I know I’m not a literature expert - but each year read 2 of Booker short list. This year - ‘Flesh’ ( the winner) and ‘the Land in Winter’. Thought the Land in Winter excellent and the other meretricious . What am I missing? (May have been gems in the other4 too).

And now I’ve learned to do links - really interested in any thoughts on the proposal re fiscal definitions in this piece: www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...

New towns locations, design proposals and planning recommendations - all published today www.gov.uk/government/p.... Together with a positive government response

The AI Productivity Opportunity 💡⚡ Be the Business' Chief Executive Anthony Impey at our interactive workshop on AI and productivity, with Be the Business. TPI's Managing Director @bartvanark.bsky.social is also speaking at the event.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Technicians play an important role in delivering growth, productivity and innovation, but there is an increasing shortage. Read Professor Dame @athenedonald.bsky.social's new piece for the Productivity Policy Unit to find out more: www.productivity.ac.uk/news/the-rol...

Media and other commentary on todays GDP and yesterday’s CPI combines undue weight on monthly numbers and, very often, a lack of interest in what is actually being measured and the range of uncertainty

📢 Join us for two events featuring our research during National Productivity Week on 31 January. 08:30 - Unlocking Productivity: Insights from C-Suite Leaders 14:30 - Launch of East Anglia Insights Paper 👉 Explore & register www.productivityweek.co.uk/whats-on #NationalProductivityWeek

Hope it won’t disappoint those interested in economics that my first post here is to say I hope Stoke City can keep Tom Cannon