I have been off to Oxford to celebrate the skills, inspiration, charisma and resilience of librarians. First was the presentation of the Royal Society of Literature’s Benson Medal to Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s Librarian. This is the RSL’s big prize, founded in 1916 (by A. C. Benson) “in respect of meritorious works in poetry, fiction, history […]

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Richard Sennett delivers a powerful warning to universities to defend their freedom; Helena Kelly on the revolutionary world that shaped Jane Austen.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — An outside review of Los Angeles County’s response to January’s deadly wildfires found a lack of resources and outdated policies for sending emergency alerts led to delays in warning residents about the need to evacuate as flames began consuming neighborhoods in Altadena and Pacific Palisades. The Independent After-Action Report produced by […]

The busy transition lanes from the westbound 10 Freeway to the 110 Freeway will be closed for several hours, affecting the Thursday morning commute through downtown Los Angeles. The solo-vehicle crash was reported on the 10 Freeway just east of the 110 Freeway just after 2:45 a.m. The car slammed into the impact attenuators, sending […]