Andrew Young
@glescabrighton.bsky.social
Mildly maverick actuary
50 years ago today. 50!
August 25, 2025 at 2:22 PM
50 years ago today. 50!
A great sound check track for Brighton Pride this weekend.
August 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
A great sound check track for Brighton Pride this weekend.
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Extremely wise words and applicable widely!
Wishing someone in Number 10 put this above their desks
Wishing someone in Number 10 put this above their desks
The problem with "policy-consultancy-by-polling" is not that the public are stupid or uninformed ...
... the problem is *it's not their job*.
... the problem is *it's not their job*.
July 8, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Extremely wise words and applicable widely!
Wishing someone in Number 10 put this above their desks
Wishing someone in Number 10 put this above their desks
Thirty years old today. Terrific album and another anniversary which seems to have happened too quickly.
June 13, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Thirty years old today. Terrific album and another anniversary which seems to have happened too quickly.
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Glasgow's one and only Statue of Liberty on the top of a tenement on corner of Queen's Drive and Langside Road. It dates from 1886, the same year her more famous sister was dedicated in New York.
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #statueofliberty #queenspark #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #statueofliberty #queenspark #architecturephotography
May 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Glasgow's one and only Statue of Liberty on the top of a tenement on corner of Queen's Drive and Langside Road. It dates from 1886, the same year her more famous sister was dedicated in New York.
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #statueofliberty #queenspark #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #sculpture #statueofliberty #queenspark #architecturephotography
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The gothic tower of Glasgow University in the late evening sun. While most of this building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and was built in the 1860s, the tower and spire were only completed by his son, John Oldrid Scott, in the 1890s.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
May 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The gothic tower of Glasgow University in the late evening sun. While most of this building was designed by George Gilbert Scott and was built in the 1860s, the tower and spire were only completed by his son, John Oldrid Scott, in the 1890s.
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
#glasgow #architecture #architecturephotography
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ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
May 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
ALL FLEETWOOD MAC SONGS THAT DO NOT FEATURE A STEVIE NICKS LEAD VOCAL ARE NOW TARIFFED AT 250%
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As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, our colleagues have been sharing some of their memories from their time at the PPF.
We’d love to hear your stories, memories and pictures too! Tag us and use the hashtag #PPF20
We’d love to hear your stories, memories and pictures too! Tag us and use the hashtag #PPF20
March 31, 2025 at 3:51 PM
As part of our 20th anniversary celebrations, our colleagues have been sharing some of their memories from their time at the PPF.
We’d love to hear your stories, memories and pictures too! Tag us and use the hashtag #PPF20
We’d love to hear your stories, memories and pictures too! Tag us and use the hashtag #PPF20
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Hopeless interviewing by Amol Rajan of Chris Philip on Today just now. Neither Philp not Rajan seem to know that much of the "working age benefit bill" goes to *people who work*.
March 10, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Hopeless interviewing by Amol Rajan of Chris Philip on Today just now. Neither Philp not Rajan seem to know that much of the "working age benefit bill" goes to *people who work*.
Has anyone completed the Guardian cryptic crossword, Saturday 22 February?
February 28, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Has anyone completed the Guardian cryptic crossword, Saturday 22 February?
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Love this beautifully crafted enamel and metal thistle on the door of an former bank on Dumbarton Road in Partick. It's this kind of little detail which really brings joy to my life whenever I spot one.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #design #partick #thistle #enamel #designdetail
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #design #partick #thistle #enamel #designdetail
January 28, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Love this beautifully crafted enamel and metal thistle on the door of an former bank on Dumbarton Road in Partick. It's this kind of little detail which really brings joy to my life whenever I spot one.
