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keynes
2026-07-17 18:21
Keynes Takes His Bow on Stage
According to The Sunday Times, London’s Theatre Royal Haymarket plans to debut The Standard of Living, a new play all about the British economist John Maynard Keynes. Sounds like fun for the whole family!
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defence
2026-07-16 19:40
Britain's Poor Track Record on Defence Spending.....
Politicians in Britain love to argue about defence spending, and the debate is usually, and oddly, about what percentage of GDP is the correct level - as if increasing from 2% to 2.5% is a magic bullet
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football
2026-07-15 17:29
England's Real National Sport Isn't Football—It's Remembering Football
People like to say football is England’s national sport, but, MAYBE this year aside, we've excelled more at remembering the game rather than playing it over the last 60 years. Every few years, another
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banks
2026-07-14 16:48
Is Britain Finally Warming Up to Stablecoins.. ?
The UK has talked for years about leading the world in financial technology, but its stance on cryptocurrency has felt stuck The Fintech Times reports that the Bank of England has recently released a draft
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runningproject
2026-07-13 20:05
Weeklyish Running Update...
In retrospect I think I had quite a tired week's running this week - I've been on a diet and the heat... and a trip to Paw Patrol World on Friday didn't help either! Anyway, I've still very much enjoyed
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life
2026-07-12 20:22
Would Banning Social Media for Under-16s Actually Make Kids Safer?
So Britain has decided to opt for a total social media ban for under 16s.... One glaring sticking point to all of this is that anyone who is over 16 is probably going to have to upload some sort of official
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life
2026-07-11 17:28
Summer Steps...
So having decided that it's totally irrational to aim for a 10K a day step count i've gotten back into it again, clocking up a 67 day streak so far.... STREAKING makes no sense, as in streaking of the
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palantir
2026-07-10 17:01
Is Ideology Blocking Progress in Healthcare..?
Talking about the NHS can drive anyone up the wall, mostly because the conversation always turns political before anyone even asks the obvious: what actually helps people get better care? Camilla Cavendish
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uk
2026-07-09 17:06
The Cost of Britain's High Electricity Prices...
Britain’s high electricity prices are turning into a real problem for its manufacturers. Energy here just costs a lot more than it does for competitors overseas. The Guardian recently pointed out how bad
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tech
2026-07-08 19:54
The Innovation Paradox: Why Better Technology Doesn’t Always Mean We Use Less
We tend to think that New Tech means using less energy, at least if we're swapping like for like - such as with using LED bulbs compared to the old bulb-bulbs - I mean a few watts compared to 60....it
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cakes
2026-07-07 17:36
Britain's Cake Shed Regulation Gone Mad....
I do love an honesty box and a few jars of jam or boxes of eggs, or plants, or whatever, outside someone's house on a rickety old table, sometimes you even see baked goods for sale, and there's something
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uk
2026-07-06 17:10
As Safe as Houses...?
Britain’s housebuilders used to be about as safe a bet as you could find on the stock market. An apparent chronic housing shortage and every government promising to build more homes meant demand always
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runningproject
2026-07-05 15:19
Weekly ish running update...
I managed four runs in the last week! Sunday's Run Longer - just! Headed out on Sunday for a nice gentle slightly longer than usual run, at 7.2K - a slightly different route along back roads and another
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neoxian
2026-07-04 22:06
How a Viral Disaster Got Stopped in Its Tracks
Most people never notice when public health actually works. We only really hear about it in the news when it goes wrong.... if people start dying from this new disease and if hospitals start to overflow,
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profit
2026-07-03 19:08
Profit Isn’t a Dirty Word—But It Isn’t Everything, Either
It's a standard of leftist newspapers: when a company posts record profits it gets lambasted, usually contrasted with the struggles of ordinary people feeling the pinch. But many people have a pretty warped
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cent
2026-07-02 20:11
The Laffer Curve Returns
The Laffer Curve describes the sweet-spot with the tax rate where the government maximises revenue without creating too much of a disincentive for people to invest... Too low a tax rate and the government
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hpud
2026-07-01 17:17
Happy June HPUD... Another 25K Hive Powered Up This Month...
So it's still bleak out there, BTC going lower, Hive dancing around that $0.05 cent mark.... But I've just been selling off my HBDs and buying some more Hive. Another 25K or so added in the last month!
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foootball
2026-06-30 20:20
How the Premier League Became One of Britain's Greatest Exports
The UK economy is struggling in many respects, but the Premier League is a real success story.... it is one of Britain’s biggest cultural and commercial hits. Premier League games reach people everywhere,
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ai
2026-06-29 20:10
Do Americans Really Despise AI...?
There’s a line in Michelle Goldberg’s New York Times piece that sums up what plenty of people in Silicon Valley still refuse to admit: more and more Americans aren’t just uneasy about AI they’re sick of
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uk
2026-06-28 14:37
Late June Allotment Update - Full Bloom
Oh man it's looking good down the allotment this June... We are harvesting lettuce, broad beans and baby courgettes and soon we'll have tomatoes too! Sunflowers and corn Getting there! Brocoli... The good
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