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The folly of Right To Buy.
August 16, 2025 at 10:11 AM
The folly of Right To Buy.
The Trial (1962) was Welles' best film and is one of the best films of all.
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
August 15, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The Trial (1962) was Welles' best film and is one of the best films of all.
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
It popularised the now overly-familiar 'Adagio in G minor' which had been published in 1958 by a musicologist but had already featured in Last Year at Marienbad (1961).
Bluesky now has 38M users - still growing but at a lot slower rate and daily post volume is declining with c700K daily now but such was 800K in May 2025.
Threads has 350M users. X has 600M users.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
Threads has 350M users. X has 600M users.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
Bluesky Reaches 38M Users, Though Post Volume Is Declining
Bluesky’s growth momentum has slowed, but it is still growing.
www.socialmediatoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Bluesky now has 38M users - still growing but at a lot slower rate and daily post volume is declining with c700K daily now but such was 800K in May 2025.
Threads has 350M users. X has 600M users.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
Threads has 350M users. X has 600M users.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/bluesky...
The cultural offer is low in Stratford town. A cinema & a theatre shut and the one time theatre/venue next to Stratford High St station is long silent. It's welcome news that the Prince Charles Cinema is looking to move here (to the ex Picturehouse?) but where are the indy theatres & music venues?
August 11, 2025 at 4:35 PM
The cultural offer is low in Stratford town. A cinema & a theatre shut and the one time theatre/venue next to Stratford High St station is long silent. It's welcome news that the Prince Charles Cinema is looking to move here (to the ex Picturehouse?) but where are the indy theatres & music venues?
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March 5, 2025 at 4:42 AM
'If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess.'
Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess | Simon Jenkins
Angela Rayner’s proposed reforms are ill-conceived and fail to address the system’s inherent unfairness, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com
August 8, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'If mansion owners paid a fair council tax, local authorities wouldn’t be in such a mess.'
Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Simon Jenkins
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Clive Branson, Bombed Women and Searchlights, 1940
May 4, 2023 at 3:54 PM
Clive Branson, Bombed Women and Searchlights, 1940
A chimera for Conservatives wanting to win.
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 AM
A chimera for Conservatives wanting to win.
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
Boris Johnson (24%) is the clear preference amongst 2024 Conservative voters to lead that party after Kemi Badenoch leaves. Rishi Sunak (12%) is third favourite after James Cleverly.
conservativehome.com/2025/08/07/t...
'DATA REVEALED: What media that people in the UK are consuming in 2025'
Includes monthly - 84% use social media, 68% listen to live radio on a radio set, 53% read a printed book.
danslee.co.uk/2025/08/04/d...
Includes monthly - 84% use social media, 68% listen to live radio on a radio set, 53% read a printed book.
danslee.co.uk/2025/08/04/d...
DATA REVEALED: What media people in the UK are consuming in 2025
Often times, it’s not the attention grabbing lines that are the most useful from Ofcom data and 2025’s Media Nations report is no exception. I’ll talk about the findings around YouTube that got mos…
danslee.co.uk
August 7, 2025 at 7:31 AM
'DATA REVEALED: What media that people in the UK are consuming in 2025'
Includes monthly - 84% use social media, 68% listen to live radio on a radio set, 53% read a printed book.
danslee.co.uk/2025/08/04/d...
Includes monthly - 84% use social media, 68% listen to live radio on a radio set, 53% read a printed book.
danslee.co.uk/2025/08/04/d...
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Lemons, oranges, & pomegranates in a wan-li bowl, 1630. Beautiful bounty from Jacob van Hulsdonck of Antwerp, whose day is today.
August 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lemons, oranges, & pomegranates in a wan-li bowl, 1630. Beautiful bounty from Jacob van Hulsdonck of Antwerp, whose day is today.
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
1- 14 August
1- 14 August
August 1, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Herne Bay Cartoon Festival
1- 14 August
1- 14 August
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The 1919 Housing Act - the Addison Act - received the royal assent on this day 106 years ago. 176,000 council homes were built under its terms and its standard of high quality housing set a benchmark for decades to come (Examples from Poplar, Newcastle, Lancaster and Winchester)
July 31, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The 1919 Housing Act - the Addison Act - received the royal assent on this day 106 years ago. 176,000 council homes were built under its terms and its standard of high quality housing set a benchmark for decades to come (Examples from Poplar, Newcastle, Lancaster and Winchester)
Andrew Teale does good election previews. Here for Thames View ward, LB Barking & Dagenham with sketch (Bobby Moore, lightermen) to candidates, incl well-known Tory, Andrew Boff, GLA member & ex Leader, LB Hillingdon. And Greens' Paul Powlesland known locally for campaigning for better River Roding.
