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In John Gilbey’s seasonal tale, the sharks are circling the vice-chancellor of the University of Rural England. But the fishing village to which he flees is not as innocent as he depicted it in his doctoral thesis. And its power-brokers are every bit as terrifying as those on the Regional Economic Regeneration Committee

In John Gilbey’s seasonal tale, life imitates on-screen romance when a film crew is duped into choosing the distinctly unphotogenic University of Rural England as the location for its next blockbuster

John Gilbey is fascinated by a richly detailed account of attempts to reach the holy grail of technological innovation

The combination of Brexit and the Covid pandemic has driven change throughout academia, even reaching the scholarly backwater that is the University of Rural England. But perhaps it doesn’t have to be that way, writes John Gilbey. Things could be better – or much, much worse…

John Gilbey is impressed by a bold attempt to assess just where AI is likely to lead us

John Gilbey assesses a sobering account of why the internet doesn’t work for radicals

Our personal environment faces profound changes as a consequence of technology, says John Gilbey

A grand tour of digital processes culminates with cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in particular

John Gilbey on a welcome guide to the thorny legal and ethical issues of a new technological era 

Book of the week: Apps are taking us places, fast – but do we always want to go? John Gilbey considers the value of rapidly changing tech

As we cannot cut the cords tethering us to tech, we must fully grasp the connection, says John Gilbey