Owen Garling
@ojgarling.bsky.social
Knowledge Transfer Facilitator at the Bennett Institute for Public Policy at the University of Cambridge.
Only one @mcsweeneys.net to keep an eye on now then.
February 8, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Only one @mcsweeneys.net to keep an eye on now then.
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On the pros and cons of metrics, be it in our HEIs or schools....occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
KPIs – a Mixed Blessing | Athene Donald's Blog
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February 8, 2026 at 8:12 PM
On the pros and cons of metrics, be it in our HEIs or schools....occamstypewriter.org/athenedonald...
I took this picture outside the West End Women and Girls Centre in Keswick, Newcastle, when I visited back in October 2022.
Just sharing again.
Just sharing again.
February 8, 2026 at 7:23 PM
I took this picture outside the West End Women and Girls Centre in Keswick, Newcastle, when I visited back in October 2022.
Just sharing again.
Just sharing again.
And don't forget, if you've got views on Development Corporations, there's a live consultation underway for one in Greater Cambridge.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
February 8, 2026 at 12:46 PM
And don't forget, if you've got views on Development Corporations, there's a live consultation underway for one in Greater Cambridge.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
www.gov.uk/government/c...
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Mackenzie Crook’s rural dreamscape #Detectorists published by #PenguinBooks (and its offshoots) down the years. 🧵
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April 12, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Mackenzie Crook’s rural dreamscape #Detectorists published by #PenguinBooks (and its offshoots) down the years. 🧵
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I'm generally a fan of numbers. But I do think that there needs to be an 'is that a big/small number?' test when it comes to these things.
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February 8, 2026 at 10:24 AM
I'm generally a fan of numbers. But I do think that there needs to be an 'is that a big/small number?' test when it comes to these things.
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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HMT's response to the @financialtimes.com demonstrates www.ft.com/content/7db5... why the government will fail to increase housebuilding as it thinks £500m is meaningful. “The government is committed to go further and faster on growth — with over £500mn investment for new homes, infrastructure and
Ease borrowing curbs for development schemes, gilt investors urge Reeves
Aviva and Legal & General warn chancellor that push to boost growth will be inhibited without change
www.ft.com
February 8, 2026 at 9:10 AM
HMT's response to the @financialtimes.com demonstrates www.ft.com/content/7db5... why the government will fail to increase housebuilding as it thinks £500m is meaningful. “The government is committed to go further and faster on growth — with over £500mn investment for new homes, infrastructure and
I'm old enough to remember when the previous building was demolished.
I once worked with someone who had a successful job interview in the old building, turned up there for her first day of work only to find the building gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I once worked with someone who had a successful job interview in the old building, turned up there for her first day of work only to find the building gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cambridge office block named after Tudor rebel to be demolished
Plans to replace Kett House with an eight-story block are to go ahead.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
I'm old enough to remember when the previous building was demolished.
I once worked with someone who had a successful job interview in the old building, turned up there for her first day of work only to find the building gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I once worked with someone who had a successful job interview in the old building, turned up there for her first day of work only to find the building gone.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ski jumping? Could do it with my hands behind my back.
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Ski jumping? Could do it with my hands behind my back.
Currently staying up too late mesmerized by Nana Mouskouri.
February 6, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Currently staying up too late mesmerized by Nana Mouskouri.
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NEW BOOK!
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
Utopia
Abstract. Ideal societies, better worlds, more just and peaceful ways of living: these have long been the stuff of human beings’ social dreaming. In this c
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February 3, 2026 at 4:30 PM
NEW BOOK!
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
I'm very happy to say that my new book, Utopia, co-written with Douglas Mao, has been published on-line
academic.oup.com/book/62279
Looking beyond the samples, this is just a really good playlist from @birmingham81.bsky.social - it's kept me company all afternoon long.
I was in my mid-teens when 3 Feet High . . . came out and it was definitely one of those albums made me stop and think what music could be.
I was in my mid-teens when 3 Feet High . . . came out and it was definitely one of those albums made me stop and think what music could be.
De La Soul released 3 Feet High and Rising on this day in 1989. Here’s a playlist featuring the LP and the tunes that it sampled
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
February 6, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Looking beyond the samples, this is just a really good playlist from @birmingham81.bsky.social - it's kept me company all afternoon long.
I was in my mid-teens when 3 Feet High . . . came out and it was definitely one of those albums made me stop and think what music could be.
I was in my mid-teens when 3 Feet High . . . came out and it was definitely one of those albums made me stop and think what music could be.
