Scallop, Aldeburgh Beach
Scallop, Aldeburgh Beach
In my wrestling and in my doubts In my failures You won’t walk out Your great love will lead me through You are the peace in my troubled sea
— 📹‘My Lighthouse’ by The Rend Collective, 14M views
TRC performed in a sold-out UK venue last month (Corn Exchange) and are currently touring North America.
Jimmy Lai, serial entrepreneur, pro-democracy champion and founder of the newspaper Apple Daily, was first arrested in 2020 and has spent more than 1700 days - most of that in solitary confinement - in a Hong Kong prison.
More on this story here, with a timeline of his trial here.
Girls… are more likely to attend university where “liberal” beliefs are enshrined… so unsurprisingly cleave to left-wing parties.”
… white boys are see to have “male privilege”, even if they’re lost souls with no self-confidence on rundown council estates
— Janice Turner, via 🗞️ The Times (4th Oct)
They’ve got catfish on the table
They’ve got gospel in the air
And Reverend Green be glad to see you
When you haven’t got a prayer
But, boy, you’ve got a prayer in Memphis
— 📹 ‘Walkin’ in Memphis‘ by Marc Cohn, 51m views
… programmes across the Surrey Hills are helping them (farmers) to diversify…
The SHCFl is one… example. Young people visit local farms to help herd cows, build pens, collect eggs and tag cattle, gaining hands-on experience while nurturing their mental wellbeing.
— via 🗞️ Richmond Magazine (Oct ‘25)
The word ‘entrepreneur’ conjures images of fresh-faced founders pulling all-nighters in hoodies… But the data tells a different story. Study after study shows that you are more likely to launch a successful business in middle age or beyond.
// via 📝 Carl Honore
And I try
Oh my God, do I try
I try all the time
In this institution
And I pray
Oh my God, do I pray
I pray every single day
For revolution
📹 ‘What’s Up’ by 4 Non Blondes, 2bn views
Oh dear… “Boasting on LinkedIn is a good way to mask incompetence”, The Times reports. “Underperforming analysts who self-promote vigorously are more likely to be promoted, particularly if they are men.”
The study comes from researches in China and its title?
Empty vessels make the most noise…
🤦♂️
The answer to the AI-ification of everything is more meaningful human connection with one another, with tech merely as the enabler rather than the “answer”.
LIVE experiences. Film. Theatre. Music. Sport. Walks. Cafes. Pubs. Lunches. Dinners. Clubs. Games. Worship.
(A)live things are so much better!
“Younger consumers… are less likely to discover new artists compared to 25-34 year-olds… you might conclude young people just don’t care about music anymore. However, one unexpected source of music discovery is quietly booming among Gen Z listeners: college radio."
— via 📝 Emily White
Sport science is becoming increasingly important – especially when it comes to the fine margins at the top levels of every sport, team and individual.
I think Arsenal have a great chance of winning the EPL this year, and I wonder if it’ll be a 3-4 horse race in the latter stages of this season.
”(Derivatives) were originally created to provide stability and allocate capital to farmers and industry and used for such things as smoothing out cash flows during the year…
By the 1990s, however, only about 5% of derivatives were being used in this way…”
— via 📖 Professor Philip Booth
In the world we live in, sometimes a not very forgiving one, it’s not easy to admit being wrong.
For saying the (perceived) “wrong” thing or doing the “wrong” thing, where we are told we need to take a side and that’s that.
This is not conducive to reconciliation, to civil discourse, or to society.
The Big Choral Census in 2017 found that 2.14 million people in the UK regularly sing, in 40,000 choirs. Singing has been shown to improve our sense of wellbeing and build social bonds, reduce tension, relieve pain and strengthen our immune system. // via Reform magazine
"… do we need a new AI-powered feed that is even more frenetic and dopamine-triggering than predecessors like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts? Children and teenagers today are less focused, worse readers, and obsessively glued to the screen…" // via Luiza Jarovsky, PhD
Nick Park, creator of the iconic Wallace and Gromit episodes and films, says he fears losing “the human touch” in stop-motion animation.
I was at an inter-university event at the LSE last night for Catholic students.
Students have a lot to navigate in today’s world.
I shared a room full of thoughtful, intelligent, passionate, self-aware folks who have made the conscious choice to study — and hopefully make a difference. Inspiring.
It’s the Women’s RWC final this afternoon, in front of a record crowd at the 82,000-capacity Allianz Stadium in Twickenham. 🇨🇦🏉🏴
Keep an eye out for ‘World Player of the Year’ Kildunne’s cowboy celebration – which she says is rooted in “being free, being your authentic self and just having fun!” 🤠
Doctors are calling Sophia Forchas' survival ‘a miracle’ as she continues to recover from the Annunciation Church shooting in Minnesota; students were attending the first Mass of the year.
Sophia’s parents: “Sophia is winning. Your prayers are working.”
More here via the National Catholic Register.
According to a report by BUCS:
~ sport increased friendship, belonging & life satisfaction
~ graduates participating in university sport earned more than non-sports participants (sport volunteers earned even more)
~ every £1 spent on community sport / physical activity made a return of £3.91
The Ryder Cup, arguably golf’s greatest tournament, is underway ⛳
Individual sports, played in a competitive team environment, can be pivotal in an athlete’s career.
e.g. Andy Murray; weeks after winning Gold with Team GB, won his first Slam at Flushing Meadows in his 5th Slam final appearance 🏆🎾
Ha. This and this pretty much sums up where we are with our politics in the UK today.
The time between now and the next election, whenever that may be, is going to have many twists and turns.
There’s never been a trickier time for the opinion pollsters.
And, more than ever, good journalism needed.
If the Labour Party were to elect a new leader, they could do a lot worse than replacing Keir Starmer with Andy Burnham.
Eleanor Mills of The Telegraph writes that he is “Labour’s only hope”, citing his combination of charisma and real-world experience.
This could be very interesting indeed.