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International students can save Britain’s broke universities
New Statesman 17 Apr 2025
Sooner or later, one of three things is going to happen. The government can accept and embrace high international student numbers ... Alternatively, it can sit back, do nothing and watch a university go bust ... Perhaps no one finished reading the list.
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A train from the UK to Italy? We've heard that one before, but I'm on ...
The Guardian 15 Apr 2025
It’s a lot easier to tease new cross-Channel rail services than it is to actually start running trains. I’m crossing my fingers anyway ... Jonn Elledge is an author and former assistant editor of the New Statesman ....
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Low Culture Essay: Jonn Elledge on The Good Life
The Quietus 10 Apr 2025
Neither of the couples in The Good Life have children. This is an essential point for understanding both the absurdity of their housing situation, and how hints of wife-swapping start to creep into the story ... The Goods, after all, have their animals.
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What Donald Trump gets right about the Canadian border
New Statesman 04 Apr 2025
A few weeks ago, a reporter asked President Donald Trump whether he was still going to impose tariffs on Canada ... His response brought to mind Vladimir Putin’s ominous 2021 essay, “On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukraine” ... All borders are both.
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