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. @fashionnatascha and I are proud to announce our latest co-production, The Routledge Companion to Fashion and Business, is available to pre-order!
Order your copy using our discount code at: routledge.com/The-Routledge-…
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‘Very wealthy man abandons country that gave him opportunity to make millions for fear of being asked to pay fractionally more tax to improve things for everyone’
Former Goldman Sachs boss flees Britain over rising tax burden just days before the Budget
lbc.co.uk/article/goldman-sa…
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Google did this to build a data center in Finland.
It was illegal, but they did it anyway.
Big Tech is out of control.
🎊🥂 This is not just a book launch, this is a FASHION book launch!! Thank you to authors, friends and supporters who joined us for fizz, fun and fashion South London style at the London launch of The Routledge Companion to Fashion and Business 🎊 🥂
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Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
There’s an application to demolish this beautiful 19th century pub in Kensal rise. Please write and oppose. We don’t need another land modern building replacing a high quality historic pub
Save The Masons Arms, Kensal Green NW10 from demolition. Re: 26/0807. Comments until 23 Oct. You can object by email or on Brent planning website. Email: [email protected] quote reference 26/0807, linked Listed Building Consent Ref: 26/0808.
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
What better way to spend Halloween than helping save The Cinema Museum cinemamuseum.org.uk/schedule…
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
Sentences you’ve never heard before: AFC Bournemouth have beaten AC Milan.
ALT Full-time: AFC Bournemouth 3-0 AC Milan.
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Aside from the shocking substance of this story, what's amazing is how it was unearthed by Cole. The short version: The Russians were able to penetrate Jared Kushner's iPhone and extract screenshots and data. Then, a Russian intel official was captured by Dutch intelligence (!) and flipped. The Dutch believed Kushner may have been acting on behalf of Russia, so pursued him as an intel target and were able to get into his phone.
They did not find any evidence of Russian collusion, instead they watched him moving hundreds of millions of dollars from slush funds created by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, one of them housed in Israel's central bank.
Incredible reporting, and if Democrats have any sense, they will pull on these threads and learn a lot more about this money.
Explosive story many years in the making, now out in Vanity Fair by Matthew Cole (who will be on Breaking Points next week, and publishing soon in @DropSiteNews):
Saudi Arabia and the UAE set up multi-billion slush funds for Jared Kushner to use.
Iran-Contra 2 here (except with Iran-Contra, at least the US got some hostages released. Not clear what we got out of this one.)
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
Things are moving so fast that everyone seems to have completely missed how insane it is that AI companies have been allowed to unleash agentic AI products with no regulatory guidelines.
SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios.
The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios.
Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said.
Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior.
Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…
The lives of others play at The Adelphi Theatre 🎭
A very good play, starring Keira Knightly who was great in it. Very clever set and stage design, nearly identical to the great film it's based on. Definitely recommend.
Altho at 2 hours 10 mins it's too long without an interval
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
People generally model threats to free speech in universities as ‘you’ve said something politically controversial’. Those are important and do happen, but cases of ‘you’ve said something fairly anodyne, but management don’t like it’ are probably more common.
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
Going above and beyond for a vulnerable customer 💙
Recently, Bus Station Controller Winsome was working at Harrow Bus Station when an elderly customer approached her window and asked to buy a ticket to Athens, Greece.
Winsome quickly realised that the customer was upset and confused. After taking the time to sit and talk with her, she discovered that she couldn’t remember her postcode.
Rather than simply directing her elsewhere, Winsome went the extra mile. She accompanied the customer on a 30-minute walk home, supported her when she nearly fell, and stayed with her until she knew she was safely home.
When they arrived, the customer’s daughter spoke through the doorbell camera to thank Winsome for bringing her home safely.
The following day, Winsome arrived at work to find a handwritten card and flowers from the customer’s family. She learned that the lady had dementia, and her daughter was incredibly grateful for the kindness and care Winsome had shown.
Thank you, Winsome, for going above and beyond to support a vulnerable customer and for showing such compassion and kindness.
#TfLCares #CustomerService #LondonTransport
ALT A smiling woman in a blue polo and yellow/red high-vis vest stands leaning on a grey counter in front of a red information booth. A sign reads 'Information and assistance'. Posters mention 'Route 186 will not stop here' and 'Lost Property'.
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
Sure, Anthropic may have stolen all the world's intellectual property, destroyed the education system, incited mass layoffs among the corporate class, devalued all art and destroyed social trust but somehow they also managed to lose $80 billion in the first half of 2026
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
when i was a healthcare assistant in the NHS, if you had a shift the night the clocks went back, you worked an extra hour but you didn't get paid for it
so i guess i'll probably use the extra hour getting angry about wage theft
American fiction is on iPlayer now & it's great. Definitely recommend. It's a satire on publishing and stereotypes - I'm really enjoying watching recent satire films (eg the substance, the menu etc).
Dr Babette Radclyffe-Thomas 蓓丽 FRAS 🐲🦄💗 retweeted
A major new report by police chiefs has found that a rise in violence against women and girls is linked to "online influences" and harmful content.
In its first national risk assessment - the report said at least 230,000 children and young people in relationships were victims of abuse.
They also found domestic abuse remained the most significant threat and described the scale of violence as a "national emergency".
