Dr Stylite
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Quelques Feuilles / Some Leaves
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
New thing - this is a part of a much larger work. Each square comprises 4 of the colours of an actual leaf collected over a series of walks, and then photographed, uploaded, compiled and arranged in chronological order. The entire work has 144 leaves and 576 colours.
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At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
November 15, 2025 at 6:19 PM
At the Gerhard Richter the inimitable @donnad.bsky.social
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Can’t possibly imagine anyone who would be at a nice restaurant in Paris making friends with every single dog in the
November 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Can’t possibly imagine anyone who would be at a nice restaurant in Paris making friends with every single dog in the
Off the Richter scale etc
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Off the Richter scale etc
Friends fear he’s gone to the richter again
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Friends fear he’s gone to the richter again
The beautiful richter exhibition
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The beautiful richter exhibition
Admittedly a sub skeet but really the most incredible ‘it is autumn and thus the leaves they fall from the trees’ skeet out there.
November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Admittedly a sub skeet but really the most incredible ‘it is autumn and thus the leaves they fall from the trees’ skeet out there.
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Quite a contrast to the BlueSky consensus the last 24 hours
Do you think the government was right or wrong to decide not to raise income tax at the Budget?
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
Right: 58%
Wrong: 21%
yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...
November 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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Self portrait at the richter
November 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Self portrait at the richter
My every so often huge recommendation for the Fiskebaren in Copenhagen. A *fantastic* seafood restaurant - pricey but not pricey vs its best in the world quality point. British chef, curiously, maybe not. Last time we were there they very charmingly took us for a spontaneous tour of the kitchen.
November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
My every so often huge recommendation for the Fiskebaren in Copenhagen. A *fantastic* seafood restaurant - pricey but not pricey vs its best in the world quality point. British chef, curiously, maybe not. Last time we were there they very charmingly took us for a spontaneous tour of the kitchen.
At one of my favourite restaurants in Paris having a prune en terrasse after lunch with one of my best friends visiting from the US after going to the Richter exhibition at LVF.
November 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
At one of my favourite restaurants in Paris having a prune en terrasse after lunch with one of my best friends visiting from the US after going to the Richter exhibition at LVF.
Ginormous queue for the Richter
November 14, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Ginormous queue for the Richter
Minded to think the market (etc) reaction will end up causing them to have to u-u-turn. Quite an achievement to u-turn (repeatedly) on your budget before the budget
November 14, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Minded to think the market (etc) reaction will end up causing them to have to u-u-turn. Quite an achievement to u-turn (repeatedly) on your budget before the budget
I wasn’t able to skeet quickly enough about the huge danger of a government giving the impression that it’s completely useless and doesn’t care about economic outcomes. The Truss debacle is the most egregious example (and had specific factors) but this is the same overall territory imv.
November 14, 2025 at 8:07 AM
I wasn’t able to skeet quickly enough about the huge danger of a government giving the impression that it’s completely useless and doesn’t care about economic outcomes. The Truss debacle is the most egregious example (and had specific factors) but this is the same overall territory imv.
Well there you go - what a disaster. Expect the u turn squared later this morning post some emergency oh no what have we done meeting in 10DS.*
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
*UK GILTS PLUNGE AT OPEN, 10-YEAR YIELD CLIMBS 13 BPS TO 4.57%
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Well there you go - what a disaster. Expect the u turn squared later this morning post some emergency oh no what have we done meeting in 10DS.*
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
* NB skeeting about particular market moves is a bit cheap but still
Absolutely right imv
I am excited to see the gilt market reaction to this news. Think it could be quite bad. A big chunk of the recent gilt rally was predicated on Labour showing they could hike the big taxes if needed and….well I guess that idea is dead.
November 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Absolutely right imv
At least since c…
< a spoiler shot rings out >
< a spoiler shot rings out >
NEW: Pope Leo XIV will share a meal this Sunday with Alessia Nobile and four fellow transgender Catholic activists, during the Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor — marking the most significant public encounter shared between a pope and the trans community.
NEW: Transgender Activists to Dine with Pope Leo XIV during Sunday's Jubilee for the Poor
Papal luncheon with trans advocate Alessia Nobile set for Sunday at Vatican’s Jubilee of the Poor, highlighting a legacy of outreach and hopes for continued inclusion.
open.substack.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:46 AM
At least since c…
< a spoiler shot rings out >
< a spoiler shot rings out >
This would be the end of this particular Labour government, I think. A budget in very difficult circumstances whose economic logic is so nakedly determined by the political interests of its proponents is a recipe for disaster - also deeply unserious from a market perspective.
“All pain, no gain,” says government source of extraordinary FT story that Reeves has abandoned income tax rise after weeks of pitch-rolling. www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch Budget plan to increase income tax rates
Chancellor explores alternative ways to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole estimated at up to £30bn
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This would be the end of this particular Labour government, I think. A budget in very difficult circumstances whose economic logic is so nakedly determined by the political interests of its proponents is a recipe for disaster - also deeply unserious from a market perspective.
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ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
Don’t Burn Anyone at the Stake Today
What’s the most useful thing you could know about your own life?
In this era-defining book, developed from her groundbreaking Radio 4 essay series, Naomi Alderman turns her boundless curiosity and in...
www.penguin.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 PM
ahhhh my book is published today, ahhhhhhhhhhhhh
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
this one is a real labour of passion - I think it is genuinely important to understand the information crisis that we're living through and how and why it makes us all feel anxious and angry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/469677...
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Looks pretty ok I think (A2)
November 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Looks pretty ok I think (A2)
When walking around in town listening to the new Lily Allen album and joyously singing to the refrains, expect to receive some *very* odd looks.
November 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
When walking around in town listening to the new Lily Allen album and joyously singing to the refrains, expect to receive some *very* odd looks.
V good summary and conclusion.
Stumbling UK-EU progress was what I predicted in a paper over a year ago, with geography and the importance of the relationship exerting a gravity that keeps things moving. And that is what we are seeing.
Plus some quiet conversations on whether the future can be different ecipe.org/publications...
Plus some quiet conversations on whether the future can be different ecipe.org/publications...
Negotiating Uncertainty in UK-EU Relations: Past, Present, and Future
Ten key points to negotiating the UK-EU relationshipEurope has been weakened by difficult UK-EU relations at a time of international challenge. Eight years after the Brexit referendum a new UK gover
ecipe.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
V good summary and conclusion.