Robert Wright
@reporterrwright.ft.com
Newsroom reporter at the Financial Times, clergy spouse, rider of bicycles.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
"I just wanted to see something new every day and tell a story with it": Gus Haynes.
I'm very proud that many years ago I was session clerk of the Budapest Scots Mission, where Jane Haining stayed defending the girls in her care until arrested by the Gestapo. She showed extraordinary bravery, returning to Hungary from furlough after the outbreak of war.
A brass "Stolperstein" or "stumbling stone" memorial commemorating the life and sacrifice of Nazi Holocaust victim Jane Haining was installed yesterday outside St Stephen's Church in Edinburgh.
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The BBC reports on the unveiling and her family's reaction here 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I'm very proud that many years ago I was session clerk of the Budapest Scots Mission, where Jane Haining stayed defending the girls in her care until arrested by the Gestapo. She showed extraordinary bravery, returning to Hungary from furlough after the outbreak of war.
"Civilisation, brought to you by Hush Puppies."
November 25, 2025 at 8:45 AM
"Civilisation, brought to you by Hush Puppies."
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"What, pray, is a 'trilby'?"
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
"What, pray, is a 'trilby'?"
Here’s what is really bad about the Guardian’s conflation of Kenneth Clarke MP and Kenneth Clark the art historian. The piece says that Civilisation first aired in 1969. Somewhere, someone should have thought, “Hang on - can someone who was in the Commons until recently have been behind that?”
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Here’s what is really bad about the Guardian’s conflation of Kenneth Clarke MP and Kenneth Clark the art historian. The piece says that Civilisation first aired in 1969. Somewhere, someone should have thought, “Hang on - can someone who was in the Commons until recently have been behind that?”
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Tbh Kenneth Clarke’s civilisation would be about jazz, whisky, hush puppies and 20 B&H so can we really blame the guardian for getting it wrong?
November 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Tbh Kenneth Clarke’s civilisation would be about jazz, whisky, hush puppies and 20 B&H so can we really blame the guardian for getting it wrong?
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Martin Wolf on our essay. "So, what do I hope for from Wednesday’s Budget? Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy. I do not expect it. It may already be too late. But, without that, it is hard to be optimistic about the UK’s future."
www.ft.com/content/17e1...
www.ft.com/content/17e1...
How to get the UK out of its economic hole
Reeves’ challenge is to remedy the disaster that Brexit has been for the country
www.ft.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Martin Wolf on our essay. "So, what do I hope for from Wednesday’s Budget? Some sight of a workable and coherent long-term economic strategy. I do not expect it. It may already be too late. But, without that, it is hard to be optimistic about the UK’s future."
www.ft.com/content/17e1...
www.ft.com/content/17e1...
During the blizzard of briefings and leaks in the run-up to every budget these days, I feel retroactive sympathy for Hugh Dalton, who had to resign for saying the following on his way into the chamber to deliver his Budget:
November 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
During the blizzard of briefings and leaks in the run-up to every budget these days, I feel retroactive sympathy for Hugh Dalton, who had to resign for saying the following on his way into the chamber to deliver his Budget:
*Dandles grandchild on knee*
“Yes, junior. It is funny looking back. But in the olden days someone decided the right way to mark the birth of Christ was to have amateurs edit the country’s foremost current affairs programme.”
“Yes, junior. It is funny looking back. But in the olden days someone decided the right way to mark the birth of Christ was to have amateurs edit the country’s foremost current affairs programme.”
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 AM
*Dandles grandchild on knee*
“Yes, junior. It is funny looking back. But in the olden days someone decided the right way to mark the birth of Christ was to have amateurs edit the country’s foremost current affairs programme.”
“Yes, junior. It is funny looking back. But in the olden days someone decided the right way to mark the birth of Christ was to have amateurs edit the country’s foremost current affairs programme.”
