Since March 2020, Airmic has been issuing Friday Reading, a curated series of readings and knowledge resources sent by email to Airmic members. The objective of Airmic Friday Reading was initially to keep members informed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Today, Airmic Friday Reading has evolved in scope to include content on a wide range of subjects with each email edition following a theme. This page is a searchable archive of all the readings and knowledge resources that have been shared.
Friday Reading Edition 143 (3rd March 2023)
The text of the agreement in principle, as reached by the UK and the EU on 27 February.
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Friday Reading Edition 143 (3rd March 2023)
The Windsor deal on the Northern Ireland Protocol may herald warmer UK-EU ties. It has strengthened von der Leyen and Sunak. But the Retained EU Law bill promises trouble.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Clive Myrie – one of the BBC’s most experienced foreign correspondents – was reporting for BBC News from the roof of a hotel in Kyiv when the war broke out. Myrie will lead keynote panel discussions at this year’s Airmic Conference in Manchester on 19-21 June.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Earlier this week, and on the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden delivered dueling speeches, each offering different visions of Russia’s war in Ukraine and world events more generally.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
This week at Chatham House, experts examined how the world has changed since 24 February 2022.
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Friday Reading Edition 142 (24th February 2023)
Yekaterina Schulmann is a public intellectual and prominent Kremlin critic now exiled in Germany. Is there any hope that the war will end any time soon? What should the citizens of the global West be focusing on? Are there any optimistic scenarios? Pushkin House is an independent cultural centre in London which now calls for new enquiry and re-evaluation of Russian culture.
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Friday Reading Edition 141 (17th February 2023)
A guide to devolution in the UK – the term used to describe the process of transferring power from the centre (Westminster) to the nations and regions.
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Friday Reading Edition 141 (17th February 2023)
How will the Scottish National Party (SNP) elect its next leader? What does Sturgeon’s resignation mean for the SNP’s independence strategy?
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Friday Reading Edition 141 (17th February 2023)
A key report published by the opposition Labour Party in December, resulting from a commission led by former prime minister Gordon Brown, which sets out proposals for sweeping constitutional change for the UK, including abolishing the House of Lords and granting greater powers to the Scottish government.
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Friday Reading Edition 141 (17th February 2023)
An overview of the Scottish independence movement and implications for the future.
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