Category: The Wind Down
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Wind Down 27th Mar 2023
Repopulating a city Friendship with Elizabeth Day & Phoebe Waller-Bridge Shou Zi Chew and all the cringe from Congress US Book Banners hit the books hard John Lewis: Dismantling an institution Repopulating a cityWould you go do your job abroad with a concierge service to help repopulate a city? Venice needs you. The city is…
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Wind Down 20th Mar 2023
That’s going straight in the CPI basket Not quite what they meant when the task was “boring budget” Elder millennial midlife crisis Credit Suisse might exit the chat A change is not as good as a rest That’s going straight in the CPI basketThe current CPI basket of goods and services is a whopping 743…
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Wind Down 13th Mar 2023
Dormant accounts scheme pays out My international Women’s Day Do you want to live to 100? What bird flu means to me What’s going on with SVB? Dormant Asset Scheme Pay-outUnder the Dormant Assets Scheme £76 million from dormant accounts are to be released by HRMC this week to support people with the costs of…
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Wind Down 6th Mar 2023
“Time’s up!” Betty Boothroyd What world record could you set at your job? National Trust Scones Unwritten rules of the group chat Women losing financial confidence “Time’s Up!” Betty BoothroydWhat a women, the first and only women speaker of the House of Commons, a formidable politician and a Tiller Girl. Never married, despite many offers…
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Wind Down 27th Feb 2023
Four-day working week results are in Old Neighbours is back Latest ONS data drop The weird people who want actual food before pancakes New hairdresser, who dis? Four-day working week results are inA whopping 92% of UK firms who took place in the 6 month trial say they will keep it, that’s 56 of the…
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Wind Down 20th Feb 2023
How do you listen to audiobooks? Goodbye Lilt, Hello Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit The Bank of Mum & Dad Farewell Nicola Sturgeon Thorvald, the worlds oldest hedgehog How do you listen to audiobooks?I hope my other half never finds this, he has bought me many an audiobook that I’ve requested and to date I have…
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Wind Down 6th Feb 2023
The Paperchase scandal continues… Netflix has absolutely no chill The 28 days of February The best fruit tea is hot squash International Snow Sculpture Championships The Paperchase Saga Continues…In out, in out, has Paperchase in Administration again? The news almost isn’t news anymore. It’s been a week for Paperchase, whose last decade has not been…
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Wind Down 30th Jan 2023
Burgernomics: The Big Mac Index Are podcasts a convenient excuse to read less? Women in the workplace They joy of homework Professional standing Burgernomics: The Big Mac IndexThe Economist bi-annual update to the Big Mac Index has dropped this week which is one of the best pieces of data analysis in the world, bar none.…
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Wind Down 23rd Jan 2023
Jacinda Ardern “I no longer have enough in the tank” HMV returns to profit! Let us eat cake! Did you feel blue on Monday? Finding some new enthusiasm Jacinda Ardern “I no longer have enough in the tank” Jacinda Ardern this week announced she will stand down as New Zealand Prime Minister on 7th February,…
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Wind Down 16th Jan 2023
The good in social media How does your brain think? FTX has found $5bn in liquid assets How much for Beanz? How do you do all the things? The good in social mediaI’m too old for TikTok and really should delete it, but occasionally it throws up a brilliant thing that is so many things.…
