Andrew Wilson
@andrewjwilson76.bsky.social
Suffolk, originally from the USA. Anglo 🇬🇧American 🇺🇸| Geography | Housing | Leadership | Organisational improvement | School Governor | MBA mentor and coach | Fellow @theRSAorg ...and drummer
Latecomer to this...and I have absolutely loved it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Colin from Accounts: a show so fearless and hilarious that I want to get a tattoo of it
It’s deliciously satirical, fizzes with electric chemistry – and it’s snortingly funny too. If you haven’t watched the worst named show on TV yet, do so. Right now!
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September 19, 2026 at 9:11 AM
Latecomer to this...and I have absolutely loved it. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Apparently, the name changes depending on where you are viewing it. Idiotic, from Google. Stop pandering. Changing labels does not change the true nature of something...it stems from an Iroquoian word. Let's not indulge crayons!
August 30, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Apparently, the name changes depending on where you are viewing it. Idiotic, from Google. Stop pandering. Changing labels does not change the true nature of something...it stems from an Iroquoian word. Let's not indulge crayons!
...why, and who wants this? Some fundamental questions about AI in general and data centres in particular.
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BBC Radio 4 Today (@BBCr4today) on X
"You're telling me now that I have to have a robot in my kitchen and I have to use AI in my job to train it so it can replace me."
Harvard historian Jill Lepore predicts that people will rebel agains...
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August 24, 2026 at 11:48 AM
...why, and who wants this? Some fundamental questions about AI in general and data centres in particular.
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...sticking around after the partial eclipse and watch this year's Perseid meteor shower (keep a look out between Midnight into the early hours...and if lucky you'll see around 100 shooting stars per hour) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Perseid meteor shower reaches peak: When and where to catch a glimpse
On Wednesday night the Perseids will peak offering the best chance of seeing a 'shooting star'.
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August 11, 2026 at 7:50 PM
...sticking around after the partial eclipse and watch this year's Perseid meteor shower (keep a look out between Midnight into the early hours...and if lucky you'll see around 100 shooting stars per hour) www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Proves to be an excellent litmus test of what a 'good decision' looks like. Trump says 'terrible mistake = opt for that one ✅. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Donald Trump says it would be a ‘terrible mistake’ to replace Fifa’s Gianni Infantino
US president Donald Trump has warned Fifa would be making a ‘terrible mistake’ if they get rid of Gianni Infantino as the head of world football’s governing body
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August 11, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Proves to be an excellent litmus test of what a 'good decision' looks like. Trump says 'terrible mistake = opt for that one ✅. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Some great ideas (No direct debit hikes when your account is in credit, cut sneaky skrinkflation, force company homepages with their ☎️ number
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August 10, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some great ideas (No direct debit hikes when your account is in credit, cut sneaky skrinkflation, force company homepages with their ☎️ number
www.theguardian.com/money/2026/a...
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...this is wonderful. Remember it from the first time around. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Screen Two - East of Ipswich
Michael Palin's nostalgic comedy about a family holiday at a Suffolk seaside resort as Richard Burrill, a 17-year-old, is reluctantly dragged to Southwold with his parents.
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July 30, 2026 at 7:35 PM
...this is wonderful. Remember it from the first time around. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
This feels like a punch in the stomach...I've seen him play live and absolutely adore the film 'Once'. A joyous film. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Glen Hansard: Oscar-winning songwriter killed in crash
Hansard, who was 56, won the best song Oscar for the 2007 low-budget musical film Once.
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July 29, 2026 at 11:38 AM
This feels like a punch in the stomach...I've seen him play live and absolutely adore the film 'Once'. A joyous film. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fiddling while Rome burns. Saddeningly, this is turning into a tawdry celebration. My parents took me to the bicentenary celebrations, hosted in the Greenwich Maritime Museum in 1976. A truly celebratory affair. Wish we could return to that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Donald Trump hijacked America’s 250 and turned it into a ‘theatre of the absurd’
Trump, laying siege to freedoms and truth itself, is twisting America’s milestone birthday into a joyless occasion
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June 29, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Fiddling while Rome burns. Saddeningly, this is turning into a tawdry celebration. My parents took me to the bicentenary celebrations, hosted in the Greenwich Maritime Museum in 1976. A truly celebratory affair. Wish we could return to that. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
Friday's Hayley Williams gig at the Roundhouse was even better than this four ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review. Superb www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Hayley Williams review – punk and R&B expertly intertwine on first solo tour for Paramore star
In her first European jaunt outside of her headbanging band, the singer uses humour to turn angsty songs into rowdy collective catharsis
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June 22, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Friday's Hayley Williams gig at the Roundhouse was even better than this four ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️review. Superb www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...
Good. The desperation to stop the removal at the eleventh hour is...desperate. The speed of the changes and the slowness of the 'correction', in this and other examples, often feel out of kilter. Fortunately, the tortoise won again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Workers remove Trump’s name from Kennedy Center after court rulings
In the dead of night, behind a screen, the president’s name was purged from the facade of the Washington building
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June 13, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Good. The desperation to stop the removal at the eleventh hour is...desperate. The speed of the changes and the slowness of the 'correction', in this and other examples, often feel out of kilter. Fortunately, the tortoise won again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The idiom "shooting for the moon" shifts to aiming to be better than average. New advice explores the difference between ambition and achievement. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Don’t shoot for the moon: aiming for ‘above average’ is key to success, maths suggests
Model created by researchers shows better outcomes are often more likely when people are not too ambitious
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May 29, 2026 at 1:26 PM
The idiom "shooting for the moon" shifts to aiming to be better than average. New advice explores the difference between ambition and achievement. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
An inspired luxury from Emily Watson on Desert Island Discs...The Tate Modern. It's got me rethinking what my choice would be.