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #design #partick #thistle #enamel #designdetail
#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #design #partick #thistle #enamel #designdetail
Fascinating figures today from the Pensions Regulator. The 4000 smallest DB schemes out of a total of 4818 schemes have assets of £127 bn out of the £1..24 tr total for all schemes. Even the “smallest” 4750 schemes have only just over half the overall total. (Figs estimated as at 30 Sept 2024)
January 28, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Fascinating figures today from the Pensions Regulator. The 4000 smallest DB schemes out of a total of 4818 schemes have assets of £127 bn out of the £1..24 tr total for all schemes. Even the “smallest” 4750 schemes have only just over half the overall total. (Figs estimated as at 30 Sept 2024)
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Good morning, Glasgow. What a way to start the day!
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #glasgowtoday #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #theclyde
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #glasgowtoday #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #theclyde
January 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Good morning, Glasgow. What a way to start the day!
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #glasgowtoday #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #theclyde
#glasgow #goodmorning #goodmorningglasgow #glasgowtoday #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #theclyde
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Such public baths and steamies (as the wash houses were known) were once common in Glasgow, especially in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras when few tenements had their own bathrooms or washing facilities.
#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowhistory
#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowhistory
January 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Such public baths and steamies (as the wash houses were known) were once common in Glasgow, especially in the late Victorian and Edwardian eras when few tenements had their own bathrooms or washing facilities.
#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowhistory
#glasgow #parkhead #publicbaths #architecture #glasgowhistory
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@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social has done a thing on the decline in fertility www.ft.com/content/43e2...
The relationship recession is going global
A rise in the number of single people is becoming a key driver of falling birth rates
www.ft.com
January 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
@jburnmurdoch.bsky.social has done a thing on the decline in fertility www.ft.com/content/43e2...
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Sunrise at the Squinty Bridge over the Clyde in Glasgow. The tower in the distance is the former headquarters of the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society on Morrison Street.
#glasgow #architecture #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #squintybridge #goodmorning #glasgowtoday
#glasgow #architecture #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #squintybridge #goodmorning #glasgowtoday
January 9, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Sunrise at the Squinty Bridge over the Clyde in Glasgow. The tower in the distance is the former headquarters of the Scottish Cooperative Wholesale Society on Morrison Street.
#glasgow #architecture #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #squintybridge #goodmorning #glasgowtoday
#glasgow #architecture #sunrise #glasgowsunrise #squintybridge #goodmorning #glasgowtoday
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Royal Exchange Square in Central Glasgow was looking particularly spectacular as the sun was going down this evening. And as always, at the centre of it all was the Duke wearing his customary headgear.
#glasgow #royalexchangesquare #goma #lights #glasgowbuildings #architecture #nightphotography
#glasgow #royalexchangesquare #goma #lights #glasgowbuildings #architecture #nightphotography
January 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Royal Exchange Square in Central Glasgow was looking particularly spectacular as the sun was going down this evening. And as always, at the centre of it all was the Duke wearing his customary headgear.
#glasgow #royalexchangesquare #goma #lights #glasgowbuildings #architecture #nightphotography
#glasgow #royalexchangesquare #goma #lights #glasgowbuildings #architecture #nightphotography
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The western facade of the former Templeton Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. Designed by William Leiper and bassd on the Doge's Palace in Venice, it was built in 1889.
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowgreen #templetoncarpetfactory #architecturephotography
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowgreen #templetoncarpetfactory #architecturephotography
January 1, 2025 at 8:36 AM
The western facade of the former Templeton Carpet Factory on Glasgow Green. Designed by William Leiper and bassd on the Doge's Palace in Venice, it was built in 1889.
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowgreen #templetoncarpetfactory #architecturephotography
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#glasgow #architecture #glasgowbuildings #glasgowgreen #templetoncarpetfactory #architecturephotography
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This officially turned Glasgow into what is now considered a city. This was soon followed by the right to hold an annual fair, which was held in the grounds of Glasgow Catheral for the first time in 1190. This annual fair fortnight is still marked in the city to this day.
#glasgow #glasgowhistory
#glasgow #glasgowhistory
January 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This officially turned Glasgow into what is now considered a city. This was soon followed by the right to hold an annual fair, which was held in the grounds of Glasgow Catheral for the first time in 1190. This annual fair fortnight is still marked in the city to this day.
