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After a somewhat challenging journey, v happy to say I passed my PhD viva yesterday with minor corrections.Many thanks to my examiners Professor Richard Aldrich from @PAISWarwick & Professor Nick Witham @uclamericas for being extremely gracious & supportive with their feedback.
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“Coming home from very lonely places, all of us go a little mad: whether from great personal success, or just an all-night drive, we are the sole survivors of a world no one else has ever seen.” — John le Carré, The Looking Glass War
#OTD Oct 19, 1931 #David_Cornwell aka #John_le_Carré born. Author who raised #spy_thrillerto level of literature. Will not argue that point
I did French GCSE & remember these! I always wondered why the only place that ever seemed to be mentioned was La Rochelle! 😄
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C'é un'impronta di scarpa, rilevata a #Garlasco nel 2007 sulla vittima.
Non è a pallini (come la scarpa Frau) ma è descritta come a strisce, compatibile dunque con le scarpe Mr Valentino trovate nel canale.
Le persone sulla scena del delitto dovrebbero essere almeno due.
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Some songs don't just take you back to the 1980s. They take you back to being a kid, when your imagination had no limits and anything seemed possible.
Tell me this doesn't give you chills.
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More NHS staff sacked over attacks victims' records.
The issues will become worse.
The Health Bill 2026 establishes a Single Patient Record.
What you tell your GP in confidence will become known to others.
Hardly any effective safeguards in the Bill.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmd7…
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Di fronte ai disordini in Francia, sorge una domanda di lungo periodo: come faranno i paesi europei a difendersi dalle minacce esterne se avranno, anche a causa dell’immigrazione e delle difficoltà d’integrazione che essa comporta, un grado di coesione interna sempre minore?
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The moment the set alight Limoges town hall in France collapsed after being set alight by rioters the same town hall survived the whole WW2 and Nazi occupation.
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A gang of three cats was caught on security camera carrying out what appeared to be a coordinated cat food heist. Two cats worked together to open a kitchen cabinet, while the orange cat appeared to be standing guard, keeping an eye out for Mom. 🤣
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Una domandina semplice semplice : perchè il 13 agosto con la caldazza della Lomellina che ti toglie la pelle di dosso un assassino avrebbe dovuto calzare scarpe invernali Frau 42?
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“Un testimone dice cose allucinanti sui Cappa”. L’ultima sparata di Corona: “Quella famiglia è potentissima: il mistero di Garlasco è tutto lì” ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/06… via @fattoquotidiano
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JUST IN: The man who stopped the school shooting in Bend, Oregon, has been identified as 36-year-old Kalub Giamanco.
Giamanco, a carpenter, was reportedly driving home for lunch when he heard gunshots.
After hearing the gunshots, Giamanco, who has a concealed carry permit, followed the suspect into the school.
He then shot and killed 16-year-old John J Griffin moments after the teen opened fire into a special education classroom.
Giamanco, who has two children of his own who attend the school, is family friends with one of the victims, a 7-year-old who uses a wheelchair and was shot in the face.
The 7-year-old survived and is in the hospital.
Three children at Silver Rail Elementary School were killed. Their ages are 5, 8, and 11.
According to Giamanco's brother, Giamanco doesn't feel like a hero because he feels guilty for not being able to save more children.
You are a hero, Kalub.
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As sure as night follows day… 😞
EXCLUSIVE: Two NHS staff may have accessed medical records of a man killed by a tiger at a wildlife park “without a legitimate reason”, a trust has said.
Yorkshire Ambulance Service has launched investigation into snooping on records of William Chapman
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