William Wright
@williamw1.bsky.social
Founder of think tank New Financial. Bigger & better capital markets in Europe. ‘Top City wonk’ - CityAM. Expert on the decline of ties - Daily Mail
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm good.
I'm good.
November 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
You’ve been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who’s coming to save you?
I'm good.
I'm good.
A real window on the past… I did some research with my son for a school history project, and we found this in the London Gazette on how my grandfather earned his Military Cross in October 1918.
November 13, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A real window on the past… I did some research with my son for a school history project, and we found this in the London Gazette on how my grandfather earned his Military Cross in October 1918.
It’s marvellous that in his memo to the BBC board on his concerns over bias and inaccuracy, Michael Prescott appears to have accidentally been inaccurate in claiming that he ‘served as the political editor of The Sunday Times for 10 years’ when he didn’t archive.ph/mJIsB
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
It’s marvellous that in his memo to the BBC board on his concerns over bias and inaccuracy, Michael Prescott appears to have accidentally been inaccurate in claiming that he ‘served as the political editor of The Sunday Times for 10 years’ when he didn’t archive.ph/mJIsB
Remembering my father and the father he never knew
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Remembering my father and the father he never knew
Watching Taskmaster and my wife said Maisie Adam looks like Ryan Gosling and now I can’t unsee it
October 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Watching Taskmaster and my wife said Maisie Adam looks like Ryan Gosling and now I can’t unsee it
I forgot that Stride is an occasional tour guide. So is that guy whose wife became Archbishop of Canterbury today…
October 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I forgot that Stride is an occasional tour guide. So is that guy whose wife became Archbishop of Canterbury today…
drink.drink.drink is in the middle of the Bering Sea...
September 24, 2025 at 12:28 PM
drink.drink.drink is in the middle of the Bering Sea...
This is why we can’t have nice things:
on.ft.com/3IqUDJm UK households prefer cash, as they plough record sums into Isas
on.ft.com/3IqUDJm UK households prefer cash, as they plough record sums into Isas
September 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
This is why we can’t have nice things:
on.ft.com/3IqUDJm UK households prefer cash, as they plough record sums into Isas
on.ft.com/3IqUDJm UK households prefer cash, as they plough record sums into Isas
It underlines that the relentless outflows from retail UK equities funds over the past year are perhaps yesterday's story, and helps explain the big inflows into UK equities from US investors this year (h/t @duncanlamont2.bsky.social)
September 2, 2025 at 9:00 AM
It underlines that the relentless outflows from retail UK equities funds over the past year are perhaps yesterday's story, and helps explain the big inflows into UK equities from US investors this year (h/t @duncanlamont2.bsky.social)
I spotted a painted roundabout for the first time out in the wild over the weekend driving through Edenbridge in Kent. In other news, here's what the population of Edenbridge looks like:
September 1, 2025 at 8:31 AM
I spotted a painted roundabout for the first time out in the wild over the weekend driving through Edenbridge in Kent. In other news, here's what the population of Edenbridge looks like:
Going in with some chicken of the woods…
August 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Going in with some chicken of the woods…
This reminded me of the eye-popping survey that Dan Neidle conducted last year: over 20% of people thought spending on MPs' expenses was one of the top three things that government spends money on...
August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
This reminded me of the eye-popping survey that Dan Neidle conducted last year: over 20% of people thought spending on MPs' expenses was one of the top three things that government spends money on...
Something cheerful for the weekend www.ft.com/content/a76f...
August 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Something cheerful for the weekend www.ft.com/content/a76f...
Editor: ‘Who shall we put on the story about the riots?’
News editor: ‘Leave it with me…’
News editor: ‘Leave it with me…’
July 29, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Editor: ‘Who shall we put on the story about the riots?’
News editor: ‘Leave it with me…’
News editor: ‘Leave it with me…’
One of those graves is that of my own grandfather, Cecil Walter Wright, who fought in northern France in both world wars, was evacuated at Dunkirk, and was killed in 1942. My father was 10 months old when his Dad died www.cwgc.org/find-records...
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
One of those graves is that of my own grandfather, Cecil Walter Wright, who fought in northern France in both world wars, was evacuated at Dunkirk, and was killed in 1942. My father was 10 months old when his Dad died www.cwgc.org/find-records...
On 17 June 1940, a few weeks after Dunkirk, a ship called the Lancastria was evacuating more than 6,500 troops from the British Expeditionary Force from St Nazaire, about 100 miles north of Ile de Ré, as part of Operation Aerial. But...
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On 17 June 1940, a few weeks after Dunkirk, a ship called the Lancastria was evacuating more than 6,500 troops from the British Expeditionary Force from St Nazaire, about 100 miles north of Ile de Ré, as part of Operation Aerial. But...
There are five Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery in La Couarde, four of which have the same date of death: 17 June 1940. So what happened that day? www.cwgc.org/find-records...
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There are five Commonwealth War Graves in the cemetery in La Couarde, four of which have the same date of death: 17 June 1940. So what happened that day? www.cwgc.org/find-records...
On holiday on Ile de Ré (in the Bay of Biscay about halfway down France) and saw this sign in the local village saying that there are Commonwealth War Graves in the local cemetery. Odd, I thought, given that there was no active fighting anywhere near here in WW1 or WW2. So a quick thread...
July 27, 2025 at 2:17 PM
On holiday on Ile de Ré (in the Bay of Biscay about halfway down France) and saw this sign in the local village saying that there are Commonwealth War Graves in the local cemetery. Odd, I thought, given that there was no active fighting anywhere near here in WW1 or WW2. So a quick thread...
It's only a year, but when was the last time that the S&P 500 underperformed the FTSE 100, Dax and Stoxx Europe 600 in USD, EUR, and GBP terms over 12 months...? 2008? 2009? Earlier?
July 18, 2025 at 5:33 PM
It's only a year, but when was the last time that the S&P 500 underperformed the FTSE 100, Dax and Stoxx Europe 600 in USD, EUR, and GBP terms over 12 months...? 2008? 2009? Earlier?
‘Daddy, I think Ben Stokes is probably the best player in the world’. What a day with the small humans at Lord’s. Scorching hot but nail biting cricket.
July 13, 2025 at 7:24 PM
‘Daddy, I think Ben Stokes is probably the best player in the world’. What a day with the small humans at Lord’s. Scorching hot but nail biting cricket.
On the other hand, this is what proper summer weather looks like
July 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
On the other hand, this is what proper summer weather looks like
What a coincidence. I bumped into the Reform MPs’ team-building offsite
July 6, 2025 at 3:57 PM
What a coincidence. I bumped into the Reform MPs’ team-building offsite
I'm old enough to remember when Santander was considering pulling out of UK retail banking ... all of six months ago.
July 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
I'm old enough to remember when Santander was considering pulling out of UK retail banking ... all of six months ago.
At the end of a very long day listened to Changesonebowie at full blast on the way home. Strong recommend. His output from 1972 to 1975 was just extraordinary.
June 27, 2025 at 9:09 PM
At the end of a very long day listened to Changesonebowie at full blast on the way home. Strong recommend. His output from 1972 to 1975 was just extraordinary.