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This beautifully written and important piece by @madisonmarriage.bsky.social about the inquest into her brother’s death, after an unbearable wrangle with NHS services to get his epilepsy medication, is free to read today and I can’t recommend it highly enough on.ft.com/434zZqn

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Yet, insanely, 20 years later there’s still no other way to signal that you’re pregnant and knackered than by wearing a badge that makes a coy pun about your body being a vessel for something more precious. If we can’t get “I’m pregnant” in 2025 I’d at least like the full “Quinquireme of Nineveh”

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This is such a gripping read from John Phipps…. Confessions of the world’s most elite sober coach on.ft.com/3WEp3fa

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One of my favourites for the ages… by the excellent Monica Mark on.ft.com/3E7A6r0

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‘Phrases such as “creaturely life-practices” fall in the category of the venial, but flourishes like “We do not coincide with ourselves. Only psychopaths coincide with themselves” are mortal.’ @tricialockwood.bsky.social on Simon Critchley’s ‘On Mysticism’: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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My story in the FT Weekend Magazine today - The Fugitive Prince: how a man with a claim to a royal title and a vast fortune made a deal with a notorious businessman that cost him more than he could have imagined. www.ft.com/content/51f8...

submitted 41 days ago • 8 comments

In which @henrymance.bsky.social explores the utterly plausible case that global warming could actually make the UK much, much colder …https://on.ft.com/40soac0

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Love this essay by @danhancox.bsky.social on the Walter Benjamin’s unlucky death, the mystery of his black briefcase, and what his final piece of work teaches us about the world we live in now. on.ft.com/4hbdBQ1

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Happy Birthday from @timhayward.bsky.social to Trullo, one of the all-time greats... on.ft.com/49MEs2q

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And this total saga by the tireless @thomas_m_wilson is the result of many many months of reporting - and contains one of the most heartbreaking quotes ever. A completely riveting read... on.ft.com/3P2gDtH

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A fantastic piece from @stuartmcgurk who went inside Sainsbury's Christmas ad campaign to tell the story of the ad execs that spend the whole year working out how to make the nation cry. Its ... joyful? on.ft.com/3Bv9y1I

submitted 76 days ago • 5 comments

over the moon to have been awarded a Whiting Creative Nonfiction Grant for my forthcoming book - alongside such a brilliant group of writers. You can read more about it here: www.whiting.org/writers/crea...

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If people wonder what will happen when Trump is done with the DOJ, SEC and FBI, it will be stuff like this not being caught or prosecuted. For all the talk of invading Mexico to stop the cartels from producing fentanyl, this kind of money laundering has much bigger impact. www.ft.com/content/31b9...

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Could this year be the year you actually make the most of December? With the help of this week’s magazine, yes! ft.com/christmas2024

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I’m in the @financialtimes.com magazine today, writing about simple, no-effort eats and treats, including anchovy and stracciatella crostini, smoked salmon with Sanbaizu vinegar, chestnut and pancetta salad, Mont Blanc and Pedro Ximénez affogato!

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One of my favourite long reads is back! In October 2020 an emergency call was received from a ship in British waters. After a full-scale commando raid, seven Nigerians were taken off in handcuffs – but no one was ever charged. What really happened on board? By @samirashackle.bsky.social

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I couldn't get through more than a couple of paragraphs of that VF Cormac McCarthy piece, but it made me realise that I'll take hell-for-leather bad writing over cautious, dully declarative bad writing. Ultimately I'll avoid both kinds, but at least one of them is trying something

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atoms, vacuums, lasers, and subcommittees — the technology and politics behind redefinining the second: www.ft.com/content/625d...

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