Mark Robinson
@mr.place
Aspiring urban fixer - was UK High Street Czar -think tank wonk - ABI survivor - OSP student @lse - Making Hartlepool Great Again
Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" https://markisalwayslearning.substack.com
Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" https://markisalwayslearning.substack.com
We paraded a monkey once in Hartlepool, and people have never let us forget it.
November 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We paraded a monkey once in Hartlepool, and people have never let us forget it.
Meanwhile tax for many wealthy is voluntary….
November 9, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Meanwhile tax for many wealthy is voluntary….
Which museums do you get drugs in #askingforafriend
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Which museums do you get drugs in #askingforafriend
I think you will find it does @patmillsuk.bsky.social!
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I think you will find it does @patmillsuk.bsky.social!
I'm getting to the age/stage where my winter beard opens up the opportunity for work as a mall Santa.
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
I'm getting to the age/stage where my winter beard opens up the opportunity for work as a mall Santa.
Glad to have found you! Just started studying OSP Msc at LSE👊 open.substack.com/pub/markisal...
Mark Is Always Learning | Mark Robinson | Substack
Reflections on when 35 years at the university of life meets OSP at LSE. Click to read Mark Is Always Learning, by Mark Robinson, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Glad to have found you! Just started studying OSP Msc at LSE👊 open.substack.com/pub/markisal...
Reposted by Mark Robinson
I joined HMPS in 1995 and retired in 2019. Underpinning every failing in HMPS is AUSTERITY. From Purging experienced staff, overloading operational managers with admin, privatizing works depts and trying to nail jelly to walls. Torys f'd the organisation irreparably. Kudos to those who had to stay.
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
I joined HMPS in 1995 and retired in 2019. Underpinning every failing in HMPS is AUSTERITY. From Purging experienced staff, overloading operational managers with admin, privatizing works depts and trying to nail jelly to walls. Torys f'd the organisation irreparably. Kudos to those who had to stay.