Learning how to balance the grid, age 6.

🛍️ The genius of #Next's Total Platform is that the back-end infrastructure designed for third parties has turned into the ultimate acquisition tool for complementary target brands. Great to talk to Nathalie Thomas for today's The Lex Column: ft.com/content/0b6d06…

Read our latest Lex notes on Thames Water here on.ft.com/3Vy0GAd and here on.ft.com/3xp1FIE

Many thanks to my guests on this afternoon's edition of Sky Business Live: Nathalie Thomas; Louise Stigant from Cadbury UK and Duncan Ball from BBGI. Please join me again for our next edition at 1130 BST on Monday 8 April.

30 years ago today, in the space of just a few seconds, two young lives were changed forever. We all know the consequences of the headbutt for Duncan Ferguson. Jock McStay suffered too. I won't ever stop being fascinated by events at Ibrox on 16 April 1994 (pics Neil Hanna )

I wrote a book where this episode is a central theme & though I'd do it very differently if I wrote it again - who knows, I might 😮! - it's here for anyone still interested (a bargain £9.11 I see).. Published 10 yrs ago. Who knows where the time goes? amazon.co.uk/Search-Duncan-…

I haven’t been able to put down this gorgeous books mag from Backstory | London bookshop all evening. Among other things, it has taught me a lot about BookTok. Congratulations Tom Rowley

The view from one of my evening runs this week.

🛍️ For sure a favourable market has helped M&S's turnaround, but its peers haven't taken advantage of it. And there's more to come, as I told Nathalie Thomas for today's The Lex Column ft.com/content/83c90c…

I’m a football widow for however long Scotland stay in #euro2024 as alan pattullo is reporting on the Scotland team’s progress in Germany. His latest ahead of tonight’s match here: scotsman.com/sport/football…

What you doing at 9pm tonight, pal?

Trying to look for silver linings after last night. At least I may not be a football widow for too much longer alan pattullo scotsman.com/sport/football…

One silver lining of Scotland's departure from #euro2024: I will have childcare again. After reading this I feel I am owed A LOT of parenting credits alan pattullo scotsman.com/sport/sport-op…

Scottish sky

The FT's excellent Globetrotter travel section has a new guide to Edinburgh. Starting today with Simeon Kerr and Lukanyo on where the power brokers dine. Watch out later this week for a (thankfully blurred) photo of me running around Edinburgh: ft.com/content/c818d3…

Here I am running around Edinburgh for Financial Times Globetrotter's newly-released Edinburgh guide. I could have added at least three routes that I also love. The point is: running in Edinburgh is AMAZING. ft.com/content/16c86a…

A legend bows out. 🫡 Andy Murray has played his final professional tennis match. Thank you for everything, Andy ❤️

Asked 6-year-old to tidy up toys he left in the kitchen. “But I don’t want to miss the long jump!” Fair enough.

So looking forward to chatting to Jonathan White, professor of politics at the LSE, at the Edinburgh International Book Festival on Thurs 22nd August about his book In The Long Run: The Future as a Political Idea. Link to book here: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…

I am back from the Austrian Alps and excited about interviewing LSE Professor of Politics Jonathan White this Thursday at the Edinburgh Book Festival. Bring friends and lots of questions: edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w…