This is such a big honour to be invited to perform this role - thank you to all the team Birmingham Newman University and congratulations to all the students who graduated yesterday 🎉

“ In Washington DC, at a Metro Station, on a cold January morning in 2007, a man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, approximately 2000 people went through the station, most of them on their way to work. After about four minutes, a

1/ My #booksof2023 including my own new book, The #GreatCrashes - Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How To Prevent Them @greatbookseries In no particular order:

Unpeeled: the amazing inside story of Britain’s favourite fruit thetimes.co.uk/article/3b6efe… if there is a story to read in 2023 - this is it!

If you think jails are too soft and full of hardened criminals, read this and think again | Alex South theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Gosh this is good investigative #journalism by ⁦Paul Caruana Galizia⁩ and ⁦Tortoise⁩ on News Corp hacking. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

ICYMI: why Kroger is going to fight to merge with Albertsons. CNBC Exclusive: CNBC Transcript: Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen Speaks with CNBC’s Sara Eisen on “Money Movers” Today bit.ly/49tAhre

GB News has now lost £75m in two and a half years. An enormous sum for a small media business. Losses in year two were much bigger than year one. The original plan projected steady move to break even in year three (as all business plans do!). That ain’t gonna happen. Nothing like

EXCLUSIVE: Adani Group is reworking its digital strategy to make its superapp an essential part of Indians’ lives. Jeet Adani, the youngest of four heirs to the Adani empire, speaks to Bloomberg as part of an exclusive series. See our full coverage here trib.al/3i87YSR

Extraordinary tale of the Millers, tragic and timely, via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/08/08/nyr…

A superb knock of 142 from young Stefan Carp laid the foundation for our win against Wetheral CC today. Asked to bat first, we posted 234-4. Wetheral then closed on 138-8, the wickets were shared and everyone got a bowl. Well batted young man 👏 #EVCL #cricket #cumbria

✍️Many good things end in failure, and a crucial decision now faces Carlisle United. But let us never forget how Paul Simpson revived the Blues. He deserves to go with heartfelt thanks. My take on the manager's departure ⤵️ READ: newsandstar.co.uk/sport/24554711… newsandstar.co.uk/sport/24554711…

Couldn’t agree more. Someone who has time for everyone, has an excellent rapport with the players and loves the club. The best person I’ve had the pleasure of working with in football💙

Meanwhile, Eintracht Frankfurt’s u9 goalkeeper did this yesterday. 😂🤯

Gary Neville has done an excellent job at exposing how idiotic Sir Jim Ratcliffe is How this interview has made the light of day is beyond me No amount of waffle about Amorim is going to hide the rest of alarming decisions they discuss in this 44 min interview Please watch!

I’m hugely enjoying JK Galbraith’s wise and witty ‘The Great Crash of 1929’, intelligently reissued by Penguin. If you want to understand Donald Trump and his America, I urge you to read it. I don’t think you’ll be sorry.

🤣🤣🤣This is brilliant.. (even mine, you cheeky b*stard).

Osborne gave us the 'omni-shambles' Budget Reeves has introduced the pre-shambles: a budget. that falls apart before it has been delivered The real problem? A state that's too big to work. My column:- times-comment.com/65323

A MIT professor taught the same lecture every January for 40 years, and every single time it was standing room only. I watched it at 2am and it completely rewired how I think about communication. His name was Patrick Winston. The lecture is called "How to Speak." His opening