Ancient Guardian person - retired 5 years & living happily ever after. Please buy 'The English Village' ,'True North' & 'Coast to Coast Walk' for all birthdays
A magic hamlet by Oxford canal
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Saudi Arabia only legalised cinemas three years ago. Now it's trying to build a movie industry. For our Christmas issue, I went to the desert to see how it's getting on economist.com/books-and-arts…
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This Uber ruling reminds me I’ve been on a “fixed freelance” contract at the Guardian since 2012... 🤔
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The Guardian says it’s the Conservatives’ fault for being soft on unscrupulous employers like the Guardian
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Late to the party and all, but am a mere three chapters into @t_wainwright's outstanding Narconomics and it's already taught me more on embedded late stage capitalism than most public ed pathways and media. Shoutout to Tom for this wondrous project penguin.co.uk/books/110/1108…
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This is why #bobptd makes no sense. Even if this deal is passed, we can expect a *lot* more Brexit talk
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Welcome to Manc-hattan: how the city sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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Backstop becomes a frontstop. Great concise analysis by @JohnGPeet at the summit
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Enjoying ‘Narconomics’ by @t_wainwright on the train home after a long day in Parliament. 💀
Laying bare the the failings of successive UK and US governments and their ignorance to the economic boost legalisation can provide.
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No better time for everyone to buy @entschwindet's excoriating book on Boris Johnson's legacy as Mayor of London, unpicking his dodgy deals and failed vanity projects one by iniquitous one... theguardian.com/books/2017/s…
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Me discussing my own Brexit-induced insanity, with vox pops from the good people of Meriden (you can hear the growl as one sets her Yorkshire Terrier on me)
Three years on, it’s clear Brexit has driven Britons a bit batty. On “The Intelligence” @t_wainwright looks into the societal divides exposed by the vote econ.st/2NnP1mb
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Three years ago today Britain woke up to a big surprise. My piece this week looks at how Brexit has changed the British economist.com/briefing/2019/…
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Another (ANOTHER) Brexit cover this week. To think that when I signed up for this job I was expecting no more than a bit of light chaos under Ed Miliband
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We just finished the syllabus for our interdisciplinary class, History & Globalization of the Drug Trade. We'll read Courtwright's Forces of Habit & @t_wainwright Narconomics. Still time to sign up for spring 2019 classes! @ualrhistory @UALR
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If you voted for Corbyn because he promised to listen to members, today's speech shows you've been had economist.com/leaders/2019/0…
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just had the director of london zoo in the shop. we gave him a free tote and he doffed his cap politely, revealing - imagine our surprise! - a tiny marmot squatting on his head. "marmot's day out" he winked
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Well worth reading this short piece on how other EU countries bend the rules on free movement - and how Britain could too if it wanted to economist.com/britain/2018/0…
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A New Politics From the Left by Hilary Wainwright @hilarypepper urges power to the people through a non-Statist socialism from the bottom up, based on participatory democracy & cooperative collaboration, not top down diktat & paternalism. @OwenJones84
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Design critic @ollywainwright takes us through some incredible images of #Pyongyang, North Korea. Hear more about the city’s surprising and colourful design aesthetic 🔊 cbc.ca/1.4773340
