Mark Gray
@markgray.bsky.social
Deaf, cochlear implant user, annoyed liberal centrist. 18th/19thc art collecting/researching + academic/consultant/government economist. Lots of art.
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Naturally. Everything costs more here: infrastructure, energy...
BBC News - UK 'world's most expensive place' to develop nuclear power
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - UK 'world's most expensive place' to develop nuclear power
www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK 'world's most expensive place' to develop nuclear power
Experts criticised “overly complex” rules and called for an overhaul of Britain's nuclear strategy.
www.bbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Naturally. Everything costs more here: infrastructure, energy...
BBC News - UK 'world's most expensive place' to develop nuclear power
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - UK 'world's most expensive place' to develop nuclear power
www.bbc.com/news/article...
If you work with the guy the famous #Trump irascibility must be a pain. From nowhere he might threaten Cornish pasty makers, Bulgaria, cheese, elephants, invading Greece or sacking people whose first names start with P.
November 23, 2025 at 9:26 PM
If you work with the guy the famous #Trump irascibility must be a pain. From nowhere he might threaten Cornish pasty makers, Bulgaria, cheese, elephants, invading Greece or sacking people whose first names start with P.
Art in galleries doesn't need 'contextual notes' beside it.
November 23, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Art in galleries doesn't need 'contextual notes' beside it.
Re #CovidInquiry, by the way, somebody needs to say it: thank you Baroness Hallett for digesting and synthesizing so much evidence and so many submissions, and producing a thorough 800 page report. The UK needed this, and you delivered for us.
November 20, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Re #CovidInquiry, by the way, somebody needs to say it: thank you Baroness Hallett for digesting and synthesizing so much evidence and so many submissions, and producing a thorough 800 page report. The UK needed this, and you delivered for us.
The #CovidInquiry report talks of February 2020 as a 'lost month'. I *distinctly* remember overhearing, on a train out of London in early Feb 2020, a panicky phone conversation about a woman who'd returned to the UK from Vietnam with 'the Wuhan thing' and how she was to be treated. They knew.
November 20, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The #CovidInquiry report talks of February 2020 as a 'lost month'. I *distinctly* remember overhearing, on a train out of London in early Feb 2020, a panicky phone conversation about a woman who'd returned to the UK from Vietnam with 'the Wuhan thing' and how she was to be treated. They knew.
Coming up on the 25th in France is this sober portrait by Boilly.
www.interencheres.com/en/art-decor...
www.interencheres.com/en/art-decor...
November 18, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Coming up on the 25th in France is this sober portrait by Boilly.
www.interencheres.com/en/art-decor...
www.interencheres.com/en/art-decor...
You know, I'm getting the impression this #MorganMcSweeney chappy may not be a genius after all....
BBC News - 'Head in hands': Labour ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'Head in hands': Labour ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Head in hands': Labour ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos
Misshaps of their own making overshadow important things the government has to do, writes Laura Kuenssberg.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:20 PM
You know, I'm getting the impression this #MorganMcSweeney chappy may not be a genius after all....
BBC News - 'Head in hands': Labour ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - 'Head in hands': Labour ministers fume at No 10's self-inflicted chaos - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
What a ridiculous man.
What a ridiculous country to worship him.
BBC News - Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What a ridiculous country to worship him.
BBC News - Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What a ridiculous man.
What a ridiculous country to worship him.
BBC News - Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
What a ridiculous country to worship him.
BBC News - Trump says he will take legal action against BBC over Panorama edit
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Revelling in #HaymansWay from #STV - stunning, stirring north of #Scotland landscapes that leave you in awe and wonder. Genuinely beautiful television.
November 14, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Revelling in #HaymansWay from #STV - stunning, stirring north of #Scotland landscapes that leave you in awe and wonder. Genuinely beautiful television.
There's a bleak strand of #conservatism that relishes misery as virtue. They are very odd people.
And if you *really* wanted to make your council more efficient you'd tell everyone to work from home and sell the offices. Being conservatives, to your mates probably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And if you *really* wanted to make your council more efficient you'd tell everyone to work from home and sell the offices. Being conservatives, to your mates probably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Andrea Jenkyns tells new staff working from home is not an option
Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns has reiterated her stance on working from home.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
There's a bleak strand of #conservatism that relishes misery as virtue. They are very odd people.
And if you *really* wanted to make your council more efficient you'd tell everyone to work from home and sell the offices. Being conservatives, to your mates probably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
And if you *really* wanted to make your council more efficient you'd tell everyone to work from home and sell the offices. Being conservatives, to your mates probably.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Re #Trump and the BBC, threatening billion dollar suits is what this appalling man does, regularly.
The BBC edits on Panorama *were* disgraceful. The BBC has apologised, heads have rolled. Probably more should. That ought to be an end to it.
The idea his reputation is affected is laughable.
The BBC edits on Panorama *were* disgraceful. The BBC has apologised, heads have rolled. Probably more should. That ought to be an end to it.
