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NEWS: New York, Brasilia, Manchester?

We're delighted to announce that the Renold Building at the former University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) has just been designated at Grade II, 20 years after C20's first listing application.

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When I pointed out King’s will lose 90% of its AHRC student-led places under the new scheme, I got piled on by the AHRC Chair claiming I was wrong and scaremongering.

It wasn’t quite 90%.

This year King’s students got 27 AHRC student-led scholarships.

Next year they’re giving us 3.

So 89% then.

was this sparked by a specific trigger, or just the 'general vibes, man.'

Scientists have released the closest images ever taken near the sun, captured by NASA’s Parker Solar Probe flying 3.8 million miles above the solar surface.

See more images of solar eruptions on the sun: wapo.st/3Irm3P3

Obviously, you should first read Three Revolutions, but then follow up with some great books on the revolutionary history of the 20th century!

Simon Hall: Twentieth-Century Revolutions The history of the twentieth century was marked decisively by revolutions. These social and political upheavals, in turn, have inspired some terrific writing by protagonists, eyewitnesses,…

'These social and political upheavals, in turn, have inspired some terrific writing by protagonists, eyewitnesses, journalists and historians.'

Find @simonhallwriter.bsky.social's Twentieth-Century Revolutions reading list here:
faber.co.uk/journal/simon-hall-twentieth-century-revolutions/

He's back!...and on Giles Brown's Let's Talk from 10.00CET - Nick Dawson on 'Face to Face: Finding Justice for My Murdered Twin Brother' and @simonhallwriter.bsky.social with 'Three Revolutions: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys that Changed the World'

thanks!

Happy publication day! Out now with @faberbooks.bsky.social

sure, sure, but did he correctly fill in the check-marker form and upload it to the correct Sharepoint folder while simultaneously updating the information on Minerva?

To celebrate the publication of his new book It Used to Be Witches: Under the Spell of Queer Cinema, Ryan Gilbey discusses some of his favourite queer films over on the Faber Journal 🎬

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🎨 Paul Gauguin was born on this day in 1848 🎨

Wild Thing: A Life of Paul Gauguin by Sue Prideaux is out in paperback now.
faber.co.uk/journal/paul-gauguin-books-a-reading-list-from-sue-prideaux/

We are looking to recruit a Publicity Executive to plan and implement publicity campaigns and events for commercial non-fiction, fiction and crime titles on the adult list. Could it be you? Apply now.

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The case for universities Institutions everywhere are in crisis, but they will survive

In the UK, the devaluing of universities can be seen in systematic state underfunding and "hostility to the immigration that sustains these institutions. The University of Manchester’s turnover exceeds British Steel’s, but which enterprise gets more help from the government?"

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Image credit: John East

Image credit: John East

NEWS: We're very pleased to announce that the modernist Brighton & Hove Reform Synagogue (1966-67), a dedicated Holocaust Memorial believed to be Internationally unique, has been saved from demolition with a Grade II listing designation.

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Pull the blanket tight now 💤

#jayvik #arcane #art

Just finished reading galley proofs. What an amazing book!

We would like to draw your attention to a book review on "An Army Afire: How the US Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the #Vietnam Era" by Beth Bailey, reviewed by @simonhallwriter.bsky.social in the Journal of American History.

Read: doi.org/10.1093/jahist/jaae247

#globalsixties

I meant *tell myself*, really. Though I might have been being unfair...

there was a time when I used to imagine that I had changed more nappies than all of my (male) predecessors as Professor of Modern History combined.

As the far right surges around the globe, what can a new TV series about Mussolini teach us? | Caroline Moorehead Joe Wright’s new drama gives a theatrical take on the dictator’s flaws but there is so much more history viewers need to know, says historian Caroline Moorehead

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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”

Leave the bloody clocks alone! On this (and trains), Peter Hitchens is 100% correct.

this week's cover is on point

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I see what you did there...

You would make a terrific Grand Carver of England, though. Can't think of a better candidate.

I, for one, would welcome a return to country club Republicanism! At least compared to this shower!

oh dear!

I've signed too.

did you purchase the advance super-off-peak summer saver (class 12B45VC6) instead of the advance super-off-peak summer saver (class 12B45VC6.1)? Well: whose mistake was it?