I cannot wait for the insights on this! He's going to:
1. Sample some local street food.
2. Ride a train.
3. Visit a temple.
4. Not mention the pogroms that the serving Prime Minister presided over.
5. Smile at some elephants.
6. Top up his kids' private school fees.
7. Say "India is changing".
I was receiving intermittently but couldn't send – consistent 504 errors or things sat in the Outbox for hours
Same. I've been RB for c.25 years. An hour or two at its worst but we're now approaching 24 hours with no timelines for resolution and no real communication with customers. This could be me and RB done tbh
Almost 24 hours on and now there’s no service at all. Service status is red across the board. I now can’t even set up an autoreply to say “call me”. Do you timelines please?
“The Times has been told” by who? UAE government sources? UK opposition parties? Dave down the pub? Without some sort of source this is just meaningless.
Six days into Iran it’s been relentless grift from right-wing media
I'm trying both: webmail and via Mac Mail iPad and iPhone. Here's hoping for tomorrow
Yes webmail. Can't send any emails and I'm on deadline. It's been like this for 5-6hours. Tried to file a ticket but guess what: "There has been an error"
Still can't send anything: 504 errors
SMTP 465 - ie mail - is down
@runbox.bsky.social can you update re email provision, please? recurrent outages and 504 errors
Cardiacs definitely more important. Hope all snowy in the pond
Thoughts and prayers with every PR who has a major launch this week
You'll be telling me that George V didn't actually like Bognor next
Exactly. "But I got spooked by the mRNA vaccine!" Oh well, that's ok then
Plus there's the line: "It's all very well to scream at me that the medical establishment knows best… but I was also someone who got spooked by the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccine".
Just one nonsense explanation after another
If the government had only asked me I'd have saved them £109m and done nothing for £1m www.ft.com/content/186f...
I think it's wrong to describe the World Service as "soft power". It's actually "info power". And these days that's a very hard form of power indeed.
Mad that so many people complained it had lost it's soul cos Audrey started offering table service
Thanks Simon! I was hugely fond of Cabane. It felt a privilege to hang out for a few days. Dinner conversations and interviews tested my French to its limits, mind
And while I’m putting up pieces here’s one from last week; a new Cornish stay to help you remember what matters
www.thetimes.com/article/30de...
My bit from Verbier in today’s Times. The header pegs this on price but it’s actually a story about tradition and community; what one guide called “the spirit of the mountains”
www.thetimes.com/article/f328...
Frankly kudos to him for coaxing 70mph out of a VW bus
www.thetimes.com/article/b4f7...
Are the locals friendly? Do hotels perch? We need to know
Have you ever done a tour of Hamburg's docks? Can recommend. Even just taking a small ferry into different quays is brilliant
TBF it's news reportage not travel. But set against that is that it's the centre header of the front page. Ooof!
Can someone send the NYT subs some new travel cliches? Missed opportunity to blather about “hidden gems” and “secret beaches”
Anyway. Cracking read, this. Worth it just for the comments www.ft.com/content/d0b7...
I've a theory that the world's current ills can be laid at the door of dysfunctional tech bros. Because Silicon Valley nerds struggled with in-person relationships they created an online world where relationships were distant and interaction performative
Aware of the irony of saying this on socials
If you’re interested in how much America cares about Trump and Greenland, the New York Times is running the story on page 4. The Mail phone-hacking trial gets higher billing
The FIFA prize weeping in a corner: "What does a Nobel have that I don't? Aren't I enough for you?"
