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Yes, I know, buy proper matting spray. But Fish is cheap!
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The only problem with doing this episode: I now have a real hankering for something much less smart - and much more expensive - on my wrist.
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Sam and I had a great chat with some watch industry experts, including Mike France, co-founder of Christopher Ward, Fflur Roberts from Euromonitor International, and Laura McCreddie-Doak, freelance journalist.
Go have a listen all you horologophiles! The latest episode is live on BBC Sounds now.
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What I don't know is if they are any less likely to be challenged today without government intervention.
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Rare contrary position from me, but I was heavily involved in student politics and had my (middle class lefty) ideas challenged a lot, from the left and from the right. And yeah, it was pretty uncomfortable at times.
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You never went out of style!
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Apologies to subscribers who didn't get the footnotes this time, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't subscribe! Promise I won't leave them out in future.
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...and the closed nature of postcode data, surely?
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Honestly if the MEN starts doing this, I might have to reconsider my substack subscription.
But then they'd have to get rid of the story-obscuring ads and we know that's not going to happen.
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There used to be a restaurant outside Reading that largely sold unusual meats. Ostrich, crocodile, etc. Can totally see them with mammoth on the menu.
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I need to block out chunks of my diary to do this before the next season. So good.
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Yeah, I saw that. Just seems bizarre to me. The analogy I've been using is an athlete taking painkillers and steroids to compete in the next race, in the knowledge that doing so will destroy the rest of their career.
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I don't get this. I'm a big sceptic of green hydrogen for passenger vehicles but that doesn't mean there isn't huge future demand from other places - aviation, steel production just two examples. Are they and their investors really that short-termist?
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Anyway, we chatted about the past, present and future of games consoles with an incredible bunch of guests - Keza McDonald (The Guardian), James McWhirter (Omdia) and 'father of the Xbox', Seamus Blackley.
Check it out now on BBC Sounds: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Williams has four drivers on the grid. Alex and Franco instead of Carbon, ME(!) and a young Jambo-era Will Mellor.
I am so convinced this is real when I wake up that my first thought is: "I must update my social media profile to say 'F1 driver'."
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Better than Kurdish in Levenshulme? I shall have to try this.
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This is why I don't understand the media interest in this story. Nothing is changing. Most kids have phones at senior school. Most put them away when they arrive. There's no 'ban'.
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Are they bans on using them in school or bringing them to school?