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October 2026

  • Acclaimed English philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival where he talked about his new work entitled 'A New History of Western Philosopher'. The three-week event is the world's biggest literary festival and is held during the annual Edinburgh Festival. The 2011 event featured talks and presentations by more than 500 authors from around the world.3A09NHC Acclaimed English philosopher Sir Anthony Kenny, pictured at the Edinburgh International Book Festival where he talked about his new work entitled 'A New History of Western Philosopher'. The three-week event is the world's biggest literary festival and is held during the annual Edinburgh Festival. The 2011 event featured talks and presentations by more than 500 authors from around the world.

    Letter: Sir Anthony Kenny obituary

    Rory Murphy: For a technician who left school at 17 to find himself negotiating with the master of Balliol was daunting, but Kenny was courteous, supportive and in no way patronising
  • A memorial photo of Jason Arday is surrounded by flowers and handwritten notes on railings at the University of Cambridge

    Senior academics set out key questions Cambridge must answer over Jason Arday’s death

    Letter from more than 40 signatories says university has backed away from promised thorough review of events before death
  • John Iliffe

    John Iliffe obituary

    Pioneering historian who transformed the study of Africa by seeking out the testimonies of Africans

September 2026

  • Mary Jane Drummond, in profile, wearing a magenta hat and polka-dot scarf

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    Mary Jane Drummond obituary

  • OpenAI logo on a laptop screen with a metal statue of a woman in front of it

    ‘Immature playground boasting’: Mathematicians uneasy at OpenAI’s latest scalp

August 2026

  • A glowing polygonal brain labeled "AI" connects via light lines to server racks in a corridor

    AI’s worst disasters will arrive unannounced

  • Jason Arday, who has long dreadlocks and is wearing a dark shirt, leans against a cabinet in front of a hedge

    Cambridge University defends its mental health support for Jason Arday

  • Jason Arday

    Tributes paid to Jason Arday after former Cambridge professor’s death

  • Jason Arday

    Cambridge agrees to hold independent inquiry into Jason Arday appointment

  • ‘Always cracking jokes’: questions raised over Jason Arday’s claim he was non-verbal as a child

  • The Long Wave
    Jason Arday’s life may be a warped fantasy. But so is this conversation around DEI

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  • ‘Old racist wine in a new bottle’: Black academics respond to Jason Arday affair

  • The Guardian view on Jason Arday: diversity advocates must stand firm

  • Cambridge academics reject university’s attempt to end row over Jason Arday

  • First Edition newsletter
    Friday briefing: What the Jason Arday row reveals about equality in modern Britain

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  • Today in Focus
    Plagiarism and a pig’s head: the rise and fall of Jason Arday – podcast

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  • Dons call for Cambridge leaders to take blame for Jason Arday appointment

  • The rise and fall of Jason Arday: a full rundown of the questions being asked

  • Jason Arday claimed he was paid ‘1.4 million’ by publisher for memoir

  • Cambridge professor Jason Arday resigns amid accusations of plagiarism

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