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Jan 01 2024

What did I read in 2023?

Jennifer Lang

I’ve just published my annual reading list for 2023 here, as I’ve done for over a decade. Do check out the whole thing, but here are a few of my particular favourites from this year’s list, which, as always, is a bit of an eclectic mixture. Curlews on Vulture Street: Cities, Birds, People and me...

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Oct 05 2023

The Voice – why I’m voting Yes

Jennifer Lang

I’m going to be voting Yes in the referendum about the Voice to Parliament. Making decisions about people without giving them a say is not a great way to make great decisions. And it hasn’t worked. To illustrate, I’m going to talk about a measure I do know a lot about – mortality. The life...

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