Owen Garling

Out on remand-y Andy

What's the punishment for the "it's more of a comment than a question" crew?

Reminds me of a director I used to work with who would use this as a starting riff for workshops on those cold, wet mornings when no-one wanted to be there.

Putting the new @productivity.bsky.social data tool straight to work to see what the six capitals look like across East Anglia.

The King's Lynn duty solicitor panel were a rum old bunch when I worked at the Legal Aid board back in the olden days.

I always thought North Norfolk Radio was a commercial station.

Capturing the broader benefits of wind in shadow prices for macroeconomic metrics - ESCoE This blog explains why valuing wind is complex and why current methods may not accurately capture its contribution to social welfare.

How much is wind really worth? 🌬️

Julia Wdowin (@bennettschool.cam.ac.uk) explores how shadow prices reveal wind’s wider social value beyond National Accounts and why it matters for policy.

Read more: tinyurl.com/b8bw56hz

Cracker.

Yorkshire dales lead mining industry, Cornish tin, iron in the Sussex weald. The list goes on.

With all the growth around Cambridge, I'm also struck by the number of settlements the pre-development archaeology is turning up. We've always been a crowded little island with places rising and falling.

Starmer appoints Antonia Romeo as head of UK civil service Dame Antonia will be the first woman to hold the post and replaces Sir Chris Wormald as the UK's top civil servant.

That's the ear-worm for the day sorted then.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2wU...

I need to write a follow up piece looking at other places that were left economically stranded, like the East Anglian wool towns.

Funky new tool from @productivity.bsky.social: a capitals dashboard for local authority areas.

lab.productivity.ac.uk/tools/invest...

It has been tried.

bsky.app/profile/ojga...

What can you do to turn around isolated towns that have lost their main industry?
Some good discussion on here this morning I thought, I’m catching up.

Imo the answer is the same for any other place: focus as much as you can on the assets you do have.
Easier said than done, but better than nothing…

A picture of a ginger and white cocker spaniel sitting on a green and pink sofa.

It's been a year to the day since we had to say goodbye to this big fellow.

The Republic of Ireland is often hailed as an economic success story.

But as Natalie Morningstar @fitzwilliamcollege.bsky.social argues, it’s also a case study in the political risks of growth — and how dominant economic metrics can seriously distort reality.

Blog: bit.ly/4rWyeEP

A capability-approach perspective on regional development We argue for a broader and more deliberative regional policymaking process that can be used to better identify the needs of diverse left-behind communities and develop appropriate policies. We argu...

Back (again) to @mariaabreu.bsky.social, @calvjones.bsky.social and Flavio Comim's @regstud.bsky.social article on a capability-approach perspective on regional development.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Funky new tool from @productivity.bsky.social: a capitals dashboard for local authority areas.

lab.productivity.ac.uk/tools/invest...

There's a family story of my grandfather's trouser button popping off early one morning. His mum grabbed him and sewed it back on in situ.

It wasn't until later that he realised she'd sewn his trousers to his vest and so there was no way of gaining access when needed.

Durham’s ‘Category D’ villages - Bennett School of Public Policy As government decides where to distribute the Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up funds, Owen Garling recommends places should be considered as more than just units of economic production.

Just re-sharing something I wrote on Durham's Category D villages.

Touches on similar territory to today's BBC piece on Horden.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/categor...

Durham’s ‘Category D’ villages - Bennett School of Public Policy As government decides where to distribute the Shared Prosperity and Levelling Up funds, Owen Garling recommends places should be considered as more than just units of economic production.

Just re-sharing something I wrote on Durham's Category D villages.

Touches on similar territory to today's BBC piece on Horden.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

www.bennettinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog/categor...

Compulsory poppy wearing.

A long exposure photo of the river Cam at the millpond. The river level is high.

River's up.

Norfolk is sensationally WITHDRAWN from devolution process as election row deepens The leader of Norfolk County Council has sensationally withdrawn the authority from the government's flagship devolution process as the crisis…

Norfolk enchants for devolution.

www.edp24.co.uk/news/2586156...

A long exposure photo of the river Cam at the millpond. The river level is high.

River's up.

Has anything been written about the long-term economic impact of the '96 IRA bombing of Manchester city centre?

Along with everything else that's gone on over the last three decades, did it act as a stimulus for growth?

Horrid, isn't it?

There was a trend a few years to add a rubberised coating to speakers, lights etc. Problem is they're all turning sticky now. Anyone got any sensible hacks?

The only redeeming thing about this dreadful weather is it's perfect for making a big pot of beetroot soup.

#UKSnow CB22 0.5/10