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Starlight warped in the fabric of spacetime could help us find hidden black holes dancing together

Flashes of gravitationally lensed starlight could act as cosmic lighthouses revealing the presence of binary supermassive black holes in close orbit.

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Desmond McConnell obituary

Other lives: Mineralogist who analysed samples of moon sand from the Apollo 11 mission

The Guardian - UK

DWP pays out £35m in Cold Weather Payments – how to check your area

Over £35 million has been spent on the scheme this year

The Independent UK

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The Tony Blair Story review – some rigorous analysis of his time in office might have been nice

This documentary talks to the ex-PM, his family and colleagues to find out what he’s like. It’s sadly lacking in the granular detail that would really put his actions under the microscope

The Guardian - UK

Chris Kavanagh will not referee Premier League game this weekend after controversial FA Cup decisions

His performance was heavily criticised by players and media pundits

The Independent UK

Shadowlands review: Hugh Bonneville is a perfect fit for C.S. Lewis

3/5 William Nicholson’s play about C.S. Lewis’s late-in-life romance is revived at the Aldwych with assured performances

Evening Standard

FA Cup fourth round: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action

Pressure is telling on Scott Parker at Burnley while Dominik Szoboszlai is reaching new heights for Liverpool

The Guardian - UK

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Regis Le Bris hails Sunderland energy and ambition after FA Cup win at Oxford

Habib Diarra’s first-half penalty decided the contest.

The Independent UK

Habib Diarra on the spot as Sunderland ease past toothless Oxford

A first-half penalty from Habib Diarra secured a 1-0 win for Sunderland over Oxford United in the fourth round of the FA Cup

The Guardian - UK

Habib Diarra’s controversial penalty earns Sunderland FA Cup win at Oxford

The Championship hosts proved stubborn opponents.

The Independent UK

Norwich fall for Aussie after Valentine's Day Cup goal

Mohamed Toure can't stop scoring for Norwich, with the young Socceroo making it five goals in three games while becoming an instant FA Cup hero.

AAP

What is the most expensive combined substitution in football history?

Plus: a perfect hat-trick of assists, more almost-one-club players and Oxford’s penalty drought

The Guardian - UK

Toure too good as Socceroos young gun catches fire

In exciting news for the Socceroos, forward Mohamed Toure has made a flying start to life at his new English club Norwich.

AAP

Recent Books on the Constitution

My seminar picks for 2025 (and every year since 2005)

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When is the earliest Sheffield Wednesday can be relegated from the Championship?

The Owls are basically certain to be a League One club next year already, but when can it be mathematically confirmed and when is that most likely to come?

Evening Standard

'Eton of the East End': London state sixth-form college gets more than 60 students into Oxford and Cambridge

London Academy of Excellence has been dubbed the ‘Eton of the East End’ thanks to its stunning record

The Guardian - UK

Deborah Cameron obituary

Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

Fortune

'The Bermuda Triangle of Talent': 27-year-old Oxford grad turned down McKinsey and Morgan Stanley to find out why Gen Z’s smartest keep selling out

Simon van Teutem talked to Fortune about “the illusion of infinite choice, and the social status… You’re always looking for the next level, the Harvard after Harvard, the Oxford after Oxford.”

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International Business Times UK

Do You Have These Once-Valuable Work Skills That Are Rapidly Losing Pay Power as AI Takes Over?

From data entry to basic copywriting, five skill categories are seeing sharp drops in market demand as AI transforms the global workforce.

This bamboo bedding transformed my sleep – now I don't want to go back to cotton

Pretty You London's bamboo bedding hit the spot for me.

The Independent UK

Researchers say Antarctic penguin breeding is heating up. That’s a problem

It poses a significant threat to two species facing extinction by the end of the century, a new study reveals

Evening Standard

Departure(s) by Julian Barnes: Love, sex and a real sense of an ending

Julian Barnes will be 80 on January 19, an anniversary he is celebrating with the publication of this book, which he says will definitely be his last, although he’ll continue journalism, plus a sold-out conversation with his old mucker Ian McEwan at the Union Chapel next week.

The Conversation

Thomas Hardy’s Jude the Obscure criticised university elitism – it still rings true today

Thomas Hardy’s final novel, Jude the Obscure (1895), was ahead of its time in more ways that one. Upon its publication, it provoked controversy with its explicit criticism of organised religion and traditional marriage, leading to book burnings and public criticism.

The Guardian - UK

No, private schools aren’t victims of ‘reverse discrimination’ – and Cambridge should know better

Trinity Hall’s plan to target elite schools sends the message that privilege equals talent, when the reality is that poorer students are already on the back foot, says professor of social mobility at the University of Exeter, Lee Elliot Major

The Guardian - UK

‘They are going after everything rural’: inheritance tax U-turn does little to dampen farmers’ anger at Labour

At the Oxford farming conference there were signs the government has much to do to win back farmers’ trust

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