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presents Oh God What Now, The Bunker and More Jam Tomorrow; writer & editor; author, The Future of Trust (Melville House). ‘The most calming voice in the podcast world’ https://rostaylor.me https://morejamtomorrow.com https://rostaylor240051.substack.com

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 10d

OUT NOW: More Jam Tomorrow MILTON KEYNES

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?

Listen now at

morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...

It’s built for cars. The buses are baffling. But it’s got the most energy efficient housing in Britain. What did it take to build a city from almost nothing?...

morejamtomorrow.com

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Rachel Wearmouth @rewearmouth.bsky.social · 2h

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

(Gloomy headline for what is a very interesting piece)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Britain's youth clubs have been quietly decimated. What's most revealing is that few seem to care | John Harris

These vital spaces have been the first targets of cuts in a nation that favours age over youth – despite being the remedy for blights such as social division, polarisation and loneliness, says Guardia...

www.theguardian.com

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

The ‘intellectual’ category is intriguing.

u.ae/en/informati...

Emirati nationality | The Official Portal of the UAE Government

Executive Regulation of the Citizenship and Passports Law allows specific categories of foreigners, their spouses and children to acquire the Emirati nationality.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Some people think I’m suggesting the UK should strip citizenship from Dubai ‘expats’.

Not at all. I just find it odd not to seek citizenship of a country you love and that has offered you sanctuary from the hellscape that is Britain in 2025.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It’s not fucking difficult to understand, arnie, and that’s why it’s not a policy recommendation. It’s what you’d do if you really thought UAE was better than Britain.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

This is not a policy recommendation. It’s a suggestion to those who prefer to live in authoritarian states. If you think Britain’s rubbish and UAE is better, you ought to give up your British citizenship. They won’t, of course.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

It’s a fair point, but no one is stopping Britons from leaving. If you truly believe the UAE is a better place than the UK, why not show your commitment by becoming a citizen there?

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

The thought of never being able to vote again may give you pause. Or it may not - in which case, farewell.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Johnson jumped on a bandwagon that he saw as a vehicle to power. Farage cleared the road.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I’m afraid that if you emigrate to Dubai for the tax breaks and 24-hour security, you really should give up your citizenship here for someone who wants it.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

Naturally I’ve asked to interview him for More Jam Tomorrow. He sent his regrets, which is characteristic of his generation - younger famous people ignore you if they’re not interested.

Tories with humble family histories are usually the most interesting kind of Tory.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

I still find it hard to believe that a party which has dominated British politics for centuries is dying. And the most extraordinary thing is that one charlatan, who has never held significant power nor any kind of vision, is destroying it.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 1d

No one still alive has seen as much of the Tory party as Heseltine. He was involved in Concorde negotiations… When I research More Jam Tomorrow, he keeps popping up.

Watching the Conservatives’ extinction must hurt him profoundly in ways it’s hard for Bluesky to imagine.

BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 4d

“You described Reform and other parties across Europe today as among the 'right wing equivalents of the fascists in the 1930s'. Why?”

“Because that’s what they are”

@vicderbyshire.bsky.social asks Lord Heseltine about remarks he made at Conservative Party Conference.

#Newsnight

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a way of dealing with all the bad news in the world, apparently.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

www.sueddeutsche.de/wirtschaft/i...

Kurioser Trend: Menschen essen Pudding mit der Gabel

www.sueddeutsche.de

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Intrigued to hear that young Germans are gathering in parks to eat puddings with forks.

It’s a social phenomenon called Pudding mit Gabel

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

In no other field would this degree of uselessness be acceptable. But it’s school IT, so no one cares.

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 3d

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Thatcher was born 100 years ago and her reign feels a lifetime away. Why is her effect on the country still so huge? | Martin Kettle

Today’s politicians need to learn that she is not the answer to contemporary problems, says Guardian columnist Martin Kettle

www.theguardian.com

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

There was also an amazing painting of Luna Park in Paris which I can’t find anywhere.

Anyway, do go if you’re in Paris.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Syphilis was still a problem

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

Unmarried women over 25 used to be called ‘Catherinettes’ and parade in exotic hats once a year.

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

A stained glass window for the offices of the Petit Parisien newspaper, showing it rolling off the press

www.gazette-drouot.com/article/geor...

Georges Hagnauer, un miroitier aux multiples talents | Gazette Drouot

Le passage en vente publique de trois vitraux de Georges Hagnauer réalisés pour le siège du journal Le Petit Parisien en avril dernier à Drouot a mis en avant...

www.gazette-drouot.com

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 2d

I was in Paris today and went to a brilliant exhibition at the Musée Carnavalet about Parisians in the 1920s and 1930s.

Especially liked …

www.carnavalet.paris.fr/en/exhibitio...

The people of Paris, 1926-1936

Taking three Parisian population censuses as a starting point, the exhibition The People of Paris,1926-1936, through the lens of population censuses offers a fr

www.carnavalet.paris.fr

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 3d

I keep my promises …

morejamtomorrow.com/episode/milt...

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 4d

More Beer Tomorrow? More Lentils Tomorrow?

No! It’s MORE JAM TOMORROW!

www.jamtomorrow.com

Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 4d

Got a first in English so at least I can recognise irony when I see it.

Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 4d

Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.