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I Work Very Hard, And I Would Like To Try Cake By A Horse Hello. I am a horse. I work very hard at my job of being a horse. When humans say move the heavy thing, I move the heavy thing. When humans sit on top of me and pull on my head, I carry them where they want to go. The main food the humans give me is hay and oats. But I am thinking it would be nice to have a different food. I am thinking I would like to try cake. Yes, yes. Cake. I know all about it. When humans eat cake, it is in glad times. It is the food for a celebration, such as when a woman becomes 47. I have seen cake on the Fourth of July. When humans have a cake, they stand around it and clap hands and smile and say happy birthday at each other. Sometimes there are beautiful markings on a cake, such as balloons or a pink shape. Sometimes the top of a cake is on fire and a boy must blow on the fire with mouth wind. This is the scariest cake. I do not want this kind. But I will eat any other cake. Any cake that is not the fire cake that tries to kill the boy. Please understand: I do not get money for doing work. I do not get to go inside the house. All I am either doing my horse job or standing in my pen or eating food off the floor. I always do these things. But I have never once gotten cake and I would like it very much. I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children. I am more helpful to the farm. Children do not move the heavy things like me or let anyone ride on them. And yet they get cake. Maybe the humans will realize this. Maybe they will say, "You know who deserves cake? That horse. That horse whose back we are always on." Every day I dream about what it will be like if I get to eat cake. Here is what will happen. First, I will walk to the cake and putt my nose at it like hrrfff to make and stomping my hooves to make sure it is not a snake. Then I will trot in a circle to show that I am a horse and I am large. After that, I will nuzzle the cake to …

The horse op-ed is an instant classic. I can't tell you how much joy this piece gives me.

It should be taught in every introductory writing class in no small part because the horse arguments are so compelling. "I have noticed that human children get to eat cake. But I am bigger than the children."

A donut with orange and white and green and a Côte d’Ivoire football crest on the left, and blue and white with a Scotland football crest on the right

Enjoyed the official Côte d’Ivoire v Scotland donut at the Hill Dickinson stadium tonight

Scotland fans in Liverpool for the first International game at Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium against the Ivory Coast

An aerial view of part of the Uni of Liverpool campus in the 1960s, showing demolitions and new buildings.

Do you know of someone who might be interested in doing a #PhD on the urban, architectural and environmental history of the University of Liverpool?

If so could you point them in my direction?

A hand pump for Higsons Best Bitter

Went to a business festival that was also a beer festival, which is a happy coincidence. So I wrote all about it here, featuring the excellent @petebrownbeer.bsky.social and some of my favourite beers - including Higsons Best and an excellent low-ABV effort www.business-live.co.uk/enterprise/h...

Gonna hold on to this croissant metaphor for the rest of my creative life

For Be Funny Or Die, I stumbled upon the theory that the difference between drama and comedy might simply be down to the pace of data processing. Watch this ad, with the time clock in the corner, and see how fast your brain parses comic data. Set up, development, pay off, often in under a second.

Drawing of a duck looking at a flier for curling lessons

duck pulling a curling stone

A duck pushing a curling broom

That same duck on a podium winning first prize with a medal and crown

A few months ago I got the story of a duck who aspires to curling greatness stuck in my brain and simply couldn't get it out until I did this

The Stockport woman who helps set your interest rates Sarah Breeden talks to the Manchester Evening News about setting rates and about how she went from Romiley to solving the Northern Rock crisis

Very much enjoyed meeting Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden to talk interest rates, Northern Rock, Northern business today, and even Saturday jobs - read more on the @manchestereveningnews.co.uk here www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-n...

Bank of England deputy governor speaks on inflation and rate cuts MPC member hails resilience of Northern businesses

The Bank of England should soon take its foot off the monetary brake and cut interest rates as inflation continues to ease, a member of the bank’s rate-setting committee has told BusinessLive: www.business-live.co.uk/professional...

Some Echo stories I've been especially proud to publish recently... I think @liamthorp.bsky.social would never forgive me if I didn't start with this, a Premium article months in the making www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...

