- Tue, 12:56: When philosopher met king: on Plato’s Italian voyages https://t.co/Y71yFLjMf6 Interesting on philosophy and political leadership. h/t @a_m_wegner
- Tue, 14:10: A thread on the likely Boundary Commission recommendations for the Northern Ireland seats. The next round of constituency boundary reforms has just kicked off. There will still be 650 MPs, 543 from England (+10), 549 for Scotland (-2), 32 for Wales (-8) and 16 for NI (same).
- Tue, 14:12: The new Northern Ireland parliamentary constituencies – update https://t.co/szLU7w3ow6
- Tue, 14:20: Always annoying when you make two mistakes in the first tweet of a long thread. New numbers are 57 for Scotland (down 2) and 18 for Northern Ireland (no change). https://t.co/RPlts8F9CH
- Tue, 15:02: Framley Parsonage, by Anthony Trollope “A lady who can sell herself for a title or an estate, for an income or a set of family diamonds, treats herself as a farmer treats his sheep and oxen.” #nwbooks https://t.co/WwwlWxnQFL https://t.co/zSJeqRokfe https://t.co/PjgqsOfRh9
- Tue, 15:24: Unseen Academicals, by Terry Pratchett The new theme of football plays out against a plotline of bigotry, prejudice and redemption – the old question of whether or not there can be a Good Orc is answered definitively. #nwbooks https://t.co/aIve68zp5R https://t.co/lFeYAL21LW https://t.co/1QtCa31unZ
- Tue, 15:41: RT @BCommNI: @ONS has today published the UK Parliamentary Electorate figures, marking the start of the first stage of the 2023 Review of U…
- Tue, 15:46: Titus Groan, by Mervyn Peake Peake weaves a grand miasma of doom and foreboding over the sterile rituals of the castle, introducing also the villainous Steerpike. #nwbooks https://t.co/4ILYD6raDs https://t.co/CNwjFJyl15 https://t.co/Z11mjoaEJU
- Tue, 16:05: Brexit is no cause for celebration – this is a moment of national shame https://t.co/ob61oVjkkv Well put, by @mfletchertimes.
- Tue, 16:08: Sisters of Sinai: How Two Lady Adventurers Found the Hidden Gospels , by Janet Soskice A fascinating story of women infiltrating the intellectual establishment (granted, rich women with no children and no need to actually work). https://t.co/d3OPkVzgbj https://t.co/tcbdv28g6t https://t.co/yYqqZWyTyY
- Tue, 16:30: Dealing with a post-BRIC Russia, by @B_Judah, @J_Kobzova and @nicupopescu Analysis from late 2011. Nine years on, sadly little seems to have changed. #nwbooks https://t.co/IkmDkKztJW https://t.co/13wUTDbWRs https://t.co/JNwplH6Kdm
- Tue, 16:52: Pawns of Peace: Evaluation of Norwegian peace efforts in Sri Lanka, 1997-2009 Fascinating and brutal report commissioned by the Norwegian government on Norway’s contribution to the failure of the Sri Lanka peace process. #nwbooks https://t.co/KmSfDV1wmi https://t.co/kgz18wkNQA https://t.co/8cKrOZIN4H
- Tue, 17:11: How Co Down couple breathed new life into historic ‘Frankenstein house’ Castle Ward https://t.co/FGzVRdSC84 Glorious. (This is the ancestral home of Lalla “Romana II” Ward.)
- Tue, 17:14: Rave and Let Die: The SF and Fantasy of 2014, by @arrroberts We agree more often than I had expected, but where Roberts’ opinion differs from mine it is always entertainingly so. #nwbooks https://t.co/uAur33bHej https://t.co/pKOxWuHa1G https://t.co/y2y5Z23WJF
- Tue, 17:36: Brain Fetish, by @KingaKorska A nice little Bildungsroman of a young woman who’s just had a serious row with her boyfriend seeking advice from her mother, who incidentally is getting a tattoo. #nwbooks https://t.co/9Kz1fMHdQ7 https://t.co/2vx1XL1jRp https://t.co/UVrc9fN2hZ
- Tue, 17:58: The Power, by @NaomiAllthenews Takes The Handmaid’s Tale and #MeToo and turns them around, to create a world in the very near future where women have the ability to strike down their enemies with bolts of electricity. #nwbooks https://t.co/PajeeIFz7f https://t.co/pj3qCL7ZkS https://t.co/aDpBlyE1vq
- Tue, 20:48: The Spouses of American Presidents and Vice-Presidents https://t.co/tHSn5QFlTn I need to update this as I now have a dob for Mary King – 22 August 1827, so she married future VP William Wheeler a month after her 18th birthday in 1845.
- Wed, 09:12: Well, looks like it’s good news from #Georgia at least. When do the two new senators take office?
- Wed, 09:30: Whoniversaries 6 January https://t.co/86BzhxXirC
- Wed, 10:45: Why Britain Failed, Again https://t.co/VTJnKmNmLj “This is not a failure of science advice,” Mark Walport, Britain’s former chief scientific adviser, told me. “The policy makers had their attention drawn to what was coming.”
- Wed, 11:08: Hooray! Good for @A_Sloat – ex-@NDI and @QUBelfast. https://t.co/Yo1sBhh54w
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