Angela Kail
@angelakail.bsky.social
Charity sector and education mainly
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Jonathan Haidt on r4 now prattling in about mobile phones. Such an amateur fucking social scientist. Why have so many fallen for his puerile analysis of the impact of mobiles/sm on kid’s health?
February 5, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Jonathan Haidt on r4 now prattling in about mobile phones. Such an amateur fucking social scientist. Why have so many fallen for his puerile analysis of the impact of mobiles/sm on kid’s health?
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"The essential point is that money will always find weaknesses to exploit. This is what the Epsteins of this world understand." - fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social:
Mandelson and the money that never sleeps
This is truly grim for Keir Starmer, raising questions about his ethics as well as his judgment
www.ft.com
February 5, 2026 at 12:19 PM
"The essential point is that money will always find weaknesses to exploit. This is what the Epsteins of this world understand." - fantastic column by @robertshrimsley.bsky.social:
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
Private equity draining money out of the children in care sector while failing children should be a national scandal. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Private equity owns lion’s share of children’s foster ser...
Three London firms are now the biggest players in the provision of foster carers in England
observer.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Private equity draining money out of the children in care sector while failing children should be a national scandal. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
January 27, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Ian Austin, an Army veteran, was arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. But he’s continued protesting. Senior reporter @julialurie.bsky.social spoke to him.
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
“When they say, ‘Why would you be out here?’ How the fuck could I not be out here?” he says. “My nation is under attack."
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brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
January 27, 2026 at 12:22 AM
brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
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martyr means witness.
It is not just the clergy standing in streets and the like. I've met retired white doctors and teachers who have proudly got tear-gassed and shot at with pepper balls protesting and kept coming back. People are committed to suffering violence to demonstrate their rage
January 24, 2026 at 9:20 PM
martyr means witness.
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Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
January 23, 2026 at 8:19 PM
Demonstrators as far as the eye can see. Current status of the march in Downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota for Ice Out of Minnesota. They are turning onto 3rd Street from 5th Avenue.
Why are they doing a Q&A? Was there a topic that wasn’t covered in that speech?
January 21, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Why are they doing a Q&A? Was there a topic that wasn’t covered in that speech?
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If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
If the UK government had a Culture Secretary, that person would be in a position to take a view about whether child porn on demand was a good thing, or a bad thing. thecritic.co.uk/brin...
This is a great piece. Obviously as a charity person I enjoyed the history of the Henry Smith Foundation but I also love a dodgy landlord getting his rewards
Set out six months ago to investigative some dubious evictions. Ended up writing a sprawling story spread over 450 years about London property deals, the ethics of money lending, Tommy Robinson, Barbary pirates, Jacobean earls, and wealth in the capital. www.londoncentric.media/p/henry-smit...
A Tale Of One City And Two Henry Smiths
These two London landlords are separated by four centuries — but joined by a common name and business interests.
www.londoncentric.media
January 1, 2026 at 11:46 AM
This is a great piece. Obviously as a charity person I enjoyed the history of the Henry Smith Foundation but I also love a dodgy landlord getting his rewards
100% agree with this. Never understood why people tell their children that all their presents come from Santa.
Got asked to share my awkward views about Santa in a piece for @theguardian.com. First time having a piece like this in a national, what a way to wind up 2025. If you want to see me have a good Xmas roast, check the comments 😎
Thanks @jonnelledge.bsky.social for helping with the pitch. 🙏
Thanks @jonnelledge.bsky.social for helping with the pitch. 🙏
My family has never believed in Father Christmas – I don't want to hurt my kids if the money ever runs out | Matt Taylor
I would never want them to feel that they had been naughty if I couldn’t afford their gifts one year, says writer and music producer Matt Taylor
www.theguardian.com
December 23, 2025 at 5:55 PM
100% agree with this. Never understood why people tell their children that all their presents come from Santa.
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How investors plunder the care system: the owners of the children’s homes company Your Chapter have paid themselves £11 million in dividends this year.
December 19, 2025 at 12:52 PM
How investors plunder the care system: the owners of the children’s homes company Your Chapter have paid themselves £11 million in dividends this year.
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“When they are defending their liberal democracy, they are in fact defending ours as well.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
December 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
“When they are defending their liberal democracy, they are in fact defending ours as well.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
ABBA’s Bjorn Ulvaeus shares a Christmas message with #Newsnight and says that the Ukrainians “deserve all the support they can have from us.”
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Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Russia sends stolen Ukrainian children to North Korea to become militarized.
I’m so excited it’s finally Budget Day after months of speculation!
November 26, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I’m so excited it’s finally Budget Day after months of speculation!
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If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
If you need me, tap me on the shoulder. I’ll be happily working all day listening to this on a loop.
This is just funny. southwarknews.co.uk/news/news-pl...
southwarknews.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:03 AM
This is just funny. southwarknews.co.uk/news/news-pl...
No! Just put them up and put us out of our misery
November 13, 2025 at 10:36 PM
No! Just put them up and put us out of our misery
This is really sad, QEF is a charity that has helped a few people I know. It’s very tough for charities right now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leatherhead charity for disabled people to close after 90 years - BBC News
The QEF says it is winding down as it faces a "challenging financial situation".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is really sad, QEF is a charity that has helped a few people I know. It’s very tough for charities right now. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It’s funny that the BBC is in a fight for its life as it starts BBC Children in Need week. Radio 2 is dedicating most of the week to this important fundraising activity. There are many reasons to fight to save the BBC.
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 AM
It’s funny that the BBC is in a fight for its life as it starts BBC Children in Need week. Radio 2 is dedicating most of the week to this important fundraising activity. There are many reasons to fight to save the BBC.
This is great. I first heard of this when we were buying our house and the searches revealed it had been bought up by the council because it was going to be part of the Peckham ring way. So difficult to believe now that we wanted to be like an American city.
Earlier this week I spoke to London Centric about the Ringways Map and all things unbuilt London - they’ve dedicated the whole of their latest edition to the story! substack.com/home/post/p-...
Would your home have been under a motorway?
"The most astonishing and destructive thing never to happen to London," says the man who has spent twenty years researching the first true map of the unbuilt Ringways.
substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:14 AM
This is great. I first heard of this when we were buying our house and the searches revealed it had been bought up by the council because it was going to be part of the Peckham ring way. So difficult to believe now that we wanted to be like an American city.
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Can’t believe MainFT beat @theonion.com to this scoop www.ft.com/content/b7f6...
Fifa to award new ‘peace prize’ in Washington next month
Head of football governing body is close ally of Donald Trump, fuelling speculation that US president may be first recipient
www.ft.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Can’t believe MainFT beat @theonion.com to this scoop www.ft.com/content/b7f6...
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This is a really good piece from @joshglancy.bsky.social. Far from “whataboutery“, it’s a genuine attempt to to wrestle with a disturbing and peculiar feature of contemporary politics, namely “why is the world quite so obsessed with Israel and Palestine?” www.jewishnews.co.uk/the-world-wa...
The world was outraged by Gaza. So why doesn’t it care about Sudan? - Jewish News
Sudan’s horror is plain to see. The hypocrisy and indifference is harder to watch
www.jewishnews.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 6:51 PM
This is a really good piece from @joshglancy.bsky.social. Far from “whataboutery“, it’s a genuine attempt to to wrestle with a disturbing and peculiar feature of contemporary politics, namely “why is the world quite so obsessed with Israel and Palestine?” www.jewishnews.co.uk/the-world-wa...