We ask final submissions to use endnotes when published versions have footnotes because (as I understand it!) this best facilitates the work that copyediting and production colleagues do on the final piece. But it always takes explaining because it's counterintuitive!

universities got a tiny fee rise that was immediately wiped out by the national insurance raises. they used international student fees to subsidise capped domestic fees and now that’s going to be taken away too. universities are going to collapse and thousands of jobs will go with each collapse.

What languages did the 35 hermits living in Jerusalem in 808 pray to God in? Charlemagne wanted to know, so he found out. (Mostly Greek and Syriac)

It does amaze me that there really is quite a bit of surviving material culture from London's strangers in this period -- musical instruments, Italianate glassware etc. And that's before we get to the incredibly rich accounts of material culture in the surviving sources!

It comes for us all!

I really enjoyed this one, even if I'd be slightly annoyed to find it googled underneath *my* will.

Is this from 1563? Found loads of pictures in the register last week!

Think the Indo was quoting the judge but to be honest that's even worse.

And an ideal beverage to serve at the launch?