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Nick Pearce
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Prof Public Policy & Director, Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. Trustee at Foundations and HEPI. Chair, Living Wage Commission.

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 3d
My Habermas review for the FT www.ft.com/content/9f89... Jürgen Habermas: Germany’s political and cultural phenomenon
Jürgen Habermas: Germany’s political and cultural phenomenon
Two new books bring fresh insights into the philosopher who has towered over seven decades of German public life
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Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · 4d
From Snape, Suffolk with the solstice sun beaming down on the Alde river... I wish you, my valued followers, peace, joy and love this festive season.
The sun beaming down on the watery, reedy fringes of a flooded river.

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Janine Gibson @janinegibson.ft.com · 4d
Sleigh bells ring are you listening?
In Hyde Park, coke is glistening
A typical sight, a massive fist fight
Brawling in the Winter Wonderland

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Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · 8d
Today’s #VAWG strategy recognises no child should have their future determined by being a victim – and that addressing the needs of children affected by #DomesticAbuse is a national priority.

Read our full statement 👉 foundations.org.uk/press-releas...

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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 20d
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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Katie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 20d
One of the things about crypto is the sheer waste of human time, talent and computing power, let alone the money. Imagine if this level of energy had gone into something socially useful instead. as.ft.com/r/1cd4200c-b...
Crypto’s rocky year
[FREE TO READ] The industry was hugely optimistic when Donald Trump returned to the White House. But bitcoin has fallen by a quarter in two months
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maura quint @mauraquint.bsky.social · 21d
Here's Frank on the Simpsons, which he voiced while I worked for him. I can not tell you how often I walked around the Gehry partners office saying "yo Frank Gehry, like curvilinear forms much" after this aired www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MyT...
Frank Gehry as featured in The Simpsons
YouTube video by Arch2O
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 21d
Breaking News: Frank Gehry, a titan of architecture, has died at 96. He designed some of the world’s most recognizable buildings — many widely regarded as masterpieces. nyti.ms/4rGCYiE

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 21d
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...
Charles Norman Shay, Tribal Elder and World War II Hero, Dies at 101
www.nytimes.com

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Robert Shrimsley @robertshrimsley.bsky.social · 27d
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:

His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Nov 25
A small, welcome step on the fiscal devo journey.

www.gov.uk/government/n...
Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth
England’s mayors will be able to invest in transport, infrastructure, and the visitor economy through a new levy on overnight stays.
www.gov.uk

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Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · Nov 12
BIG NEWS 📢 We've announced the 9 local authorities we're working with across England to drive transformation of children’s services through evidence use.

foundations.org.uk/press-releas...

Find out more 👇▶️

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Nov 11
Guinea and the ‘caviar of iron ore’ that is transforming the country on.ft.com/43KzWzR
How the world’s biggest mining project is a win for China
The $23bn Simandou mine in Guinea has taken almost three decades to begin operating but could tilt the balance of power in the global iron ore market
on.ft.com

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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · Nov 11
Today’s labour market statistics show that the labour market is weakening on multiple fronts, with unemployment reaching 5 per cent for the first time in almost a decade (pandemic period aside).

Here’s our @resolutionfoundation.org thread, from @nyecominetti.bsky.social and me.

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Living Wage Foundation @livingwageuk.bsky.social · Oct 22
📣The real Living Wage rates have risen!

⭐£13.45 across the UK
⭐ £14.80 in London

Half a million workers will get a pay rise thanks to the commitment of a growing movement of over 16,000 leading employers such as @ikeauk.bsky.social Everton Football Club and @avivaplc.bsky.social
'For the cost of living'. Map of UK on blue background, bubbles contain Living Wage Rates for 2025-26 - £13.45 UK Living Wage, £14.80 London Living Wage

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · Oct 19
Zahira apologized - she could not offer me tea as her house had been destroyed earlier this month. I apologized to her that the world failed her. #Gaza

