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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 · 4h
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
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Louise Murphy @louisemurphy.bsky.social · 4h
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 · 20d
📣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 · 22d
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 · 23d
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 · 23d
#nokings
Portland frog brigade

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · 25d
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.
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · 26d
My statement today on the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

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The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social · 29d
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 %
...

#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.
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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
www.thetimes.com

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The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · Sep 27
TV producer Rob Burley was 52 and had just lost his job at the BBC when he received his diagnosis four years ago. He reveals its impact — and what awaits him ⬇️
I found out I had Parkinson’s at 52. It was like being coshed
TV producer Rob Burley was 52 and had just lost his job at the BBC when he received his diagnosis four years ago. He reveals its impact — and what awaits him
www.thetimes.com

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Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.social · Sep 27
Sad to read this. A wonderful poet. I remember - with great fondness and learning - seeing many of his film poems.
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
www.thetimes.com

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Edith Hall @edithmayhall.bsky.social · Sep 27
Extremely sad that my much-loved friend and ally of over thirty-five years, the great poet, dramatist, socialist and acerbic wit Tony Harrison, died yesterday morning, peacefully, with his devoted partner, actress Sian Thomas, at his side. I'm so glad I visited them last week.

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Sep 26
How Democracies Fall Apart -
An interview with Adam Przeworski www.dissentmagazine.org/article/how-...
How Democracies Fall Apart - Dissent Magazine
An interview with Adam Przeworski.
www.dissentmagazine.org

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · Sep 23
I’ve said it once, I’ll say it again.

Ignore the haters, London is the 🐐
Graphic with the headline “London is the greatest city in the world” set against a bright view of the River Thames with the Shard, Tower Bridge and the city skyline. The text celebrates what makes London special: regularly voted the number one city in the world, incredible diversity with over 300 languages spoken, world-class transport, world leader in finance tech and life sciences, best museums and galleries many free to visit, world-leading nightlife, food sport and music for every taste, host to the world’s best sporting events, home to seven Premier League clubs, globally-ranked universities, a city where you can be yourself and love who you love, and a place for everyone.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · Aug 26
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Old master painting looted by Nazis spotted in Argentinian property listing
Dutch newspaper AD says it has traced Giuseppe Ghislandi’s Portrait of a Lady to house near Buenos Aires More than 80 years after it was looted by the Nazis from a Jewish art dealer in Amsterdam, a portrait by an Italian master has been spotted on the website of an estate agent advertising a house for sale in Argentina. A photo shows the painting, Portrait of a Lady (Contessa Colleoni) by the late-baroque portraitist Giuseppe Ghislandi, also known as Fra’ Galgario, hanging above a sofa in the living room of the property, in a seaside town near Buenos Aires. Continue reading...
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Tom Fletcher @tomfletcherun.bsky.social · Aug 22
The Gaza Famine is the world’s famine. A preventable, predictable famine.

Enough. Ceasefire. Open all crossings, north and south. Let us get food in, unimpeded and at massive scale.

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Gavin Kelly @gavin-kelly.bsky.social · Aug 20
We should not accept 1 in 8 of our 16-24 year olds shut out of learning or earning. Dreadful for young people, economy & society.

Purposeful government can make a difference - but it will require learning lessons, real focus & new resource. Me in the @financialtimes.com

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We must clear a path for young people outside full-time education
As GCSE results land, we should realise that training alongside decent work is a better next step for some 16-year-olds
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John McCafferty @jdmccafferty.bsky.social · Aug 20
20 Aug 1576: Five Englishmen on Martin Frobisher's voyage to find the North West passage are taken by the #Inuit #otd Here is Kalicho, an #Inuit captive & #kayaker taken from Baffin Island to #Bristol by Frobisher (BM)

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Nick Pearce @iprnickp.bsky.social · Aug 20
Superb reporting on.ft.com/4lyAOgM Inside Syria’s battle to dismantle Assad’s narco-state
Inside Syria’s battle to dismantle Assad’s narco-state
New Islamist rulers are trying to destroy the drug empire that financed the former regime in Damascus. Can they succeed?
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Foundations – What Works Centre for Children & Families @foundationsww.bsky.social · Aug 15
📢 Join our Board 💼 We're looking for two Trustees:

1️⃣ Financially qualified expert with charity experience
2️⃣ Children’s services expert – expertise in #EarlyIntervention & #ChildrensSocialCare.

Find out more on Peridot Partner's website: peridotpartners.co.uk/jobs/trustee...
A Foundations branded graphic with the text: "Join the Board, two Tristee roles. Closes: 09:00/9 am, 17 September 2025. foundations.org.uk/jobs. The image on the card shows three light-brown skinned hands laid on top of one another. The hand on top is a child's hand, laid on top of two larger hands of their parents or carers.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · Aug 14
New post out:

Today we have a guest post from the brilliant @dmk1793.bsky.social asking whether low turnout is harming growth as well as undermining democratic legitimacy.

(Free to read)

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Is low turnout undermining growth?
A reminder that you can read Lawrence’s post on the Tump-Putin summit here, his next post will look at the outcome.
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