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Links from the week of 18 June 2018
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- Fascinating (as a former Curzon Soho and Everyman regular). Always surprises me this hasn’t hit Brussels yet. (h/t @awb58) screendaily.com/features/why-i…
  
  Sun 24 Jun 2018 · on Twitter
- The opportunities that used to exist in Britain for ambitious young Europeans, now being closed off to everyone’s disadvantage. start.lesechos.fr/travailler-a-l…
  
  Sun 24 Jun 2018 · on Twitter
- Mors est ianua vitae (even if you don’t believe in the afterlife) nytimes.com/2018/06/22/nyr…
  
  Sun 24 Jun 2018 · on Twitter
24 June 2018
Links from the week of 12 February 2018
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- This is very Catullus 5. rudy.negenborn.net/catullus/text2… twitter.com/amyelizgray/st…
  
  Wed 14 Feb 2018 · on Twitter
- 👀 UK and France with 15% of voters polled saying they would find military rule a good thing. pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017…
  
  Thu 15 Feb 2018 · on Twitter
- On that: if you fancy helping my work/life balance by becoming @demsoc’s chef.fe de bureau in Brussels, apply! actiris.be/ce/tabid/204/l… twitter.com/anthonyzach/st…
  
  Fri 16 Feb 2018 · on Twitter
- Listening to @GuitarMoog and @ottocrat’s new podcast « Cakewatch » while walking in the sunny forêt de Soignes. overcast.fm/+L1Fy2t0Yk
  
  Can recommend February sunshine, the podcast, and the forêt de Soignes.
  
  Sat 17 Feb 2018 · on Twitter
17 February 2018
Our (@demsoc’s) Commission Paritaire sets the bulk of our terms of employment and minimum…

Our (@demsoc’s) Commission Paritaire sets the bulk of our terms of employment and minimum wages based on roles. There are six échelons and

@demsoc each job fits into one of them, which gives you the minimum wage. It sounds like red tape galore, but (like red tape in reality) it also is

@demsoc pretty helpful for us as new arrivals, because it tells us exactly what the market (of potential staff) will expect of us.

@demsoc Like a lot of Belgian things, it seems bureaucratic and slightly chaotic, but when you get into it, it’s not a bad way of doing things.

@demsoc (I’m in a good mood with the bureaucracy because @VilleBruxelles took exactly 3 minutes to deliver my new Belgian driving licence today).

Originally posted as a thread of 5 tweets on Twitter on 2 February 2018. View the original thread.

2 February 2018
Links from the week of 15 January 2018
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- New report from Scottish Gov on Brexit: Scotland’s Place in Europe gov.scot/scotlandineuro…
  
  Mon 15 Jan 2018 · on Twitter
- I’ll be busy on 6/7 July 2019, before you ask: Tour de France 2019: un contre-la-montre et une arrivée à Bruxelles
  via @lesoir pour #iphone plus.lesoir.be/134154/article…
  
  Mon 15 Jan 2018 · on Twitter
15 January 2018
Links from the week of 18 December 2017
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- On the one hand I’m a bit dubious about the rise of the gallery brand. On the other I’m really looking forward to the pre-opening exhibition at Kanal (the Brussels branch of Pompidou) in May. plus.lesoir.be/130016/article…
  
  Tue 19 Dec 2017 · on Twitter
- Le Kroll du jour: duel Francken-Michel
  via @lesoir pour #iphone plus.lesoir.be/130613/article…
  
  Fri 22 Dec 2017 · on Twitter
22 December 2017
Accompanying my mother around M&S like it’s 1982.

Accompanying my mother around M&S like it’s 1982. At least this time I have a smartphone.

Never, in the field of customer loyalty…

Strange that the store illustrated on M&S wifi login page is the one in Brussels they’re about to shut.

Originally posted as a thread of 3 tweets on Twitter on 25 August 2017. View the original thread.

25 August 2017
Links from the week of 15 August 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- Brussels2Berlin: Do the Olympics promote harmony, or suckle nationalism? buff.ly/2aVQs65
  
  Mon 15 Aug 2016 · on Twitter
- Here’s yer “strong borders”, UK. (Story of how web animation expert @rachelnabors was put off the UK for life) buff.ly/2bcmeuq
  
  Sun 21 Aug 2016 · on Twitter
21 August 2016
Links from the week of 25 April 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- Brussels2Berlin: Obama bursts Britain’s post-imperial hubris buff.ly/1rtHHWe
  
  Mon 25 Apr 2016 · on Twitter
- Roaming charge reductions. Not sexy, but useful. techradar.com/news/phone-and…
  
  Wed 27 Apr 2016 · on Twitter
- UKIP list of 26 pro-Brexit companies turns out to be list of 25 companies they hadn’t spoken to (and 1 defunct one) buff.ly/1Td8kFc
  
  Wed 27 Apr 2016 · on Twitter
27 April 2016
Links from the week of 8 February 2016
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- Research supported by EU funding & research network cordis.europa.eu/result/rcn/871… twitter.com/mariacaulfield…
  
  Wed 10 Feb 2016 · on Twitter
- Coincidence, my favourite Brussels brewery names my local Sussex beer @harveys1790 as their favourite brew. theculturetrip.com/europe/belgium…
  
  Wed 10 Feb 2016 · on Twitter
- .@RCorbettMEP fisking @DCBMEP #euref richardcorbett.org.uk/british-people…
  
  Fri 12 Feb 2016 · on Twitter
12 February 2016
Links from the week of 23 March 2015
Articles, reports and other links I shared on Twitter this week.
- “@guardian: Open borders or fair wages: the left needs to make up its mind | Paul Ormerod t.co/MHi6mfYK1y” #falsedichotomy
  
  Tue 24 Mar 2015 · on Twitter
- Brussels wants to end geo-blocking of online content < not before time. euobserver.com/digital/128143
  
  Wed 25 Mar 2015 · on Twitter
25 March 2015

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