I've launched a petition to abolish the Downs Act 1861 which gives the Society of Merchant Venturers a share of the management of the Downs. The management of parks and public spaces should be down to the people and their elected representatives, not wealthy business elites. chng.it/DsNWNdhrnV
Abolish the Clifton and Durdham Downs (Bristol) Act, 1861 to Curtail Wealthy Elites' Power
A book must be an axe for the frozen sea within us - Kafka. (My cartoon for today’s Guardian books.)
Shortbread: the platonic ideal of a biscuit, one of the finest achievements of the Scottish Enlightenment .
Like many things in the UK it's only imagined to be a problem because there's a whole class of people who seem to think the median wage is like £100k a year and therefore objectively very well-paid national elected officials are actually somehow subjected to punishing financial hardship
Restoring trust in polarised times: Immigration in the new parliament Be the first to read British Future's latest deep dive into immigration attitudes after the General Election, with latest wave of our Ipsos migration attitudes tracking project, 2015-2024 www.britishfuture.org/publication/...
Signal boosting a post from one of my friends on Another Site, bc I know there may be some interested parties here. I'm happy to connect you if so. #computersky#computinghistory
Glaswegians don’t waste a second to give things a nickname. It’s not even on Google Maps, but we’ve got the Squiggly, Squinty, and now Swivelly to complete the trifecta of bridges.
It’s nice to flex the old reporting muscles to work out what the real story is here (school was running at 70 per cent capacity, the small Christian trust that runs it is losing money), but sort of feel like the BBC reporter should have done it instead.
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