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Toure too good as Socceroos young gun catches fire

In exciting news for the Socceroos, forward Mohamed Toure has made a flying start to life at his new English club Norwich.

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Recent Books on the Constitution

My seminar picks for 2025 (and every year since 2005)

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When is the earliest Sheffield Wednesday can be relegated from the Championship?

The Owls are basically certain to be a League One club next year already, but when can it be mathematically confirmed and when is that most likely to come?

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'Eton of the East End': London state sixth-form college gets more than 60 students into Oxford and Cambridge

London Academy of Excellence has been dubbed the ‘Eton of the East End’ thanks to its stunning record

Evening Standard

Deborah Cameron obituary

Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

The Guardian - UK

'The Bermuda Triangle of Talent': 27-year-old Oxford grad turned down McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to find out why Gen Z’s smartest keep selling out

Simon van Teutem talked to Fortune about “the illusion of infinite choice, and the social status… You’re always looking for the next level, the Harvard after Harvard, the Oxford after Oxford.”

Fortune

Do You Have These Once-Valuable Work Skills That Are Rapidly Losing Pay Power as AI Takes Over?

From data entry to basic copywriting, five skill categories are seeing sharp drops in market demand as AI transforms the global workforce.

International Business Times UK

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This bamboo bedding transformed my sleep – now I don't want to go back to cotton

Pretty You London's bamboo bedding hit the spot for me.

Researchers say Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up. That’s a problem

It poses a significant threat to two species facing extinction by the end of the century, a new study reveals

The Independent UK

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes: Love, sex and a real sense of an ending

Julian Barnes will be 80 on January 19, an anniversary he is celebrating with the publication of this book, which he says will definitely be his last, although he’ll continue journalism, plus a sold-out conversation with his old mucker Ian McEwan at the Union Chapel next week.

Evening Standard

Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure criticised university elitism – it still rings true today

Thomas Hardy’s final novel, Jude the Obscure (1895), was ahead of its time in more ways that one. Upon its publication, it provoked controversy with its explicit criticism of organised religion and traditional marriage, leading to book burnings and public criticism.

The Conversation

No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, Lee Elliot Major

The Guardian - UK

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

At the Oxford farming conference there were signs the government has much to do to win back farmers’ trust

The Guardian - UK

AI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that's masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests

"Firms don't appear to be replacing workers with AI on a significant scale," the firm said. It suspects some are trying to "dress up layoffs" as good news.

Fortune

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Evening Standard

Cold Weather Payments triggered in over 400 UK postcode areas - full list revealed

Sub-zero temperatures mean eligible benefit claimants will automatically receive the £25 payment

The Independent UK

Freezing conditions across UK cause host of matches to be postponed

The freezing conditions across the country means 13 EFL matches have been called off.

The Independent UK

Nearly 1.5 million households to receive cold weather payment this year

Over 800 postcode areas have now experienced over a week of freezing weather

The Guardian - UK

Roland Littlewood obituary

Other lives: Psychiatrist and anthropologist interested in how science and personal experiences might inform one another

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The Guardian - UK

Rage bait, goblin mode … do words of the year have any real value?

Analysis shows obscure and barely used choices, drawn from online slang, do not stand the test of time

The Independent UK

Accidental brilliance or underhand machinations? How David Bowie’s legendary Glastonbury gig came to be

EXTRACT: In this chapter from his new biography of the singer, Alexander Larman recounts the improbable events – including one subpar Bowie gig – that led to a history-making performance at Worthy Farm

The Guardian - UK

Christopher Hoskin obituary

Other lives: Mathematician and programmer who dedicated his spare time to protecting plant species and the natural environment in Oxfordshire

The Guardian - UK

Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend

Some might regard this slang as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan

The Guardian - UK

Iain Douglas-Hamilton obituary

Conservationist who devoted his life to the study and preservation of the African elephant

International Business Times UK

Oxford Student Confronts Lawyer Camille Vasquez on Defending Johnny Depp Despite Abuse Allegations

An Oxford student confronted Johnny Depp's lawyer Camille Vasquez, asking how she, as a woman, could defend a man accused of severe domestic abuse.

The Guardian - UK

Before the Millennium review – secrets and spies as Woolworths staff party like it’s 1999

Things get tense when a newcomer seems to know too much in Karim Khan’s absorbing and sparkily performed play

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