I had a very successful reading month, to my great surprise. (I also really enjoyed Disappoint Me by Nicola Dinan). Suspect I will end up rereading all three of these.
These are lovely
I think the fact that it has taken me 8 months to finish these books (on average) says something about how little I have been reading for the last year or so.
The more I read of this, the more jaw-droppingly cruel and obviously ridiculous it became.
So students are abusing the asylum system because *checks notes* they participate in an extremely competitive scholarship system that requires them to return to their home country for at least two years and come from countries in the midst of extreme suffering?
Incredible logic from the Home Office
If anyone is free tomorrow evening, I am speaking at the Reconsidering Soviet Studies seminar series in Cambridge about depictions of "gypsy" characters in late Soviet youth cinema.
It is a hybrid event, please message me for the Zoom link if you would like to join online.
See also - what does it mean to do pro-marriage research?
I follow several parenting and community-focused Substack newsletters and it is amazing how quickly that means that Substack will repeatedly offer me anti-abortion content.
I wasn't sure I was going to like this but the second half really grew on me. I think it tries to cover a bit too much, and as a result I am now keen to read more about Albania, if anyone has any recommendations!
