Steve Jinman
educatedleftft.bsky.social
Steve Jinman
@educatedleftft.bsky.social
Dedicated educator, Trustee, Director.
Village Cricketer (retd). Philosophical Footballer.
If you can't box, wear a big hat.
Leon heads for administration as co-founder plans to cut jobs and outlets - www.ft.com/content/7202... via @FT
Leon heads for administration as co-founder plans to cut jobs and outlets
UK healthy fast-food chain bought back by John Vincent last month has struggled to recover from Covid
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December 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Trump has just accelerated Europe’s electric vehicle reckoning - www.ft.com/content/b390... via @FT
Trump has just accelerated Europe’s electric vehicle reckoning
As US carmakers gain political cover to delay EV development, Asian companies can expand at greater scale
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December 11, 2025 at 7:15 AM
From sheds to super-stadiums, the football ground is bigger than architecture - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... via @FT
From sheds to super-stadiums, the football ground is bigger than architecture
Amid an evolution from standing terraces to high-tech arenas, the sport’s industrial working-class legacy lives on in new designs
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December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Apollo buys stake in Wrexham football club - www.ft.com/content/443b... via @FT
Apollo buys stake in Wrexham football club
Investment from US giant underlines extraordinary transformation in Wrexham’s fortunes under Hollywood owners
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December 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
The Margherita pizza that changed the world - www.ft.com/content/7040... via @FT
The Margherita pizza that changed the world
A new book traces Franco Pepe’s farm-to-fork revolution
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December 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Atomic Albion by Tom Bolton — a brutal, beautiful journey - www.ft.com/content/ca82... via @FT
Atomic Albion by Tom Bolton — a brutal, beautiful journey
A richly illuminating tour of Britain’s 16 nuclear power stations, among the most costly and complex things ever built by humankind
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December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Did the Black Death flow from a volcanic eruption? - www.ft.com/content/5e35... via @FT
Did the Black Death flow from a volcanic eruption?
Empires beware — when nature goes rogue, the political consequences can be devastating
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December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Honduras president declares elections ‘null’ after Trump ‘meddling’ - www.ft.com/content/d97b... via @FT
Honduras president declares elections ‘null’ after Trump ‘meddling’
Xiomara Castro breaks silence as attorney-general orders arrest of former leader pardoned by US president
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December 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans - www.ft.com/content/49ec... via @FT
The Maga push overturning US policy in the Balkans
South-eastern Europe jolted by Trump’s support for pro-Russian Serb leader
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December 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
British universities’ reliance on Chinese fees fuelling self-censorship, say academics - www.ft.com/content/a123... via @FT
British universities’ reliance on Chinese fees fuelling self-censorship, say academics
Lecturers call for improved safeguards against Beijing’s influence on UK campuses
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December 9, 2025 at 7:16 AM
The Netflix age has been great for consumers but terrible for artists - www.ft.com/content/b49c... via @FT
The Netflix age has been great for consumers but terrible for artists
Returns to musicians and writers are dwindling fast
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December 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Indonesia’s authoritarian tilt - www.ft.com/content/271b... via @FT
Indonesia’s authoritarian tilt
President Prabowo Subianto has centralised power and forged close ties with the military, raising concerns about autocratic creep
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December 8, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Brilliant batting by the West Indies in #Christchurch against New Zealand #cricket #TestCricket #NZvWI
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Team records | Test matches | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com
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December 6, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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This from Neil Maskell is really lovely on Dev’s final game. Worth a read. footballinberkshire.co.uk/features/in-...
'No fuss, all about the players' Alan Devonshire's final Maidenhead United game was made in his own image
Alan Devonshire went out in style in his final game in charge.
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December 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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Dafabet is all over English cricket, sponsoring live streams of games watched in India where betting is largely illegal. Great work by @nathanpaulsouthern.bsky.social and Lindsey Kennedy for
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Dirty money - josimarfootball.com
Celtic proudly promotes itself as a football club with a social consciousness. For nine years the club’s main sponsor has been a betting company breaking laws, defrauding customers and wrecking lives.
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October 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Reposted by Steve Jinman
Today, on Wilson’s World, a look back to Manchester United’s visit to Roker Park in Nov 1984 and the last time before Saturday that Sunderland came from 2-0 down to win a top-flight game. It was part of arguably the most dramatic Match of the Day in history.

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December 1, 2025 at 7:37 AM