Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social
FT features writer, focus on work/workplace/whatevs
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Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social
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Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’
https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f
https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’
The former chief executive of the Timpson Group on his plans to modernise the penal system — and how to stop ex-convicts reoffending
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Do we?
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
[FREE TO READ] World’s most famous investor warns against corporate greed as he prepares to hand over reins of Berkshire Hathaway
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Do we?
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
I think about the BBC a bit like social media usage. I’m slightly surprised more doesn’t go wrong
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I think about the BBC a bit like social media usage. I’m slightly surprised more doesn’t go wrong
So to be clear: Trump is a peacenik and the BBC owes him $1bn
Robbie Gibb is impartial
Robbie Gibb is impartial
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So to be clear: Trump is a peacenik and the BBC owes him $1bn
Robbie Gibb is impartial
Robbie Gibb is impartial
From my ltd experience of museum coverage, the biggest omission seemed to be drugs
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
[FREE TO READ] Is this how the party ends?
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
From my ltd experience of museum coverage, the biggest omission seemed to be drugs
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
Trying to think of things I care less about
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trying to think of things I care less about
Agree it was good to see someone celebrate having a good time in a vibrant city
My column on how you can always tell who's going to win an election: heawood.substack.com/p/the-politi...
The politics of enjoying it
You can always tell who's going to win
heawood.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Agree it was good to see someone celebrate having a good time in a vibrant city
Just bought my poppy
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just bought my poppy
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Is the US socialist? Am I in a dream
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Is the US socialist? Am I in a dream
Honestly the whole the world is going to hell in a handcart is just marketing grift
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Honestly the whole the world is going to hell in a handcart is just marketing grift
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
DIY data
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Definitely veer green on this topic
Support for bringing back the death penalty, by 2024 vote
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Definitely veer green on this topic
Feel starstruck even reading her name
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
[FREE TO READ] The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’
on.ft.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Feel starstruck even reading her name
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
If John Lewis sold maracas
November 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
If John Lewis sold maracas
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"everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently"
Deep dive on Neom focuses on The Line - a building planned at a scale that would run from London to the Norfolk coast but in the desert. Absolutely wild, absolutely doomed ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Deep dive on Neom focuses on The Line - a building planned at a scale that would run from London to the Norfolk coast but in the desert. Absolutely wild, absolutely doomed ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
ig.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
"everyone knows the project won’t work; it is now just a matter of letting MBS down gently"
Deep dive on Neom focuses on The Line - a building planned at a scale that would run from London to the Norfolk coast but in the desert. Absolutely wild, absolutely doomed ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
Deep dive on Neom focuses on The Line - a building planned at a scale that would run from London to the Norfolk coast but in the desert. Absolutely wild, absolutely doomed ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...
PSA: all’s fair is as bad as they say… well the first 10 minutes which is as far as I got
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 PM
PSA: all’s fair is as bad as they say… well the first 10 minutes which is as far as I got
Live Loval laugh
November 5, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Live Loval laugh
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Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Bill Ackman gotta be on the third draft of a tweet longer than Middlemarch right now
I actually think kids are already better at this than their older relatives
'..."alongside this we will create a broad, knowledge-rich curriculum that widens access to cultural subjects and gives pupils the knowledge and skills they need to thrive at work and throughout life.”'
UK children to be taught how to spot extremist content and fake news online
Education secretary launches review of curriculum in primary and secondary schools aimed at teaching critical thinking
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I actually think kids are already better at this than their older relatives
34!!! 34!
Been wrestling with whether 33 is a good or bad age to run a major city. Maybe it’s good as you are old enough to know some stuff but young enough to be certain you are right
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
34!!! 34!
Been wrestling with whether 33 is a good or bad age to run a major city. Maybe it’s good as you are old enough to know some stuff but young enough to be certain you are right
November 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Been wrestling with whether 33 is a good or bad age to run a major city. Maybe it’s good as you are old enough to know some stuff but young enough to be certain you are right
If John Lewis ad makes you tear up, try scrolling through Instagram trend
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November 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
If John Lewis ad makes you tear up, try scrolling through Instagram trend
www.instagram.com/reel/DP_z92W...
www.instagram.com/reel/DP_z92W...