Philip Spedding

Somewhat knowledgeable on the arts, tax, sponsorship, philanthropy, American illustrators and cake baking.

[Jon Sopel @jonsopel]

Oh my….

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

UK friends! I have three copies of my zine of notes and sketches "The Book of Logs and Robots" to give away. Follow me, retweet the tweet quoted below ⬇and you may be randomly chosen to get one.

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

The things you find in government accounts... The amount of fines imposed by courts in 19/20: £917m. The cost of imposing and collecting those fines: £928m. Result, as Micawber would say, unhappiness, to the tune of a net cost to taxpayers of £10m

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@gregjames If @Daily_Express is to be believed, you are looking remarkable well these days - from their description of your conversation with @TomDaley1994 and @MattyLee_17...

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@TimHarford https://t.co/brOZp5MMFm says that 74.5% of UK "people" are fully vaccinated. https://t.co/kHZwM6ZqQN says that 58.08% of UK "people" are fully vaccinated. Is the difference down to definitions of "people" or something else going on?

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

Lovely story of retirement home residents taking matters into their own hands. "She doesn’t tolerate fools well, but she’s afraid of no one" Sound familiar @richardosman?! #TheThursdayMurderClub https://t.co/YFIHcbFeXZ

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@SarahABGee Absolutely no problem with the arts saying thank you. Always good practice. But were other recipients of covid relief required to do the same? Restaurants? Business gaining rate relief? Don't think so. Why just the arts?

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

An art work that uses data to visualize life in the ocean was supposed to go on display in Venice. But then the lockdown came, and the picture began to change. https://t.co/EDkpf5Utzs

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

I made some badges to celebrate my UK book launch. If you’d like one, retweet the tweet below. I’ll pick ten retweeters at random and send them a badge (UK addresses only, I'm afraid)

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@gavinjohnadams Happy Birthday to you! From one stranger to another who are both having a difficult year - chin up!!!!!! Best wishes

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@d_r_benway @Peston @BorisJohnson BBC is so much more than news and election coverage. I have seen the alternative on US/Canada TV and I don't want that here!

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@Markgatiss To pitch the people against every important pillar of a democratic society is a hugely dangerous step. I hope you are wrong!

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

Somewhere, amid the darkness, a painter measures a blank canvas, a poet tests a line aloud, a songwriter brings a melody into tune. Art inspires, provokes thought, reflects beauty and pain. I seek it out even more in these times. And in so doing, I find hope in the human spirit.

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@SarahABGee Well, more accurately they are seeking to raise money from other people so that they can be seen to be paying back the slave trade profits.

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

@bbcnickrobinson Given that everyone hates the deal equally - both brexiters and remainers - might that not mean, counterintuitively, that actually it is the right deal? After all, parliament and country still remain irreconcilably split down the middle (originally 51.9% leave, 48.9% stay)?

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

Booked London to Vancouver on BA. First found out that booking Glasgow to Vancouver on BA via London (and the same plane) would have been £800 cheaper THEN BA give all my bank details to hackers. @British_Airways - not your finest hour.

[Philip Spedding @philipspedding]

Just bought a ticket from @British_Airways for London to Vancouver. Can anyone explain to me why flying BA from Glasgow to Vancouver via the same plane out of London is £800 less? They say it is IATA rules. Really?

[The London Library @TheLondonLib]

"Death has soon ended what must have been a life of wretchedness and unavailing regret". The Times obituary reporting on the death in exile of #OscarWilde who died in Paris #onthisday 1900, three years after his release from Reading Gaol.

[Tom Gauld @tomgauld]

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