Developed vetting is tough but not really difficult to pass successfully. The key questions should be why Mandelson had his failure ignored and, possibly more importantly, how many other people in government now and in recent years also failed as potential security risks but were waived through.
No. 7 The Ghosts of Happy Valley by Juliet Barnes - a really fascinating book, part history, part travel, part memoir. Explores the famous Kenyan valley’s historic and present inhabitants. #booksky
No. 6 Dorothy L Sayers Striding Folly - a brief biography and three short stories. #booksky
Another Janice Hallett for no. 5 The Killer Question. So many twists and turns but very enjoyable. #booksky
Four PhD studentships are now open for applications. As part of AHRC’s Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Scheme, these studentships are co-supervised by Library staff and academics based at UK universities.
Find out more about the projects 😃
And an exceptionally short gap before completing book 4 - The Examiner by Janice Hallett, incredibly creepy! #booksky
A long gap before book 3 but worth it - The Protest by Rob Rinder. #booksky
I'm pretty sure I know. They aren't. We're not going to really be able to make a lot of progress in dealing with the implications of this tech unless and until we get rid of all this "woo-woo" talk about LLMs. Anthropic pushing this line is PR, unserious.
Palantir, a US spy-tech firm, has been given access to millions of NHS patient records.
Its founder has said the NHS should be 'ripped up'.
Join me in calling on the government to end the dangerous Palantir contract.
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Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
A golden retriever perfectly positioned in a chair to spy on the cat shenanigans outside.
She is very clever! She worked out how to open inward opening doors as a pup. And has been working on her quantum cat theory for about three years now
My dog has the same theory. She believes that a cat can exist both where she has seen it today, but also in every location she has previously seen it simultaneously.
Our vet told us our dog has ‘a little extra cuddle’ which is much more tactful 😆
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The Lemmermann Foundation is pleased to announce scholarships for students enrolled in Master’s or PhD programs. The research topic must focus on Rome and the Roman culture, from the Pre-Roman period to the present day.
Deadline 31 March
Full details here: lemmermann-foundation.org/apply/
Killing Women: Femicide in Northern Ireland, 1922-2000 Funded #Phd with Prof Leanne McCormick @qubhistory.bsky.social What a fantastic project! #JobFairy #ECR #AcademicChatter tinyurl.com/2zpejwmf
Second book of the year - The Authority Gap by Mary Ann Sieghart. A really interesting, well researched, and thought provoking book. #booksky
First book of the year completed - Murder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers. Murders, drugs, criminal gangs, and an insight into working in an ad agency in the 1930s. #booksky
Standing stones at the side and entrance to Wayland’s Smithy
Entrance to Wayland’s Smithy Neolithic tomb
New Year walk to Wayland’s Smithy
Very much so! To the point she glares at the people on the tennis courts. We had to buy a basket for the indoor ones and she knows them all by smell 😂
He looks like he was a lovely boy. Fortunately for us, Erin’s sister (who we lost earlier this year) loved teddies, and she wouldn’t touch anything in Erin’s bed.
There are about 6 under her in the picture
About 175 at last count 😊 She sniffs them out from hedges and ditches
A golden retriever draped out of her bed with a tennis ball in the foreground
A golden retriever smiling, head shot
This is Erin who is obsessed with tennis balls.
Saving a museum would be a pretty cool thing to do for Christmas, wouldn't it?
You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
I presume they will also reduce the price as well 🫠
2-year position for a woman - could be a medievalist!
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