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We should not be paying big, non-means-tested benefits to this country's wealthiest age cohort whilst making cuts elsewhere.

LONDON! For my book event on April 03 with Prof Jon Wilson Jon Wilson and Vijayta Lalwani Vijayta Lalwani do register here: tickettailor.com/events/kingsin… The event is free and open to all!

The fact the UK is the only European country not to bring benefits back to below COVID levels shows there’s something badly wrong with the system. Good for ⁦Liz Kendall⁩ for grasping this nettle. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Full house for ⁦the launch of ⁦Louise Tillin⁩ Making India Work. Scholarship on the origins and development of India’s welfare regime is poor - the books tells us this story using archives and fieldwork. ⁦⁦Jaffrelot Christophe⁩ ⁦Jon Wilson⁩ Mukulika Banerjee

In the 1980s, historians of 19th c India were primarily interested in the British Empire. But they were also interested in economic history. The question was: Could economic change derive mainly from the intentions and capacities of the British Empire and the imperial state?

Pennycook tops Labour media batting stars because, er, he’s very good. labourlist.org/2025/04/matthe… Matthew Pennycook MP

Exactly this: we’ve lived in a world of tariffs for decades

An excellent event about a great book. A nice final event to end my time at King's College London with!

Excited and DELIGHTED to share a stellar conference on "India and Visions of World Order" that I am convening with Tarika Khattar, PhD candidate with me Cambridge University . A stellar line-up, a steal too as it's free. But please register, limited spots! eventbrite.com/cc/conference-…

Greatest of all time! bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

This!:

The 1st Tsinghua-King’s China forum in Beijing on 26 May. It’ll be an exciting event, congrats to Ziang Liu for putting it together; the first of many!

What a loss! Among governments, the US has been at the forefront in responding positively to campaigns for restitution of stolen heritage. Now, our International Conference on Cultural Heritage Recovery sees cancellations by scholar-students advised not to leave US at this time.

'Reimagine learning' by forcing students to spend seven hours a day with no access to computer technology? Niall Ferguson plans to teach a generation of US students to be even less capable of engaging with the world in the 21st century than they are already. thetimes.com/comment/column…