As tiresome as it is to hear Andy Burnham saying "innovation nation" over and over, it's arguably even worse to hear this talk of industrialisation. We have great, valuable export industries in the arts, TV, the BBC and higher education. All are being filleted; thousands out of work, and what for?

Looking forward to this in a couple of weeks! Hear us talk about Elizabeth Maitland's lacquer cabinets, Nell Gwyn's silver snuff box, and Hortense Mancini's Chinese silks. All welcome 🍷

If you're casting about for amusement in London on the evening of Friday 20 November, I'm giving a talk at KCL on mushrooms and social reproduction. They've got a bit of security at the building, so if you're not at KCL but would like to go, contact aaron.rosenberg at kcl dot ac dot uk

Forty four (yes 44!) pounds for a <1h train journey from Cambridge to London this morning - that’s almost a pound a minute - and the WiFi is down again. Well, why don’t you live nearer work, you ask, if the trains are so terrible? Dear Reader, because my campus is on THE STRAND.

Really excited for this event later this month! Join us if you can.

Université de Poitiers, UFR Lettres et langues. Bâtiment bloqué aujourd’hui. Première AG ce matin à 9h. Groupes de travail ensuite. Repas organisé par les étudiantes et étudiants. Deuxième AG maintenant pour discuter et décider des suites de la mobilisation.

'The University of Nottingham has confirmed that it will close its music and languages departments as it presses ahead with more than 500 job cuts despite widespread opposition from staff and students.' A blight on East Midlands and UK higher education.

Les témoignages sur ce qui s'est passé hier à la Sorbonne nouvelle sont accablants. J'ai honte de ma fac.

Showcase of new PH research on migration and mobility in collaboration with History Lab, online and in person at the IHR, London. Free and open to the public Tuesday 6 October at 5:30-7:30pm. Please book in advance (booking statistics help build the case for UKRI core support).

This reminds me of the time I was complaining how clogged my local park gets with cyclists and dogwalkers during my daytime runs, so a male friend suggested I go running late, after 10pm, like he does.

I'm so excited for this book - there is writing and then there is Blakemore writing