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Thursday, 18th December (Cambridge)

Posted on December 18, 2025 by roycross

This slightly longer than normal Free Resources message will be the last one till Tuesday 6th January. If you’re celebrating Christmas, be sure to make the most of it, and I wish everyone peace and happiness for 2026! 1. The … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 4th December (Cambridge)

Posted on December 4, 2025 by roycross

1. We’re not an especially happy bunch here in the UK at present. Here’s the latest Ipsos survey of UK public opinion, taken following last week’s budget https://www.ipsos.com/en-uk/britons-more-pessimistic-about-economy-post-budget-though-some-individual-measures-supported 56% say they are ‘more concerned’ about the economy post budget and … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 28th October (Richmond)

Posted on October 28, 2025 by roycross

1. The big news this morning is that both the governing Labour party and the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, have hit an all-time low in popularity. I’ve just re-subscribed to The Times (for £1 for three months) and here’s their … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 26th June (Cambridge)

Posted on June 26, 2025 by roycross

Three on politics to start with today. 1. An engaging series for BBC Radio 4 from David Runciman, Postwar, in which he tells the story of the 1945 UK general election which rejected Winston Churchill and the dawn of a … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 20th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 20, 2025 by roycross

Blog version: https://roycross.blog/ 1. SHORT NOTICE: 18:30 UK time tomorrow, Friday 21st February, an RSA online event, Russia’s war in a global perspective, with the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, and BBC journalist Clive Myrie. More … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 13th February (Cambridge)

Posted on February 13, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s what appears to be an open-access article from the Times Higher Education, The UK’s redundancy crisis: four views from the front line https://www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/uks-redundancy-crisis-four-views-front-line Higher education news feeds are currently dominated by near-daily announcements of large job cuts across … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 30th January (Cambridge)

Posted on January 30, 2025 by roycross

1. Here’s the UK National Archives (NA) video on the Beveridge Report of 1942 https://youtu.be/e-vGHp4P9LU Sir William Beveridge’s report laid the foundations of the modern British welfare state and the National Health Service (in the middle of the Second World … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 23rd January (Cambridge)

Posted on January 23, 2025 by roycross

1. A lot of the stuff on tools4Dev you have to pay for, but their blog often has interesting (free!) posts, like this one,  How to Write a Monitoring and Evaluation Report https://tools4dev.org/blog/how-to-write-a-monitoring-and-evaluation-report/ and this one, Monitoring and Evaluation Tools … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 9th January (Cambridge)

Posted on January 9, 2025 by roycross

1. From Der Spiegel International, an account of the apogee (or the nadir: take your pick) of capitalism, One of the Most Dangerous Routes in the World: The Darién Gap Migrant Highway, Courtesy of the Mafia https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/one-of-the-most-dangerous-routes-in-the-world-the-darien-gap-migrant-highway-courtesy-of-the-mafia-a-51daa801-f513-462a-b8e2-7f2cab11f04a The cartel operates … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 7th January (Richmond)

Posted on January 7, 2025 by roycross

1. From NESTA, the UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts, Future Signals – what we (NESTA) are watching for in 2025 https://www.nesta.org.uk/feature/future-signals-2025/ Their list includes, among others The Minister’s menu: could the government subsidise healthy food through … Continue reading →

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