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The UK’s last remaining #coal fired power station is to shut at the end of September, drawing to a close Britain’s 142-year reliance on the fossil fuel to produce electricity:
by @alexmdaniel
independent.co.uk/news/uk/la…
Alex Daniel retweeted
Small businesses around the country said they feel “frightened” as they prepared for further rioting by boarding up shop fronts and closing early
✍️: @RosieShead and @alexmdaniel
independent.co.uk/news/uk/lo…
Alex Daniel retweeted
'Tarantino’s fake products underline the fact that the action is all taking place somewhere else. It’s a wink and a nudge that you’re not quite in reality.'
@alexmdaniel on the painstaking effort put into creating fictitious brands for film and TV: on.ft.com/3TTNvbs
From Waystar RoyCo in Succession to the films of Quentin Tarantino – fictional companies are all around.
For @FTMag, I spoke to the designers behind them about their process, what they're poking fun at, and letting their imaginations run free 🎥
ft.com/content/73883bb1-6c93…
Alex Daniel retweeted
There aren't many people alive today who have invented a new musical instrument – even fewer have actually found success with it.
But Tim Meeks, creator of Stevie Wonder's favourite new toy, the harpejji, is one of them. I wrote about it for @guardian
theguardian.com/music/2023/a…
Alex Daniel retweeted
‘If Stevie Wonder wants to play it, pay attention!’: how a bizarre new instrument found unusual success theguardian.com/music/2023/a…
There aren't many people alive today who have invented a new musical instrument – even fewer have actually found success with it.
But Tim Meeks, creator of Stevie Wonder's favourite new toy, the harpejji, is one of them. I wrote about it for @guardian
theguardian.com/music/2023/a…
Alex Daniel retweeted
🚨SCOOP 🚨 @Ripple Europe chief @sendiyoung tells the great @alexmdaniel that the 'huge win' in the US case on XRP's status as a security is helping momentum in 🇺🇸🇪🇺 and beyond (they're gunning for a 🇬🇧UK @TheFCA crypto licence now) dlnews.com/articles/markets/…
Award-winning documentary artist Mathieu Asselin is back, with a visual investigation into the Volkswagen emissions scandal.
We talked cars, corporate evil and why artists should meet these issues head-on, for the British Journal of Photography
1854.photography/2023/07/mat… @bjp1854
I'm in the new British Journal of Photography interviewing Mahmoud Khattab.
His photos explore loneliness and losing one's sense of self, all shot covertly during his compulsory service in the Egyptian army. It's really brave, vulnerable work. @bjp1854
1854.photography/ones-to-wat…
I'd love to write a few more things like this, a deep dive into the weird world of art crime - and the detectives trying to get the stolen paintings back, for @Guardian
This was from my last, pandemic-induced stint as a freelancer, back in 2020/21...
theguardian.com/artanddesign…
...or this, a piece about a displaced Syrian family who put on a photography exhibition in their newly adopted hometown of Bradford for @bjp1854 ...
1854.photography/2021/08/ric…
Excl: Copper's chief operating officer Sabrina Wilson quits, the latest of *five* top level departures in the last few months.
Philip Hammond's crypto startup has already replaced its CFO, CTO, CCO and general counsel lately.
fnlondon.com/articles/copper… @FinancialNews
In case we needed any more indication that a digital pound is on the horizon...
The Bank of England is to hire dozens more people for its 'Britcoin' project in the coming months, doubling the size of its team working on a digital £££
fnlondon.com/articles/britco… @FinancialNews
Alex Daniel retweeted
There is indeed a massive crypto lobbying effort happening in London, albeit with very little to show for their efforts because skepticism still runs deep in government.
fnlondon.com/articles/crypto…
Wrote about crypto firms’ fast-growing reach in Westminster.
Bosses used to spend their free time bickering on Twitter. Now, it’s all boozy dinners with MPs, meet-and-greets in Parliament, and easy access to ministers.
Did someone say “Wild West”?
fnlondon.com/articles/crypto…
Alex Daniel retweeted
Smart of @wsj to pull together this video on @evangershkovich — humanizes, testifies to his ethics and work, and highlights fact that he's essentially a Kremlin hostage
wsj.com/video/series/in-dept…
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Doesn't @alexmdaniel look great in the metaverse?
fnlondon.com/articles/metave…
Took a journey into the nether realm for @FinancialNews...
Tech giants think the metaverse will replace office work, but it just made me feel dizzy.
fnlondon.com/articles/metave…
