Just been alerted to this lovely joint article on the "Bloomsbury gharana" — originating as an in-joke that students and students-of-students of Professor Richard Widdess use about ourselves, we are now a recognised intellectual school of music and cultural history ♥️ naadnartan.in/wp-content/u...

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We don't know what the cabinet will be yet, but the mood music is becoming really ominous. A Labour Party subservient to the City of London and harking back to the Blair years would be catastrophic for this country. People simply won't stand for Rip Off Britain any more.

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Green Party leader Zack Polanski was in Newcastle city centre on Monday lunchtime to call for a a major boost for the country's bus services, ahead of next week's local elections

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Looking forward to BFE 2026 tomorrow, with a dear friend, @thomasgraves.bsky.social, and presenting our upcoming collaborative research later in this conference season!

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I haven't yet read this in full, but I do very much agree that a clearer strategy for long-form open access in the UK is needed. It's been so difficult trying to support OA books with the can constantly being kicked down the road. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/publications...

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