Hope that John Healey follows Rachel Reeves' example and mentions at every opportunity that he's the first bald man to deliver a Budget in 50 years, giving hope to men up and down the country by showing that hair loss is no barrier to their dreams.
Sarah Ebner
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Award-winning journalist, newsletter expert and media consultant. Former executive editor at the FT. Long-suffering Spurs fan (it's a family thing).
Brilliant, brilliant concert by the Lightning Seeds today - though a somewhat sad Ian Broudie had to change the words to Three Lions….
This is a terrific article by Rishi Sunak. Insights include the fact that a 1/3 of a PM’s time is spent on ceremonial duties, while most important appt is Foreign Secretary, not chancellor. Required reading for a new PM & those aspiring to it (should be free to read) www.thetimes.com/article/a02e...
Rishi Sunak: How it feels as a new PM — my guide for Andy Burnham
The to-do list is long but time is short, so the incoming prime minister will have to choose his priorities and put the right people in charge of them
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This is absolutely tragic. Can’t stop thinking about this poor woman - Kirandeep Kaur - and her family. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man in court after Hayes woman killed while asleep with her baby
Daniel Sean James, 46, is accused of killing Kirandeep Kaur in her home and stabbing another man.
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Come on Spain 🇪🇸 (Not a phrase I thought I’d ever write)
So despite all the briefings saying Burnham was going to support her policies & the fact that she apparently wanted to stay at the Home Office, the anti Miliband stuff was so strong, she’s moving? Fascinating there appears to have only been 2 poss options for Chancellor in a party with so many MPs
Financial Times@financialtimes.com · 3w agoShabana Mahmood set to be named UK chancellor by Andy Burnham ft.trib.al/B8BshzA
Just feeling that this post from 10 days ago is still remarkably relevant…
Sarah Ebner@sarahjebner.bsky.social · last mo.This is not a good defence - are these really the best defenders we have? And where are the options for switching everything up? Saka will come on at some point, but who else? Not confident
Crying now as Linda Noskova, the new Wimbledon winner, thanks her mum, who died in 2024. She is a remarkable young woman who showed such resilience in this incredible match today. This is her with her dad after she won
This is horrendous - they seem to have thought only of process and not about a real, hardworking young person whose future they seemed to be threatening. Really, really sad
Tom Roberts@tpgroberts.bsky.social · 4w agoActually said "fucking hell" out loud when they explained why they hadn't allowed her the opportunity to have a friend, TU representative or colleague in the meeting. Christ, they are going to lose any lawsuit badly. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Incredible tennis! 🎾 And what a way to win from Arthur Fery. He’s now one of only two wildcards ever to make it to the semi-finals of Wimbledon
I know there are many more exciting things about the match but I’m still amused by Anthony Gordon confidently singing God Save the Queen - If you look at his eyes, I think he then realises…
Going to need some luck in this game and it’s not coming right now. Thought Kane was going to score then
This is not a good defence - are these really the best defenders we have? And where are the options for switching everything up? Saka will come on at some point, but who else? Not confident
So exciting to see Serena playing singles again (albeit on TV!) and on a packed centre court, with her daughter watching. 👏 (Maya Joint is playing well though…)
More brilliance from Matt...(still amazed, btw, at how little the vast sums embezzled by Murrell, including taking from everyday SNP donors, seem to have affected the party's fortunes)
If you’d told me at the beginning of last season that Spence would be our sole Spurs England rep, I’d have been surprised. And now he’s actually starting! 🏴
Decimation means to kill one in 10. This report in today’s @thetimes.com seems to think it means 9 in 10…..Painful!
Whatever you think the question might be, pogroms are never the right answer - and never have been.
Thrilled that the final newsletter awards I entered when at the FT have come up trumps! FT newsletters won 3 regional categories at the Wan-ifra awards & The brilliant AI Shift, written by @sarahoconnorft.ft.com & @jburnmurdoch.ft.com just won best newsletter in the WORLD (!) It’s bloody brilliant 🎉
Slot sacked! I thought he might be okay as he just about got Liverpool into the Champions League (and of course won the league last season). Funny old game etc etc…
Thanks to @daverich1.bsky.social for his latest newsletter - on why the British Museum felt they had to postpone a historic event set up for Jewish Culture Month. Ancient Judea is that threatening? everydayhate.substack.com/p/who-feels-...
Who feels threatened by Jewish Culture Month?
Imagine if, during Black History Month, the British Museum advertised an event highlighting artefacts in their collection about ancient black civilisations in Africa, and it had to be postponed becaus...
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Very happy to have written a piece on the importance of voice in modern media. In many circumstances, anonymous voice just won’t cut it anymore… @dcnorg.bsky.social digitalcontentnext.org/blog/2026/05...
In an AI world, human voice is media’s competitive edge
The media is beset by issues, from lack of trust in legacy institutions to serious competition from influencers, AI search and social platforms. In a
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This is soooooo good (though I’m amazed it could have happened)
Jon Dennis@jondennis.bsky.social · 2mo agoToday’s Observer correction, a classic, doesn’t do justice to the context of the typo.
From the brilliant “Get In” by @patrickmaguire.bsky.social & @gabrielpogrund.bsky.social This, surely, has been part of the Starmer project’s problem from the start… A man who doesn’t think of himself as a politician is actually PM.
I’m happy to have written this piece - I think every media org should be focussing on a sense of belonging and making their subscribers/members feel part of something
Nieman Lab@niemanlab.org · 3mo ago“I think belonging is trying to figure out ways for the audiences to feel heard and seen, to engage or learn more.” www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/affi...
Thanks @adamwagner1.bsky.social for this excellent articulation of how so many of us feel Recently someone told me they were sorry the “last few weeks” had been “so hard” for my community. But it’s not just the last weeks. It’s been years of othering & one-sidedness open.substack.com/pub/adamwagn...
After Golders Green
This post’s title could be five weeks old, or two days.
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