Lara Ferris

HOW FASHION BRANDS DIE (A STRUCTURAL VIEW) 🧵 Tiffany and Nike announced a collab today, leading to a lot of debate on Twitter (does it suck, does it not suck). I think it sucks, but want to use the launch to talk about how fashion brands—especially luxury ones—eventually die

Ecology 1 History 0 “A famous University of Cambridge view is set for a change as a pristine lawn maintained for centuries is transformed into a wildflower meadow.” Good for @Kings_College 👏👏👏 bbc.com/news/uk-england-camb…

This is fascinating to see. French newspaper Le Monde reduced the number of articles it published by 25% over two years, and increased its reader engagement by 11%. The days of quantity over quality are over.

1/ 2005 — Lab vote share in England, 35% Lab seats in England, 286 2019 — Lab vote share in England, 34% Lab seats in England, 180

A word of caution as we rush to declare a coroner's verdict on this election. Labour are 3.2% up on where they were in 2015 under Miliband, but nearly 30 seats down. Geographic spread of the vote (as well as Brexit, Corbyn's personal polling, and turnout) is key here.

"One of the cards... Boris Johnson didn't hold up was the one saying "Because at Christmas you tell the truth" Actor Hugh Grant @HackedOffHugh, who wants people to vote tactically against Brexit, gives his view of the PM's version of the famous Love Actually cards scene

“As far as I’m aware she does not have any degree in economics.” “I was and I remain a professor of economics.” This is what happened when a Brexit Party MEP questioned the expertise of Green MEP Molly Scott Cato over post-Brexit trade.

"Sometimes I take a step that splits me in two, into the woman who is walking and another woman who steps back, to watch. I wonder what I look like, do I look like an adult with an adult life?" lithub.com/an-ode-to-women-w…