Original ink drawing for a recent Guardian cartoon (below). www.tomgauld.com/art-for-sale

Liz Truss now calling for universities and other organisations to be "defunded" if they're "antithetical to conservative values"

UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens doi.org/10.1038/d415...

UK university departments on the brink as higher-education funding crisis deepens

As a new academic year dawns, international competition, government policies and inflationary pressures could be pushing some universities to the brink of bankruptcy.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky#Books#BookChallenge Day 15

I wish I'd thought of that to say ;-)

Just admitted to work colleague (with an English degree) that I've never read a complete Shakespeare from start to end and probably never will... #bookconfessions#booksky

An autumn cartoon that feels appropriate in London today...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky#Books#BookChallenge Day 14

Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Libraries will only exist for as long as we borrow from them. Consider it your civic duty | Jodi Wilson

In a world as noisy as ours, we need the quiet space of libraries. They are community hubs that serve whoever walks through the door

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. #BookSky#Books#BookChallenge Day 13