Soumaya Keynes

soumayakeynes.ft.com

14 October 2026 12:29

It is *wild* to me that in the humanities there are top universities are still doing take-home exams. Apparently it's a cost-saving thing. I wonder if employers know, or whether they could start requiring disclosure, or whether grads might start saying on their CVs that they had closed book tests...

Marie Le Conte

youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com

09 October 2026 08:21

what a grim and mean little quote

Jim Waterson

jim.londoncentric.media

08 October 2026 06:18

Hardly an original take but it is Quite Annoying to imagine how much the UK (and me, and you!) would all have more cash today if Donald Trump hadn't decided to start bombing Iran for *reasons*. Where's the White House impact assessment on my nursery fees. www.ft.com/content/2cb1...

Stephen Bush

stephenkb.bsky.social

08 October 2026 06:18

I get the appeal of nostalgia, I really do, but I find it specifically funny to get a leaflet from Reform's candidate talking about how when he was in the Met 31 years ago, he would never have dreamed of lawlessness like the kind we now see in Kings Cross.

George Monbiot

georgemonbiot.bsky.social

07 October 2026 06:26

Let me try this once more. It was a choice. EITHER the Greens adopted a slogan. OR they could have joined the next govt, where they could push for an end to arms sales, sanctions, support for the arrest warrants etc. It was never going to be both. Which one makes a material difference? #GazaGenocide