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Impossible to overstate the importance of Jenni Murray to the movement of women that changed our politics, economy & our society; that changed our lives. She was the broadcasting wing of the women’s movement. We all owe her. RIP. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

UK to buy more Belfast-built missiles for Middle East defence against Iranian drones belfasttelegraph.co.uk/local/east-bel…

Our RIBA South Awards 2026 shortlist is here 📣 A “vibrant” community centre, a new Passivhaus library and special collections centre and a sensitively repaired Grade I listed barn, are among 13 shortlisted projects: ow.ly/89vC50Yh5j5 #RIBAawards

“The Belfast manufactured missiles….”

More professional jobs 📈 Less social mobility? 📉 Our research shows that more young people than ever now work in professional jobs, but those from more affluent backgrounds are benefiting the most. Read the full report: bit.ly/49mQmBG

A park pavilion but make it sculptural ✨ Architect: @modusstudio Project: Centennial Park Pavilion 📍 Fayetteville, Arkansas 🏆 Small Project Award 2025 📸 by Timothy Hursley

Yesterday, today @QUBelfast .

Now I better appreciate the external balconies and staircases within @graftonarchs ’ Town Hall building for @KingstonUni . Pleased to have attended a great @RIBA Interface #4 event held there this week today. Photograph by yours truly. ©

Happy birthday to Volodymyr Zelenskyy — 48 years old. Strength, resilience, and victory. 💙💛

Watch 🇫🇮 Stubb debunks russian propaganda for a full minute and a half: "Look, what has Russia achieved in the past four years? It's acquired 20 percent of the territory of Ukraine. Through military warfare, roughly two percent. In the process of doing that, it has provided about one million casualties and dead. It has decreased its sphere of influence. You can see the Central Asian countries, you can see the Southern Caucasus detaching themselves from the Russian Empire. You look at the Russian economy right now, if we go with the inflation rates of the two first weeks, we're looking at 30 percent inflation this year, 16 percent interest rates, zero growth, no more reserves, incapacity to pay the soldiers when the war ends. So I'm more worried about Russia's unwillingness to end this war because they cannot afford to do so than about Russia's capability to win this war, not end this war, because they're moving ahead. So let's keep things into perspective. NATO hasn't entered the scene yet, and they have not been able to advance in the past four years as much as expected. This war has been an utter strategic failure of President Putin. He increased the size of NATO. He made Ukraine European. He increased the defense budgets of European states. And here we are asking ourselves, shaking, are we able to defend ourselves? My answer is, yes, we are."

Welcome to the new platform in the world of architects' CPD. Congratulations to CommonwealthArchitects.org. See it here: commonwealtharchitects.org/continuing-pro…

Enjoyed listening to this profile of the respected Danish prime minister ⁦@MettePrime⁩ . bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Statement from the Nobel Foundation One of the core missions of the Nobel Foundation is to safeguard the dignity of the Nobel Prizes and their administration. The Foundation upholds Alfred Nobel’s will and its stipulations. It states that the prizes shall be awarded to those who "have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind," and it specifies who has the right to award each respective prize. A prize can therefore not, even symbolically, be passed on or further distributed. For additional information, please refer to the Norwegian Nobel Committee: nobelpeaceprize.org/press/press-re…

How is Britain performing on social mobility? Join us on 21 Jan to hear @FrancisAlun and our team share findings from State of the Nation 2025, the most comprehensive analysis of social mobility in the UK. 📷Tues 21 Jan, 2.30pm 📷Webinar Register now: bit.ly/4juqZAZ

Where did Britain's top podcasters go to school?🎙️ Podcasts have surged in popularity, but hosts of chart-topping podcasts aren't representative. We found that they're 6x more likely to have been privately educated than the wider population (7%). elitistbritain.suttontrust.com

Once again: if Europeans want to retain political and strategic control over Greenland, what France proposed months ago must be implemented and soon. A European military presence in Greenland, even a symbolic one, is necessary. British, German and French contingents should be deployed alongside Denmark.

New Year check-in for #charity trustees: How confident are you with your trustee responsibilities? Take our #quiz to test your knowledge👇  beingacharitytrustee.campaign.gov.uk/take-the-trust…

Former U.S. national security aide Philip Gordon argues in The New York Times that Zelensky should reject the Trump‑brokered peace plan. Gordon says its central security guarantee, modeled on NATO’s Article 5, is too weak, allowing the U.S. to withhold support unless an attack is “significant, intentional and prolonged,” giving Trump a built‑in excuse to back out.

What a wonderful surprise from Britain after His Majesty's Christmas address -- a Ukrainian folk choir performing the world-famous Ukrainian melody “Shchedryk” (Carol of the Bells) with the Royal Opera Chorus. Now that is what I call the global heritage of the thousand-year-old Ukrainian nation, preserved in its folk carols! Thank you, Britain! 🇺🇦🤝🇬🇧 youtu.be/JEskhxiKIfU

@BBCArchive @williamcrawley I loved “food that’s not been mucked about with…”

Anyone planning on spending their boxing day stuffing themselves with leftovers may enjoy revisiting the time Fyfe Robertson travelled to Ennis in Ireland to experience the kind of food he himself had experienced in his youth.