Has Starmer conquered Paris?

Asking for a friend: is there any data out there on how much the employees of large companies receive in working tax credit (effectively a government top up for low wages)? And if not, could HMRC produce some?

In remembrance of my father, the father he never knew, and the millions of others who served and died. Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

This is the only thing you need to understand about inheritance tax on farmland ft.com/content/ab3585…

Now that the German Chancellor has called an election, Philip Gawith will soon be able to get back to his day job at Teneo

I saw a promo for the new Gladiator movie and said to my husband, “That looks good. I wonder if I need to see the original first so I know what’s going on.” My husband jumped up and with his full outside voice said, “YOU’VE NEVER SEEN GLADIATOR?!?” 2.5 hrs later, credits

Good to see the new government picking up the baton from the previous government on pensions reform - and running further and faster.

The Berlin zonal plan of 1903. Each colour corresponds to a set of rules on height and plot use, which are given in the key. The entire system, with unambiguous 'bright-line' rules governing every brownfield and greenfield site, fitted on one large sheet of paper.

France 🇫🇷 beating New Zealand 🇳🇿 and all is well with the world

I’m confused. Apparently it would be a good thing for the UK to boost productivity as it would make us all better off. But whenever any government does something that might encourage an increase in productivity it is a bad thing.

Voici la lettre envoyée par Albert Camus à son instituteur, quelques semaines après l'annonce de son Prix Nobel.

I appreciate this may not be a question of national significance but this is the public toilet in my local park and I'm wondering how on earth it costs £285k to refurbish it - when from the photos nothing structural has been done?!

If you have ever cancelled a subscription to The Spectator I would strongly recommend that you check your bank statements to confirm that they haven't been taking money from your account for more than a year after they sent you the email confirming the cancellation...

masterclass in why the oxford comma matters from The New York Times

This is a really stupid question but…if I am a farmer today and I inherit my father’s farm (worth about £5m) and I decide to sell it, what tax do I pay? Asking for a friend.

A reminder that the UK chooses to have low growth and be poor. It doesn’t have to.

It looks like there is some good news with Voyager 1 – communications have been restored, allowing the spacecraft to keep sending data back. The fact that Voyager 1 is 47 years old and still functioning and providing information to us is a testament to the quality of the research

The bubbles on the left are US publicly traded companies that are less than 50 years old with a market capitalization of $10B+. The bubbles on the right are the same but for the EU. Great visual from Andrew McAfee 🇺🇦's newsletter.

"An good way to learn German is to try reading children's books to familiarise yourself with basic grammar and vocabulary" German children's book:

Amazingly nonsensical article. Building lots more houses? Who’s going to buy them, houses are expensive? 🤦‍♂️ The solution is the government should do a new Help To Buy to fuel demand 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ thetimes.com/article/619cf2…