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December 16, 2022
As we approach the year’s end, the Links are going on a hiatus, until the first or second week of January—I’m heading up to Northumberland next week to have a Christmas in the wilds, with grandparent-childcare, vast amounts of wine and port and several books to take advantage of the familial support...
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December 09, 2022
The eagle-eyed among you will notice something different about this week’s links. No, it’s not the novelty socks I’m wearing (I hope those aren’t visible); it’s the fact that the email has now moved to an online platform, as part of my efforts to keep onside of GDPR laws.
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November 28, 2022
Happy belated Thanksgiving to all who celebrate it! We don’t have an equivalent celebration here in the UK—we’re much more likely to declare a public holiday for all the complaints we’d like to make, and to berate the people and institutions that have disappointed us, like Frank Costanza in Seinfeld...
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November 18, 2022
When will I learn? Every time I take a week off, some corner of the world begins to crumble. Last time it with the UK economy and with it, the political careers of Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng. This time it was the digital world, first crypto (of which more below) and now Twitter.