Yesterday, I did a Google search for the population in Europe in 1930, which I knew would be somewhat north of 500 million. The first result, without me asking for it, was from AI. This was the result.
Signal boost - help a librarian doing a PhD on the social background of librarians in UK universities! My marvellous friend and colleague, the incomparable @patchedelbows.bsky.socialsites.google.com/view/librari...
Fantastic piece in todayâs Times by Ben Machell. www.thetimes.com/article/5ecd...
When Mats Steen died from a muscle-wasting disorder, his parents believed that his life had been a tragically lonely one â until hundreds of emails from strangers arrived. It turns out that heâd found...
With all the focus on Keir Starmer's freebies almost nobody is asking about who is really funding the man most likely to soon be his opposite number www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-skelet...
IT'S ALL GOING TERRIBLY WELL: my SKETCH of Today at Tory Conference. thecritic.co.uk/non-...
âI had a really good media round,â Kemi Badenoch announced on Sunday afternoon, which is certainly one way of looking at a day that ended with her rejecting the position sheâd appeared to be taking inâŚ
Action Tom! My SKETCH of the leadership campaign of a former soldier who really doesn't like to talk about it.
âIt is an honour to introduce the next leader of our party and the next prime minister of our country ⌠Tom Tugendhat!â Harriet Cross, the newly elected Tory MP for Gordon and Buchan invited theâŚ
Our new research paper out today looks at the 1.9m pensioners in the UK living on the breadline (under 60% of median income). We find 1.6m of these will no longer qualify for a Winter Fuel Payment www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/stev...
Continuing payments only to those on pension credit will mean large numbers of low income pensioners losing out, a former pensions minister said.
A leadership bid you can't refuse: my SKETCH of Kemi Badenoch and James Cleverly pitching for the top(ish) job.
âKemi is approachable!â Kemi Badenoch, a woman who was, just two months ago, the Secretary Of State Most Likely To Punch You In The Face For Looking At Her Funny was attempting a rebrand.
Oh. That's nice. Look, tell you what, if we declare Skelmersdale to be an honourary bit of London, will TFL build a station?
UK library cards also allow you to access loads of online stuff FOR FREE, including ebooks, audio books, newspapers/magazines, academic articles, Ancestry, the full OED. So even if you never go and get library books out, I'm willing to bet you can find something you would want to use it for.