It's by-election Thursday!
- 3 polls today, defences Lab 2 LD 1
- Including the candidate who swore an oath on a river
- And the UK's most ornate set of town hall gates...
Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com reveals all:
- 3 polls today, defences Lab 2 LD 1
- Including the candidate who swore an oath on a river
- And the UK's most ornate set of town hall gates...
Andrew's Previews for @britainelects.com reveals all:
Previewing the three council by-elections of 31st July 2025
"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order"
open.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Andrew Teale does good election previews. Here for Thames View ward, LB Barking & Dagenham with sketch (Bobby Moore, lightermen) to candidates, incl well-known Tory, Andrew Boff, GLA member & ex Leader, LB Hillingdon. And Greens' Paul Powlesland known locally for campaigning for better River Roding.
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Stunning gothic interior of León Cathedral, Spain, dating from 1302, aka ‘House of Light’, with its nearly 1,800 square metres of stained glass windows
July 24, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Stunning gothic interior of León Cathedral, Spain, dating from 1302, aka ‘House of Light’, with its nearly 1,800 square metres of stained glass windows
Government - there is a simple message you are not communicating.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
July 28, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Government - there is a simple message you are not communicating.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
An asylum seeker is paid £49.18 weekly for food, clothing, etc. If they are provided with meals, they are paid £9.95 weekly.
There is mass ignorance about this; many think the amounts are very much higher and more stuff is covered.
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/re...
Big news for local papers & big savings for local government; Gov set to scrap rule councils must buy license ads in local print papers
One Ed told me their title folds straightaway without what's a council subsidy. Papers would close. Big bun fight looms
Big news for local papers & big savings for local government; Gov set to scrap rule councils must buy license ads in local print papers
One Ed told me their title folds straightaway without what's a council subsidy. Papers would close. Big bun fight looms
July 28, 2025 at 9:41 AM
www.holdthefrontpage.co.uk/2025/news/re...
Big news for local papers & big savings for local government; Gov set to scrap rule councils must buy license ads in local print papers
One Ed told me their title folds straightaway without what's a council subsidy. Papers would close. Big bun fight looms
Big news for local papers & big savings for local government; Gov set to scrap rule councils must buy license ads in local print papers
One Ed told me their title folds straightaway without what's a council subsidy. Papers would close. Big bun fight looms
Claims wealthy fleeing from UK just will-o'-the-wisp?
Tax Policy Associates / Dan Neidle questioning whether Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports are fabricated. They are the source for many news stories that the wealthy are fleeing the UK. open.substack.com/pub/taxpolic...
Tax Policy Associates / Dan Neidle questioning whether Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports are fabricated. They are the source for many news stories that the wealthy are fleeing the UK. open.substack.com/pub/taxpolic...
Are Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports fabricated?
Henley & Partners’ 2025 Wealth Migration Report says 16,500 UK millionaires will leave this year.
open.substack.com
July 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Claims wealthy fleeing from UK just will-o'-the-wisp?
Tax Policy Associates / Dan Neidle questioning whether Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports are fabricated. They are the source for many news stories that the wealthy are fleeing the UK. open.substack.com/pub/taxpolic...
Tax Policy Associates / Dan Neidle questioning whether Henley & Partners’ millionaire‑migration reports are fabricated. They are the source for many news stories that the wealthy are fleeing the UK. open.substack.com/pub/taxpolic...
Jay Rayner, like all big London food writers, shows his tongue doesn't stretch beyond Shoreditch. 'I'll go to the country's very extremities to review restaurants. But Leytonstone.'
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
July 27, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Jay Rayner, like all big London food writers, shows his tongue doesn't stretch beyond Shoreditch. 'I'll go to the country's very extremities to review restaurants. But Leytonstone.'
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
Anyone can see best Malayalam, Nigerian, etc food is east of the Lea - Newham, Redbridge, WF, etc
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Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
“Wikipedia is this economic anomaly. In many ways, it’s sort of magical that people will just volunteer without explicit economic incentives to create artifacts that are meant to share knowledge with everyone in the world”
July 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Most of the internet used to be like this. This is actually the default, it took companies enclosing the internet and adding weird, soul-killing incentives to make people behave the way they do now. In a way, there is truly nothing special about Wikipedia except that it survived longer.
'Anti-Social Behaviour' is often the reason given to withdraw services.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
July 26, 2025 at 7:11 AM
'Anti-Social Behaviour' is often the reason given to withdraw services.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
City of London Cemetery, Aldersbrook Rd, shut Rabbits Rd entrance a few years ago. Summer closing now changed to 5pm from 7pm. Wildlife photography now banned. ASB reason given for all.
It's as quiet as the grave when I visit.