#glasgow #glasgowhistory
#glasgow #glasgowhistory
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A street scar on a cobbled street in the West End of Glasgow. Street scars are patches of asphalt used to repair a road that are not the same colour, material and/or quality as the surrounding road surface.
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#glasgow #streetscars #potholes #glasgowroads
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#glasgow #streetscars #potholes #glasgowroads
December 22, 2024 at 9:04 AM
A street scar on a cobbled street in the West End of Glasgow. Street scars are patches of asphalt used to repair a road that are not the same colour, material and/or quality as the surrounding road surface.
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#glasgow #streetscars #potholes #glasgowroads
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#glasgow #streetscars #potholes #glasgowroads
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Last Sunday we were carol-singing in Glasgow City Centre, and this Sunday we're at it again, but in our wall on the Kelvin Walkway!
#glasgow #penguin #penguins #glasgowpenguins #carolsinging #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #xmas2024
#glasgow #penguin #penguins #glasgowpenguins #carolsinging #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #xmas2024
December 22, 2024 at 4:57 PM
Last Sunday we were carol-singing in Glasgow City Centre, and this Sunday we're at it again, but in our wall on the Kelvin Walkway!
#glasgow #penguin #penguins #glasgowpenguins #carolsinging #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #xmas2024
#glasgow #penguin #penguins #glasgowpenguins #carolsinging #kelvinwalkway #streetart #glasgowstreetart #xmas2024
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Something really weird I noticed today: the gates at the southern entrance to Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park appear to feature the moustache of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, one of the city's greatest architects. 😀
#glasgow #moustache #kelvingrovepark #charlesrenniemackintosh #weird #glasgowhumour
#glasgow #moustache #kelvingrovepark #charlesrenniemackintosh #weird #glasgowhumour
December 20, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Something really weird I noticed today: the gates at the southern entrance to Glasgow's Kelvingrove Park appear to feature the moustache of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, one of the city's greatest architects. 😀
#glasgow #moustache #kelvingrovepark #charlesrenniemackintosh #weird #glasgowhumour
#glasgow #moustache #kelvingrovepark #charlesrenniemackintosh #weird #glasgowhumour
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Umm… this is a little unexpected from the Express.
A short travel piece on Helsinki that praises the public transport & pedestrian friendly spaces. It highlights how:
“Extensive car-free zones have transformed neighbourhoods into havens of clean air and tranquility.”
A short travel piece on Helsinki that praises the public transport & pedestrian friendly spaces. It highlights how:
“Extensive car-free zones have transformed neighbourhoods into havens of clean air and tranquility.”
The European city where you don't need a car because of world-class transport
Helsinki has an excellent public transportation system where locals and visitors alike can benefit from effortless navigation without a car.
www.express.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 9:21 PM
Umm… this is a little unexpected from the Express.
A short travel piece on Helsinki that praises the public transport & pedestrian friendly spaces. It highlights how:
“Extensive car-free zones have transformed neighbourhoods into havens of clean air and tranquility.”
A short travel piece on Helsinki that praises the public transport & pedestrian friendly spaces. It highlights how:
“Extensive car-free zones have transformed neighbourhoods into havens of clean air and tranquility.”
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The @glasgowpenguins.bsky.social are putting on a fine dispaly for Christmas this year. Well worth checking out if you're around the West End. For those who don't already know, they can be found on the Kelvin Walkway near the old North Woodside Flint Mill.
#glasgow #kelvinwalkway #streetart #xmas
#glasgow #kelvinwalkway #streetart #xmas
December 18, 2024 at 4:29 PM
The @glasgowpenguins.bsky.social are putting on a fine dispaly for Christmas this year. Well worth checking out if you're around the West End. For those who don't already know, they can be found on the Kelvin Walkway near the old North Woodside Flint Mill.
#glasgow #kelvinwalkway #streetart #xmas
#glasgow #kelvinwalkway #streetart #xmas