Reposted by Owen Garling
De La Soul released 3 Feet High and Rising on this day in 1989. Here’s a playlist featuring the LP and the tunes that it sampled
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
February 6, 2026 at 8:21 AM
De La Soul released 3 Feet High and Rising on this day in 1989. Here’s a playlist featuring the LP and the tunes that it sampled
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
🌼🎧▶️ open.spotify.com/playlist/4Rs...
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Just a reminder about the new grant we (@universitypress.cambridge.org) are offering. Deadline is mid-April. Please spread the word.
Thrilled about this new grant we are offering for under-represented early career scholars. The first cycle is for scholars in history and area studies. Please spread the word widely. @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Amplifying voices
New Cambridge grant to help under-represented scholars publish
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February 5, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Just a reminder about the new grant we (@universitypress.cambridge.org) are offering. Deadline is mid-April. Please spread the word.
Saw a couple of classic Cambridge cyclists today.
One was bellowing "ROAD!" anytime it looked like any pedestrians were going to set foot on the road.
The other? Full set of waterproofs and sandals. No socks.
One was bellowing "ROAD!" anytime it looked like any pedestrians were going to set foot on the road.
The other? Full set of waterproofs and sandals. No socks.
February 5, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Saw a couple of classic Cambridge cyclists today.
One was bellowing "ROAD!" anytime it looked like any pedestrians were going to set foot on the road.
The other? Full set of waterproofs and sandals. No socks.
One was bellowing "ROAD!" anytime it looked like any pedestrians were going to set foot on the road.
The other? Full set of waterproofs and sandals. No socks.
Always amazed by how many trains there are between #Cambridge and Cambridge North station.
It's pretty much a ten minute service, but I wonder how often it's used as such?
It's pretty much a ten minute service, but I wonder how often it's used as such?
February 5, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Always amazed by how many trains there are between #Cambridge and Cambridge North station.
It's pretty much a ten minute service, but I wonder how often it's used as such?
It's pretty much a ten minute service, but I wonder how often it's used as such?
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We kind of SHOULD be overwhelmed right now!
There's a lot of overwhelming stuff going on, so if you're struggling with that, it's not a YOU problem...
Continued below...
There's a lot of overwhelming stuff going on, so if you're struggling with that, it's not a YOU problem...
Continued below...
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
We kind of SHOULD be overwhelmed right now!
There's a lot of overwhelming stuff going on, so if you're struggling with that, it's not a YOU problem...
Continued below...
There's a lot of overwhelming stuff going on, so if you're struggling with that, it's not a YOU problem...
Continued below...
February 5, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Consultations affecting the Greater Cambridge sub-region coming thick and fast at the moment.
Yesterday it was the Urban Development Corporation; today it's Local Government Reorganisation.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Yesterday it was the Urban Development Corporation; today it's Local Government Reorganisation.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
February 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Consultations affecting the Greater Cambridge sub-region coming thick and fast at the moment.
Yesterday it was the Urban Development Corporation; today it's Local Government Reorganisation.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Yesterday it was the Urban Development Corporation; today it's Local Government Reorganisation.
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Interesting announcement on the extension of the Pride in Place programme although all it does is take the total of places involved (380) closer to the number in the Spending Review (350).
What I'm interested in is the support available for the next 350 neighbourhoods?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
What I'm interested in is the support available for the next 350 neighbourhoods?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Pride in Place: 40 neighbourhoods join transformational programme
Thousands more people handed the power to decide how millions are spent in their area as Pride in Place expands.
www.gov.uk
February 5, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Interesting announcement on the extension of the Pride in Place programme although all it does is take the total of places involved (380) closer to the number in the Spending Review (350).
What I'm interested in is the support available for the next 350 neighbourhoods?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
What I'm interested in is the support available for the next 350 neighbourhoods?
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Should anything be read into Angela Rayner's intervention in today's goings on?
February 4, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Should anything be read into Angela Rayner's intervention in today's goings on?
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Peter Mandelbrot. It’s just infinite scandals the more you zoom in.
February 4, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Peter Mandelbrot. It’s just infinite scandals the more you zoom in.
It turns out the small dog had not eaten the small thing that we thought she had.
February 4, 2026 at 7:30 PM
It turns out the small dog had not eaten the small thing that we thought she had.
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The Bennett School’s new MPhil in Digital Policy prepares early-career professionals to lead on AI & digital governance. The programme includes interdisciplinary study across economics, law, computer science & politics.
Apply now to start in Oct 2026: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
Apply now to start in Oct 2026: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
February 4, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Bennett School’s new MPhil in Digital Policy prepares early-career professionals to lead on AI & digital governance. The programme includes interdisciplinary study across economics, law, computer science & politics.
Apply now to start in Oct 2026: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...
Apply now to start in Oct 2026: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/study/mphil-...