James Barr

I think I’d add that in my limited experience of the super-rich they are quite insecure about this. The have money, yes, but they yearn to be seen as thinkers.

Jeffrey Epstein circle’s ‘big ideas’ were vacuous guff Emails show that despite hooking up the rich, the powerful and intellectuals, the philosophising was utterly banal

Brilliant piece by @j-amesmarriott.bsky.social

Those invasion preparations in full

I once sold on an Islabike at a very small profit.

Maybe this job was the final straw

I would add that there's a thriving second-hand market for these (and the posher Islabikes) on Ebay. So even though Frog's customers are growing and should need a new bike now and then, if other parents are like us then they can pick up bikes in good condition. They also resell at a good price.

I wonder how much Cabinet Office bandwidth this process is going to take up.

Call me old fashioned but this is NOT how MOD should do business:
"Burghart said Palantir’s MoD contract “was granted by direct award”, without competition, and asked the cabinet secretary to check there were “no other such contracts, no other such undisclosed meetings”." apple.news/AV4gdfVtNSFi...

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Excellent news

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BBC R4’s latest How Did We Get Here? on Israel and the Palestinians starts today. You’ll find me in Episode 4, with Eugene Rogan and Gudrun Krämer.

Yes exactly.

Instead here I am on a wet February day in Godalming.

From JIC 519/61, "Secret Atomic Activities in Israel"
Would love to know what the redactions conceal

Ejector Seat?

BBC Sounds - How Did We Get Here? - Available Episodes Listen to the latest episodes of How Did We Get Here? on BBC Sounds.

BBC R4’s latest How Did We Get Here? on Israel and the Palestinians starts today. You’ll find me in Episode 4, with Eugene Rogan and Gudrun Krämer.

Next!

Yes

Great pic!

Can't wait to find out what Keir Starmer really thinks.

You may not welcome this but I found last time around that listening to the pdf as I went through the proofs (despite the offputting voice) helped me spot mistakes my eye missed.

Always an exciting moment when we see les grues (the cranes) flying north over our part of France… a sign that spring is on the way.

As the old saying goes

“Advisers resign, ministers hide”

Glad I’m not his mum

I forgot to mention BUTTER

Porcini and garlic and white wine and parsley sauce for tagliatelle with mushrooms.

“strategic adviser”

Was looking at my old children's bible at realised the editors were perculiarly obsessed with 1 Samuel.