Because this has worked so well with e.g. water & sewage companies in England.

same

Food for thought.

Good point.

Unusually ranty from me this week, but few things make me more angry than the hypocrisy on show from some of these protestors. The book world is full of trustafarians - now they’re objecting to people’s access to the arts being funded by investment funds, too.

Assume signatories won't now sell books on Amazon, from which they want Baillie Gifford to divest, or at Waterstone's, which is owned by a private equity firm. Otherwise, this is empty posturing.

Ah, the lesser spotted someone who knows what they're talking about - a rare wader in the debate about whether we should demand that book festival sponsors divest from companies we use ourselves Edinburgh International Book Festival Fossil Free Books Thanks, Nils Pratley theguardian.com/business/nils-…

Read my exclusive interview with Kate Forbes MSP The Herald : Kate Forbes says economic growth crucial, sees Brexit 'conspiracy of silence' heraldscotland.com/news/24401683.…

9. Groupthink Plough your own furrow. As a great man said ‘conformity is the enemy of rigour’. In my experience groupthink is becoming more rather than less of a problem in newsrooms

Pleased to have a new short story in this collection of academic essays about the #secondworld in contemporary British writing. It's called #Mitropa and is narrated in the #second person by a minor character from The Leipzig Affair. #shortstories #amwriting #eastgermany #Stasi

Great to get along to this on Friday. welovestornoway.com/index.php/arti…

Every year, our lovely German friends send us lovely German wine. Last year, a £20 excise fee slightly spoiled it. This year, the fee has doubled to an unjolly 40 nicker. I guess should ask myself why I need German friends. Couldn't Brits perform this unsavoury task? #brexitland

Congratulations to Pàdraig MacAoidh [Peter Mackay] on his appointment as Scotland's new Makar (National Poet). Pàdraig is the first Scottish Gaelic poet in the role. He recorded Crann-cuinnse [Quince Tree] to promote the announcement. You can read his poems here 👇

Check out the new issue of EVENTS, Stornoway - my first as editor. We have an exclusive interview with Scotland's new Makar, Lewisman Pàdraig MacAoidh, a recipe for potted heifer's head AND SO MUCH MORE! EVENTS 227 - 01/25 on FlipHTML5 online.fliphtml5.com/aakag/dnbo/?fb…

Check out Feb's EVENTS. Exclusive interviews with Hebridean mustard entrepreneur Heike Winter and Keith Morrison of Keith Morrison (WEE STUDIO), plus news of a Jacobite button found in Benbecula, expansion plans at Stornoway's Gaelic cafe - AND MUCH MORE! online.fliphtml5.com/aakag/glni/

Check out issue 230 of EVENTS. We have an exclusive interview with an island printmaker about to publish a handbook with Bloomsbury Books UK, news of a local exhibition on loan from National Galleries of Scotland AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! online.fliphtml5.com/aakag/fmkm/

Genius!