Tony Tassell

There's a new serif in town.

Rubio stages font coup: Times New Roman ousts Calibri U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor Antony Blinken's decision to adopt Calibri ...

Calibri is woke apparently www.reuters.com/world/us/rub...

Robert Tchenguiz hopes Liz Truss-fronted club will help pay off debt to Reubens Companies linked to financier owe property moguls £130mn for mortgage on Leconfield House

Robert Tchenguiz intends to use a large chunk of the proceeds from his new Liz Truss-fronted club to pay off a mortgage owed to property moguls the Reuben brothers - FT scoop by Euan Healy, @joshspero.ft.com Julie Steinberg www.ft.com/content/07d3...

Trump’s immigration data dragnet The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in its drive to deport 1mn people this year

Trump’s immigration data dragnet - illuminating work here by @peter.andringa.me on how ICE uses data and tools to track down people to deport from the US - and how it uses tools and services by companies like Palantir and Thomson Reuters to do so ig.ft.com/us-ice-surve...

Same side that stood as Lacazette took the knee after one of Slavia players was alleged to have racially abused former Gunners midfielder Glen Kamara playing for Rangers

a large Pride banner in the home fan section might be a good response

In a tough year, private credit bosses are pointing fingers Firms like Apollo find it hard to shake narratives formed by legacy private equity and distressed debt operations

Really interesting column from @sindap.bsky.social - In a tough year, private credit bosses are pushing back against warnings on industry risks. But firms like Apollo will find it hard to shake narratives formed by their private equity and distressed debt operations www.ft.com/content/b3e2...

more from that review

Anyone interested in the education debate in the UK, a review by Sir Alan Wood of the safeguarding at the much lauded Mossbourne Academy Victoria Park should be a must read. Damning chscp.org.uk/wp-content/u...

What Trump said about the Fed to Politico: the transcript www.politico.com/news/2025/12...

Kushner, Gulf money and desperate texts: inside Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros Ellison’s approach was rebuffed over concerns about financial backing from China and Middle East sovereign funds

Read of the day: The inside track on Paramount’s hostile bid for Warner Bros - from @danielthomasldn.bsky.social @annanicolaou.bsky.social and James Fontanella-Khan www.ft.com/content/e5da...

90. Why we should ban all money from politics and kids from social media (Peter Malinauskas) - Alastair Campbell Are donations the biggest evil in politics? Should children be banned from social media entirely? How much does Australia look to the UK in 2024? On today’s episode of Leading, Rory and Alastair are j...

Interesting podcast here with Peter Malinauskas - the South Australian premier who has led the way on social media bans for kids. Tipped as a future PM, Mali is a very popular politican and shows politics can just be about the quality of the candidate alastaircampbell.org/2024/08/90-w...

Tech elites are starting their own for-profit cities They want to escape from regulation and ‘failing’ democracy — but are they more opportunistic than libertarian?

I would say this because I edited it but @mshannahmurphy.bsky.social's piece on tech bros founding their own for-profit cities really is unmissable reading www.ft.com/content/b127...

Not sure such a one sided series is great for test cricket but I will take it

Dario Amodei, ‘safe AI’ evangelist eyes Anthropic IPO The start-up’s CEO believes the world will be better off if he is the one to build all-powerful artificial intelligence

The lowdown here on Dario Amodei, the Anthropic founder dubbed the‘safe AI’ evangelist - FT Person in the News profile by @georgehammond.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/3dd0...

Hans-Jörg Rudloff, banker, 1940-2025 A kingpin of European finance, his competitive spirit and sincere faith in capitalism transformed the eurobond market

great obit here of the legendary banker Hans-Jörg Rudloff, once a colourful kingpin of the eurobond markets from the Mad Men era of banking www.ft.com/content/5547...

That would have been funky Nesser #thecricket

well Australia have been batting in a high risk way

Arrested by Phone: A Graphic Novel No texting. No visitors. No escape. She was caught in India’s new digital nightmare.

striking work here from Bloomberg www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

The résumé inflation report The older you get, the better you used to be

This is excellent from @dsquareddigest.bsky.social on Reeves and "chessgate", her critic and resume inflation www.ft.com/content/81b8...

Etsy witches face a tough business spell Like tarot card readings and psychics, digital magic is part of a booming metaphysical services industry

Etsy witches face a tough business spell - @elainemoore.bsky.social on the market place for providers of spells for everything from wellness to banishing a colleague www.ft.com/content/f293...

yes absolutely extraordinary

Leonard Barden

apparently and so does the FT www.ft.com/leonard-barden

I think if i won the under-14 title for the British Women’s Chess Association (BWCA) Girls Championship, you would probably hear me say quite a bit i was the champion. The Telegraph's own chess correspondent points out here why Reeves's is quite right to do so www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

How Brendan Nelson became HSBC’s stop-gap chair A chaotic seven-month search cast the net wide but ended with Mark Tucker’s interim replacement

The inside track here on HSBC’s chaotic search for a new chair and why it settled on a 76 year old instead of George Osborne www.ft.com/content/c843...

The UK stock market concentration problem Just two sectors explain the strong outperformance of the FTSE 100 over the broader FTSE 250 — bank and defence

The UK has a stock market concentration problem - writes Joachim Klement here. The FTSE 100 has done well this year but banks and defence have driven gains. If rates rise, bank stocks could come under pressure www.ft.com/content/761b...

The food industry must face up to nature-related risk Boardrooms need to acknowledge that without healthy soils and reliable seasons the system could face collapse

refreshing to see a chief executive speak up for the environment and fighting climate change - Dave Lewis, former CEO and incoming CEO at Diageo writes here www.ft.com/content/5094...

Four-byline alert: 🚨

(FT) - Bond investors have told the US Treasury they are concerned about Kevin Hassett’s potential appointment as Federal Reserve chair, worrying he will cut interest rates aggressively to please President Donald Trump.

@financialtimes.com
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mine is 74...

The photo that became a symbol for Hong Kong's deadly fire Hong Kong’s worst fire in decades shattered Wong’s life: a walk to school became a desperate search as his wife vanished in the deadly blaze.

The photo that became a symbol for Hong Kong's deadly fire - www.reuters.com/wider-image/...