I'm not a fan of podcasts - preferring to read a transcription at my own pace. Which may be a slow read or a quick skim. But I always listen to IfG's output, which is really good and stuffed with information that I don't know and really should. Recommended. Look at the cast!

Eggsterminate......... www.bbc.co.uk/archive/edib...

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Every day since 2016 the Daily Express has discovered, with accompanying outrage, that leaving the European Union meant leaving the European Union.

Pretty much my experience of being on a London jury last year.

My only contribution to the UK food discourse is that if you want to understand Britain you should be aware that we invented a condiment featuring a delicate, tangy, sweetly sharp blend of tomatoes, molasses, dates, apples, tamarind, allspice, vinegar and raisins and gave it the name “brown sauce”

Pleased to report that @robert19pearson.bsky.social has signed up - he'll be remembered by other exiles as an ex-pro and now commentator on finance, especially banking in general and the money markets. Same username as on X. Say hallo!

It’s finally happened 🐄 🌙

Anyone in Paris? jeudepaume.org/en/evenement... I'm a huge fan of Ben Rivers - so much so that I even have two of his works on 16mm film, and they don't work too well on an Apple. I'd avoid "The Sky Trembles". Cinematic marmite in Technicolor.

It's instructive and fun to search for space images, to get a feel for the technical and artistic approaches to #astrophotography. My first Bubble Nebula attempt is pretty far down the list in terms of quality, but it was a still a thrill to capture this jewel (soft focus & wonky stars and all!)

Just going to check out the front page of London’s only major newspaper to see what’s going on in my city of 9m people… JESUS IS EVERYONE OK THERE.

Weird. It's 5th November and in my part of London I've heard just a couple of bangs so far. It's 10.50 pm, and it's the weekend too. In past years a cacophony. My roof a landing site for rockets. Any reasons? Do others see a difference? In the past I could also see/hear public displays. None.

Woo hoo, This will strike everyone as silly, but I'm SO excited. Having replaced my dying Mac laptop (keyboard losing keys, software no longer supported, after only 15 years dammit), I then bought an external DVD/Blu-Ray drive.

James Webb telescope: Baby star launches giant jets and shocks

Some wonderful pictures at the National Gallery’s Frans Hals exhibit, including these portraits of a married couple, “reunited” for the first time since they were sold into different collections in the 19th C …

The theft of Arabic Numerals by the West is the greatest tragedy of cultural appropriation ever recorded.

This is what giving Israel a blank check yields. Death for children. It's really that simple. America is doing this with its weapons transfers and its refusal to hold the Israeli government to account for its war crimes. And yes, this is a war crime.

I like it that the IFS has become so much punchier

Seminal Chris Dillow post, injecting some needle in to the UK's longstanding Bad Management debate. This drive-by on LinkedIn leadership culture is especially good stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_an...

Today the SNB Observatory (consisting of Yvan Lengwiler, Charles Wyplosz and me) released a report on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves. The report is here: snb-observatory.ch/en_US/intere...

Here is an opinion piece related to the report by the SNB Observatory published today on whether the SNB should continue to pay interest on bank reserves. themarket.ch/meinung/shou...

Incredible message from Simon Case released by Covid Inquiry. I mean we all knew, but to see it set out so clearly by someone who was there...

Perhaps it's me, but Bsky seems to be quite a British and European thing. Lots of my favourite posters from these regions are here (I was surprised how many), but few from the US and elsewhere so far. Is that because I haven't been around long enough to know, or do others also see it?

My kid just told me he wants to grow up to be a landlord. This one’s broken. I’m gonna try again.

A very clear, and balanced, letter.

Don't want to start reposting whole threads. But just did this one on twitter and thought worth putting the link here because it's a really important report. x.com/Samfr/status...

In Bobby Charlton week, (via the Guardian email) probably the best football ad ever. youtu.be/_iU9G9JApFU?...

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