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The great tragedy of Erasmus in the UK was that, for instance, I would've loved to have done it but never knew anything about it. Then we complained that too many students came here & not enough of us took advantage of it.
Sofia Corradi, mère du programme Erasmus, est morte samedi, elle avait 91 ans. Arnaud Vaulerin n'a pas oublié son année à étudier l'histoire à Bologne : «S’exprimait une certaine idée de l’Europe, de la diversité culturelle et citoyenne, de l’attachement au droit et à la démocratie».
Merci à «Mamma Erasmus», de la part d’un ancien étudiant
En imaginant un simple programme d’échanges entre étudiants, Sofia Corradi a façonné bien plus qu’un dispositif administratif : une génération ouverte, curieuse, européenne. Elle est morte à l’âge de 91 ans.
www.liberation.fr
October 20, 2025 at 11:03 PM
The great tragedy of Erasmus in the UK was that, for instance, I would've loved to have done it but never knew anything about it. Then we complained that too many students came here & not enough of us took advantage of it.
Diwali celebrations evidently (audibly) in full swing. :-)
October 20, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Diwali celebrations evidently (audibly) in full swing. :-)
We're also going to have to put up with Glaswegians patronising Sheffielders for bit, like the bloke on #bbc5live earlier: "… with all due respect to Sheffield Wednesday…"
Get stuffed. (I'm being polite.)
Get stuffed. (I'm being polite.)
Mainly just very glad neither of them will be up against us.
October 20, 2025 at 9:32 PM
We're also going to have to put up with Glaswegians patronising Sheffielders for bit, like the bloke on #bbc5live earlier: "… with all due respect to Sheffield Wednesday…"
Get stuffed. (I'm being polite.)
Get stuffed. (I'm being polite.)
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For what it's worth, I don't think the government should be commenting on every repulsive thing said by Conservative backbenchers. (Though their own leader should take a view).
What it *should* be doing is articulating a clear position of its own. It's *that* silence which is the big problem.
What it *should* be doing is articulating a clear position of its own. It's *that* silence which is the big problem.
Worth saying that despite asking for more than 12 hours we’ve had nothing back from Labour on this
A Conservative MP tipped as a future party leader has been condemned for saying large numbers of legally settled families must be deported, in order to ensure the UK is mostly “culturally coherent”.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
October 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For what it's worth, I don't think the government should be commenting on every repulsive thing said by Conservative backbenchers. (Though their own leader should take a view).
What it *should* be doing is articulating a clear position of its own. It's *that* silence which is the big problem.
What it *should* be doing is articulating a clear position of its own. It's *that* silence which is the big problem.
Mainly just very glad neither of them will be up against us.
October 20, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Mainly just very glad neither of them will be up against us.
#bbcradio4 studiously ignoring the umlaut, I note. (As they also do on the bbc website, in fact.)
October 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#bbcradio4 studiously ignoring the umlaut, I note. (As they also do on the bbc website, in fact.)
Why wouldn't he?
Breaking - PM WILL attend Cop climate summit in Brazil next month
October 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Why wouldn't he?
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Addio a Sofia Corradi, «mamma Erasmus»: grazie a lei 16 milioni di giovani europei in viaggio studio
https://www.corriere.it/scuola/universita/25_ottobre_20/addio-a-sofia-corradi-mamma-erasmus-grazie-a-lei-16-milioni-di-giovani-europei-in-viaggio-studio-8009a751-9149-4f44-aaee-7affa60dfxlk.shtml
https://www.corriere.it/scuola/universita/25_ottobre_20/addio-a-sofia-corradi-mamma-erasmus-grazie-a-lei-16-milioni-di-giovani-europei-in-viaggio-studio-8009a751-9149-4f44-aaee-7affa60dfxlk.shtml
October 20, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Addio a Sofia Corradi, «mamma Erasmus»: grazie a lei 16 milioni di giovani europei in viaggio studio
https://www.corriere.it/scuola/universita/25_ottobre_20/addio-a-sofia-corradi-mamma-erasmus-grazie-a-lei-16-milioni-di-giovani-europei-in-viaggio-studio-8009a751-9149-4f44-aaee-7affa60dfxlk.shtml
https://www.corriere.it/scuola/universita/25_ottobre_20/addio-a-sofia-corradi-mamma-erasmus-grazie-a-lei-16-milioni-di-giovani-europei-in-viaggio-studio-8009a751-9149-4f44-aaee-7affa60dfxlk.shtml
Set myself the challenge of finishing (or at least reducing) my massive pile of half-read books before Christmas.
Of course, I'm just adding to it.
Of course, I'm just adding to it.
October 20, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Set myself the challenge of finishing (or at least reducing) my massive pile of half-read books before Christmas.
Of course, I'm just adding to it.
Of course, I'm just adding to it.