Notable Sandwiches #137: Po' Boy Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where my editor David Swanson and I trip merrily through Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches. This week, a...

It's Friday! Sandwich day!

Today I answer your burning question: who are the poor boys po'boy sandwiches are named after?

The answer: Streetcar workers from the great New Orleans strike of 1929!

Two brothers stepped up to feed them:
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A friendly neighbour, a famous painting and an investment gone wrong Special investigation: Three men claim they were promised grand returns on art deals pitched by their neighbour and friend that never materialised. The police said there was no case to answer

I've been working on this investigation for four months. It has taken a huge amount of effort amid ongoing legal battles.

One of the most fascinating tales I've ever covered.

This is a premium article because we hope it shows the kind of detailed investigative journalism people will pay for.

A statement from Sahan Journal, Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association:

Difang & Igay singing "Weeding and Paddyfield Song No. 1" YouTube video by DebraShick

Court cases all settled, Taiwanese folk singers Difang and Igay Duana give us a few bars of their original vocals used without their knowledge on Enigma's 'Return To Innocence' www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePKK...

Felt a little guilty that my initial reaction yesterday was “this will be good IF IT HAPPENS”. But actually given the number of plans and promises, that was about right

£45bn Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme confirmed Chancellor's Northern Growth Strategy aims to help North rival Europe's most successful regions

A new Liverpool-Manchester line, a new Manchester-Birmingham line, connections to Hull and North Wales…There’s so much news in today’s big rail announcements! But when will it all happen? I’ve tried to pull it all together here www.business-live.co.uk/economic-dev...

A Spotify Wrapped screengrab with a listening age of 66

I’ll be honest, this is a lower number than I was expecting

Spacemen 3 - 'Revolution' YouTube video by rocketgirlrecords

Happy 60th birthday to Peter Kember and Jason Pierce who were both born in the same hospital on this day in 1965. Here they are together in Spacemen 3 performing Revolution
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Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, Robert De Niro and Meir Tepee onstage with Simon Ismail from Salboy

I got a two-word answer from Robert De Niro today. That was a good day at work… and I wrote all about it here

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‘Build Baby Build’ – business takes centre stage at Labour conference Thousands of delegates in Liverpool this week

As I walked through Labour conference in Liverpool yesterday I spotted a delegate with a bright red “Build Baby Build” baseball hat – a sign of the ongoing debate about what UK economic growth could look like, perhaps? My report for @businesslive.bsky.social www.business-live.co.uk/economic-dev...

A forklift truck in the distance between giant shelves at the Iceland depot

It’s got a freezer the size of a warehouse and shelves stretching as far as you can see – welcome to Iceland’s massive £100m new depot www.business-live.co.uk/commercial-p...

Five years since lockdown - hard to believe. We’re asking businesses about how things changed for them- take part in our survey here

Last Wimpy in Merseyside people come from all over the UK to vist Wimpy in Birkenhead has been in Sanjay Chaddah’s family for 30 years

The last Wimpy in Merseyside is unsure what might happen as its Princes Parade home could be set for redevelopment under Wirral Council’s plans to regenerate and rebuild central Birkenhead

Report by @wimpyking.bsky.social
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Last Wimpy in Merseyside people come from all over the UK to vist Wimpy in Birkenhead has been in Sanjay Chaddah’s family for 30 years

As you know I love a Wimpy - and I love a good regeneration story too. So this festive special has both - I went to the last Wimpy in the North West to find out what makes it special, and why its boss isn’t sure what the future might hold
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A Bonne Maman bauble on a Christmas tree

Jam advent calendar day 24…
NO JAM but a rather nice bauble instead #jamvent

Purple Fig with Cinnamon jam, on crumpets

Jam advent calendar day 23 - Purple Fig with Cinnamon. Hint of Christmas spice - 3.5/5 #jamvent

Apricot & Peach jam on a crumpet with a mini jam jar

Jam advent calendar day 22 - Apricot & Peach. A sweet classic 4/5 #jamvent

Jam advent calendar day 21 - Mixed Berries. Jam on crumpets with a mini jam jar

Jam advent calendar day 21 - Mixed Berries. Solid - 3/5 #jamvent