Mark Hilton

Epstein Family Values • EQUATOR The billionaire patriarchs of the American far-right want to rule an economy of masters and servants

Fascinating piece by Melinda Cooper connecting Silicon Valley pronatalism, the household economies of billionaire compounds, and the Epstein case to argue for an emerging “master-and-servant” political economy. www.equator.org/articles/eps...

Gary Lineker - hegemonic change

Well with the rise of so called Positive Public Policy I would agree.

Not in Hartlepool.... - although the Indian on the Marina is open 15.95 2 courses and a drink - anyway fear not I am utilising your work with M Cooper in a paper and a seminar I am doing soon - putting the P (power) back into UK Public Policy research. I like your work.

It is my job to articulate it but essentially - yes. When there are no people on the streets at 9am or 5pm and everything shuts on a Monday - you know you have problems

I am doing fieldwork in Hartlepool - suggest you get out of your London bubble. Not sure the label Gen X/ Boomer is something you would find there or appropriate. Social Infrastructure crucial in developing communities

William Davies · Anticipatory Anxiety: Generation Anxiety To be young today is to face the future – the planet’s as well as one’s own – at a time when social safety nets...

But reckoning with that means protecting and investing in spaces for kids to hang out unsupervised outside of the home and school, which hasn't been happening (as I discussed in my review of his book here www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4... )

Are you going to tell us?.

Conduct of conduct destroyed?

There needs to be a populist policy for these things. Raging bourgeois man syndrome......

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

Such a wonderful triumph for medical science www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Dickie Bird obituary One of the world’s finest cricket umpires who became a popular celebrity known for his comic anecdotes and quirky ways

Privileged to have written Dickie Bird’s obituary for The Guardian. An eccentric innocent treasured by so many. Every time I met him it was an invitation to rediscover my inner child.

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You are so so 2024........

Win the toss - bowl - win the match feel to next couple of days with DLS around the premises

Placing a lot of emphasis on civil society organisations in this Gramscian 'war of position'. You forget you are dealing with a national government that does not seem to be able articulate any sense of vision let alone get involved with alliances of civil society organisations.

yeah sorry Blue Sapphire - looks nice and 6 minute walk to beach so that is fine. Will do if hotel turns out to be a dud. Cheers

I have booked to go to Bentota for 25 days over Xmas and New Year. 3k for direct flights and accommodation - I think that is a good deal?. Hotel I am staying at Royal Sapphire only built last year and has only 10 rooms - I hope you resort recommendations are correct!

Balderson not Bohannon! - always nice to turn Somerset over!

Take your point to an extent but they only bowl 77 overs on average a day. More to it than that and this test has been relatively sedate

Lords and Wimbledon - strangely heritage UK but oddly very modern.

Stick to league cricket - it is more fun and less hassle.

..the rise of nationalist and exclusionary rhetoric in British political discourse ... the quiet normalisation of racism and jingoism . ...challenge these narratives and defend a more inclusive, honest understanding of national identity

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Gilcrest is very injury prone. Made of glass

Compton is a very good player. He gets important runs when a teams needs them - if I was Somerset I would go all out to sign him.

Lazy journalism or lazy editor - he plays for Lancs and has done for 5 years!

My daughter was admitted to intensive care yesterday. Thankfully starting to improve - but having been here for a significant slice of the last 24 hours it makes me realise how lucky we are to have a such a dedicated multicultural NHS workforce - we need to cherish such diversity not destroy it.

Skills England can pull FE out of the policy shadows By Mark Hilton, Postgraduate Researcher and Teacher University of Bristol One of the most difficult aspects of managing and delivering outcomes in FE…

Have a read of my AOC blog on Skills England and Public Policy www.aoc.co.uk/news-campaig...

Keir Starmer hands out excellent prospective book titles to critical sociologists too eagerly - Island of Strangers: Emulation, Inequality and Despair in British Politics perhaps.....

The White Paper produced yesterday was even more non sensical and contradictory than the recently published devolution one which is saying something.........

I am at an age where I can make independent decisions. The lack of compassion I see around me is startling - hence my desire to retire to a Sri Lankan beach - they do permanent visas over there for people of a certain age!