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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1h

Amateur sleuths decode secret letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

www.thetimes.com/article/46ff...

Amateur sleuths decode secret letters of Mary, Queen of Scots

Documents found in a French archive show the captive monarch complaining about lacking money to pay her servants

www.thetimes.com

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Mark McGeoghegan @markmcgeoghegan.bsky.social · 1d

Analysis in @thetimes.com by @leaskyd.bsky.social & Anna Dowell of the sharp decline in British identity uncovered by the Scottish Social Attitudes survey.

With comment from Sir John Curtice on the polarising of Scottish politics and from myself on the decoupling of Scottish and British identities:

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 6h

This is a genuinely fascinating stats story. Private schools in Scotland say their rolls have fallen since the VAT rise on tuition. But state schools say kids are not seeing big switches from Indy sector. What’s going on?
www.thetimes.com/article/6043...

Private school VAT raid ‘did not drive pupils to state sector’

Local councils reject claims by the Scottish Council of Independent Schools that Labour’s policy has added to burden on taxpayers

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 6h

Russian civilian deaths mount as Putin’s war in Ukraine hits home

www.thetimes.com/article/79a4...

Russian civilian deaths mount as Putin’s war in Ukraine hits home

Though wealthy Muscovites have largely been shielded from the conflict, hundreds in border regions are believed to have died in Ukrainian retaliatory attacks

www.thetimes.com

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Greg Jenner @gregjenner.bsky.social · 1d

You may call it ‘Chatfishing’, but I shall only refer to it as ‘Cyrano de Berger-App’
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

‘I realised I’d been ChatGPT-ed into bed’: how ‘Chatfishing’ made finding love on dating apps even weirder

Where once people were duped by soft-focus photos and borrowed chat-up lines, now they have to watch out for computer-generated charm. But it’s one thing to use a witty phrase – another thing entirely...

www.theguardian.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1d

Why Scots are losing their British identity.
www.thetimes.com/article/f5d5...

Why Scots are losing their British identity

With only a quarter of respondents to the Scottish Social Attitudes survey identifying with Britishness, Scotland faces a generational political split

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1d

Alex Ferguson bankrolls minnow Benburb’s Scottish Cup run to Wick

www.thetimes.com/article/3fc4...

Alex Ferguson bankrolls minnow Benburb’s Scottish Cup run to Wick

Fergie has pledged £10,000 to the Glasgow club where he served his apprenticeship as they seek the victory that could pit them against Celtic or Rangers

www.thetimes.com

David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1d

Morocco’s Gen Z rebellion: ‘We need jobs but we got a stadium’

www.thetimes.com/article/7b52...

Morocco’s Gen Z rebellion: ‘We need jobs but we got a stadium’

A leaderless youth movement has taken to the streets demanding employment and better public services — and hopes to enlist the authoritarian king

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel

www.thetimes.com/article/8bb0...

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel

The Knights Templar International has been ordered to stop implying any affiliation between the medieval church and the self-styled crusaders

www.thetimes.com

David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 1d

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel

www.thetimes.com/article/8bb0...

Far-right ‘knights’ told to drop claims of links to Rosslyn Chapel

The Knights Templar International has been ordered to stop implying any affiliation between the medieval church and the self-styled crusaders

www.thetimes.com

David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 2d

The private life of Putin: strippers, lovers and secret sons

www.thetimes.com/article/72bc...

The private life of Putin: strippers, lovers and secret sons

Putin latest news: Inside the private life of the Russian president

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 6d

Former Soviet media executive among Russia’s suspicious suicides

www.thetimes.com/article/b300...

Former Soviet media executive among Russia’s suspicious suicides

The long time head of the Soviet newspaper Pravda has been found dead in Moscow, heightening concerns over a pattern of similar deaths

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 14d

Star law student led anti-Islamic chants at migrant hotel protest

www.thetimes.com/article/dd9d...

Star law student led anti-Islamic chants at migrant hotel protest

Aberdeen University has been urged to revoke Lewis Carty’s dissertation prize after video emerged of him and his brother Chris also making antisemitic slurs

www.thetimes.com

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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 15d

This is one of those occasions when it’s worth taking the time to check what the law actually says (cos it’s interesting and pertinent). www.gov.uk/government/p...