Zoombini A photograph of the most remarkable and intelligent cat I’ve ever known, taken in 2012. She died five years ago, and I miss her still. Quote of the Day ”A perfect martini should be made by filling a glass with gin then waving it in the general direction of Italy.” Noel Coward Musical alternative to the morning’s radio news Bach | Cello Suite 1 | Pablo Casals Link Long Read of the Day You Are Not a Function If, like me, you think that universities are heading into deep trouble, then this thoughtful essay by Brendan McCord might be helpful — especially given the way the Humanities are being marginalised. It starts back in 1809 when Prussia was trying to rebuild after a traumatic defeat by Napoleon and the task of designing the new system of education fell to a thirty-two-year-old diplomat named Wilhelm von Humboldt. He proposed a university where professors and students would be joined in the pursuit of knowledge, unconstrained by political demands. In a defeated nation hungry…
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