Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social
FT features writer, focus on work/workplace/whatevs
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Emma Jacobs
@emmavj.bsky.social
· May 23
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’
https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f
https://www.ft.com/content/9c0614cc-b719-4d35-9725-af9f3f170f2f
Prisons minister James Timpson: ‘This is not a quick fix’
The former chief executive of the Timpson Group on his plans to modernise the penal system — and how to stop ex-convicts reoffending
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Omg just call the budget early like a surprise album drop and end the flipfloppy drama
The UK government is running out of credibility on.ft.com/4nV2gGE
The UK government is running out of credibility
A chaotic week has raised the risks around this month’s crucial Budget
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November 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Omg just call the budget early like a surprise album drop and end the flipfloppy drama
No amount of soft focus and mussed up hair can distract from … RFK JR
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
No amount of soft focus and mussed up hair can distract from … RFK JR
I love the mediterranean cafe
on.ft.com/3JMxz8Q Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
on.ft.com/3JMxz8Q Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
[FREE TO READ] The outgoing head of the Secret Intelligence Service on the rise of China, why Putin is not interested in talks — and how screen spies aren’t always far from the truth
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November 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I love the mediterranean cafe
on.ft.com/3JMxz8Q Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
on.ft.com/3JMxz8Q Former MI6 chief Richard Moore: Britain must regain the ‘power of example’
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Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
November 12, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Hey so “underage girls” are…children. The word you’re looking for is children. They’re not like, women-in-waiting or women-lite or whatever. They’re children. I think some of you are very uncomfortable with what that means for you but it is still true.
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"If a country as rich as Norway can’t afford to stick to principles, who can?" Great edition of the Free Lunch newsletter today by @martinsandbu.ft.com on Norway suspending its $2.1 trillion oil fund's ethics rules. www.ft.com/content/f6b3...
How Norway jeopardised its integrity overnight
Oslo abruptly changed the ethics rules for the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund
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November 13, 2025 at 11:13 AM
"If a country as rich as Norway can’t afford to stick to principles, who can?" Great edition of the Free Lunch newsletter today by @martinsandbu.ft.com on Norway suspending its $2.1 trillion oil fund's ethics rules. www.ft.com/content/f6b3...
More consequences for UK figures in Epstein than US ones.
November 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
More consequences for UK figures in Epstein than US ones.
Why don’t Starmer and Streeting make a pact?
November 12, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Why don’t Starmer and Streeting make a pact?
Noah Smith after getting lost in the airport, WHICH IS ALL THE FAILING UK’S FAULT
November 11, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Noah Smith after getting lost in the airport, WHICH IS ALL THE FAILING UK’S FAULT
Me blaming the map for being a twat
Noah Smith is paid in the high six-figures to write a blog read by Americans who believe themselves to be intelligent. Yet, he is both unable to read a sign and also for some reason chose to have a 90 minute layover for a flight that takes 90 minutes.
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onemileatatime.com/news/economi...
Economist Doesn't Follow Signs At Heathrow: Proof The UK Is Failing?
A economist had a bad experience connecting at Heathrow, suggesting it's reflective of bigger issues in the UK. There's only one issue...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Me blaming the map for being a twat
Do we?
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
[FREE TO READ] World’s most famous investor warns against corporate greed as he prepares to hand over reins of Berkshire Hathaway
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November 11, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Do we?
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
“As the British would say, I’m ‘going quiet’. Sort of,” Buffett wrote in a letter published on Monday.
on.ft.com/4hXiu0K Warren Buffett says he is ‘going quiet’
I think about the BBC a bit like social media usage. I’m slightly surprised more doesn’t go wrong
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I think about the BBC a bit like social media usage. I’m slightly surprised more doesn’t go wrong
So to be clear: Trump is a peacenik and the BBC owes him $1bn
Robbie Gibb is impartial
Robbie Gibb is impartial
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
So to be clear: Trump is a peacenik and the BBC owes him $1bn
Robbie Gibb is impartial
Robbie Gibb is impartial
From my ltd experience of museum coverage, the biggest omission seemed to be drugs
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
[FREE TO READ] Is this how the party ends?
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:43 AM
From my ltd experience of museum coverage, the biggest omission seemed to be drugs
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
on.ft.com/4qXuOlR How rave culture went from the dance floor to the museum gallery
Trying to think of things I care less about
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Trying to think of things I care less about
Agree it was good to see someone celebrate having a good time in a vibrant city
My column on how you can always tell who's going to win an election: heawood.substack.com/p/the-politi...
The politics of enjoying it
You can always tell who's going to win
heawood.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Agree it was good to see someone celebrate having a good time in a vibrant city
Just bought my poppy
November 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Just bought my poppy
November 8, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Is the US socialist? Am I in a dream
November 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Is the US socialist? Am I in a dream
Honestly the whole the world is going to hell in a handcart is just marketing grift
November 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Honestly the whole the world is going to hell in a handcart is just marketing grift
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It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
November 7, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It shouldn’t be forgotten that a big piece of Mamdani’s campaign was simply “cities are cool and lots of people enjoy living in them” which in and of itself dismantles alot of rightwing talking points
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👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
DIY data
open.spotify.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 AM
👂🏼 POD TIME 👂🏼
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Me and @robarmstrong.bsky.social on:
-DIY data
-DIY dishwasher tablets?
-being mean to Rob
-flying taxis
-people saying stupid stuff about the UK
open.spotify.com/episode/1fR4...
Definitely veer green on this topic
Support for bringing back the death penalty, by 2024 vote
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Definitely veer green on this topic
Feel starstruck even reading her name
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
[FREE TO READ] The 94-year-old doyenne of British abstract art on influences from Seurat to Mondrian, her wartime childhood in Cornwall — and ‘the healing power of looking’
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November 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Feel starstruck even reading her name
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’
on.ft.com/47PqKLG Bridget Riley: ‘I want my paintings to make people feel alive’