Stephen D Barber

Founder and Chair of the Prix Pictet. — editor, writer, speaker. Japan specialist. Tree obsessive (@phenomenal_trees Instagram)

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I am fed up with @bt_uk who don’t reward loyalty and are almost impossible to contact. They recently demanded three WiFi disks back (by text so I thought it was a scam). When they got around to replacing, they only sent one. So WiFi only available on one floor! Help

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@OVOEnergy is now saying, we will call you and put you through to the right team. But the last two times they did that I was cut off. They never leave messages and never use email. Terrible communication except when they send bills.

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@OvoEnergyTm @ZackmainaU Dreadful smart meter service from @OVOEnergy They knew a year ago my signal was weak and I had a 3-phase supply. Only recently they told me they now have ‘heritage meter’. But no follow up. Now threatening to cut off heating and hot water on 30 March!!

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Interview with Daniel Misaki, tree hero in Kenya https://t.co/0qSX6PU0xh

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Why does @Meta allow Instagram to drown in fake ‘free’ stock boosting scams using videos of AI generated, famous market analysts, fund managers, economists — all with near identical text? I get ½ a dozen a day and report all of them, but still they come. They are easy to detect.

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My latest post https://t.co/IGixXf6vTr

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There Are Rivers in the Sky by Elif Shafak — a fascinating stream of storytelling https://t.co/X9lH1jKJIh @Elif_Safak brilliant new novel

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My review of Christopher Hart’s Hedgelands

https://t.co/BkavtNRygO

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To lay or to flail? It’s no contest — International Tree Foundation https://t.co/hJvN5cQXez

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My post on hedge-laying To lay or to flail? It’s no contest — International Tree Foundation https://t.co/hJvN5cQXez

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It pays to take time to read https://t.co/bu04fWijUH

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See my account of a classic Japanese walk on the Nakasendo

https://t.co/QugpGk5rMG

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My blog post from Transylvania Between the woods and the water: The unique habitat of Romania’s wood-pastures — International Tree Foundation https://t.co/dwYWE89Crf

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Well said Martin @martinwolf_ The strange death of corporate Britain https://t.co/obP0yvswMN

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My account of a celebrated Japaneses pilgrimage route https://t.co/QpTpGIQsNH

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My article on Yakushima’s remarkable cedars https://t.co/SvIXRAweFQ

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@johnedwinmason It’s outrageous - fools running the UoB think they are a business & borrow tens of millions to fund ‘expansion’.