British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
Are you a researcher looking for funding to cover expenses arising from a defined research project? Apply the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants (supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social). Learn more: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
I gave a short keynote at the Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference last week. Why law degrees need to take lawyering more seriously... substack.com/home/post/p-...
Whoa you sure get blocked a lot on this site when you post stuff like setting fire to synagogues is bad.
“We’re grateful for the additional security assistance but it can’t be about living behind ever higher walls, we need to tackle the problem at its root.” - Board President Phil Rosenberg on BBC News earlier this afternoon on the third attempted arson on the Jewish community in London this week.
'Personal Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings: What Cusworth J’s Recent Decisions Tell Us' by Katie Stephens, St Philips Chambers.
Read here:
financialremediesjournal.com/personal-conduct-in-fina...
In case you missed it, our director, Lisa Harker, gave the Bridget Lindley Memorial Lecture this year on the subject of AI in the family justice system.
Watch the full lecture on our website now: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/news/bridget...
Couldn’t agree more. Getting really fed up with the degree of mindless ageism on this site!
powerful messages here from a child who felt continually let down by the family justice system
British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants. Deadline: 3 June 2026 Independent Scholars Deadline: 27 May 2026
The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants is now open for applications, supported by DSIT, @leverhulme.ac.uk and @wellcometrust.bsky.social. Apply now: https://bit.ly/4t0MDRl
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Kanye West being booked to headline Wireless Fest on all three nights feels like a major and utterly grim cultural shift. Ten years ago, a huge artist who recorded and released a tune called “Heil H*tler” would have gone to the wilderness and stayed there. But he has been welcomed back in through the front door. And this is on the heads of the festival organisers, each of whom should be publicly grilled about this choice. Indulgence of anti-Semitism is one of the early warning signs of the return of old horrors, and it doesn’t get more indulgent than this.
Honestly I've let dozens of these go but this endless stream of antisemitism just proves everything I was saying in the post.
(For the hard of thinking the ambulances were used for the whole community regardless of religion, and even if they weren't racist arson would still be unacceptable.)
'Personal Conduct in Financial Remedy Proceedings: What Cusworth J’s Recent Decisions Tell Us' by Katie Stephens, St Philips Chambers.
Read here:
financialremediesjournal.com/personal-conduct-in-fina...
Our new data story considers some of the demographic trends in England and Wales for those young people who may be the parents of tomorrow, and the potential implications of these trends.
Explore more from the data here: www.nuffieldfjo.org.uk/news/tomorro...
Advice deserts leave rights existing only on paper.
From North Wales, Jayne Butler reflects on rebuilding #AccessToJustice where specialist legal advice has all but disappeared.
Read in the latest 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘭 𝘈𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 > hi.switchy.io/sMFP
An excerpt from the piece: "Apparently targeting four ambulances in London’s Jewish community is part of some cunning Mossad plan to do… what, exactly? In this grand conspiracy theory which you have built in your head, does Keir Starmer instantly commit to an Iran ground invasion? Or has ‘Israel’ done it to somehow engender support for Jews in the UK (in this scenario, why blame ‘Netanyahu’ for conflating Jews and Israel when you do it so effortlessly yourself?) Or are you trying on for size the more longstanding ‘Israel false flag’ conspiracy theory of Mossad attacking a Jewish community target to promote fear among Diaspora Jews and encourage them to move to Israel? "So, then, is Israel’s cunning plan burning several ambulances to induce Diaspora Jews to migrate to Israel now, when the country is being targeted by Iranian ballistic missile fire?"
I'm incredibly angry I needed to write a piece about the bizarre stupidity of the Hatzola ambulance ‘false flag’ conspiracy theories, but apparently this is the world we're living in now.
Please read & share (including with idiots you see parroting this stuff)
www.jewishnews.co.uk/bizarre-stup...
Philip not Matthew!
Courage comes in many forms. The bystander at Bondi beach is one example. This piece recounts an extraordinary different kind, where by having a conversation and listening, Nathan Newby talked Mohammad Farooq down from setting off a bomb. Recommend
www.ft.com/content/cd59...
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MA v WK [2025] EWFC 499. Cusworth J. Can a non-qualifying ceremony entered into in England and Wales obtain validity by being registered in a country which permits nikkah marriage, so that it is recognised in E&W as a valid foreign marriage? Christian Durham Hall of St John's Chambers summarises
UJS's Time for Change report makes for truly sickening reading. This new publication is a wakeup call that the situation has to change. It is not for Jews to shrink their identity on campus to fit in, but for universities to ensure they are welcome and tolerant places for all.
Today, we hosted a joint symposium with @wellcometrust.bsky.social. The opening panel explored Wellcome-funded research on how social, cultural, and economic context shapes children’s emotional wellbeing, family life, and neurodiversity. Learn more about our funding: https://bit.ly/4kFaGC0
Analysis of the implications of Re Y (Experts and Alienating Behaviour) by @familoo.pinktape.co.uk
If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.
It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.
www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...
This judgment should make interesting reading when it arrives. A turning point, perhaps…and what a tragedy for this child that it took six years to set right… www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2026...
Young men are the second most liberal group in the country after young women.
Have a read of this. Great scoop, obviously, but it’s also an absolute masterclass in how to report on these jokers. Plenty of London-based hacks could learn a lot from Martin Shipton here. If they actually wanted to…
nation.cymru/news/the-new...
His work examines how learning-disabled adults are afforded (or denied) respect in public spaces, and how everyday settings can either reinforce or challenge societal assumptions.
🎧 Listen now on BBC Radio Wales (from 49:05) →
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