May 29, 2026 at 9:02 AM
An inspired luxury from Emily Watson on Desert Island Discs...The Tate Modern. It's got me rethinking what my choice would be.
One more half of commentary (Red Roses v France) to go and then retirement for Brian Moore. Superb over the years, insightful, funny, and shares his annoyance when someone does something stupid (classics tended to be around England kicking aimlessly) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
Brian Moore: Rugby commentary legend to hang up microphone
Former England hooker Brian Moore will end his broadcast commentary career after working on England's Women's Six Nations decider against France on Sunday.
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May 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
One more half of commentary (Red Roses v France) to go and then retirement for Brian Moore. Superb over the years, insightful, funny, and shares his annoyance when someone does something stupid (classics tended to be around England kicking aimlessly) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...
A good decision is not necessarily one that works out well. It is one where the right questions were asked, a genuine range of options was considered, and the reasoning was made explicit. My piece on the five habits that change the way you think. murmurationconsultancy.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/n...
No one goes to work with the intention of making a poor decision.
Why good people keep making bad decisions: the uncomfortable science of how we decide We all make thousands of decisions every week, formed from a combination of rigour of thought, professional jud…
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May 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
A good decision is not necessarily one that works out well. It is one where the right questions were asked, a genuine range of options was considered, and the reasoning was made explicit. My piece on the five habits that change the way you think. murmurationconsultancy.wordpress.com/2026/05/12/n...
🤔...when you know two of the dawn airport drinkers featured in this article (Rachel and Michelle) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Dawn airport drinkers call out Ryanair boss on proposal to ban ‘holiday ritual’
Stansted passengers disagree that stopping airports serving alcohol before early flights will reduce bad behaviour
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May 7, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🤔...when you know two of the dawn airport drinkers featured in this article (Rachel and Michelle) www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Congratulations Ipswich Town FC...impressive.
May 2, 2026 at 3:47 PM
Congratulations Ipswich Town FC...impressive.
'Whisper it quietly'...the Sun, Telegraph, and Spectator are snollygoster publications (this will become clear in their 'whisper it quietly observations' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Behold, another second coming. But this one is Donald Trump – WAY BETTER than that Jesus guy | Marina Hyde
The Middle East on fire, a spat with the pope – and he posts himself as Potus Almighty. Will his disciples now see that their messiah has feet of clay, asks Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
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April 15, 2026 at 9:17 PM
'Whisper it quietly'...the Sun, Telegraph, and Spectator are snollygoster publications (this will become clear in their 'whisper it quietly observations' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why? Political leader election panels rarely work... painful to listen to (hectoring each speaker), insufficient time to obtain a meaningful view as to what they are saying, jockeying for attention and a sound bite + disengaging. Change the format.
April 14, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Why? Political leader election panels rarely work... painful to listen to (hectoring each speaker), insufficient time to obtain a meaningful view as to what they are saying, jockeying for attention and a sound bite + disengaging. Change the format.
It's a strong line...for chaos it has been. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...
Sánchez to Trump: Spain won’t ‘applaud those who set the world on fire just because they then show up with a bucket’
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has emerged as one of the European Union's leading critics of U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.
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April 8, 2026 at 4:34 PM
It's a strong line...for chaos it has been. www.cnbc.com/2026/04/08/s...
...funny when you're thinking of someone, and then their name is mentioned during the Winter Olympics coverage of Women's Figure Skating. Peggy Fleming, US Olympic gold medalist. I went to see her in Ice Capades as a child. A remarkable skater
February 19, 2026 at 9:54 PM
...funny when you're thinking of someone, and then their name is mentioned during the Winter Olympics coverage of Women's Figure Skating. Peggy Fleming, US Olympic gold medalist. I went to see her in Ice Capades as a child. A remarkable skater
Women's Olympic Ice Hockey final...and what a final it proved to be. Another clincher in extra time, and an event made all the better by the quality of the BBC commentary team, Kent Simpson and Seth Bennett. 👏
February 19, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Women's Olympic Ice Hockey final...and what a final it proved to be. Another clincher in extra time, and an event made all the better by the quality of the BBC commentary team, Kent Simpson and Seth Bennett. 👏
The story behind J Botn's run-up to the Olympics and then winning 🥇in the 20km individual byathlon is incredible. Having found a friend and teammate had died in his hotel room during a training camp...he stopped skiing, uncertain of returning www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
Winter Olympics 2026: Norwegian biathlete Johan-Olav Botn triumphs in men’s 20km individual
Norwegian biathlete Johan-Olav Botn shot perfectly and skied out of his skin on the final lap of the course to claim the men’s 20km individual crown at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 on ...
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February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
The story behind J Botn's run-up to the Olympics and then winning 🥇in the 20km individual byathlon is incredible. Having found a friend and teammate had died in his hotel room during a training camp...he stopped skiing, uncertain of returning www.olympics.com/en/milano-co...
Whistleblowing, the instrument of protest. *And 'no', it is not a violent weapon. A suggestion born of idiocy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Whistle becomes key tool in protests against Trump’s ICE crackdown
Protesters have been blowing whistles to alert people to agents’ presence – and that has upset figures on the right
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February 9, 2026 at 10:23 PM
Whistleblowing, the instrument of protest. *And 'no', it is not a violent weapon. A suggestion born of idiocy www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...