Oxford's new concert hall will be named after Austrian shipping billionaire Dr Helmut Sohmen, following an unspecified donation from the Sohmen family. The 500-seat auditorium in the Schwarzman Centre off Woodstock Road will open this autumn. ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08-0…

Yes, that's right, I'm reposting a tweet [sic] from the Pope. Which happens to be pleasingly free of religious content.

For my cat-loving friends, of whom I know I have a few.

Still one of our favourite GDR images: East Germany showing off its computers in a Berlin state parade (1987)... [Image: Thomas Uhlemann, c/o Bundesarchiv]

It’s Friday! 🎉

This matters a lot. And it shouldn't be happening.

Today, there was a report from the intelligence and military command on what Putin is counting on and what he is actually preparing for, including military preparations. He is definitely not preparing for a ceasefire or an end to the war. Putin is determined only to present a

Yes, congratulations to Amanda Laugesen. It's just a shame to think that, unless the proposal to close ANDC is abandoned, there'll be nothing to track the next words that embody the nation in the same way. Please rethink, ANU! ANU Media ourANU Canberra Times @ABCAustralia

Huge if true. (The Regensburg ones were very tasty.)

Mood.

How...heartwarming to find an ad for this game popping up on my feed. What a lovely, life-affirming game. #Blocked

Charlton Huxley Walker (1873–1955) is my latest #OEDMaker, and here’s a piece about him. Also available on Facebook to Dictionary Society members and at themakersoftheoed.wordpress.com/the-editors-an…

This kind of game is very nice.