Response to the Spring Statement from the IFS
‘..overall, this was a holding exercise ahead of the really significant decisions later in the year. The June Spending Review will be where the Chancellor’s tighter spending plans crystallise into specific choices and start bumping up against reality.’
Biases in decision making
Advice from McKinsey on four key biases (groupthink, confirmation bias and excessive optimism, inertia and loss aversion) and how to counter them. It is written for corporate CFOs but applies equally to all involved in decision making.
On Play
A wonderful piece by Maria Popova. It feels more important than ever at the moment.
…Because pure play liberates us from any notion of winning or losing and therefore liberates us from “the prisons we choose to live inside,” those in power have always tried to undermine the value of play.
Putting the Rights of Nature on the Map: Second Edition
A great update on the spread and impact of the Rights of Nature movement.
Nike Neelova: Through a glass darkly at the Sir John Soane’s Museum
Showcasing new work created by Nika Neelova during her residency at Sir John Soane’s Museum in summer 2024.
A time travelling conversation about life and art’: the botanical collages of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton (No1 Royal Crescent, Bath)
If you haven’t come across Mary Delany’s work before it is well worth finding out about. Of particular interest to Dawn whose muse is a 17th Century painter.
The Botanical World of Mary Delany and Georgie Hopton: a Domestic Arrangement opens on Saturday (until 15 June). It pairs Delany’s intricate 18th century botanical collages with contemporary works by the London-based Hopton, all set against wallpaper and fabric designs that Hopton produced with Rapture & Wright especially for the exhibition.