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BakeronBusiness on Twitter. Former daily newsroom Dep Ed, business editor, current comms & engagement guy, perennial inquiring mind about past & present. Xscapee.
One of my favourite games in city centres is looking up. Nottingham has some remarkable buildings in its core, though I do wish they’d replace those abysmal lamp standards with something more sympathetic or interesting.
January 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
One of my favourite games in city centres is looking up. Nottingham has some remarkable buildings in its core, though I do wish they’d replace those abysmal lamp standards with something more sympathetic or interesting.
Then as now: 1945, from Daniel Todman’s balanced, comprehensive and brilliant ‘A New World 1942-47’.
December 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Then as now: 1945, from Daniel Todman’s balanced, comprehensive and brilliant ‘A New World 1942-47’.
So far, this Christmas is a great advert for not ordering online, even when there’s a click and collect at the end of it. Technology’s enshittification of the customer experience continues.
December 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
So far, this Christmas is a great advert for not ordering online, even when there’s a click and collect at the end of it. Technology’s enshittification of the customer experience continues.
The people’s game latest.
December 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
The people’s game latest.
No, no and no…we’re stuck, and digging ourselves deeper, into an Age of Vapid Stunt Announcements That Last Until Tomorrow’s Headlines.
Tory leader uses title of Age Of Diagnosis book, spouts toxic stuff
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Badenoch announces Tory review of which conditions qualify for benefits
‘Age of diagnosis’ of ‘low-level mental health issues’ such as ADHD making system too costly, Conservative leader says
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
No, no and no…we’re stuck, and digging ourselves deeper, into an Age of Vapid Stunt Announcements That Last Until Tomorrow’s Headlines.
So it turns out that he got all the big calls wrong. Who knew?
November 20, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So it turns out that he got all the big calls wrong. Who knew?
Frosty the nomark has left the building…
He's going to 'make the case for markets' despite screwing up Britain's place in a very large one, and putting up trade barriers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Frosty the nomark has left the building…
‘Welcome to the Hotel California…’
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 PM
‘Welcome to the Hotel California…’
Warpigs in Copenhagen’s meat packing district. Beer off the scale, bbq epic.
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Warpigs in Copenhagen’s meat packing district. Beer off the scale, bbq epic.
It’s not what it is, it’s what it looks like.
September 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
It’s not what it is, it’s what it looks like.
It’s been a miserably depressing year. So I went to Lofoten. Which is nice.
August 23, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It’s been a miserably depressing year. So I went to Lofoten. Which is nice.
Have to say that Hostage on Netflix is compellingly bad. Plausibility has been sent into outer space, dialogue rehashed from a dusted-off comic book, actors/agents need to be asking themselves questions. Grim.
August 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Have to say that Hostage on Netflix is compellingly bad. Plausibility has been sent into outer space, dialogue rehashed from a dusted-off comic book, actors/agents need to be asking themselves questions. Grim.
BBC website. Leading with Netanyahu and Gaza. And then this on the same national & international news homepage. Someone help me out…
August 7, 2025 at 9:14 PM
BBC website. Leading with Netanyahu and Gaza. And then this on the same national & international news homepage. Someone help me out…
I can smell the PR and public affairs budget from here…
July 5, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I can smell the PR and public affairs budget from here…
In a world of goldfish-bowl online click cycles, ‘forever’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
Telegraph editor Allister Heath is super-excited about Jeremy Corbyn’s new party. He tells GB News: “This could change British politics forever. There’s a significant appetite for this kind of movement.
“This could be the last Labour government.”
“This could be the last Labour government.”
July 4, 2025 at 6:20 PM
In a world of goldfish-bowl online click cycles, ‘forever’ is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
I mean, Glasto looks and feels like a feature in Good Housekeeping now, doesn’t it?
June 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I mean, Glasto looks and feels like a feature in Good Housekeeping now, doesn’t it?
The utter, utter, utter misery of spying that lager you drank so memorably abroad in the chiller at your local Co-op, only to find the legend ‘brewed in the UK’ on it…
June 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
The utter, utter, utter misery of spying that lager you drank so memorably abroad in the chiller at your local Co-op, only to find the legend ‘brewed in the UK’ on it…
Exhibit A and Exhibit B: a crude comparison, of course, but Britain’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde attitude towards capital investment and revenue spending writ large.
June 18, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Exhibit A and Exhibit B: a crude comparison, of course, but Britain’s Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde attitude towards capital investment and revenue spending writ large.
Brian Wilson, co-creator of iconic 1960s band the Beach Boys, dies aged 82
www.bbc.co.uk
June 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
‘Hello, is that Mr Pavlov? Your dog’s at it again!’
May 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
‘Hello, is that Mr Pavlov? Your dog’s at it again!’
Touchscreens depend on fine motor control, which deteriorates when you move. No surprises, plenty of shocks, in this @wired.com thread. Why car firms went down this path is obvious, why they were allowed to is an unanswered question.
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars.
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Finally the auto industry is coming to its senses. Real buttons are sooooooo back baby!
Rejoice! Carmakers Are Embracing Physical Buttons Again
Amazingly, reaction times using screens while driving are worse than being drunk or high—no wonder 90 percent of drivers hate using touchscreens in cars. Finally the auto industry is coming to its sen...
www.wired.com
May 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Touchscreens depend on fine motor control, which deteriorates when you move. No surprises, plenty of shocks, in this @wired.com thread. Why car firms went down this path is obvious, why they were allowed to is an unanswered question.
Interesting thread, but it feels like there’s a lot of headline read-back in these groups. Nevertheless, government by reaction leaves voters reacting…go figure.
Got back last night from focus groups this weekend in Beverley, Hull,Scunthorpe & Peterborough and without doubt the disillusionment was the worst I’ve heard, in every group it was anger; despondency or misery about the state of Britain that doesn’t feel sustainable.
April 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Interesting thread, but it feels like there’s a lot of headline read-back in these groups. Nevertheless, government by reaction leaves voters reacting…go figure.
Outrageous. And I’ve got it on good authority that Starmer’s cat was seen walking alongside a pro-Palestine march!
April 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Outrageous. And I’ve got it on good authority that Starmer’s cat was seen walking alongside a pro-Palestine march!
Well that’s the politics. I’m not sure I’ve heard the finances at all.
March 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Well that’s the politics. I’m not sure I’ve heard the finances at all.
Perhaps it is. More seriously, it’s also a case study in how not to solve the abysmal connectivity problems that plague the health and wealth of the Midlands and the North. Might be an idea if the PAC also considered the appalling social and economic costs of that continuing failure.
February 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Perhaps it is. More seriously, it’s also a case study in how not to solve the abysmal connectivity problems that plague the health and wealth of the Midlands and the North. Might be an idea if the PAC also considered the appalling social and economic costs of that continuing failure.