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J.R.R. Tolkien's inspiration for Lúthien: the “gallant” Edith Bratt
scholar.valpo.edu

Fascinating, long article about Edith’s family and early life, and how she has been written out of the record.

28/02/2020
Earth has acquired a brand new moon that's about the size of a car
www.newscientist.com
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For the time being, anyway.

28/02/2020
The entire collection of Omni Magazine is back online
www.theverge.com
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Old news, from 2017, but very welcome!

27/02/2020
How British foreign policy lost the art of grand strategy
www.newstatesman.com
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Here "lost" means "deliberately cast away".

27/02/2020
Johnson v No Named Defendant [2020] EWHC 207 (Ch) (06 February 2020)
www.bailii.org
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A sad case and a perverse judgement. Man disappears in 2011, not declared dead until 2020, with consequences for inheritance etc.

27/02/2020
The problem with democracy: Kids and their phones
www.politico.eu
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Worrying and thorough, from @PaulAyaTaylor

27/02/2020
Replaying My Shame by @EmilyGould
www.thecut.com
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Grim and compelling first-person account of public humiliation.

27/02/2020
How not to say the wrong thing
www.latimes.com

Wise words.

25/02/2020
A Vaccine Won’t Stop the New Coronavirus
www.theatlantic.com
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Most of us will probably get it. But most of us will probably be OK.

25/02/2020
Anti-Semitic carnival polarizes Belgian politics
www.politico.eu
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This is appalling. Another reason why I could never vote for N-VA.

25/02/2020
Do you remember LiveJournal? It was part of my teenage identity.
www.thelily.com

Ah yes. I actually still use mine (mostly for book reviews).

25/02/2020
Why John McDonnell’s comparison of Julian Assange to Dreyfus is absurd and offensive
www.newstatesman.com
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Well put, by @KarenPollock100 of @HolocaustUK.

24/02/2020
Sanders sends Democratic establishment into panic mode
www.politico.com
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Most of my Dem friends were Biden supporters, of varying enthusiasm; but he’s toast.

24/02/2020
How to Be an Expatriate in 2020
www.nytimes.com
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There's a lot of it about.

23/02/2020
Does Sanders Have A Ceiling? Maybe. Can He Win Anyway? Yes.
fivethirtyeight.com
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Very interesting as ever from @fivethirtyeight.

19/02/2020
A college with secrets
members.tortoisemedia.com
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Chilling account of Trinity Hall’s failure to deal with sexual harassment cases. I am sure it is not the only such case among Oxbridge colleges.

Dems Beware: Don’t Be Like Mitt in 2012
www.politico.com

Very interesting analysis.

18/02/2020
Reading Buttigieg
www.commonwealmagazine.org
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Great piece. “he understands that hatred and intransigence are not the cure for what ails American politics. They are the disease.”

17/02/2020
Copter Crash: Isabel Fall and the Transgender SF Debate
womenwriteaboutcomics.com
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Am late to this excellent piece.

The Northern Ireland Secretary of State league
sluggerotoole.com

Harsh but largely fair. I would put Peter Brooke a lot higher, and Mayhew (who really had no clue) much lower.

14/02/2020
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