Tag Archives: travel

Tuesday, 17th March (Cambridge)

Posted on March 17, 2026 by roycross

1. This piece by Brendan Simms for Engelsberg Ideas, What drives Trump 2.0?, surprised me with its delineation of beliefs consistently held by Donald Trump – today more usually portrayed as the very antithesis of consistent – for forty years … Continue reading →

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Tuesday, 21st October (Richmond)

Posted on October 21, 2025 by roycross

1. First up today, the latest version of Ethan Mollick’s (Opinionated) Guide to Using AI https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/an-opinionated-guide-to-using-ai Click on the images to enlarge them. Every few months I write an opinionated guide to how to use AI, but now I write … Continue reading →

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Thursday, 24th July

Posted on July 24, 2025 by roycross

1. A free ‘reading experience’ with which to start today, The Universal Turing Machine: a memoir by Richard Beard https://universalturingmachine.co.uk/ The Universal Turing Machine is a reading experience not a game, a memoir about what it means to live a … 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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Thursday, 31st October (Cambridge)

Posted on October 31, 2024 by roycross

1. First up, the answers to Tuesday’s ‘name the novels’ quiz in the document below. 2. I attended a powerful Hands Up Project (HUP) event online last Saturday on Emergent education in war zones. Here’s some of the links that … Continue reading →

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