My recommended reading for today October 16, 2013
by Stephen Tall on October 16, 2013
Here’s today’s hand-picked selection that caught my interest…
- Man Booker contenders 2013 – a quick recap | Books | The Observer
McCrum on Booker winner: “I doubt that a sophisticated Booker jury will inflict this monster on the reading public” http://bit.ly/19MJ318
- Pensioners with more than £23,000 savings 'quite wealthy', minister claims – Telegraph
By any objective/relative measure, he’s right: “Homeowning pensioners with more than £23,000 savings ‘quite wealthy'” http://bit.ly/H1T8fE
- Plebgate: why did so many of us believe the police over Andrew Mitchell? | Geoffrey Wheatcroft | Comment is free | The Guardian
“Tom Newton Dunn appeared in a T-shirt that said “I’m a pleb”. No, you’re an Old Etonian, as it happens” http://bit.ly/H1ROtb #boom
- It’s the long-term trends, stupid: The Conservatives, Labour and the Economy
Clear & obvs correct from @joetwyman » It’s the long-term trends, stupid: The Conservatives, Labour and the Economy http://bit.ly/1eoDFm3
- About | PHF should…
Neat innovation from Paul Hamlyn Foundation (@phf_uk) inviting folk to contribute to its funding review http://bit.ly/1anfNuP #PHFshould
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