Marc Stears
@mds49
Director of the @UCLPolicyLab; Pro-Provost (Policy Engagement) @ucl; Professor in @uclspp; co-author of England from @BloomsburyBooks
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https://www.waterstones.com/book/england/tom-baldwin/marc-stears/9781526646231 21-04-2009 18:02:27
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This is our son James, 17. He's autistic, & very musical. He goes to Sound Lab, a brilliant music project for neurodivergent ppl, with plans to expand. Its current funding will soon end, so we're walking Hadrian's Wall in half term. Pls donate if you can! gofundme.com/f/james-harris…
Our Year 4 residential trip to Kench Hill Charity has been brilliant this week, with great outdoor activities🏹🧗 quality time with friends 🥰 and more importantly, amazing weather!😎We look forward to seeing them back in London later today! 🥳🙌
Was brilliant to meet Jarod yesterday. UK folks who don’t know his work please have a read Becca Dove Tim Aldridge Tim Fisher Human. Learning. Systems. Marc Stears- thanks for the intro Dan Honig (DanHonig.bsky)
London Office Director Amy Lightstone enjoyed a fascinating visit to Google DeepMind with the The UCL Academy and Chess in Schools and Communities.
The students took part in a keenly fought tournament but were no match for former junior chess champion Rachel Reeves & UCL Alum Demis Hassabis ♟️
Well worth revisiting this piece from nick kimber in advance of our Power to Change UCL Policy Lab The Future Governance Forum Citizens UK conference next week.
How do we ensure mission thinking doesn't lead to a centralising turn?
kimber-nick-59943.medium.com/missions-a-loc…
Can a possible future Labour government learn from the history of Labour in the past? King's History is hosting a series of lectures about Labour governments, from 1924 to 2007. Join us, kicking off with Prof Clare Griffiths on 1945 on 15 May: kcl.ac.uk/events/series/…
The excellent Lukasz Rachel from UCL Economics will join the debate on the future of economic growth, with Daniel Susskind Diane Coyle and Carys Roberts this Thursday evening. We can’t wait!
🏴 'Essential reading' Robert Ford
🏴 'Challenging, forensic, compelling' Sathnam Sanghera
Praise keeps pouring in for England, the engaging title from Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears, an enlightening look at seven myths that changed a country – and how to set them straight.
Out now!
Thoroughly looking forward to this launch event later in the week, with IPPR and UCL Policy Lab. And thank you to Diane Coyle, Lukasz Rachel, and Carys Roberts for joining. Do sign up below.
🗳️ Election season brings in over-inflated myths about #England
In this LSE Government talk, Tom Baldwin & Marc Stears discuss their new book and how a humbler set of ideas rooted in real lives can help fix 🏴
In person and online. Know more ⬇️ lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/05…
It was brilliant to talk to Nihal Arthanayake about England, Englishness and how we can tell better stories about what makes us a country, with Tom Baldwin. You can listen on: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
Thought-provoking, probing questions from @therealNihal in an interview with me and Marc Stears on BBC Radio 5 Live just now about our new book on England.
You can buy it here:
bloomsbury.com/uk/england-978…
It was brilliant to talk to Nihal Arthanayake about England, Englishness and how we can tell better stories about what makes us a country, with Tom Baldwin. You can listen on: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…
Great to see so many wonderful new Bloomsbury Books UK hardbacks on display in Waterstones Eastbourne including Johann Hari, Chris Bryant, David Kynaston, Josephine Quinn, Grace Blakeley and Tom Baldwin & Marc Stears
