Had a holiday in #Scarborough, Yorkshire, a decade ago and managed to do some on the spot watercolours and drawings there and in nearby Whitby. Such an inspiring place! I've been recently making winter use of the 100s of photos I took by drawing from them. Here's one in sepia ink of Scarborough Bay.

this is vicious and correct www.economist.com/britain/2026...

Was at a thing tonight in Manchester about the economy and devolution, @andyburnham.bsky.social gave a great speech, full of conviction and truisms about collaboration, business and the opportunity that Manchesterism holds for North England 👊🏼✊🏼👍🏼

Sometimes I just need Private Eye ….

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Klept

I miss Gordon Brown.

Good evening!! 👊🏼✊🏼

Oh look, another one. A woman. So if there were these two, there were many more. Maybe men, too - who were too chicken to come out publicly nypost.com/2025/11/18/u...

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PRIVATE EYE NAMED IN EPSTEIN FILES In the latest files related to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein released by the US Justice Department, the Eye is denounced as “an absolute rag of a publication” by Epstein’s then lawyer, Paul Tweed… 🧵1/5

Epstein Did no one go “Nah mate you’re obviously a sleazy, grim, shag nasty and I don’t want anything to do with you !” I hope there was

We’re Man United !!

Really good discussion this. Sounds like an excellent issue for Andy Burnham to take up on the Lovelace Labs, and Tracy Brabin for the National Data Library to Leeds. Probably much easier for govt to deliver - and quicker - than a tram.

Sheesh

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Sheesh

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Lightweights

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Cities Outlook 2026 is out now. @centreforcities.bsky.social latest report explores how UK cities are performing on jobs, skills, housing, productivity and innovation. You can read the full report today: www.centreforcities.org/publication/...

RIP Sly Dunbar - the ultimate drummer. Such sad news. Here are Sly & Robbie's Taxi Gang live in Germany in 1981. Watch the full Black Uhuru concert at 📺🇯🇲🥁▶️ youtu.be/NNq1XOCYBu8

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Might watch MOTD tonight 👊🏼 Only one United!

The reason your house isn't selling is because you're asking too much money for it.

Good evening! Proper Album this from @stetiennedisco.bsky.social

Good evening 👊🏼 Fantastic antidote to these crazy times.

Good evening 👊🏼 Fantastic antidote to these crazy times.

This seems very relevant.

Morning! Sheesh…..

It's "Blue Monday", which is a load of nonsense, but it is an excuse for a thread about New Order and the UK's best-selling 12-inch single of all time #BlueMonday (THREAD 1 of 10)

What a save

Let's remind ourselves of what was promised in 2018 for £70bn of new east-west high speed lines across the north, thanks to far superior reporting to what we're seeing today: www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

This penalty needs to go over the bar #AFCON

#AFCON !!!! Disallowed Senegal goal & v v soft Morocco penalty….. 😬😬😬

Well, well well. Turns out that just playing your best players (even Dalot) in their best positions works 👊🏼.

Great work here by @paulswinney.bsky.social - www.economicsobservatory.com/have-the-uks... Building trustworthy real-time economic data infrastructure, is exactly why we built @thedatacity.bsky.social The Data City.

Great piece by @paulswinney.bsky.social raising serious concerns about the UK's sub-national productivity data and what it can tell us. I share his worry that misleading conclusions about a northern city miracle may already be skewing policy debates www.economicsobservatory.com/have-the-uks...

I've seen a number of organisations and politicians use the data seemingly showing a productivity miracle in large northern city regions, especially Greater Manchester. Something didn't seem quite right. So I take a look in this piece:

History is important. @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social is doing a great job here.

Thought I’d do a mega hread on NPR, partly because I’ve seen some London based commentary that doesn’t really get the bigger picture quite right imho

The clear and compelling business case for a mass transit system is - "we don't have one, nearly every comparable non-British city has one, we need one. And by the way those cities are also more productive and prosperous."

Saturday in NYC