William Heath
@williamheath.bsky.social
Semi-retired social entrepreneur based in Bath, England. Current projects include Kelston Roundhill farm, Fairfield House (former home of HIM Haile Selassie I), Bath inter-faith work. Residual interest in digital public services.
Two days in a row I've rung NHS services, spoken to cheerful receptionists and got an appointment NEXT DAY: one dentist, one GP. What is happening? Am I confabulating? Is this a fluke? Is this Starmerism? #Baffled #Weird #Inagoodway
December 4, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Two days in a row I've rung NHS services, spoken to cheerful receptionists and got an appointment NEXT DAY: one dentist, one GP. What is happening? Am I confabulating? Is this a fluke? Is this Starmerism? #Baffled #Weird #Inagoodway
It's as if the whole of life is now computers locking people out of services to which they're entitled.
December 4, 2024 at 9:05 AM
It's as if the whole of life is now computers locking people out of services to which they're entitled.
If you want to pledge something to help Fairfield House acquire this noble model bust of HIM by one of the UK's finest sculptors... message me
bonhams.com/auction/...
bonhams.com/auction/...
Bonhams : Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Study for Emperor Haile Selassie 34.5cm (13 9/16in) high including base; 29cm (11 7/16in) high excluding base (Conceived in 1936, cast circa the 1960s by R. Fiorini & J. Carney)
Study for Emperor Haile Selassie bronze with a dark brown patina 34.5cm (13 9/16in) high including base; 29cm (11 7/16in) high excluding base Conceived in 1936, cast circa the 1960s by R. Fiorini & J. Carney
www.bonhams.com
November 27, 2024 at 2:27 PM
If you want to pledge something to help Fairfield House acquire this noble model bust of HIM by one of the UK's finest sculptors... message me
bonhams.com/auction/...
bonhams.com/auction/...
I rarely attend auctions but today I'm attending one (Frome, a friend selling family items) but listening in to another (Bonhams London, where a Haile Selassie bust is coming up, which would be perfect in Fairfield House...but Jacob Epstein...won't come cheap)
November 27, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I rarely attend auctions but today I'm attending one (Frome, a friend selling family items) but listening in to another (Bonhams London, where a Haile Selassie bust is coming up, which would be perfect in Fairfield House...but Jacob Epstein...won't come cheap)
Jacob Epstein HIM study up for auction tomorrow: it's a gem.
What chance Fairfield House puts in a winning bid?
To help: pledge now to trustees@fairfieldhousebath.co.uk
tinyurl.com/HIM-bust
What chance Fairfield House puts in a winning bid?
To help: pledge now to trustees@fairfieldhousebath.co.uk
tinyurl.com/HIM-bust
Bonhams : Sir Jacob Epstein (British, 1880-1959) Study for Emperor Haile Selassie 34.5cm (13 9/16in) high including base; 29cm (11 7/16in) high excluding base (Conceived in 1936, cast circa the 1960s by R. Fiorini & J. Carney)
Study for Emperor Haile Selassie bronze with a dark brown patina 34.5cm (13 9/16in) high including base; 29cm (11 7/16in) high excluding base Conceived in 1936, cast circa the 1960s by R. Fiorini & J. Carney
www.bonhams.com
November 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
Jacob Epstein HIM study up for auction tomorrow: it's a gem.
What chance Fairfield House puts in a winning bid?
To help: pledge now to trustees@fairfieldhousebath.co.uk
tinyurl.com/HIM-bust
What chance Fairfield House puts in a winning bid?
To help: pledge now to trustees@fairfieldhousebath.co.uk
tinyurl.com/HIM-bust
@natjdyer.bsky.social see also this piece from 2020 by Chris Yapp (via LinkedIn)
#Ricardo
#ComparativeAdvantage
#Ricardo
#ComparativeAdvantage
November 25, 2024 at 9:23 PM
@natjdyer.bsky.social see also this piece from 2020 by Chris Yapp (via LinkedIn)
#Ricardo
#ComparativeAdvantage
#Ricardo
#ComparativeAdvantage
Nice of the FT to publish my letter
www.ft.com/content/1328...
www.ft.com/content/1328...
