My recommended reading for today May 9, 2014
by Stephen Tall on May 9, 2014
Here’s some of the articles that have caught my attention in the past couple of days…
- New Statesman | Welcome to Militant England
Congrats to @rafaelbehr: @NewStatesman’s loss = Grauniad’s gain. His “Militant England” essay an absolute MUST-READ http://bit.ly/1s7RFW9
- EEF Blog: Values matter! Evidence alone is not enough | News & Events | The Education Endowment Foundation
“Values matter! Evidence alone is not enough” < Excellent post from m'@EducEndowFoundn colleague Robbie Coleman http://bit.ly/1j0QMPI
- Nick Clegg has taken a stand for Europe and against Ukip – so he's got my vote – Telegraph Blogs
Looks like I’ll be voting the same way as Dan Hodges for the first time since 1997 > “Nick Clegg’s got my vote” http://bit.ly/1fYSh0u
- Is Web reading leaving us unable to read longer pieces? – Daniel Willingham
Q: “Is the Web reading leaving us unable to read longer pieces?” A: probably not, but we don’t know yet http://bit.ly/1nqRaq4
- www.spiked-online.com
Clarkson’s an attention-seeking idiot, but Mick Hume is spot-on here about the “war on words and context” http://bit.ly/1g9aPFK
- The Incredible Silent Man – YouTube
Kudos to the Lib Dems for classily ‘n quickly hitting back at Labour with Ed Miliband as “The Incredible Silent Man” http://bit.ly/1o7pVU5
- 15 Decidedly Dodgy Liberal Democrat Graphs
So LibDems aren’t always great at keeping things in proportion > 15 Decidedly Dodgy Lib Dem Bar Charts http://bzfd.it/1irjDXA
- BBC – BBC Trust – BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten to stand down
Did a good job (tho never recovered from Entwistle DG debacle) > BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten to stand down http://bbc.in/1myH4q3
- Piketty and Green Eggs and Ham | John Rentoul | Independent Eagle Eye Blogs
John Rentoul’s read Piketty. He’s a sceptic, tho does credit Capital with being “an interesting book, nicely written” http://ind.pn/1lUHbto
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