UK 'need not fear electricity blackouts' says ex-National Grid boss
Avoid fake news!
(tags: climatechange ukpolitics )

The Top 12 Crises Of 2016: Part 1 Of 3
Holmes Report looks at corporate comms when the going gets tough.
(tags: publicrelations )

The Top 12 Crises Of 2016: Part 2 Of 3
(tags: publicrelations )

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The Origins of Princess Leia's Hairstyle
Inspired by a Mexican revolutionary!
(tags: mexico sf )

Trump, Putin and the Pipelines to Nowhere
An alarming analysis.
(tags: uspolitics russia climatechange )

How Watership Down was written
Richard Adams' granddaughter reminisces.
(tags: sf writing )

George Michael and Me
Moving.
(tags: Music Death )

Ways to Actually Help Autistic People
A rebuttal to @normanlamb by @HickeyWriter.
(tags: autism ukpolitics )

Murderers and Meths Drinkers: A strange, grim tour of ‘The London Nobody Knows’
James Mason's 1967 exploration.
(tags: films london )

The lakes of the world are disappearing
*gulp*
(tags: climatechange )

A tale of two countries: Brexit and the ‘left behind’ thesis
Crunching the numbers.
(tags: brexit ukpolitics )

Donald Trump voters and Twitter: 10,000 Twitter words according to their similarity with Trump support
Hee!
(tags: Uspolitics english Twitter )

US banks lay groundwork to leave London - reluctantly
but surely.
(tags: ukpolitics brexit )

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You will not have my hate
Brilliant by Natalie Ceeney @ceeneynatalie.
(tags: work politics psychology )

Aberfan - 50 years on
Never to be forgotten.
(tags: wales )

Does Wallonia’s veto of CETA spell the beginning of the end of EU trade policy?
Great piece from @CEPS_thinktank.
(tags: eu )

Donald Trump Is the First Demagogue of the Anthropocene
How ( Read more... )

xkcd: Earth Temperature Timeline
*gulp*
(tags: climatechange )

The Custodian of Forgotten Books
About a guy who I knew through livejournal!
(tags: Books reading )

Zero chance EU citizens in UK will keep same rights post-Brexit, says expert
And vice versa.
(tags: brexit ukpolitics eu )

My grandfather Roald Dahl, the magician
On his centenary.
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Present at the Creation
How ISIS really was created (part 1 of 3).
(tags: waronterror iraq syria )

Pro-EU folks in the UK: keep making your case, don’t apologise
Amen.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

The UK won’t opt for CETA+ because it can't.
Canada not an option.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

Story of Noah's Ark is proof that climate change does not exist, ( Read more... )

Liam Fox tried to wrest control of Foreign Office duties from Boris Johnson
Move along, nothing to see here.
(tags: ukpolitics eu )

Inside the Failing Mission to Tame Donald Trump’s Tongue
Going horribly wrong!
(tags: uspolitics )

How I led a country out of the EU
My old friend Uffe reminisces.
(tags: greenland eu denmark )

Brexit: Enough David ( Read more... )

Excitement, hatred and belonging: why terrorists do it
Interesting book, interesting review.
(tags: waronterror northernireland )

Can New York Be Saved in the Era of Global Warming?
Maybe; but maybe not...
(tags: newyork climatechange )

The Truth about Jeremy Corbyn
Another former supporter's loss of faith (at great length, with rambling).
(tags: ukpolitics )

The bright ghosts of antiquity
The wonderful Loeb library.
(tags: books latin greek )

20 killed in floods in Skopje
Crumbs. How awful.
(tags: climatechange macedonia )

How Did I Get an Abortion in Texas? I Didn’t.
The grim ( Read more... )