Letter: COP29 has a chance to put people before policy
From William Heath, Bath, UK
www.ft.com
November 24, 2024 at 4:15 PM
Nice of the FT to publish my letter
www.ft.com/content/1328...
www.ft.com/content/1328...
Fairfield House: Tripadvisor now saying #6 of best things to do in Bath
Still time to book your tour 1200 or 1330...Sundays till Christmas
www.ticketsource.co.uk/fairfield-house
Still time to book your tour 1200 or 1330...Sundays till Christmas
www.ticketsource.co.uk/fairfield-house
November 23, 2024 at 8:24 PM
Fairfield House: Tripadvisor now saying #6 of best things to do in Bath
Still time to book your tour 1200 or 1330...Sundays till Christmas
www.ticketsource.co.uk/fairfield-house
Still time to book your tour 1200 or 1330...Sundays till Christmas
www.ticketsource.co.uk/fairfield-house
Oi. @Google If we're trying to log into a little used GMail account then what's the point of sending a verification code to the GMail account we're trying to log into? Just asking...
November 20, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Oi. @Google If we're trying to log into a little used GMail account then what's the point of sending a verification code to the GMail account we're trying to log into? Just asking...
Lengthy long sanctimonious callcentre waiting list lecture from @Ecotricity about all the good things they do. And "great news" about something apparently (I'm too seething to listen to what it is).
The only GREAT NEWS will be when you get round to answering the **** phone
The only GREAT NEWS will be when you get round to answering the **** phone
November 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
Lengthy long sanctimonious callcentre waiting list lecture from @Ecotricity about all the good things they do. And "great news" about something apparently (I'm too seething to listen to what it is).
The only GREAT NEWS will be when you get round to answering the **** phone
The only GREAT NEWS will be when you get round to answering the **** phone
Call me a dumbass techno-ignoramus but...why does my mobile say it has no internet until I turn the Wifi off, when it seems to work? Can't it work out for itself that there's a mobile signal but no wifi?
November 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM
Call me a dumbass techno-ignoramus but...why does my mobile say it has no internet until I turn the Wifi off, when it seems to work? Can't it work out for itself that there's a mobile signal but no wifi?
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November 18, 2024 at 8:57 AM
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Author Nat Dyer points out that even the saintly Isaac Newton ended up getting rich minting guineas out of gold mined in South America by enslaved Africans. Comparative advantage at work... #RicardosDream
November 17, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Author Nat Dyer points out that even the saintly Isaac Newton ended up getting rich minting guineas out of gold mined in South America by enslaved Africans. Comparative advantage at work... #RicardosDream
New book - Ricardo's Dream, by Nat Dyer - published this month which points out the enormous human cost of crude adherence to "comparative advantage" economist thinking.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard...
Ricardo’s Dream
Ricardo’s Dream - How Economists Forgot the Real World and Led Us Astray; Ricardo’s Dream tells the fascinating story of David Ricardo, Adam Smith’s only real rival as the ‘founder of economics’: who introduced the study of abstract models to economics. He also developed the theory of trade that underpinned globalization and hides a history of power, empire and slavery.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk
November 17, 2024 at 9:05 AM
New book - Ricardo's Dream, by Nat Dyer - published this month which points out the enormous human cost of crude adherence to "comparative advantage" economist thinking.
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard...
bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/trade/ricard...
Stuart Kirk today advocating Ricardo's comparative advantage theory to the COP folk - www.ft.com/content/e574... (paywall, whatever)
We forget about comparative advantage at our peril
Companies and countries should maintain a laser-like focus on what they do best
www.ft.com
November 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
Stuart Kirk today advocating Ricardo's comparative advantage theory to the COP folk - www.ft.com/content/e574... (paywall, whatever)
Blowhard Stuart Kirk writes in #FT COP delegates should remember comparative advantage theory. Meanwhile new book Ricardo's Dream shows very clearly the monumental damage caused when policymakers fail to take into account the human cost of adherence to David Ricardo's idea.
