Category Archives: Links round-up

Hi all, I’m going to be honest: my brain is fried. The CSAE conference started on Sunday morning, and I was either in a session, picking brains for opinions about my own research design or pickling brains with Matt in … Continue reading →

Hi all, These links start with deaths a disturbing amount these days. I must be getting old. I had thought Simspons characters don’t die, but apparently it’s quite common. Still, Stephen Hawking probably had a bigger impact on the world … Continue reading →

Hi all, This week’s post is pretty much getting the last bit of me before I sleep for 48 hours to recover from the end of term. I’m just studying and I find it exhausting: I have no idea how … Continue reading →

Hi all, Greetings from Narnia! My perpetual pessimism about an endless winter has finally been borne out. I’m writing this e-mail on the bus between Oxford and London, looking out at a landscape almost entirely white, punctuated by the odd … Continue reading →

Hi all, Can someone please explain to me why, every time it gets even slightly warm for a few days, we get an arctic blast of sub-zero temperatures, like being slapped in the face by an angry snowman? Waiting for … Continue reading →

Hi all, I’m struggling for a good intro today. I normally talk about sports, but the NBA’s broken for the All-Star weekend (in which my happiness will only be complete if Joel Embiid dunks Russell Westbrook’s soul out of his … Continue reading →

Hi all, Normally, the links would be starting with some reference to Sri Lanka’s performance in the cricket (after scoring roughly infinity runs this week, it’s day two and we’re eight wickets down. In the second innings. Luckily, Bangladesh are … Continue reading →

Hi all, Normally when Sri Lanka are five hundred runs to the good and have seven wickets in hand, I’m responding to all text and e-mail traffic with ‘Deeply ill. Unlikely to recover until the 90th over the day has … Continue reading →

Hi all, So, I’ve just spent the last few minutes following Donald Trump’s speech at Davos. There’s a section of the global audience who will slam what he says regardless of the content and style, but it wasn’t the train … Continue reading →

Hi all, This morning, I was having a chat with an Australian cricket fan. England were about 70 runs off their target with 16 overs to go, and I commented on the inevitability of England’s victory. His reaction was totally … Continue reading →