• ‘Mistborn' will be a film franchise
• 'The Stormlight Archive' will be a TV series
• Sanderson will have creative control of the projects
(via THR)
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
I'll be speaking at the IHR Modern British Seminar on Thursday 29 Jan, on why the 1884 Reform Act is more exciting than you think...
17:30 in London or online. Read on for a taster...🧵
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
I'll be speaking at the IHR Modern British Seminar on Thursday 29 Jan, on why the 1884 Reform Act is more exciting than you think...
17:30 in London or online. Read on for a taster...🧵
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
First up, @robertsaunders.bsky.social on 29 January to present on the history of UK democracy (specifically, the neglected Third Reform Act). Sign up in the link below!
www.history.ac.uk/news-events/...
First up! QMUL's Dr Rob Saunders on DEMOCRACY on 29 January. Online or in person at the IHR. See you there.
"Saying he cannot support the national GOP's 'stated retribution on citizens of our state, nor can I count myself a member of a party that would do so."
Rather than a choice, scarcity has been unavoidable in the UK recently - with implications for both abundance and more dirigiste supply agendas.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
Rather than a choice, scarcity has been unavoidable in the UK recently - with implications for both abundance and more dirigiste supply agendas.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Rather than a choice, scarcity has been unavoidable in the UK recently - with implications for both abundance and more dirigiste supply agendas.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Some good sleuthing here.
Some good sleuthing here.
tompepinsky.substack.com/p/agentic-ai...
tompepinsky.substack.com/p/agentic-ai...
It's free to read (open access) here.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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- All non-monetary gifts are impositions of a kind. If you think this, just give money.
- Some of the best books I have ever read were given to me as gifts, and I would not have read them otherwise.
- You can always stop reading
Easy, this one. When you give someone a book you are implicitly demanding they spend many hours doing something *you* think is interesting (ie reading that book). It is incredibly imposing. Or should they offend you by not reading it?
Recommend books, don't give them
- All non-monetary gifts are impositions of a kind. If you think this, just give money.
- Some of the best books I have ever read were given to me as gifts, and I would not have read them otherwise.
- You can always stop reading
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
Great piece on “airport book brain” - the tendency of politicians to swallow simplistic solutions. Latest example the Jonathan Haidt book shaping policy on teens and social media
‘The House of Lords has voted to stop under 16s using social media – what happens now?’
theconversation.com/the-house-of...
‘The House of Lords has voted to stop under 16s using social media – what happens now?’
theconversation.com/the-house-of...
It ranks as the 9th strongest out of the 1,208 auctions held since 1998.
DMO said to be ecstatic, someone has broken out a packet of Blue Ribands.
It ranks as the 9th strongest out of the 1,208 auctions held since 1998.
DMO said to be ecstatic, someone has broken out a packet of Blue Ribands.
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond
Guest co-edited by @neilwarner.bsky.social & @beccagold.bsky.social, this special double issue features nineteen (19) brilliant essays analysing Labour's statecraft and debating the strategic challenges for social democracy in Britain and beyond