November 17, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Blowhard Stuart Kirk writes in #FT COP delegates should remember comparative advantage theory. Meanwhile new book Ricardo's Dream shows very clearly the monumental damage caused when policymakers fail to take into account the human cost of adherence to David Ricardo's idea.
"How James Dyson’s farming empire may land his estate with £120mn in death duties"
Couldn't happen to a nicer tax-avoiding Brexiteer...
Couldn't happen to a nicer tax-avoiding Brexiteer...
How James Dyson’s farming empire may land his estate with £120mn in death duties
Billionaire known for vacuums and hairdryers has become one of UK’s largest farmers
www.ft.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
"How James Dyson’s farming empire may land his estate with £120mn in death duties"
Couldn't happen to a nicer tax-avoiding Brexiteer...
Couldn't happen to a nicer tax-avoiding Brexiteer...
First mistletoe on the new #KelstonRoundhill plantation. Wasn’t expecting that.
(New as in only 10 years old that is)
(New as in only 10 years old that is)
November 16, 2024 at 3:16 PM
First mistletoe on the new #KelstonRoundhill plantation. Wasn’t expecting that.
(New as in only 10 years old that is)
(New as in only 10 years old that is)
What have economists missed for all these years? Great talk by Nat Dyer launching his book "Ricardo's Dream" at Bath's #BRLSI, about the influence and limitations of the ideas David Ricardo (who married a Quaker, and came to Bath).
November 15, 2024 at 8:28 PM
What have economists missed for all these years? Great talk by Nat Dyer launching his book "Ricardo's Dream" at Bath's #BRLSI, about the influence and limitations of the ideas David Ricardo (who married a Quaker, and came to Bath).
The Koran loves uncertainty, we learn. The state of doubt means your heart is alive. #BathInterFaith
November 14, 2024 at 9:06 PM
The Koran loves uncertainty, we learn. The state of doubt means your heart is alive. #BathInterFaith
Diving into Bath Inter Faith work. We’re really blessed to have a really learned and enlightened Imam, tonight in dialogue with Michael, Bishop of Wells about science and religion.
November 14, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Diving into Bath Inter Faith work. We’re really blessed to have a really learned and enlightened Imam, tonight in dialogue with Michael, Bishop of Wells about science and religion.
USians be all like "who cares about ethics as long as we stick it to the libs". Cue suffering on a global, industrial scale.
November 14, 2024 at 7:25 AM
USians be all like "who cares about ethics as long as we stick it to the libs". Cue suffering on a global, industrial scale.
I expect there's some Schadenfreude to be had as Trump's deplorables fall out with each other in a sequence of fireworks displays of mutual loathing. But it'll be scant consolation for all the horrors...
November 13, 2024 at 9:51 PM
I expect there's some Schadenfreude to be had as Trump's deplorables fall out with each other in a sequence of fireworks displays of mutual loathing. But it'll be scant consolation for all the horrors...
I literally thought once the Tories were booted out we'd stop having these ludicrous "See it say it sorted" announcements at railway stations. Who's responsible for them? How do we get them to stop? I know there are more important things, but that's how naive an optimist I was...
November 13, 2024 at 1:53 PM
I literally thought once the Tories were booted out we'd stop having these ludicrous "See it say it sorted" announcements at railway stations. Who's responsible for them? How do we get them to stop? I know there are more important things, but that's how naive an optimist I was...
We all wish #LedByDonkeys' work had never been necessary.
But's needed now, more than ever
But's needed now, more than ever
TESLA = TRUMP
Last night, we visited Tesla’s European HQ in Amsterdam to tell the story of how one of the world’s richest people bought the ‘digital town square’, then used it to peddle disinformation and help push Donald Trump to victory. There are many reasons why Trump won the US election. But the use of vast oligarchic wealth, like Elon Musk’s, to change our media environment is a key part of the story. Trump’s victory could add 4bn tonnes of CO2 to US emissions by 2030. Despite owning an electric car company, Musk is now a dangerous impediment to climate action.
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2024 at 9:17 AM
We all wish #LedByDonkeys' work had never been necessary.
But's needed now, more than ever
But's needed now, more than ever