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Oct 18
Owen Hatherley on the middle class, mid century modernism of South East London www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Owen Hatherley · South London Modern
In the late 1960s, the critic Bevis Hillier invented the term ‘Art Deco’ for the commercial architecture of the...
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Frettie Fingers @frettie.bsky.social · Oct 18
#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Oct 16
Transport was always at the cutting edge of public design, so this is good to see. The first national clock design for the railways in 50 odd years, referencing Gerry Barney’s iconic double arrow logo www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/new-rai...
New railway timepiece marks new beginning for Britain’s railway and celebrates 200 years of trains
Today, Network Rail and partners across the Government and railway industry marked the launch of the railway’s first national clock design for over 50 years*, at London Bridge station.
www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk

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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · Oct 15
My statement today on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · Oct 13
New article (OA): Helen McCarthy @historianhelen.bsky.social on 'Planning for Retirement in Post-war Britain'

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Planning for Retirement in Post-war Britain*
Abstract. This article explores how Britons envisaged and planned for the end of working life across the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how
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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Oct 8
Are we witnessing the end of the One Nation tradition in the Conservative Party? What is that tradition? Here’s my article on Constructing Disraeli in Twentieth-Century Conservatism* url: academic.oup.com/ehr/article/...
Constructing Disraeli in Twentieth-Century Conservatism*
Abstract. Since the 1960s, when historians first dethroned the dominant view of Benjamin Disraeli as a Tory democrat and social reformer, his association w
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · Oct 2
On Yom Kippur many Jewish people in Britain have their phones off to mark the holy day.

As it ends at 723pm, some will hear the tragic Manchester news for the first time.

At that time, please join many of us to send a message of solidarity to British Jews.Thanks Together coalition for proposing.
To everyone in Britain's Jewish Community: you are not alone. We will not let hate or those who spread it win. We stand with you.

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Hertie School @hertieschool.bsky.social · Oct 2
The Hertie School mourns the passing of Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Claus Offe, Professor Emeritus of Political Sociology, an extraordinary scholar, teacher and colleague.

We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family, friends and all who had the privilege to know him.

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Sep 29
Very sad - Farrell dies within weeks of Grimshaw. I like his architecture in China best myself, though his London buildings are landmarks of the pomo city. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Spies, eggcups and penthouses: Sir Terry Farrell’s best buildings – in pictures
Sir Terry Farrell, the UK’s leading architect-planner and postmodernist, has died aged 87
www.theguardian.com

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Anastasia Pociumban @pociumban.bsky.social · Sep 29
Moldova has voted: PAS wins with 50.15%, beating the polls despite Russian interference.

The people chose a pro-EU, reform path. Meanwhile, the pro-Russian Patriotic Bloc (24%) calls for protests. PAS must now deliver reforms & lead Moldova toward EU accession.

#Moldova #Elections #EU

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World Elects @electsworld.bsky.social · Sep 28
🇲🇩#Moldova, parliamentary election results:

1680/2274 polling stations counted:

PAS: 44,4 %✅
PEB (PSRM/PCRM): 27,7 %
BA: 8,6 %
PN: 6,6 %
PPDA: 6,2 %
PSDE: 1,2 %
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#AlegeriParlamentare2025

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Matthew Pennycook MP @matthewpennycookmp.bsky.social · Sep 28
I’m immensely grateful to the New Towns Taskforce, under the expert leadership of its Chair, Sir Michael Lyons, and Deputy Chair, Dame Kate Barker, for producing such a considered and comprehensive set of final recommendations 👇🏻

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New Towns Taskforce: Report to government
The government has published the independent New Towns Taskforce report as well as its initial response to that report.
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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Sep 27
The South Korean Ministry of Defense has awarded medals of merit to 11 officers for disobeying direct orders of superiors during the martial law fiasco, orders that they deemed to be contrary to the constitution and endangerment to democracy.
www.chosun.com/english/nati...
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders
National Defense Ministry Honors 11 Soldiers for Refusing Illegal Orders Honored for rejecting illegal orders during martial law, Marine death probe
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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Sep 27
A fine obituary to the brilliant radical English poet www.thetimes.com/uk/obituarie...
Tony Harrison obituary: acclaimed Yorkshire poet and playwright
Writer whose poem V upset Mary Whitehouse and who was determined to show that the arts are not the preserve of the middle and upper classes dies aged 88
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