Jonn Elledge

1 week ago | newstatesman.com | Jonn Elledge

Sooner or later, one of three things is going to happen. The government can accept and embrace high international student numbers. It can increase the money being paid to universities from domestic sources, either by increasing taxpayer subsidies or – if you’d prefer a plan that does not currently feel less likely than, say, war with Spain – raising fees. Alternatively, it can sit back, do nothing and watch a university go bust. As things stand, this third option is by some distance the most likely.

1 week ago | jonn.substack.com | Jonn Elledge

I’m sticking my head on the block here – comments like this have got me in trouble before – but until this year, the only time I’d been to Sheffield, it felt miserable as hell. In most fair sized British cities these days in my experience, the centre gleams and bustles, even if there’s a ring of decay just outside it. Sheffield, c2016, though, seemed to lack even that veneer of prosperity; visible decay and boarded up shops seemed to abound.

1 week ago | msn.com | Jonn Elledge

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1 week ago | msn.com | Jonn Elledge

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1 week ago | theguardian.com | Jonn Elledge

Between environmental breakdown, economic crisis and Donald Trump, it often feels like there’s precious little reason to feel hopeful these days. So how’s this for a reason to cheer up: Italian state railway company, Trenitalia, is planning to run trains through the Channel tunnel before the decade is out. It’s studying the option of direct trains from the UK to Italy, too. Eagle-eyed readers may note that those are two separate propositions.