Monthly Archives: February 2026

Thursday, 26th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 26, 2026 by roycross

1. The International Booker Prize is perhaps a little more genuinely international nowadays, but it still has some way to go, with nine of the thirteen books on this year’s longlist from Europe: https://thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/features/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-international-booker-prize-2026-longlist Cross quibbles apart, it’s an interesting … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 24th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 24, 2026 by roycross

1. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine entered its fifth year today. It seems that very few people believed that Putin was going to invade Ukraine, not even Volodymyr Zelenskyy https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2026/feb/20/a-war-foretold-cia-mi6-putin-ukraine-plans-russia (This) is the story of a spectacular intelligence success, but also … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 19th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 19, 2026 by roycross

1. To start us off today, a recent post by Daisy Christodoulou on her blog, No More Marking, Does a university education help you earn more? Maybe, but not in the way that you think https://substack.nomoremarking.com/p/does-a-university-education-help Over the last couple … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 17th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 17, 2026 by roycross

An AI focus for the first three of today’s offerings, possibly a bit doomy and gloomy … 1. You can read or listen to this alarmist (realist?) piece for Fortune by Jake Angelo, Microsoft AI chief gives it 18 months … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 12th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 12, 2026 by roycross

1. The Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service has a very good reputation for its analysis, especially (and not surprisingly) regarding Russia. Here’s their 2026 report, International Security and Estonia https://raport.valisluureamet.ee/2026/en/ PDFs of both the whole report and the summary only below. … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 10th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 10, 2026 by roycross

1. First up today, one of those blog posts that I get the gist of, if not the detail: a persuasive but slightly strange blog post throughout which the author, Nik Bear Brown (is that a real name or a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 5th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 5, 2026 by roycross

I missed a post on Tuesday, as I was clearing out my parents’ house up in Yorkshire. Amongst (many!) other things, I found my father’s medal for the Under 12 100 yards from 1939 in the drawer of his desk … Continue reading →

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