Shriti Vadera to become next chair of Prudential on.ft.com/36KzKjK

Amazing endorsement for the inspiring @Jan4Chancellor from Dr Xand van Tulleken 🏳️‍🌈 - spot on! She’s the best!

1158 days since the Taliban banned teenage girls from school. 698 days since the Taliban banned women from going to university. Women are also banned from public parks, gyms and sports clubs. #LetAfghanGirlsLearn

Thank you to NGO colleagues and our country teams in Gaza and Sudan for briefing me in my first calls in new job before ✈️ to NY: voices of those we serve will be at the heart of all we do. Message received: build community, work in genuine partnership, deliver real protection.

NEW: A study led by Department of Physics at University of Oxford has found that relying on ‘natural carbon sinks’ like forests and oceans to offset ongoing CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use will not actually stop global warming. More info ⬇️ #COP29Azerbaijan ox.ac.uk/news/2024-11-1…

Welcome to the new job Tom Fletcher

A great start to the day Somerville College - welcoming students + alumni + stellar Somervillian authors to “Somerville Creates”. An opportunity to listen to + interact with our authors, participate in creative writing workshops + talk with publishers. Thanks Dr Jackie Watson

My (short book-ette!) contribution ("Content-Independence in Law") to the Cambridge Elements series has now been published and is free online for a month! Many thanks to Ken Ehrenberg and all at Cambridge University Press - Law Cambridge University Press cambridge.org/core/elements/…

A wonderful #Carol Service organised by my old College Somerville College at #AllSaints Margaret Street. The college now have a fine choir and talented organ scholars.Thanks to Janet Royall

some personal news....

Ministerial appointment: 17 December 2024 gov.uk/government/new… So proud of you Maeve Sherlock You have extraordinary knowledge relating to all DWP issues and you are a wonderful human being. A great appointment.

This looks like a wonderful book Patricia, putting women frond and centre where they belong

My win against the Bar Standards Board’ attempt to silence me for criticising a judge’s approach to domestic abuse is a victory for those exposing family courts’ failures. Women and children are at risk—if we can’t speak out, how can we hold them to account? theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

News: A woman was burned to death on a New York subway while the suspect reportedly watched. Last year, news broke that a woman was raped on the London Underground and no one intervened. Misogyny is everywhere, and it’s fuelled by silence and indifference.

Musk’s Wealth 2012: $2 billion 2024: $454.1 billion Bezos’ Wealth 2012: $18.4 billion 2024: $242.3 billion Zuckerberg’s Wealth 2012: $17.5 billion 2024: $210.1 billion Federal Minimum Wage 2012: $7.25 2024: $7.25 It’s not the start of an oligarchy. We’re in the thick of it.

Happy Hanukkah to all of our Jewish staff, students, alumni and friends Somerville College Chag sameach!

My friend Jimmy Carter will be remembered long after other presidents are forgotten. Here’s why | Gordon Brown | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

An AI started 'tasting' colours and shapes. That is more human than you might think - BBC Future interesting comments from Professor Charles Spence ⁦Somerville College⁩ bbc.com/future/article…

1) Today I, alongside over 160 parliamentarians, have written to the England and Wales Cricket Board urging them to speak out against the Taliban's unconscionable oppression of women and girls and boycott their upcoming match against Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy.

This shows the strength of feeling amongst the highest of Afghan women Fawzia Koofi 🫶