Phil Hale
@paintingthecave.co.uk
Automotive word wrangler and picture maker
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A little bit of navel-gazing on the last twelve months of trying to run a start-up local news organisation with no investment or plan, entirely funded by readers. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-new...
One year of London Centric
A selection of our favourite stories that you might have missed — and a quick note from Jim.
www.londoncentric.media
September 20, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A little bit of navel-gazing on the last twelve months of trying to run a start-up local news organisation with no investment or plan, entirely funded by readers. www.londoncentric.media/p/london-new...
Surely one for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social - bollard inspection!
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Surely one for @worldbollardassoc.bsky.social - bollard inspection!
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Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
The Edinburgh connection to London's tax-evading gift shops
Plus: A chat with the Transport for London boss running the tube strike negotiations — and how the "hardworking businessman" putting up flags in south London tried to scam an insurer.
www.londoncentric.media
September 6, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
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Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
August 28, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Very succinct WSJ summary of the staggering migration shock that successive Tory governments inflicted on Britain as they tried to mitigate and hide the economic consequences of the Brexit disaster
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What share of new cars in your country are electric?
August 4, 2025 at 11:13 AM
What share of new cars in your country are electric?
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The moment Musk is replaced as CEO at Tesla the company loses its memestock status as a lot of people who still believe in Musk's tech prophet shtick sell their shares in ways that crash Tesla's valuation
Which is why Musk will not be replaced as CEO of Tesla until things get much much worse for it
Which is why Musk will not be replaced as CEO of Tesla until things get much much worse for it
May 1, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The moment Musk is replaced as CEO at Tesla the company loses its memestock status as a lot of people who still believe in Musk's tech prophet shtick sell their shares in ways that crash Tesla's valuation
Which is why Musk will not be replaced as CEO of Tesla until things get much much worse for it
Which is why Musk will not be replaced as CEO of Tesla until things get much much worse for it
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1. Jim Davidson
2. Youthful/elderly skunks
3. Fight Club
4. That person who sings “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
5. Agricultural fertiliser
6. Alien by Thierry Mugler
2. Youthful/elderly skunks
3. Fight Club
4. That person who sings “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
5. Agricultural fertiliser
6. Alien by Thierry Mugler
April 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
1. Jim Davidson
2. Youthful/elderly skunks
3. Fight Club
4. That person who sings “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
5. Agricultural fertiliser
6. Alien by Thierry Mugler
2. Youthful/elderly skunks
3. Fight Club
4. That person who sings “Gypsy Woman (La Da Dee)
5. Agricultural fertiliser
6. Alien by Thierry Mugler
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I've written a s*bstack about what this single French quarry, supplying a VAST amount of the UK's food with calcium carbonate, says about our food chain.
In short, we need to worry:
harrywallop.substack.com/p/how-the-en...
In short, we need to worry:
harrywallop.substack.com/p/how-the-en...
How the entire UK bread, biscuit and cake industry relies on one chalk quarry in France
What flour tells us about the fragility of Britain's food chain
harrywallop.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 4:55 PM
I've written a s*bstack about what this single French quarry, supplying a VAST amount of the UK's food with calcium carbonate, says about our food chain.
In short, we need to worry:
harrywallop.substack.com/p/how-the-en...
In short, we need to worry:
harrywallop.substack.com/p/how-the-en...
At last, a voice of reason. There's effectively three regions for cars these days: Americas, Australia and the rest of the world. And with a few exceptions, they're not translatable in tastes, quality, legislation...
My Trade Secrets today.
It's a longstanding American grievance that predates Trump: US companies can't sell cars in Europe & elsewhere because of evil trade barriers. It's actually because US protectionism has encouraged its carmakers to make clunky great gas-guzzlers no one else wants to buy.
It's a longstanding American grievance that predates Trump: US companies can't sell cars in Europe & elsewhere because of evil trade barriers. It's actually because US protectionism has encouraged its carmakers to make clunky great gas-guzzlers no one else wants to buy.
Trump’s auto tariffs build on a long destructive history
[FREE TO READ] It is US protectionism rather than trade barriers abroad that has undermined American carmakers
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April 17, 2025 at 1:05 PM
At last, a voice of reason. There's effectively three regions for cars these days: Americas, Australia and the rest of the world. And with a few exceptions, they're not translatable in tastes, quality, legislation...
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"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
April 9, 2025 at 7:56 PM
"You boy! What tariff is it today?"
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.
Hard mode: No villains
Hard mode: No villains
March 20, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Post a fictional character who you think would be an antivaxxer.
