First home grown tomato this year

Really good piece. I've followed lots of this stuff but hadn't quite realised how bad adolescent sleep disruption is at the moment. As a chronic (but relapsing-remitting) insomniac, I'm surprised how blasé people and institutions are about the destructive effects of sleep deprivation.

Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 6h ago

I've written about Neets for the LRB. It is odd listening to recent debates about this completely ignore the overwhelming fact of this current crisis, that it is one of inactivity, disability, mental ill-health and neurodevelopmental disorders (as I discuss) www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

#Sophiefromromania giving me a “you alright?” look on our morning walk as I stop to rest my aching back

Brilliant radio producer and very nice chap @mikehally.bsky.social is raising money for @parkinsons.org.uk by cycling up the Trossachs - at his age!! Please support him events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...

Mike Hally

I’m challenging myself to take part in Pedal Trossachs for Parkinson’s UK in August 2026 and would really appreciate your support! Please help by sponsoring me with whatever you can. All the money ra...

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@mikehally.bsky.social · 4d ago

Starting road back to full fitness. In the last 3 days I've done simulated rides over Crow Road and the Dukes Pass on my Wakoo Kickr Snap trainer So far, so good! More about the event here www.timeoutdoors.com/events/pedal... and my fundraising page is at events.parkinsons.org.uk/fundraisers/...

"One lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for education, employment and health policies to show up in GDP statistics." ESCoE Leadership Executive member @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social (@bennettschool.cam.ac.uk) in @financialtimes.com ⬇️

A Reader of the FT@a-reader-ft.bsky.social · 15h ago

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else-Unfortunately, the whole framework for managing government tax and spend in the UK is broken… www.ft.com/content/4987... @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

View of Amsterdam, Oude Kerk from South, c. 1670, by Jan van der Heyden, Dutch Golden Age artist, engineer & inventor (1637-1712); painted detailed cityscapes, pioneered practical innovations in urban lighting, drainage & firefighting. Mauritshaus den Haag

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else-Unfortunately, the whole framework for managing government tax and spend in the UK is broken… www.ft.com/content/4987... @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social @financialtimes.com

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else

The lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for public investment policies to show up in GDP

ft.com

Great thread from Giles here on HMT:

Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · yesterday

Quotes: "during our period of study (1993-2024), mechanisms designed to regulate spending tended towards input control and short-term decision-making, struggled to support strategic investment and often failed to deliver sustained improvements in outcomes."

By coincidence, read this today. It’s a great study with lots of relevance to making the more ambitious devolution framework work. (The associated book has even more detail)

Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · yesterday

Quotes: "during our period of study (1993-2024), mechanisms designed to regulate spending tended towards input control and short-term decision-making, struggled to support strategic investment and often failed to deliver sustained improvements in outcomes."

Meet our speaker: @andywestwood.bsky.social, Professor of Public Policy, Government & Business at @manchester.ac.uk, will join our webinar 💻in early autumn exploring what the ‘devolution deserts’ could learn from more established regions. Register now➡️ acss.civiplus.net/civicrm/even...

AI is becoming part of everyday work, but its productivity impact will depend on whether it can create lasting gains. In this Productivity Puzzles episode, @bartvanark.bsky.social discusses this with Martin Baily and @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social. Listen here: www.productivity.ac.uk/podcast/the-...

#Sophiefromromania needs to hone her squirrel stalking routine a little…

This is the Nuffield research that the incredibly productive Diane Coyle refers to in this article. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/publications...

The myth of Treasury control: Understanding the UK's Public Spending System (and How to Fix it) - Bennett School of Public Policy

New research shows that the Treasury's tight control of public spending has come at the cost of a fragmented, short-term system that undermines long-term investment, cross-government collaboration and...

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Giles Wilkes@gilesyb.bsky.social · yesterday

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Must read from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social The need to micromanage is really hard to uproot. Something for Healey's advisers to think about too

New Tiktok post from Kanishka Narayan which curiously contains details of investments (into AI hardware/chips) that aren't mirrored by a press releases on gov.uk as far as I can see. vm.tiktok.com/ZN8dDhWFd/

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else - giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/... Must read from @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social The need to micromanage is really hard to uproot. Something for Healey's advisers to think about too

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else

The lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for public investment policies to show up in GDP

giftarticle.ft.com

Émilie du Châtelet, French Enlightenment mathematician & physicist (1706-1749); author of Institutions de Physique (1740), acclaimed translator of Newton's Principia. Portrait by Maurice-Quentin de la Tour, c. 1740 Château de Breteuil

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else ft.trib.al/KvmNepY | opinion

How to end the cycle of mistrust between the Treasury and everybody else

The lesson from Manchester is that it takes time for public investment policies to show up in GDP

ft.trib.al

Her pal Juno was otherwise engaged so proud of #Sophiefromromania for going into the water alone

A couple of nice & not all that technical essays on AI in J Economic Perspectives, pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/... & pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...

Yes #Sophiefromromania a muddy puddle is so much more refreshing than your boring water bowl at home

Sacred harmony: Pieter Jansz Saenredam, Dutch Golden Age architectural painter & draughtsman (1597-1665); pioneer of ‘church portraits’, whose subtle, tonal compositions foreshadow abstract modernism. St Bavo Haarlem, 1635, Gemäldegalerie Berlin

@hookland.bsky.social Look what @dianecoyle1859.bsky.social is reading with her cocktails! Now there’s a classy endorsement!

Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social · 4d ago

It’s the cocktail hour and #Sophiefromromania has heard there may be snacks

#Sophiefromromania was again too excitable with another dog on this mornings walk but she still got a #bigbreakfast

It’s the cocktail hour and #Sophiefromromania has heard there may be snacks

I’ve enjoyed reading this about @hookland.bsky.social - one for fans of Essex weirdness, JG Ballard, Dr Who …

Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.

Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

ft.com

A courtyard in Delft, c. 1658, by Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age painter, whose domestic scenes with perspective views reveal subtleties of light & mood; a contemporary of Vermeer, he lived 1629-c 1679, worked in Delft and Amsterdam. National Gallery London

Quite.

July - my monthly reading round-up www.enlightenmenteconomics.com/blog/index.p...

I've finally read this working paper properly & it's v interesting about spotting 'critical junctures'. But one could certainly no longer use the Times as reliable source text in future, so thought needed about the best corpus to use: drive.google.com/file/d/1bGrd...