More a jazz and easy listening Liberal than a classical Liberal. Cricket (Northants fan), literature, economics, politics & anything that takes my fancy.
Terrific and rightly angry piece this:
Rory WatermanSome notes by little me on recent, hugely damaging, shamefully shameless events at Cambridge University. rorywaterman.substack.com/p/notes-on-a-cambridge-debacle If you read only one article about what has happened, try the new piece by Lanre Bakare in the Guardian, linked in my blog post.
Bit of county cricket all very sociable £3 entry and free parking near the ground
Last night’s BBC #Prom “Mahler 1 by heart” on catchup - good for those who were too nervous to listen live! It’s an extraordinary skill to play an entire, complex, length &emotionally wracking symphony from memory. It doesn’t negate playing from music,just different. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
BBC Proms - 2026 - Mahler’s First Symphony by Heart - BBC SoundsLive at the BBC Proms: Aurora Orchestra and Nicholas Collon perform Mahler's Symphony No 1www.bbc.co.uk
Easy like Sunday morning… This week Oliver Hawke, Barrie Funnell and Dan Haggar report back from The One Day Cup. There’s a look at a poignant Test match just completed in Trinidad and also the scandal engulfing Saltburn CC. open.spotify.com/episode/5Ukq...
The One Day Cup, Windies win and "Click Bait"!98 Not Out - The Cricket Podcast · Episodeopen.spotify.com
Lehmann demands more from Steelbacks batters after difficult One Day Cup start - my review of the campaign so far and a look-ahead to Northants' must-win game against Lancashire tomorrow. You can subscribe to The Steeler for less than £1 a month at this link: thesteeler.counterpress.media/subscribe
Lehmann says Steelbacks must turn starts into One Day Cup hundreds • The Steeler • Northamptonshire Cricket independent newsDarren Lehmann says Northamptonshire's batters must convert starts into centuries after three defeats in their opening four One Day Cup matches.thesteeler.counterpress.media
🚨NEW CCP EPISODE🚨 Who plays in the second test vs Pakistan? @mashstpaddy.bsky.social looks at the selection options available to Daren Sammy youtu.be/Om3wxL-LnQs?...
Who should play in 2nd test vs Pakistan?YouTube video by Caribbean Cricket Podcastyoutu.be
ICYMI: a blog piece from last week's round of National Counties Championship matches and how it is a viable alternative for the lack of red ball cricket at this time of year: yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com/2026/07/30/a...
Alternative Part TwoThe north Barcelona district of Sant Andreu would seem an odd place to begin a blog post about cricket. But there is resonance with the sport and the area of one of Europe’s most visited destinatio…yahooovercowcorner.wordpress.com
Mind blown (Escherich/E. Coli). Love these little treasure troves from history.
c0nc0rdanceThe headlines are still covering the cyclosporiasis outbreak from lettuce, but let's talk about a different summer, long ago. The headlines in Bavaria would have called it "summer diarrhea" & it was killing babies. Enter our hero, Professor Theodor Escherich of the Julius Hospital, Würzburg.
Do read this, and the attached, for very many reasons.
Rob CameronOverwhelmed at the response to this piece on the end of my 22 years with BBC News. Thanks for all your expressions (of gratitude, surprise, incomprehension, encouragement). They mean a lot. Read why it happened - and how I feel about it - here: robjcameron.substack.com/p/goodbye-to...
There's a new Viz on sale today. And King Charles makes an exciting discovery in the Buckingham Palace gardens nature reserve, in 'King, Queen and Knave.'
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Can anybody recommend any reading on bequests and wills by Nineteenth and Early twentieth century women. #WomensHistory #Philanthropy
Learned a lot from this. Also Sam's point about keeping options open reinforces the view that we specialise too early in *academic* subjects. Numeracy and literacy are very useful, but you can stop doing any maths/stats/humanities at 16.
Sam FreedmanNew post just out: "Burnham's first mistake" Splitting 14 year olds into academic and vocational paths seems intuitive. But it's a terrible idea that risks increasing inequality, and closing down options for the young people that need them most. (£/free trial) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/b...
“I got turned back by a lot of publishers because it was too grim. But my life’s not grim. My life is full, and it’s better than I ever could have expected". So satisfying that we got Libby into print with her new book, which is going to be so valuable to so many... www.nine.com.au/lifestyle/fa...
Libby always wanted to be a mum, but the path to motherhood was paved with heartacheFor as long as she could remember, Libby Trainor Parker wanted to be a mum. The Adelaide-based performer, comedian, journalist, and author dreamed of a big family, like the ones she saw on the sitcoms...www.nine.com.au
