thread about a very unexpected (at least to me) and slightly morbid connection between these two recent arrivals. A couple of weeks ago, I ordered the new, English

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DoNotRoar

Margaret Thatcher's views on socialism were explicit. She was totally against socialism in any form. She referred to union leaders as 'the enemy within' in close meetings.That is why when

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