Friday Selection Box: 1st November 2024

Autumn budget 2024 – initial IFS response

Reflections on the Budget.

The last parliament, including a pandemic and cost of living crisis, saw per capita disposable household income rise by just 0.3% per year.  But the forecast for the current parliament suggests that it will be the second worst on record for household incomes.

Beating Burnout

An article from 2016 on the three components of burnout (exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy) and advice on how to recover.

Burnout can often feel insurmountable. But the sense of being overwhelmed is a signal, not a long-term sentence. By understanding the symptoms and causes and implementing these four strategies, you can recover and build a road map for prevention.

Asking for regular feedback and some surprising benefits

Interesting reflections on developing a feedback habit.

Harvest Song

A seasonal poem.

A poet-anthropologist celebrates relatedness across difference in a poem that honors the festivals of Navratri, Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Day of the Dead, and Halloween—all of which draw on otherworldly connections and mysteries.

William Morris and Art from the Islamic World

The exhibition opens at the William Morris Gallery on 9 November.

The Lounge

New exhibition by Harold Offeh at Lightbox, Woking. A great partnership with the National Trust and Lightbox Gallery.

The Lounge is a site-specific installation by multi-disciplinary artist Harold Offeh co-created with the local community to explore the meaning of ‘home’.