The renovation works are also ongoing…

See what you mean. Yes…

(Still: they’re *definitely* spending it on restoration, right? Right…?!).

Do you mean b/c it’s a flat charge, regardless of price band?

I know it won’t happen, but there’s an opportunity for Infantino to do something truly hilarious…

May be b/c Spanish has almost double the number of speakers (558M cf. 312M).

But could there also be a (minor?) ‘influence of US culture’ angle? (Where Spanish is the more obvious second language…)

Admiringly, I note what you did there…

That might be easier/kinder, yes…

I figured it was pretty low even with a code… 🤷🏼‍♂️

(Solution: nationalise Radiohead and make them play five nights a week, 30 weeks a year…) ;o)

Looking that way: yesterday sounded really concerning.

I think the four November league games could be significant: get >7 points, then a play-off push becomes possible (if not likely); <4 and a battle against relegation becomes the focus…

Wigan away could be key (and interesting for LR!)

Ah (that’s not good…)

What’s the latest addition? Wing?

I think you’re more confident than me that people don’t want poetry to be more popular: I recognise that in part, but think many do but don’t know how (understandably!) or how to without changing what they most value about it.

I suspect (but don’t *know*) that most are read by small numbers of poets, many reading them with an eye to submitting (though many submit without reading, which feels naughty to me…).

But I do also wonder whether ‘poetry magazine’ is the format that meets the needs of most non-poet readers.

Thanks!

I ask it as a genuine question: and I wonder what reader needs such a magazine would be built around. Put another way [which I realise will grate for some people!]: what’s the ‘user story’*?

*[‘As a (who?) I want (what?) to (do what?)’]

Lovely thread: sounds like her memory is truly a blessing.

I was struck by the coincidence of this poem appearing in my timeline just a few posts above yours:

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Which magazines, in your view, are most completely focused on the experience for *readers*?

And what is different about them?

It feels notable to me (c. 1.5% of days lost to a single cause), though you’d need more information before you draw a *conclusion*…

(though my initial assumption, since the NHS is such a larger employer, is that there is a good chance that whatever it is reflects society as a whole).