Birkbeck have issued a press release saying Grayling has resigned and that they are not providing facilities; Terry Eagleton calls it odious; the college is accused of copying syllabuses (shouldn’t that be syllabi?); in the same report we hear that Boris Johnston hopes it will succeed (the kiss of death?); and Lenin’s Tomb offers an incisive analysis.

More generally China Miéville elaborates a dystopian future based on current coalition policies.