Hard mode: No villains
Hard mode: No villains
1. Say yes more, even when - especially when - it scares you. Never know where it might lead.
2. And we're all making it up as we go too - nobody knows anything.
2. And we're all making it up as we go too - nobody knows anything.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
1. Say yes more, even when - especially when - it scares you. Never know where it might lead.
2. And we're all making it up as we go too - nobody knows anything.
2. And we're all making it up as we go too - nobody knows anything.
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This is a very cool bit of chemistry that could have a huge impact on our lives in the future!
✍️There's something SERIOUSLY exciting happening in the world of batteries: an innovation that could pave the way for incredibly energy-dense, fast-charging cells in our cars and smartphones.
But there's a catch; quite a big one.
A deep dive into silicon batteries🔋
open.substack.com/pub/edconway...
But there's a catch; quite a big one.
A deep dive into silicon batteries🔋
open.substack.com/pub/edconway...
The Technological Revolution that could Supercharge the World's Batteries
Silicon carbon batteries are a real game-changer. But they also have a big problem. To see why, you need to dive deep inside a battery. So let's do that.
open.substack.com
January 26, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is a very cool bit of chemistry that could have a huge impact on our lives in the future!
Quote tweet with a bridge from your gallery
January 23, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Quote tweet with a bridge from your gallery
Phew, that was a long but productive first week back at work, well done everyone. To the wine…
a cat is laying on top of a set of wooden stairs and says `` so tired '' .
ALT: a cat is laying on top of a set of wooden stairs and says `` so tired '' .
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January 6, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Phew, that was a long but productive first week back at work, well done everyone. To the wine…
These @edconway.bsky.social primers are an essential watch, brilliantly explaining the complexity and nuance behind the agenda-driven headlines, whatever subject he chooses. Always teaches me something.
🚜FARMAGEDDON🌾
The story of what's REALLY going on in farming. A story far more complex than the conventional wisdom.
This isn't just (or even mainly) about inheritance tax.
It's about a cascade of challenges & crises that could ultimately threaten food security.
5min primer👇
youtu.be/7CjZSfapKmA?...
The story of what's REALLY going on in farming. A story far more complex than the conventional wisdom.
This isn't just (or even mainly) about inheritance tax.
It's about a cascade of challenges & crises that could ultimately threaten food security.
5min primer👇
youtu.be/7CjZSfapKmA?...
Is the UK facing a 'farmageddon'? Brexit, competition and climate change hits food production
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
December 14, 2024 at 9:33 AM
These @edconway.bsky.social primers are an essential watch, brilliantly explaining the complexity and nuance behind the agenda-driven headlines, whatever subject he chooses. Always teaches me something.
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For anyone looking for something last minute for little ones, my friend has just self-published his own children's story for Christmas - Ernie The Snowman!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQ2GX8K...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQ2GX8K...
Ernie The Snowman
Ernie The Snowman : Rogers, Simon, Popova, Yana: Amazon.co.uk: Books
www.amazon.co.uk
December 11, 2024 at 1:21 PM
For anyone looking for something last minute for little ones, my friend has just self-published his own children's story for Christmas - Ernie The Snowman!
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQ2GX8K...
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DQ2GX8K...
Here's @jim.londoncentric.media delving into London's latest retail scam. Exactly the kind of thing you want to read on your commute home...
London's Harry Potter shops: an investigation. www.londoncentric.media/p/harry-pott...
Harry Potter and the unpaid tax bill
A London Centric investigation reveals one of the capital's most garish gift shops owes hundreds of thousands of pounds in unpaid taxes — and uncovers its mysterious owners.
www.londoncentric.media
December 6, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Here's @jim.londoncentric.media delving into London's latest retail scam. Exactly the kind of thing you want to read on your commute home...
Excellent (as ever) explainer from @edconway.bsky.social on why (non-premium) car-making in Europe (including the UK) is essentially doomed.
🚗What's happening to Europe's car industry is one of the biggest stories in the world right now, & prob the biggest story of next year too.
A slow motion implosion driven by multiple factors (esp Chinese competition).
Watch my primer on what's going on👇 youtu.be/oW_SXIVQT5I?...
A slow motion implosion driven by multiple factors (esp Chinese competition).
Watch my primer on what's going on👇 youtu.be/oW_SXIVQT5I?...
What's behind Europe's car industry crisis? | Ed Conway analysis
YouTube video by Sky News
youtu.be
December 6, 2024 at 2:29 PM
Excellent (as ever) explainer from @edconway.bsky.social on why (non-premium) car-making in Europe (including the UK) is essentially doomed.
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Ha ha ha superb
December 2, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Ha ha ha superb