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Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Above all, the police approach in that decade culminated in the unlawful killing of 96 people and decades of cover-up.
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Does Robert Jenrick even realise English clubs were banned from playing in any European football competitions after May 1985 for the rest of the decade, returning only in 1990/91, after Heysel disaster, as UEFA + our government felt fans couldn't be policed safely travelling away?
October 17, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Does Robert Jenrick even realise English clubs were banned from playing in any European football competitions after May 1985 for the rest of the decade, returning only in 1990/91, after Heysel disaster, as UEFA + our government felt fans couldn't be policed safely travelling away?
Banning clubs is not the answer. We didn't ban Roma fans (also classed as 'high risk') post-2018, for instance. Was that 'standing up for Italian hooligans'? As far as I'm aware, the question of banning them never arose.
If you have other reasons for not wanting fans of this club here, then say so.
If you have other reasons for not wanting fans of this club here, then say so.
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Banning clubs is not the answer. We didn't ban Roma fans (also classed as 'high risk') post-2018, for instance. Was that 'standing up for Italian hooligans'? As far as I'm aware, the question of banning them never arose.
If you have other reasons for not wanting fans of this club here, then say so.
If you have other reasons for not wanting fans of this club here, then say so.
He needs to look up his heroine Mrs Thatcher and football ID cards.
Jenrick casting 1980s British football hooliganism as something that was easily dealt with by police and not an era defining issue which we're still living with the consequences of today... He's genuinely the most unserious person in British politics rn
October 17, 2025 at 8:25 PM
He needs to look up his heroine Mrs Thatcher and football ID cards.
Mundane rather than picturesque.
The cows were mis-reported.
There were cars on the road in opposite direction and a truck entering the peloton in the neutral sector.
Race cancelled today.
www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/tegem...
There were cars on the road in opposite direction and a truck entering the peloton in the neutral sector.
Race cancelled today.
www.wielerflits.nl/nieuws/tegem...
October 17, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Mundane rather than picturesque.
EAL teaching, like most FE teaching, is woefully underfunded.
(They also want to defund the teaching of other languages, too.)
(They also want to defund the teaching of other languages, too.)
Reform, everyone must speak English.
Also Reform, we're going to stop people learning English.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Also Reform, we're going to stop people learning English.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reform's Dame Andrea Jenkyns considers scrapping English lessons
Dame Andrea Jenkyns says a £1m budget to teach foreign nationals "should be spent on everybody".
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM
EAL teaching, like most FE teaching, is woefully underfunded.
(They also want to defund the teaching of other languages, too.)
(They also want to defund the teaching of other languages, too.)
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The Old Internet is almost extinct and they’re coming for the last surviving wonder of its ancient world
Wikipedia is seeing a significant decline in human traffic because more people are getting the information that’s on Wikipedia via generative AI chatbots that were trained on its articles and search engines that summarize them without actually clicking to the site
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:16 PM
The Old Internet is almost extinct and they’re coming for the last surviving wonder of its ancient world
Glad to belong to the era when women in bands wore baggy jumpers… (though admittedly there were far fewer of them then).
Oldmanshakesfistatcloud.gif Seriously, when was it decided that women in pop and rock groups could only perform in leotards or short shorts?
October 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Glad to belong to the era when women in bands wore baggy jumpers… (though admittedly there were far fewer of them then).
Useful thread contextualising this decision (& ultimately arguing against it).
The PM and leader of the Opposition have criticised the decision to ban away fans from the Aston Villa v Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in Birmingham. The police decision follows violence and rioting in Amsterdam in November at the Ajax v Maccabi game
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Wrong to stop Maccabi Tel Aviv fans attending Aston Villa match, says PM
Followers of the Israeli club will not be allowed to attend the Europa League game over safety concerns.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Useful thread contextualising this decision (& ultimately arguing against it).
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Here’s another classic Pulp chorus
October 16, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here’s another classic Pulp chorus
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The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
October 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The BBC are accidentally running the subtitles to Mrs Marple over the Mercury Prize, and it’s rather wonderful. A few of lines could plausibly have been written by Jarvis.
Not sure I ever forgave Sam Fender for drinking on the Quayside with Johnny Depp…
October 16, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Not sure I ever forgave Sam Fender for drinking on the Quayside with Johnny Depp…
Based on Alex's piece, are the club's non-Chansiri (and non-HMRC) creditors perhaps working together somehow? #swfc www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...
SWFC News: Situation explained on Owls financial turmoil amid winding-up threat
Dejphon Chansiri is facing mounting pressure on his continued ownership of Sheffield Wednesday after HMRC signalled their intention to issue a winding-up order over a debt of around £1m, The Star unde...
www.thestar.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Based on Alex's piece, are the club's non-Chansiri (and non-HMRC) creditors perhaps working together somehow? #swfc www.thestar.co.uk/sport/footba...