Siobhan McAndrew
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Siobhan McAndrew
@siobhanmcandrew.bsky.social
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Policy economist following methods and cultural updates Previously social scientist at Sheffield Methods Institute; University of Bristol; University of Manchester; HMT Honorary SL, U. Sheffield Visiting Professor, Policy Institute, KCL As Maigh Eo mise
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My husband's youngest daughter (7yo): 'Daddy, what is it like, the life of a boy?' (the precise phrasing)

His answer: 'it's like the life of a girl. But easier'
An unusually leaden Start the Week right now
I gather her husband was raised Catholic - it's not clear whether he's conformed or not. He seems to be a character: sixinthecity.co.uk/news/guide/e...
Eamonn Mullally - Six in the City
sixinthecity.co.uk
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Reminded me of the perfect coincidence in Turkey this summer: a call for rain prayers after a long drought was made just as the Meteorology Service warned of three days of heavy rain across the country

www.nber.org/system/files...
h/t Arpit Gupta
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It was a Corkman even who first debunked the Protocols of Zion
Philip Graves - Wikipedia
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New newsletter. I couldn't get this survey result from 2016 out of my head, so I wrote about it https://tomstafford.substack.com/p/when-half-the-population-dont-trust
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Though I do grumble that the Guardian tends to write about men like we're farm animals, there is a lot of sense in this. I've learned a lot about being a friend from other friends who are good at making things happen.

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...
Want more friends? A better social life? Be like my 85-year-old buddy Gerry
Friendship falters due to the belief it should just happen on its own. The solution: make a conscious effort to be social
www.theguardian.com
Not just mine then! I'm looking for strategies.
Very sad news. I first heard of him via a brilliant, hilarious piece for the Guardian years ago. A huge loss!
Ní bheidh a leitheid arís ann is an overused phrase, but it could not be more apt than with Manchán Magan. He would tell you a story about the origin of the phrase, and why it's used more in certain parts of the country than others. He crammed so much into his 55 years, /1
I love this museum - have taken my daughters
Manchester Jewish Museum opened in 1984, but is housed in a Grade II listed 1874 (former) Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Cheetham Hill, which has been beautifully restored as part of the development of the museum.

www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com/collections/...
Manchester Jewish Museum — Our Synagogue
Our Grade II* Listed Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue serves as both a major museum exhibit and a stunning performance space.
www.manchesterjewishmuseum.com
I'm surprised this is exprssed as a question. How could the answer be anything other than that it's horrible?

And no, they're mostly not finding gratification elsewhere or enjoying greater work-life balance. It's just worse pay and worse work.

schoolsweek.co.uk/how-does-it-...
schoolsweek.co.uk
The sign-off on BBC R4 just now was 'good night and oíche mhaith' 😭 💔
Interesting. I agree with the reviewer, I think. Being a parent doesn't mean I think about the future - I don't have time or bandwidth. I would prioritise differently - probably better and more morally - if I didn't have children

observer.co.uk/culture/book...
Dodging the parent trap | The Observer
As a young feminist, Helen Taylor vowed not to have kids. In Childless By Choice, she explains why it’s a decision she regrets
observer.co.uk
>> When something is just part of the landscape it's more likely to be taken for granted as just how things are

It was only last year that I thought that maybe it's remarkable that Garda barracks are called 'barracks' rather than something more civilian - perhaps down to the RIC/19th century legacy
That's fair. I think that would have been the nearest to us too - 75 miles away

I'm not an ethicist and couldn't say what our obligations are, though it was interesting that the photography wasn't seen as likely to attract interest when the photographer first did the project

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Gorgeous Corpus!
21 July 1568: A Royal Commission demands that Corpus Christi #Oxford admit William Cole as Master #otd - the fellows objected to a married man (Andrew Shiva / Wikipedia / CC BY-SA 4.0)