Owen Garling

I wonder if the person who puts the occasional caterpillar in the veg box cabbage is the same person as the one who puts the occasional feather in boxes of eggs?

Same. Trip to Fenner's next summer?

Once in a lifetime event

📣 Vol 8⃣4⃣ ( 4⃣ ) is out 🌞

The December 2025 Issue features a #SpecialIssue on the implications of new public governance for #StreetLevel #organisations and #bureaucrats & 3⃣ research articles

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We're recruiting for a Research Assistant at the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk.

We're looking for someone interested in one or more of the following - institutions; governance; devolution; place-based policy; and public administration.

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📆 5/1/26

It's ace, isn't it?

How to get science back into policymaking Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.

If you’re involved in research impact, public engagement (in any form) then you really need to read this from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and @michaelkenny.bsky.social at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

On the increasingly troubled relationship between science, evidence and policy; some thoughts, and proposals, from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social and me.

Never a good idea to build flat-pack furniture on a Monday night

Poster showing with the relative deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities laid out. The poster depicts the most deprived local authority of Blackpool top left and least, Hart, at the bottom

The recent release of the Index of Multiple Deprivation by UK Gov. allowed me to indulge my twin interests of psephology and demographics. The results a visualisation of the deprivation profiles of the 296 English local authorities. More info here www.opendatamanchester.org.uk/revisiting-p...

How to get science back into policymaking Misunderstanding and hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.

It's time to get science back into policymaking

Misunderstanding & hubris have broken public trust in governments’ use of science, but it can be restored.

@michaelkenny.bsky.social & @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social
discuss 'how' in their comment for @nature.com

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Come and work with us at the @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk ! Brand-new 2 year researcher position - details here www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

Shared prosperity in a fractured world - a new economics for the middle class, the global poor, and our climate - Centre for Science and Policy The 2026 Dr S T Lee Public Policy Lecture A talk by Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy, Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government Overview Fighting...

Great opportunity to hear from Dani Rodrik in Cambridge in the depths of January.

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caroline 2 (deluxe)

Not that I do album of the year lists, but if I did, caroline 2 by caroline would be up there. It's a glorious racket of a thing.

A la prochaine Paris: View from the rear of the 19:58 to London.

One week before #TheGrandStretchIsBack!

Laura Cannell: Brightly Shone the Moon review | Jude Rogers' folk album of the month The violinist sets out on her darkest exploration of yuletide yet, giving a murky and melancholy twist on familiar Christmas standards

I always enjoy a bit of bleakness and beauty at Christmas.

Looking forward to listening to @lauracannellmusic.bsky.social's latest. Nice review from @juderogers.bsky.social.

www.theguardian.com/music/2025/d...

💐 My Fair Lady alert 💐

Sky Arts.

I'm horrendously biased but the team at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk are very very special.

I'll add PSB to the list of favourites too.

The ultimate unsung superfood: 17 delicious ways with cabbage – from kimchi to pasta to peanut butter noodles Over the last 50 years, cabbage consumption in Britain has declined 80%. But it’s versatile, full of vitamins, and perfect on a winter night. Here’s how to make the most of it

Sharing as a way of saving. Big fans of cabbage here.

www.theguardian.com/food/2025/de...

A picture of my dad, Ben Garling, on his 80th birthday lunch.

Dr Ben Garling
1937 - 2025

Rest in peace, dad.

We are hiring a @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk research assistant- deadline is 5 January www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc...

What it takes to save a community lifeline 'I think they just thought we’d calm down and do a petition'

Another great story from @manchestermill.bsky.social on how people saved their local cafe when the ICB decided to close it down.

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.”

manchestermill.co.uk/what-it-take...

small hours big time three black oblongs long day? bad week? demand opulence.

5/12/25 - nocturn

Franz?

YouTube video by ITV News When Donald Trump met Saint and Greavsie

Was really hoping for something more like this tbh.