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Will Lord

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Industrial policy, cities and regions, history and anything else that's interesting. Views very much my own.

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Moonshots & mass production: The lesson of Reaction Engines. The loss of Reaction Engines, the British architect of the incredible SABRE engine, has drawn unfair comparison with Musk’s Starship: Some say it renders SABRE obsolete. Is this true, or idle midwittery? It's true,…

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Amusingly, this rate of 1.44 is almost exactly what Japan’s fertility rate was (1.43) when the BBC aired the infamous 2013 documentary “No Sex Please, We’re Japanese,” which sought to blame lack of children on frigid Japanese men and their video games news.sky.com/story/fertilit…


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It’s behind me… isn’t it? 👀 Happy Halloween from Hubble and @NASAWebb! This joint image shows a pair of "eyes" that are really the cores of two galaxies. The colors come from Webb's infrared data combined with visible and ultraviolet light from Hubble: go.nasa.gov/3NKwD2S

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cary grant and james stewart photographed for “the philadelphia story” (1940)

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My favourite Japanese woodblock print made after WWII: 'Night in Kyoto' (1980) by Sekino Jun'ichirô

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"BYD is so formidable because it’s emerged victorious from China’s brand of state-led capitalism, which weeds out weak or inefficient players by forcing them to compete in a protected, carefully calibrated sandbox."


Announcement from HMT that UKIB will become the National Wealth Fund: mobilising billions in private finance and supporting the Industrial Strategy. The NWF will have a strong regional objective, reflected in its strategic priorities and success measures. gov.uk/government/pub…

Global firms have come together today to hear about the UK's strengths at the International Investment Summit. One of these is having a pro-growth Government, with the launch of the National Wealth Fund to mobilise billions in investment, creating jobs & helping rebuild Britain.



The @biztradegovuk has published the Industrial Strategy Green Paper. It sets out the Government’s approach across eight growth-driving sectors, a pro-business environment, and place. Please do input ahead of the November 24th deadline! gov.uk/government/con…


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📣 Game-changing carbon capture and storage industry gets the green light with funding confirmed for sites in Teesside and Merseyside. This cutting-edge tech will create thousands of jobs, boost our economy and help us on our mission to become a clean energy superpower 👇


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I created a median house cost vs. median household income chart by state/region for the US/UK. It really highlights the scale of the problem - even "affordable" regions of the UK are comparable to some of the least affordable states, and London is vastly worse than any state.

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Britain is open for business. Whilst in New York, Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer has announced a £10 billion investment from @blackstone to create the biggest AI data centre in Europe. Over 4,000 jobs will be created, driving growth in the Northeast of England. Find out more:…


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Getting visited by hordes of demonic pigs was an occupational hazard in the Middle Ages (BnF, Français 50, f. 256v, Vincent of Beauvais' Le Mirouer historial)

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Just started Neil Price's "The Children of Ash and Elm: A History of the Vikings". Immediately struck by this section. What a great way to open the book! This is the great joy of history. Occupying the minds of those who saw the world so differently from you.

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