Richard Gowers

@RichardGowers

Musician, usually on keys, often wearing a turtleneck. Map enthusiast, avid LBC listener and over-ambitious cook. DoM @MayfairParish

London, England rgowers.com Joined July 2012

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Richard Gowers @RichardGowers 3d

Cool system at Sixt for helping pay a $1.80 toll!
It was either this or an $80 ‘toll pass’ for the whole rental.
Worth it for the thrill of driving on the world’s widest road, the 26-lane Katy Freeway in Houston!

Richard Gowers @RichardGowers Oct 11

Question 13: Yes.
I’ll accept my fellowship by email, text or post. Thank you.

Dan Loewenherz Verified account @dwlz Oct 11

Today I learned about the All Souls examination, which is reputed to be the hardest exam in the world.

To even be considered, you need to have a degree from, or be a current graduate student of Oxford.

Hundreds of people sit and only two people pass every year.

Attached is last year's general exam.

Before I saw it, I wondered, how hard could it be.

Well, it turns out…it's "Defend ghosting.", "Does a pope matter?", and "Is body language a language?" hard:

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Richard Gowers @RichardGowers Sep 20

@GWRHelp Is tonight’s sleeper London-Penzance fully cancelled, or can it be caught from Reading onwards?

Richard Gowers @RichardGowers May 5

Warning to those booking flights: unlike most airlines, @cathaypacific will refuse to compensate for late baggage items if you’re in your home country. Is the assumption that you own two of everything? No other airline does this.

Richard Gowers @RichardGowers Apr 23

@LBC who are Jill and Tash??

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