Jemima Kelly on Sark is now FREE TO READ

(As it always was, since Alphaville lives outside the paywall, but we've taken the annoying registration barrier off.)

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Last month I went to Sark, a tiny island in the English Channel, to report on the extraordinary fight for the soul of the community.

For my first piece in the Sunday Times Magazine, I write that the isle is poised to be free from the Barclay family - but not everyone is happy.

Really enjoyed this on the island of Sark by ⁦Jemima Kelly⁩ particularly as someone who has gone from feeling menaced to amused by Kevin Delaney on.ft.com/3RnjI9h

Well OBVIOUSLY the Seigneur of Sark should bring the crumbling estate of the humiliated and bankrupt Barclay dynasty to IPO. Finally, a good meme stock.

Jemima returned to Sark and it’s as glorious as you’d expect

Jemima Kelly FT Alphaville And here’s our news story on the plans to float a portion of Sark on the London stock market ft.com/content/6a3410… via @FT #IPO

I only went back to Sark didn’t I!!

A weekend long read for ⁦FT Alphaville⁩ with ⁦⁦Laurence Fletcher⁩
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For this week's column, I wrote about neuroaesthetics and the importance of getting regular exposure to the arts (as a spectator or, better, as a participant) and to beauty and nature

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If you're feeling passive aggressive today, do feel free to share my latest with your most annoying mates

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“Only ever leave voice notes for someone you are confident likes you. A voice note is a demand on someone else’s time. It is also, as the detractors say, somewhat self-indulgent.” ⁦Jemima Kelly⁩ on.ft.com/458sn5l

Golly. That's a more than 15 point lead Trump has over Biden now in the betting markets

Guess who’s back

They said I couldn't do it, but I got some lyrics from Original Pirate Material into a column in the Financial Times of London.

Geezers need excitement
If their lives don't provide em this
They incite violence
Common sense
Simple common sense

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OK wow we're here it's really happening now 😱 I guess that there are probably already developers in romantic relationships with AIs?

Strongly this energy: youtube.com/watch?v=dJTU48…

Esther McVey is in the news for banning rainbow lanyards. Here’s how the Minister for Common Sense also spends your money

Goodness me. Husband of the 'minister for common sense' gets paid £1000 a month by this company.

Is MTG too MAGA for DJT? My latest via Financial Times
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