Well, looking at UKRI's data for 2022-23, the top 20 unis in terms of value of awards are as follows: S/SE - 5; North - 5; East - 1; Scotland - 2; Midlands - 3; SW - 3; Wales - 1. Aggregating these, S/SE has ~30% of overall value.

As ever, I think we need to be more nuanced about suggesting where research/funding will be concentrated. S/SE is not synonymous with the Golden Triangle: there's a lot of smaller unis in S/SE that may lose out, and many huge players in N/SW/Scotland that may benefit.

Fair enough! It completely passed me by.

This is excellent work! Unfortunately, tantalisingly, the pages aren't opening for me. I'll have to wait to get some decent WiFi. The sense of anticipation is explosive.

Really? They chose to rebroadcast... that?

I don't know the answer, but I was told that, for strawberry jam, the seeds are actually added back in after the jam is made, and that they're actually little chips of wood. Even as I write this I can't believe how implausible it sounds. I'm going to have to look this up.

Although you could argue that the decrease in Google searches is not down to less interest but more awareness/familiarity and direct traffic.

Is that a good thing or a bad thing?

Me too! With Sounds/podcasts it's now a rarity. It was Alexi Sayle so I was thinking there'd be at least some solid work there, less neediness, less desperation to prove himself. Reader, I was wrong.

Haha! Excellent! Good work @annamgrey.bsky.social! I'll check in 12 months to see how close you were. You couldn't be any worse than me. In my defence I was covering the May/Johnson/Truss/Sunak years...

Yes it is! Glad you're focussing on the key issues - just as I would have done!