Duncan Ross
@duncanjross.bsky.social
Global Head of Research at Newsweek. CDO for THE from 2015-25. Interested in books, AI, folk music, and more.
Very much into the SDGs and sustainability through data. Co-chair of UN HESI Rankings, Ratings and Assessments Action Group.
Very much into the SDGs and sustainability through data. Co-chair of UN HESI Rankings, Ratings and Assessments Action Group.
October 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Well The Cut Throat Trial turned out to be an excellent read…
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Well The Cut Throat Trial turned out to be an excellent read…
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Will you do a live legal take on it when they make the film @barristersecret.bsky.social?
Flying the flag at Cropredy this year
August 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Flying the flag at Cropredy this year
Lovely weekend in Cambridge (yes was too out of practice to stand on the platform)
July 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Lovely weekend in Cambridge (yes was too out of practice to stand on the platform)
Pulp last night were amazing (although Jarvis had some problems with his monitor mix)
June 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Pulp last night were amazing (although Jarvis had some problems with his monitor mix)
Giving the new Pulp album a first listen. It's magnificent.
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
June 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Giving the new Pulp album a first listen. It's magnificent.
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
Highlights so far: Grown Ups, Got to Have Love, Tina, The Hymn of the North, Sunset (am I the only one who hears echos of The Wall for that one?)
I can't wait to see them again!
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Pixies! Newcastle City Hall
May 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Pixies! Newcastle City Hall
New York anti-Trump protest
May 1, 2025 at 11:01 PM
New York anti-Trump protest
Then and now. Fairport Convention in 1967 and at Ashley Hutchings birthday celebration tonight…
April 18, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Then and now. Fairport Convention in 1967 and at Ashley Hutchings birthday celebration tonight…
Here at @bmusicltd.bsky.social Birmingham Town Hall to see the Ashley Hutchings birthday concert!
April 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Here at @bmusicltd.bsky.social Birmingham Town Hall to see the Ashley Hutchings birthday concert!
Happy Trans day of visibility - we will be raising the flag at this year’s Cropredy Festival (unofficially and somewhere near the top of the hill! Come along!)
March 31, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Happy Trans day of visibility - we will be raising the flag at this year’s Cropredy Festival (unofficially and somewhere near the top of the hill! Come along!)
Partial eclipse from Leicestershire (pinhole camera!)
March 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Partial eclipse from Leicestershire (pinhole camera!)
It’s time to start a new book! Very much looking forwards to it @amalelmohtar.com
March 26, 2025 at 10:06 AM
It’s time to start a new book! Very much looking forwards to it @amalelmohtar.com
GNU Terry Pratchett. Ten years…
March 12, 2025 at 7:11 AM
GNU Terry Pratchett. Ten years…
My recataloguing project is nearly finished! 1100+ books. Hope I don’t move house anytime soon…
February 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
My recataloguing project is nearly finished! 1100+ books. Hope I don’t move house anytime soon…
I’d add that clothes designed to be worn as statement pieces on a one off basis have a very different purpose.
Bjork’s swan dress might be a bit much on a bus, but was great at the awards…
Bjork’s swan dress might be a bit much on a bus, but was great at the awards…
February 21, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I’d add that clothes designed to be worn as statement pieces on a one off basis have a very different purpose.
Bjork’s swan dress might be a bit much on a bus, but was great at the awards…
Bjork’s swan dress might be a bit much on a bus, but was great at the awards…
Roses are red
P. Aeruginosa kind of blue
When you love a microbiologist
You can have a plate too*
* in carefully controlled lab conditions
P. Aeruginosa kind of blue
When you love a microbiologist
You can have a plate too*
* in carefully controlled lab conditions
February 14, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Roses are red
P. Aeruginosa kind of blue
When you love a microbiologist
You can have a plate too*
* in carefully controlled lab conditions
P. Aeruginosa kind of blue
When you love a microbiologist
You can have a plate too*
* in carefully controlled lab conditions
I have some slightly less good photos of the first night (who says "Ni!")
February 2, 2025 at 11:11 AM
I have some slightly less good photos of the first night (who says "Ni!")
For some reason I really wanted to rewatch Bob Roberts yesterday… but my old DVD is the wrong region dammit. The Times They Are A’Changing Back
January 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
For some reason I really wanted to rewatch Bob Roberts yesterday… but my old DVD is the wrong region dammit. The Times They Are A’Changing Back
That wasn’t the first disaster for the Abbey either! Building a church out of stone on mud resulted in the tower sinking, and eventually collapsing to the North West in the 17th Century…
January 16, 2025 at 11:04 AM
That wasn’t the first disaster for the Abbey either! Building a church out of stone on mud resulted in the tower sinking, and eventually collapsing to the North West in the 17th Century…