Aled Maclean-Jones
@aled_mj
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Building https://t.co/ByT3Sp1NfZ. Before that, @hmtreasury spad. Also write once a week.
London, England
Joined February 2009
I wrote something about our strange national indifference to Rolls-Royce — and what it says about where we place our attention, and why.
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Wrote about a very silly new action film, its debt to Anthony Trollope, and the underrated political power of looking like you actually enjoy the job.
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RT @adwooldridge: My latest column: The just-published novel "Drayton and Mackenzie" makes a compelling case for why business deserves more….
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Capitalism may have gone out of literary fashion. This summer’s Drayton and Mackenzie offers a glowing reminder of why it deserves more fiction.
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One step closer to a Bernard Samson reboot. The culture demands it.
Germany, 1928. A newly-promoted detective. A string of gruesome murders. Welcome to Berlin Noir. Emmy and BAFTA Award nominee Jack Lowden will star in this upcoming adaptation of Philip Kerr's bestselling crime novels. #BerlinNoir — Coming to Apple TV+
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Wrote about Alexander Starritt’s excellent Drayton and Mackenzie, Anglofuturist fiction, and whether the novel can help us imagine our way to economic growth.
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RT @leorobsonwriter: Some thoughts here on Geoff Dyer and theory in the 1980s on my @SubstackInc by way of promotion for the lengthy @NewLe….
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An interview with Geoff Dyer.
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RT @holland_tom: @empiremagazine A glorious review of 28 Years Later. I was at Durham Cathedral yesterday, where St Cuthbert’s body still….
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Wrote something about 28 Years Later, Britain as Devil Land, and the need to make England weird again.
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RT @TheStalwart: This one chart from today's podcast guest Jim Egan. Incredible. The difference between having a ZIRP-era mortgage and no….
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RT @C_Hendrick: NEW POST on AI, learning and why knowing stuff still matters. Link in reply ⬇️
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RT @TomMcTague: 💥 EXC: For my first edition of the New Statesman as editor, I went on the road with Keir Starmer, discovering a man far mor….
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The Prime Minister believes he will heal Britain – but can he find the words?
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RT @j_amesmarriott: I wrote this essay for the New Statesman about the collapse of the English Literature degree and the dawn of the post-l….
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Stefan Collini’s new book explores why such a prestigious academic discipline finds itself on the margins of modern society.
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RT @jamswilliams85: Bore da from Westminster!. We’ve got a full preview of @RachelReevesMP’s Spending Review with…. 🌹@ABarrosCurtis .🟢@BenM….
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