And a word or needing your glasses to look for the glasses that you have lost
July 29, 2026 at 9:42 AM
And a word or needing your glasses to look for the glasses that you have lost
Excellent thinking!
July 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Excellent thinking!
haven't checked all the references but her date of birth seems to vary depending on the case study age "needed" to be relevant to the story. In some she's nearly 80 then in a later piece she's 75 so presumably born around 1950. All very odd and disreputable
July 23, 2026 at 9:26 AM
haven't checked all the references but her date of birth seems to vary depending on the case study age "needed" to be relevant to the story. In some she's nearly 80 then in a later piece she's 75 so presumably born around 1950. All very odd and disreputable
Shocking. See also the exploits of the Chinese asset strippers buying up private schools to close them down and cash in on the property. What the hell have we done to education?
July 22, 2026 at 6:32 PM
Shocking. See also the exploits of the Chinese asset strippers buying up private schools to close them down and cash in on the property. What the hell have we done to education?
I fondly remember when University of London degrees granted by Polytechnics were thought to be not as good as degrees from "real" universities. This tale takes farming the teaching and admin of degree granters to a whole new level
July 22, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I fondly remember when University of London degrees granted by Polytechnics were thought to be not as good as degrees from "real" universities. This tale takes farming the teaching and admin of degree granters to a whole new level
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July 22, 2026 at 5:57 PM
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I obvs got the bowdlerised version. I don't have any recollection of any saucy stuff! Mind you, we never "got" any of the jokes in Shakespeare as they were cut out in our school edition or "explained" by our English teacher in some sort of spurious way
July 22, 2026 at 5:43 PM
I obvs got the bowdlerised version. I don't have any recollection of any saucy stuff! Mind you, we never "got" any of the jokes in Shakespeare as they were cut out in our school edition or "explained" by our English teacher in some sort of spurious way
I am absolutely livid with this woman. What a disgrace she is.
July 22, 2026 at 5:38 PM
I am absolutely livid with this woman. What a disgrace she is.
She's missed a trick not claiming appearance fees. Or she's fibbing about being hard up 😂
July 22, 2026 at 5:33 PM
She's missed a trick not claiming appearance fees. Or she's fibbing about being hard up 😂
Who'd a-thunk identical slop about idyllic villages only two hours from Manchester, traffic jams on the M6 and Coronation Street plots plastered uniformly across a zillion supposedly "local" titles wouldn't attract readers 🙄
July 22, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Who'd a-thunk identical slop about idyllic villages only two hours from Manchester, traffic jams on the M6 and Coronation Street plots plastered uniformly across a zillion supposedly "local" titles wouldn't attract readers 🙄
Golly, that is a rare move
July 12, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Golly, that is a rare move
The dinner ladies at the old Times canteen used to call that particular veg mango-touts. Still call them that in our house
July 10, 2026 at 8:34 AM
The dinner ladies at the old Times canteen used to call that particular veg mango-touts. Still call them that in our house
@municipaldreams.bsky.social good on this. Social housing designed for "society" including doctors and teachers, business owners, to live alongside their "clients", rather than today's model of ghettoes for the poor
July 5, 2026 at 8:08 AM
@municipaldreams.bsky.social good on this. Social housing designed for "society" including doctors and teachers, business owners, to live alongside their "clients", rather than today's model of ghettoes for the poor
Love the way southern people similarly argue "we can't have more [whatever] in the north because how could southern people get there to partake in it ?" while not bothering how northern people are supposed to / or indeed manage to partake in [whatever] if it's all in the south.
July 3, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Love the way southern people similarly argue "we can't have more [whatever] in the north because how could southern people get there to partake in it ?" while not bothering how northern people are supposed to / or indeed manage to partake in [whatever] if it's all in the south.
Not least because they'd get sacked when they turn 25? Like used to happen with older workers entitled to bigger company pension contributions when they turned 50 because they became too expensive
July 1, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Not least because they'd get sacked when they turn 25? Like used to happen with older workers entitled to bigger company pension contributions when they turned 50 because they became too expensive
But ... but ... it would be a good excuse to revive HS2 (properpy)
June 24, 2026 at 2:30 PM
But ... but ... it would be a good excuse to revive HS2 (properpy)
Blackley
Dukinfield
Heyrod (all in the Manchester area)
Peover (cheshire)
Dukinfield
Heyrod (all in the Manchester area)
Peover (cheshire)
June 24, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Blackley
Dukinfield
Heyrod (all in the Manchester area)
Peover (cheshire)
Dukinfield
Heyrod (all in the Manchester area)
Peover (cheshire)
cf measures on Renters Rights, leasehold reform, tax on private schools ad inf. Clueless. Absolute clusterfuck
June 15, 2026 at 9:23 AM
cf measures on Renters Rights, leasehold reform, tax on private schools ad inf. Clueless. Absolute clusterfuck
Reposted by Annie Shaw
Putting former Barclays bankers in charge of financial regulators usually ends in disaster.
Worth remembering the role of ex Barclays investment banker Sir Callum McCarthy, a man who didn't actually believe in financial regulation, as chair of the FSA from September 2003 to September 2008.
Worth remembering the role of ex Barclays investment banker Sir Callum McCarthy, a man who didn't actually believe in financial regulation, as chair of the FSA from September 2003 to September 2008.
![excerpt from Ian Fraser's Shredded: Inside RBS [NatWest] The Bank That Broke Britain, on former FSA chairman Sir Callum McCarthy.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:hkymayju75fztvcvalleli3a/bafkreibtivvn6xdaq6hn6yvuc5sp7znqchzdpl7vrh2bffi3r63k3cl4lm)
May 20, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Putting former Barclays bankers in charge of financial regulators usually ends in disaster.
Worth remembering the role of ex Barclays investment banker Sir Callum McCarthy, a man who didn't actually believe in financial regulation, as chair of the FSA from September 2003 to September 2008.
Worth remembering the role of ex Barclays investment banker Sir Callum McCarthy, a man who didn't actually believe in financial regulation, as chair of the FSA from September 2003 to September 2008.