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Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
November 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Most accounts on Twitter turn out to be Russian MAGA bots. Here’s why Bluesky has an intellectual diversity problem
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started rewatching DEADWOOD for the 4th time or so. this time with someone has never see it before. it is incredible how good that show is from the jump. i’m not saying no other show has been as well written as DEADWOOD; but i am definitely saying no show has ever been *better written* than DEADWOOD
November 23, 2025 at 10:10 PM
started rewatching DEADWOOD for the 4th time or so. this time with someone has never see it before. it is incredible how good that show is from the jump. i’m not saying no other show has been as well written as DEADWOOD; but i am definitely saying no show has ever been *better written* than DEADWOOD
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Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
November 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Twitter accounts are based in Russia. BlueSky accounts are based in homes with, frankly, too many books, plants, obsolete cables, and pieces of rustic pottery, that could do with a bit of a tidying up, to be honest.
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Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
November 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
A: Because it saw someone from work on a Saturday.
On the bright side, England cricket fans, at least there’s no need to worry abut checking the scores if we wake up in the night tonight, is there?
November 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
On the bright side, England cricket fans, at least there’s no need to worry abut checking the scores if we wake up in the night tonight, is there?
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This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
Trump Has a Recipe for War and Corruption, Not Peace
Who would benefit from the White House’s 28-point proposal for Ukraine?
www.theatlantic.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
This is not a peace plan. It is a proposal that weakens Ukraine and divides America from Europe, preparing the way for a larger war in the future. In the meantime, it benefits unnamed Russian and American investors, at the expense of everyone else.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
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Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world
A year-long investigation reveals how mothers lost children after being radicalised by uplifting podcast tales of births without midwives or doctors
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Influencers made millions pushing ‘wild’ births – now the Free Birth Society is linked to baby deaths around the world www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...
This essay in @ftweekend.com by Simon Baron-Cohen touches on one of the hottest topics in the world of autism - whether it should be classed as a single condition or more than one: on.ft.com/47XO8bb
The new politics of autism
As contentious claims over rising diagnoses get a presidential platform, Simon Baron-Cohen explains where talk of an ‘epidemic’ goes wrong — and why we need more recognition that autism comes in diffe...
on.ft.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:58 AM
This essay in @ftweekend.com by Simon Baron-Cohen touches on one of the hottest topics in the world of autism - whether it should be classed as a single condition or more than one: on.ft.com/47XO8bb
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Travis Head bats like England think Crawley does.
November 22, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Travis Head bats like England think Crawley does.
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
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They won by 98 wickets? Fair play that’s a huge defeat
November 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
They won by 98 wickets? Fair play that’s a huge defeat
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Would Clive Lewis give up his seat for Stokes, I wonder? Got to be worth asking.
November 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Would Clive Lewis give up his seat for Stokes, I wonder? Got to be worth asking.
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Ben Stokes! Truly, one of the great Englishmen of all time. Philip Sidney, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill – he's up there with them.
When all else is bleak, Ben Stokes can guarantee to swell your heart with pride
When all else is bleak, Ben Stokes can guarantee to swell your heart with pride
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Ben Stokes! Truly, one of the great Englishmen of all time. Philip Sidney, Horatio Nelson, Winston Churchill – he's up there with them.
When all else is bleak, Ben Stokes can guarantee to swell your heart with pride
When all else is bleak, Ben Stokes can guarantee to swell your heart with pride
What an astonishing individual Ben Stokes is.
November 21, 2025 at 9:47 AM
What an astonishing individual Ben Stokes is.
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To a petard: Who hoisted you?
November 19, 2025 at 11:37 PM
To a petard: Who hoisted you?
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Manufacturing consent
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In the documents, Chomsky described Epstein as a "highly valued friend."
Epstein emails show close connection with MIT's Noam Chomsky
MIT's famous linguistic professor Noam Chomsky was in regular and close contact with sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to a review of emails published by the U.S. House Oversight Committee. In t...
www.wbur.org
November 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Manufacturing consent