'Alan Turing sculpture in Cambridge University King's College grounds agreed - and it'll cost £10 to see - Cambridgeshire Live' cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambridge…

Fascinating doc on Jan Morris. A remarkable life but amazing also to hear her talking about her nostalgic Pax Britannica trilogy on empire: “In a way I'm ashamed of it”. If only more writers could look at their former work with such frankness #Empireland bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

'In our nation’s 246-year history there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our Republic than Donald Trump,' said former Vice President Dick Cheney in a campaign ad for his daughter Rep. Liz Cheney, who is up for re-election in Wyoming. trib.al/2rxMq9i

thetimes.co.uk/article/ca2a81…

If an active fund manager talks about their ability to 'consistently outperform', they are either wildly overconfident, don't understand how markets work, or being deliberately disingenuous. None of these are good signs.

5 August 1962. Hollywood icon, Marilyn Monroe (aged 36), was found dead in a bedroom of her Los Angeles home by her housekeeper at 3:00 AM. The inquest showed she had died between 8:30 and 10:30 PM, on 4 August, due to what the coroner concluded was an “accidental” drug overdose.

This is not your show,” Judge Maya Guerra Gamble told him. “Just because you claim to think something is true does not make it true. It does not protect you. It is not allowed.”

An economic policy that tries to eliminate loss and failure is doomed, writes Allison Schrager trib.al/u5kZnTT

I am wondering if Parody Liz Truss 's economic policy is all about taking us back to the good old days, with linkers at 3% real, as a ruse to shrink the £2.6trn value of public sector pensions? (Yes, I know Parody Liz Truss is a parody, but like Liz Truss's economic policy).

'This shows what we can achieve as a union when we stand together' Exactly.
So why does Jo Grady do her best to rip the @UCU apart on a childish ideological crusade against gender-critical academics @OU and elsewhere?

Spot on from Chris Giles This letter doesn't even tell a quarter of the story.

Also, VERY significant, is that the Bank of England is planning to reverse Quantitative Easing in September, by starting to sell gilts, government bonds. This would almost certainly increase the cost of borrowing for the government. It is a particular problem for Liz Truss who…

ProfessionalPensions Interesting, but I hear CDC is really an elaborate ponzi scheme where the young members pay for the older members to get a good pension. This will therefore run out of steam as people live longer. Also the market sets prices so one or many buying shares makes no difference.

A truly remarkable find - An intact tub full of 1,800 year-old Roman face cream.

Found in London in a temple complex dedicated to Mars, it was made mostly of animal fat. The fingerprints of its owner can still be seen.

🏛️Museum of London

#Classics #Roman #Archaeology #History

I still think the main risk of heightened geopolitical tensions around Taiwan is a mass outbreak of confused op-eds by writers who have never been there.

Dan Skiman John Ralfe Richard Fullmer Hans van Meerten Josephine Cumbo Žiga Vižintin Guy Opperman DWP ThePensionsRegulator Aon WTW OK :) Sidenote: I am allergic to the notion that returns are better with a longer investment horizon.

excellent piece on BP's profits on BBC News (UK) from Simon Jack