In the interests of everyone’s sanity, Iām keeping this a queen-free zone, which means itās based on about 10% of my timelineā¦
The academic year is starting and thereās some good stuff open to all – get these in your diaries:
Great line up in this yearās āCutting Edgeā lecture series at LSE, starting with Ha-Joon Chang on economics v science fiction.
Panel on āthe feasibility of the developmental state project in Africaā (aka can Ghana do a South Korea?) Register here
Legendary Trinidadian stand-up John Agitation. āA 9yr old boy asks his Fatherā¦what is Politics?ā
Lots of silliness over the casting of black and latino actors in Lord of the Rings. Assal Rad injects some perspective
Russiaās setbacks in the Ukraine are triggering some extraordinary debates on its TV channels