Occasionally I like to terrify myself by looking at the live waiting times for Gloucetershire Royal Hospital A&E.

Some early words for a new book project on the idea of the local in different global contexts. open.substack.com/pub/timcress...

Local - A Global Search for an Idea.

I am in the early stages of writing a book about the idea of the local and the associated agenda of localism. The book will be a mixture of travelogue, memoir, and thinking alongside others about what...

Nice chart showing net fiscal contribution by age bracket. obr.uk/frs/fiscal-r...

I'm not sure this is good for anyone. No doubt Labour and the Lib Dems feel entitled to laugh because the tory leadership contest has turned out to be a bit of a joke, but the fact that we've ended up with a choice between two on the hard right just means the papers have an excuse to amplify them.

Labour and Lib Dems gleeful as Badenoch to face Jenrick in Tory leadership race

Next leader will be from populist wing of party after James Cleverly loses out in chaotic final MPs’ vote

EXTENDED DEADLINE! CFP: 'Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities' at #AAG2025bit.ly/3X7W3No

Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities CFP Final.docx

Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities Session Call for Papers (in-person and hybrid online) 2025 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 24-28 March 2025, Detroit, Michigan, USA Org...

Delighted to see The Observatory Experiment finally out in the real world. Available to buy from Cambridge University Press on 10 October. In the meantime, do join the book launch on 9 October! Register here: forms.office.com/e/GtfdghVJen

We're hiring! With a wide remit: jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... "...atmospheric/climate/earth system modelling, palaeoclimate, environmental microbial and/or applied ecology, ecogeomorphology, cryosphere, geohazards, pollution, urban environments, nature-based solutions, sustainable coasts..."

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Lecturer / Associate Professor – Climate and Environmental Change

1 x Permanent position1 x Fixed term position for 48 monthsAchieving the RemarkableThe University of Southampton is in the top 1% of world universities and is one of the UK’s top 15 research-intensive...

Not quite sure what this means, but… Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Mass Observation’s 12th May Diaries …is currently £3 on Amazon. (If you prefer not to use Amazon, it’s £13.99 on the Bloomsbury website until 6 Oct). #Everydaylife#Covidwww.bloomsbury.com/uk/everyday-...

Everyday Life in the Covid-19 Pandemic

How will the Covid-19 pandemic be remembered? What did it mean to people? How did it feel? This book provides a compelling account of the pandemic as it was exp…

Southampton Digital Humanities are looking for a Lecturer in Humanities Data Science (so, computational humanities in/from any humanities area) to lead on our new MSc Digital Humanities (Data Science). £45,163-£56,921 per annum. Full time. Permanent. Deadline 30 Oct. jobs.soton.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Job Opportunity at the University of Southampton: Lecturer in Humanities Data Science

REMINDER! CFP: 'Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities' - a in-person/hybrid session at #AAG2025bit.ly/3X7W3No

Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities CFP Final.docx

Ordinary Democracy and Digital Cities Session Call for Papers (in-person and hybrid online) 2025 Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting 24-28 March 2025, Detroit, Michigan, USA Org...