Durham are promoted! They beat Middlesex by 93 runs. #BBCcricket
Paul Savage
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Geochemist/cosmochemist/general subterranean rummager, Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, views my own.
Amidst all this chaos, remember that there's an excellent England cricket team playing *very* well in the T20 World Cup. Wyatt-Hodge in the form of her life.
Must be odd for Russell Crowe, managing the USA team playing against his country of birth.
BPSC2026 is almost upon us! Safe travels to everyone coming up to St Andrews this week; fingers crossed for nice weather!
Seems too nice a spring day for the beginning of the end of civilisation.
Having a great time with all my colleagues at the Geochemistry Group Research in Progress meeting
A fantastic day at Cambo House for our School's Postgraduate Research Away Day – a beautiful setting for science, sunshine, and smiles. Excellent to see all our research students presenting their work through talks and posters, showcasing a great standard of diverse research. Well done all! ⭐
Finally. The decision to appoint McSweeney was wrong. He has damaged the Labour party, our country and trust in politics itself.
Lewis Goodall@lewisgoodall.com · 8mo agoNEW: PM’s Chief of Staff Morgan McSweeney resigns “After careful reflection, I have decided to resign from the government. The decision to appoint Peter Mandelson was wrong. He has damaged our party, our country and trust in politics itself.”
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Our second Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Joseph McNeil (Natural History Museum, London). Dr McNeil is a planetary scientist specialising in the geology of early Mars. He uses orbital remote sensing to investigate how martian environments and habitability evolved through time.
Our first Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Elishevah van Kooten (University of Copenhagen). Dr van Kooten's works on astrobiology, the origins of life, and meteorites as records of early Solar System processes. She investigates the formation, alteration, and delivery of life’s building blocks.
My NY resolution to eat more crumpets is going really well thankyou for asking.
Real Monkey's Paw energy about wishing for the UK to develop closer ties with Europe, and it happening because the USA declares war on Denmark.
This "Honest" Bob Jenrick story is absolutely golden. Inject it into my veins plz.
Our website for the British Planetary Society Conference 2026 is now live! 📅 9-11 June, 2026 🎯 St Andrews, Scotland 🏴 Our website contains details on how to get to St Andrews and the conference accommodation. Registration details will be added soon. bpsc2026.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
Deadlines for our awards and bursaries are only a week away (15th January), so please get your applications in! We have: - Postdoctoral Medal geochemistry.group/awards-and-m... - ECR Prominent Lecture Series - Meeting attendance bursaries geochemistry.group/funding-oppo...
Brand-new chaired professorship, in any subdiscipline, at our School. Limited teaching and admin responsibilities so you can focus on research and impact!
St Andrews Earth & Environmental Sciences@earthscista.bsky.social · 9mo ago📣 We seek to appoint a Chair (with rank of professor) within the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar of international standing in the field. 🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026 Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
I didn't realise shandy was such a big deal in diplomatic circles.
The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.Peter Mandelson: ambassador whose panache made him a big hitter in DC
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Starmer to Northern Ireland secretary Ed Miliband is the prime minister