A dog bites man story, as far as I can tell, of 'publisher does not offer book contract for non-fiction current affairs book by undergraduate.'

Not time to give up yet. #googlegemini

And I say to you, there is more joy in heaven over one academic dean who repents than over ninety-nine academic deans who need no repentance.

For those who have written books, what is your attitude to copy-editing, proofs etc?

Every day, a privilege.

When I see writers driven by urgency to respond to, and comment on, the lacrimae rerum of the moment, I am reminded, again, of Tolkien choosing to spend much of World War II writing Lord of the Rings, to be first published in 1954.

Very interesting interview with Katharine Birbalsingh here, who New College, Oxford is proud to claim as an alumna and Honorary Fellow, but sadly was not very happy while here.

'And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him'
#London #householdcavalry

Happy St George’s Day, an appropriate day for Celebrations of Patriotic Prejudice.

As in, ‘The English, the English, the English are best; so up with the English and down with the rest!’

Full lyrics of national glory below:

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This, by Camille Ralphs , is good. And funny, serious in an unserious sort of way, if that makes sense.

No, `theoretical evidence' is like getting the below expression from two different theories and thinking that perhaps this hints at a deep relation between the two.

One of those Oxford moments at lunch where a colleague (not Armand D'Angour ) says, ‘Joe! I hear you have a poem coming out on the early universe. Can you send it to me and I can translate it into Latin hexameters.’

Well done to those who knew it was the J/psi; the J was Sam Ting using a letter that looks like his name in Chinese characters.

Physics mischief! Which is the only particle that someone successfully named after themself?