My piece on what I think is a mental health crisis in academia seems to have caused a bit of a stir. So here it is again, do have a read: voicesofacademia.com/2024/04/05/its…

The always sensible Angela McRobbie on redundancies, the marginalizing of Humanities and Social Sciences and preventable destruction of the UK university sector. Familiar events, but still deeply depressing Goldsmiths, University of London. versobooks.com/blogs/news/a-g…

Right well I guess that’s the end of voiceprints as secure log ins for bank accounts theguardian.com/technology/202…

On who counts. #gaza nytimes.com/2024/02/28/mag…

Somebody needs to teach the directors at Sky Sports that it's very poor form to cut off the live feed to a tennis match at MATCH POINT. #stephensvburel

Now that T*cker Carlson is up to speed with the logic of returning borders to those of 1654, I wonder will he advocate the same approach in the USA? Land restitution for indigenous Americans? No?

When the Andy Murray character gets phased out of the ATP reality show, I am looking forward to him getting less stereotyped roles. Gritty cop show set in Aberdeen? youtube.com/watch?v=p0Dgmk…

I am really proud to have been appointed the Barber Professor of Jurisprudence Birmingham Law and to join the impressive group of scholars who have held this chair in the past. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/prof…

Totally shocked at the news that Ray Gillespie died today. He was an excellent historian and teacher with a voracious and demanding intellect. He was also very kind to me as a PhD student and baby lecturer. My thoughts with his family and his former colleagues at Maynooth History

Hot off the press: 'If Ireland is to fully shake off the shackles of its Catholic past' & be a 'modern and progressive nation, then Article 41.2 must be consigned to the annals of history on March 8'. My new piece in The Conversation. WHAI London South Bank University - LSBU
theconversation.com/irish-referend…

The ⁦The Guardian⁩ at the cutting edge of political commentary. Trump “turns into” a bully. Stop. The. Presses. theguardian.com/us-news/2024/j…

The miserly tale of how a university took its staff’s wages – and the public paid the price // disgraceful behaviour from ⁦Queen Mary University of London⁩ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Get yourself a renowned Shakespearean actor for your ludicrously silly comedy, and you get scenes like this peppered in amongst the goofing and slapstick - ‘gravitas’ doesn’t even come close to describing Andre Braugher’s mastery of big speeches

UAE president of COP is using conference as opportunity to pursue self-interest. I’m floored. Who could have seen this coming?

Right. I blame Napoleon for luring me back here. Off again.