Still looking for someone for this!

A key factor here has to be because more intellectually advanced kids are absolutely bored stupid by the pace of learning and become skivers, which is exactly what I did

This does not surprise me because there are very few well-paid career paths that women typically enter that don't need a degree. Obviously women can be builders, plumbers etc but tend to prefer not to do that type of work, and there's no well-paid equivalent appeals more to women

A guy in front of me has fallen asleep on the train and I usually wake people up to make sure they don't miss their stop but he made a really loud annoying phone call without earphones earlier sooo

Leaps and bounds: ex principal dancer uses ballet to transform young lives in Leeds - Robyn Vinter. theguardian.com/stage/2023/dec…

A disabled man who swallowed poison in a jobcentre in an attempt to take his own life, after becoming “overwhelmed” by the harmful actions of the Department for Work and Pensions, has pleaded guilty to possessing a chemical weapon.
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Britons increasingly turning to black market in stolen food, experts say - Robyn Vinter. theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

Gosh this is such a gorgeous feature about Caroline Aherne from Simon Hattenstone theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

'We’re happy, we’re safe, we’re going to school': lovely piece by Robyn Vinter on our charity appeal partner Refugee Council 🧡's work with young refugee Afghan footballers theguardian.com/society/2023/d…

Today, Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media moghul, is spending his 76th birthday behind bars. He had the courage to return to HK to support his persecuted employees, knowing he’d be jailed. He could have lived a pleasant life in exile. Jimmy is one of the great heroes of our time.

If I hear Blue Monday one more time I'm moving to Leeds. My thoughts on Chanel, and Manchester's habit of trading on past glories theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…

This is a remarkable chart from the Times. I haven't been following the property market closely enough but I had no idea house prices haven't gone up across the board (when accounting for inflation)

Delighted to report nursery fees are up again - this time from £69 a day to £75.90 from next month. An extra £1,344 a year if my daughter’s ‘free’ 30 hours didn’t begin in April.

Also just renewed car insurance: up £270 despite reducing cover. Next: mortgage renewal in May!

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My hometown has finally got a hipster coffee shop, 25 years after everywhere else. I could not be more delighted

Robyn Vinter Whether actor, musician, artist; you can't practice, rehearse, refine, improve AND work a fulltime 'normal' job. My generation got Housing Benefit and signed on, and so creative development was possible for more people than just those with the safety net/support of affluence.