Saw "La storia del Frank e della Nina" at the weekend, by Italian director Paola Randi..a gritty film about a trio of troubled teenagers, friendship, love and the hidden city of Milan. Highly recommend if you can find it anywhere and want to practice Italian (the English subtitles came in handy)

Say hi to Hunter 👋 rescued by the wonderful Croydon Animal Samaritans, I'll be fostering him for 2 weeks before he goes to his forever home (with a garden, living the dream 🏡). My mission now is to get him out from under the sofa for longer than 5 minutes.

UK retail sales dived before the new government's budget www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

And post-budget? Consumer sentiment isn't looking much better, according to a survey by JP Morgan that found 50% of UK respondents feel worse off compared to only 14% expecting to be better off financially

Economists polled by Reuters had anticipated a 2.2% rise in UK inflation in October, lower than today's 2.3%, but still up from September's 1.7%.

Nice chart in @samindyk.bsky.social's blog

Read more from @davidmilliken.bsky.social & William Schomberg @reuters.com

www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...

visited the V&A this weekend + the Cast Collection. impressive (even after the excitement of thinking they are originals wore off)