New theory. The whole of Brexit is being orchestrated by Netflix, so they can have some good plot lines for the Crown season 11. Expect it to end with the queen coming out of retirement for One Last Constitutional Crisis.

I’ve just discovered that the greetings card industry thinks you might live to be 80 but is highly sceptical of you making it to 90.

How to engage with policy makers – read our guide, produced with Arts and Humanities Research Council Public Policy, on policy making in the UK and how academics can get their research to the right people in government instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publications/h…

Alas I think I know why you're asking. The real point is that the A-level results algorithm didn't mutate; it was designed (as far as I can tell) to accurately mimic the UK exam results system, and that system has systemic inequality built into it and so the algorithm did too.

In damning with faint praise news, my son just described me as “one of my favourite parents”.

Great example of how to make research accessible from one of our recent policy engagement course attendees.

What are we going to do with it if it comes home, anyway? We've turned its old bedroom into the study.

I do love how Gareth Southgate’s reaction to going 1-0 up minutes into the final is basically the same as my reaction to connecting quickly to the work VPN.

Love that there’s an olympic event containing the skill of “putting your shoes on really quickly”. Hoping this will inspire my children to improve their performance.

I keep offering to do workshops for academics on interactions with the media and so far a grand total of three (3) groups have taken me up on this so here are some highlights from the slides

🔴 GLENROTHES & MID FIFE: the Courier newspaper reveals Altany Craik was forced out of this selection contest because of the "sexy" and "satanic" novels he's written: thecourier.co.uk/fp/politics/sc…

@marcbatez Why thank you. Signed up to get progress reports on my friend's labour!