The idea his reputation is affected is laughable.
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Re #Trump and the BBC, threatening billion dollar suits is what this appalling man does, regularly.
The BBC edits on Panorama *were* disgraceful. The BBC has apologised, heads have rolled. Probably more should. That ought to be an end to it.
The idea his reputation is affected is laughable.
The BBC edits on Panorama *were* disgraceful. The BBC has apologised, heads have rolled. Probably more should. That ought to be an end to it.
The idea his reputation is affected is laughable.
Yes the #Trump edits were wrong and frankly disgraceful journalism (they needn't have spliced, just made clear what the wouldbe dictator and anti-democrat meant, which was plain enough) but...the DG and Head of News sucking up to the Orange Idiot by *resigning*? Nuts.
November 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Yes the #Trump edits were wrong and frankly disgraceful journalism (they needn't have spliced, just made clear what the wouldbe dictator and anti-democrat meant, which was plain enough) but...the DG and Head of News sucking up to the Orange Idiot by *resigning*? Nuts.
Watching #TomHanks in #AManCalledOtto - which I missed when it first came out - and it is just brilliant, isn't it? The man's a brilliant actor.
November 8, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Watching #TomHanks in #AManCalledOtto - which I missed when it first came out - and it is just brilliant, isn't it? The man's a brilliant actor.
Received with a bundle of minor prints was this tired old election poster from 1859 from one Thonas Hawkins. The line 'I smote the dogs of faction dumb' is wonderful.
November 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Received with a bundle of minor prints was this tired old election poster from 1859 from one Thonas Hawkins. The line 'I smote the dogs of faction dumb' is wonderful.
Go to the BBC website - the big buddies of #Reform - and search for stories about the party. This is what you get. I haven't edited out anything.
It isn't a party. It's a bad joke.
It isn't a party. It's a bad joke.
November 5, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Go to the BBC website - the big buddies of #Reform - and search for stories about the party. This is what you get. I haven't edited out anything.
It isn't a party. It's a bad joke.
It isn't a party. It's a bad joke.
Any thoughts on who signed a pastel drawing like this in 1927? Struggling to read the name - likely a French artist or resident in France.
November 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Any thoughts on who signed a pastel drawing like this in 1927? Struggling to read the name - likely a French artist or resident in France.
Brilliant little wine bar. Pure joy - good wine, good cheese, charcuterie, good quiet ambiance. And it is in #Venice. Joy multiplied.
www.lasetevenezia.com
www.lasetevenezia.com
la sete – cicchetteria veneziana wine bar
www.lasetevenezia.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Brilliant little wine bar. Pure joy - good wine, good cheese, charcuterie, good quiet ambiance. And it is in #Venice. Joy multiplied.
www.lasetevenezia.com
www.lasetevenezia.com
'A report from His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service said 262 prisoners in England and Wales were released in error between April 2024 and March 2025'.
Good grief.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Good grief.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Epping migrant sex offender to be deported 'this week' - Lammy
Hadush Kebatu was arrested in north London, two days after being mistakenly released from an Essex jail.
www.bbc.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:54 AM
'A report from His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service said 262 prisoners in England and Wales were released in error between April 2024 and March 2025'.
Good grief.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Good grief.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
As a teenager I loved these and other #BryanMagee programmes - two #philosophers discussing complex, important ideas. No shouting. No intrusive graphics. No 'celebs'. No faux competition. We were trusted with difficulty.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p via @bbciplayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p via @bbciplayer
The Great Philosophers - Series 1: 1. Plato
Myles Burnyeat looks at Plato, the first western philosopher whose written works have survived.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 26, 2025 at 5:07 AM
As a teenager I loved these and other #BryanMagee programmes - two #philosophers discussing complex, important ideas. No shouting. No intrusive graphics. No 'celebs'. No faux competition. We were trusted with difficulty.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p via @bbciplayer
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002kx5p via @bbciplayer
Clearly #London is so crime free, with no white collar fraud, no corporate crime, no gang violence, no robbery and no thuggery that the authorities can deal with the *real* menace in our capital - the coffee dregs disposal fiends.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down drain outside London station
Burcu Yesilyurt tipped out a small amount from reusable cup rather than risk spilling it on the bus
www.standard.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Clearly #London is so crime free, with no white collar fraud, no corporate crime, no gang violence, no robbery and no thuggery that the authorities can deal with the *real* menace in our capital - the coffee dregs disposal fiends.
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
www.standard.co.uk/news/london/...
Next year will be ten years away from that stupid #Brexit vote, and the thought that a Chancellor of the Exchequer saying this is at all controversial is nuts.
BBC News - Chancellor says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Chancellor says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chancellor blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy
Rachel Reeves made the comments about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
www.bbc.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Next year will be ten years away from that stupid #Brexit vote, and the thought that a Chancellor of the Exchequer saying this is at all controversial is nuts.
BBC News - Chancellor says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Chancellor says Brexit deal caused long-term damage to economy
www.bbc.com/news/article...