Phil Leivesley

Chris - loved the BookKeeper article on Manchester United. It was detailed without being dry and really well written. Looking forward to more articles!

If you’re still wearing your paper cracker hat, I doff my paper hat to you.

I’ve just watched the #Undisputed documentary on @netflix.com. Wow, what a sensational hour of television. Two great fighters, two great stories.

UK inflation rises to 2.6% Increase in consumer prices index solidifies expectations that the Bank of England will keep interest rates unchanged on Thursday

As expected, UK inflation rises for the second consecutive month, to 2.6%. Any chance of a further cut to the Bank of England Base Rate tomorrow has now disappeared, although markets still expect 3-4 quarter point reductions throughout 2025.

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Are they playing or commentating?

Bruges is such a beautiful city. Here’s some #photography from a part of the city that probably isn’t photographed a lot. Shot on my Canon EOS R50.

Travelling is great until you want a nice cup of tea. Glass mug of hot water, tea bag on the side and hot milk, every time. 😭

Have just finished reading The Art of Explaination by @rosatkins.bsky.social.

This is a sensational book packed with great tips on how to communicate more effectively and meaningfully. If you like Ros’ peerless explainer videos, you’ll like this book.

Your friend Lee has more than a passing resemblance to Jason Bateman.

@jay.bsky.team ⬆️

The more I think about this the better idea I think it is. A monthly subscription to @thetimes.com is ~£30, but if I also got, @bloomberg.com, @wsj.com, @theindependent.bsky.social etc, this would be great for me, and the media orgs would get revenue from users who would likely not subscribe direct.

Have a free model with ads, and an additional ‘premium’ subscription service (£10-£20 per month) without ads, but which allows users to access paywalled articles for free from the media outlets who post here. That works for users, media orgs, journalists, advertisers and Bluesky.

Some great tips here. But it bears repeating that there is no central credit score which will determine your fate on an application for any piece of credit. Very rarely - but still sometimes - someone with a great score on Experian/Equifax will fail. Usually for a reason detailed in this video.

James Howells is a good index to measure the value of BTC.

Glad you’re here Sahil. Loved your stuff on Twitter/X but when I unfollowed the people I was following there, there was hardly anyone left posting, so I deactivated. I don’t suppose you know, or could get Tim Urban and Ed Elson over here?

I think, because we’re at the top of the hype cycle, a lot of people in business particularly will say, “we should use AI” as a very broad statement rather than deciding what to use it for.

Tell me a headline writer somewhere has gone with: Belgian sex workers get a happy ending.

An oldie, but I like this.

Family on a bench in Richmond Park, admiring the view. #photography #canonR50

Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. #greggwallace #eggwallace

Just at the Excel watching my girlfriend do #Hyrox. Such an unbelievable atmosphere and very inspiring. But I do love cake…

That’s a great photo Jim.

Parliament has been the place of some shameful behaviour from time to time, but it’s heartening to see respectful and healthy debate on the ‘Assisted Dying Bill’ and this is a great advert for our parliamentary democracy. I have buckets of admiration for Kim Leadbeater for bringing this bill.

Q&As these days are full of long self-indulgent monologues that are followed by a question which asks the expert to validate how clever the questioner is. And this is a fantastic example of that. When you begin asking a question your seat should quickly heat up until you get to the end.

I’ve deactivated my X account now, so how do I tell South Western Rail that their service has been pretty useless recently? Do I have to make a banner?

It’s a good idea until you ask for a negroni and your Time Adjusted Cabin Crew reminds you it’s 8am in your future time zone.

Apart from this one.

Was about to post “is this what YouGov actually DO?” but then felt immediate horror on the Die Hard numbers and complete incredulity to the 8% of people who do not believe that Home Alone is a Christmas film.

But Peter Drury has got a dozen Shakespearean ‘The _____ One’ versions he can scream down my ears when something semi-exciting happens.

Two’s company, tree’s a crowd.

#autumn #photography

It’s FIFTEEN blummin’ degrees outside. I must have slept through winter.