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Virgil: The Eclogues
Posted Jan 13, 2021 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Chaucer: Troilus and Criseyde
Posted Dec 15, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Jane Austen: Persuasion
Posted Dec 13, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Jane Austen: Mansfield Park
Posted Dec 13, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Posted Dec 8, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Breakthrough on Ireland's Brexit border
Negotiators for the UK and the EU have today reached agreement on the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement in relation to Northern Ireland. As part of the deal, the UK will withdraw planned legislation that would have over-ridden international law. Continue reading
Posted Dec 8, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Jane Austen: Emma
Posted Nov 29, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Burke: Reflections on the Revolution in France
Posted Nov 29, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Jane Austen: Pride and Prejudice
Posted Nov 26, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction
Posted Nov 25, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Henry Fielding: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
Posted Nov 22, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Jane Austen: Sense and Sensibility
Posted Nov 21, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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One week: two worlds - Brexit and the US election
It's been a surprisingly quiet week in Brexit negotiations, given that the end of the withdrawal period is now less than two months away.
That this is probably a good sign was confirmed by Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney on Tuesday, when he suggested that some form of long term agreement is now likely. The outstanding question is whether that will include a trade agreement. Even if it does, it is not likely to be an ambitious one.
This week's US election is arguably the biggest unknown factor. Continue reading
Posted Nov 1, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Sir Joseph Ball: From MI5 to the Conservative Party
The Conservative leadership used homophobia to keep anti-fascist MPs in line during the 1930s, according to a forthcoming account by Labour MP Chris Bryant. The BBC has some intriguing details: In the course of researching his book, Mr Bryant found... Continue reading
Posted Oct 19, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Theognis: Elegies
Posted Oct 17, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Burke: Philosophical Enquiry on the Origins of the Sublime and Beautiful
Posted Oct 14, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Pascal: The Provincial Letters
Posted Oct 11, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Hardline security bills pose dilemma for Labour
Several bills going through the House of Commons at the moment demonstrate the Johnson's Government's commitment to the hard edge of state power, in both its overt and covert forms. While this legislation raises significant human rights concerns, Labour has... Continue reading
Posted Oct 5, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Ferrier decision could set up SNP-Labour battle
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has today called on one of her own party's MPs to resign from the House of Commons. The SNP withdrew the whip from Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Margaret Ferrier after it emerged she had taken a train from Glasgow to London while Covid positive. Continue reading
Posted Oct 2, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Horace: Odes
Posted Sep 27, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Pseudo-Longinus: On the Sublime
Posted Sep 25, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Pindar: Odes
Posted Sep 21, 2020 at Tom's Learning Notes
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Tory rebellion over internal market bill
When Boris Johnson's Conservatives won an 81 seat majority last December, it looked as if we wouldn't have to worry about close parliamentary votes on Brexit anymore. Johnson may have begun to squander that advantage with the admission that the... Continue reading
Posted Sep 14, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Internal market bill lives up to its billing
Reports that the UK Internal Market Bill would tear up the EU withdrawal agreement have been causing political ructions all week. Today, the full text of the bill was published, and it looks very much as advertised. Section 45 of... Continue reading
Posted Sep 9, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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Government legal head quits over threat to Northern Ireland protocol - FT
The FT's Sebastian Payne is reporting that the head of the UK Government's Legal Department, Sir Jonathan Jones, has resigned over attempts to undermine the UK's obligations under the EU withdrawal agreement. Continue reading
Posted Sep 8, 2020 at The Green Ribbon
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