"Shock as Brexit promises in 2016, valued at £350m a week, suddenly get shredded."

Strong support for #PeoplesVote today in Crediton. Lots of good conversations. Are you up for it Mel Stride? ⁦Mel Stride⁩ Devon for Europe #StillEuropean⁩

Thanks Catriona. Letters as complex material records of lived experience; every word political. Great that you are bringing these neglected documents back to life.

On apprend avec tristesse et émotion la mort du grand Jean #Starobinski. Il avait 98 ans. Il nous avait parlé de Montaigne, Rousseau, Baudelaire, et raconté sa vie. Un document passionnant : bit.ly/2ChQWAL

Remainers in South West England & Gibraltar - current independent polling suggest Liberal Democrats need just 2% more votes to win a second seat, at the expense of the Brexit Party. Vote wisely on Thursday!

My letter to the Guardian Brexit ideology and the new ‘cult’ of remainism | Letters theguardian.com/politics/2019/…

Brilliant series. Very excited that I have a cameo role in episode 2 this Tuesday. 9pm BBC2. #ahousethroughtime

A great example of visual journalism by EL PAÍS Javier Salas and Mariano Zafra 🦠 A room, a bar and a classroom: how the coronavirus is spread through the air english.elpais.com/society/2020-1…

INDEPENDENT DIGITAL: No mixing indoors after lockdown, Dave Warner says #TomorrowsPapersToday

I thought this was going to be a two-part thread, but it's become rather bigger as I read my way through the documentation. Please RT and share widely. This has significant implications for the narrative around the relative value of Arts and STEM, let alone funding.

“Imagine if a UK university framed internationalisation in terms of valuing other cultures & perspectives. Imagine if it had the courage to position language learning at the heart of its drive to foster cultural intelligence, supporting a central pillar of global engagement.”

Great lecture about volcanoes as a tool for thought in the C18th. x.com/ExeterModLangs…

I can confirm that academics are biased in favour of gravity, the existence of the moon, & not standing in the path of oncoming trains.

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Sending solidarity from France for #USSstrikes and thanks to our brilliant student supporters. (Loose translation: « protest or die »!)

Only the truly ignorant would rank universities according to graduate earnings theguardian.com/education/comm…

Great positive campaigning. Thanks guys. x.com/eljoeba/status…

Hear hear (and me too about the invoice!). Why not when the Met, Rijksmuseum and others are doing this already? x.com/DrHanWill/stat…

Don't be sheep. This isn't over. #WeAreTheUniversity Exeter UCU

Delighted to report that Prof. Melissa Percival Melissa Percival's terrific study ‘Fragonard and the Fantasy Figure’ is now available in paperback: routledge.com/Fragonard-and-…