The company that Swedes trust the most is the government alcohol monopoly.
IKEA is a distant second.
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The company that Swedes trust the most is the government alcohol monopoly.
IKEA is a distant second.
My piece about visiting Ukraine this month www.edwest.co.uk/p/ukraine-di... A long read. as long as one of Putin's monologues about Russian history
The story of Bess of Hardwick, who skilfully navigated the treacherous court and family politics of Tudor England: a fascinating tale, told by @edjameswest.bsky.social
Today's post: Do I have Trump Derangement Syndrome? www.edwest.co.uk/p/do-i-have-... (FREE)
thanks!
Love this from @edjameswest.bsky.social: 'How we'd talk if England had won in 1066': "In this world, lamentation is sorrowword, unanimous becomes sameheart and acceptable is replaced with thankworthy. Alcoholics Anonymous would be renamed as The Unnamed Overdrinkers" www.edwest.co.uk/p/a-language...
Incidentally, when I went to Gunpowder Plot experience at Tower Hill last year, our group were told that it would kill hundreds or maybe thousands, and at the end we had to vote on whether to inform the authorities - only me and one other person chose to. the other 16 or so voted against!
Today's post, on our most underrate leader (free to read) www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-first-...
Monday = London Review of Substacks in @semafor.com's daily global briefing
Today's edition by @tomchivers.bsky.social features smart pieces by Daniel B., @edjameswest.bsky.social, and @stephenfhwebb.bsky.social www.semafor.com/newsletter/0...
Today's post, on cousin marriage www.edwest.co.uk/p/keeping-it...
Today's post: The case for a Global Sanctuary City www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-case-f...
For those enjoying the Rest is History series on the Franks and the Battle of Tours, my post on the Germanic tribe who remade Europe is now free www.edwest.co.uk/p/the-day-th...
The Ruffian has LANDED. This week: when opinions are just feelings about a story www.ian-leslie.com/p/maybe-your...
2011-2019: anti-capitalism, Occupy, Corbyn etc etc
2020 anti-lockdown
2021 anti-vax
2022 metooed
2023 claiming to be a baptised Christian and appearing on Tucker Carlson
The right reason to give back the Elgin marbles. Me, in the Spectator www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-...
Today's post, on the case for returning the Marbles www.edwest.co.uk/p/soothing-t...
The world population grew fast over the last 60 years, but farmers grew fruits and vegetables even faster
Times are changing and my new novel published next month will be the first of my books to contain this text on the copyright page.
Fascinating post on Germany's love of Shakespeare. www.katjahoyer.uk/p/shakespear...
Still no subscribers in North Korea, two of the Stans, Syria, Yemen and most of Francophone Africa. Morocco the only non-western country with a large per-capita number (no idea why - never visited and never written about it) bsky.app/profile/samf...
Dr Lawrence Newport is Britain’s most effective campaigner.
After getting XL Bullies banned, he’s turned his sights on the criminal justice system and the need to focus resources on “prolific offenders”.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/11...
I'm your first follower! An honour!
Enjoyed this take (from the right) on Bluesky and twitter.
thank you!
Incredibly bleak time and it was one of the few things to cheer us up. Especially remember the early St Cuthbert plague episode for that reason
I'm almost never an early adopter but I remember listening to the very first episode of TRiH during the misery of Lockdown II and thinking this is going to be very popular bsky.app/profile/eate...
being retweeted by a 300k follower Times journalist
i've actually edited it to make that clear, worry when people often think I'm being serious
