Alec Marsh, author and journalist
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Journalist & author of historical thrillers incl. Drabble & Harris books and CUT AND RUN Bylines @Spectator @Telegraph @TheFieldmag @SpearsMagazine. Podcaster
Free via #kindleunlimited Cut and Run, By @AlecMarsh ‘A gripping thriller set in the backdrop of WW1… Well-researched and rewarding.’ amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CYQHFJVX/ @HistoriaHWA #crimefiction #ww1 #thrillerthursday
Free via #kindleunlimited Cut and Run, By @AlecMarsh ‘A gripping thriller set in the backdrop of WW1… Well-researched and rewarding.’ amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CYQHFJVX/ @HistoriaHWA #crimefiction #ww1 #thrillerthursday
In adults, limiting smartphone functionality to texting and calls and blocking all social media and mobile internet for 2 weeks significantly improved attention, self-reported well-being and mental health. 90% of participants experienced a benefit.
This isn’t true. Constitutionally the Prime Minister doesn’t have to be a member of either House. No one in the Cabinet does. That’s how Mark Carney became PM of Canada before he had a seat. It’s how Alec Douglas Home was PM while in neither the Commons nor the Lords from 9 October to 7 November 1963 (after he resigned his Lords seat and before he was elected to the Commons. It’s also how Patrick Gordon Walker served as Foreign Secretary while a member of neither house from 16 October 1964 – 22 January 1965 (indeed he didn’t become Foreign Secretary until he was *out* of Parliament!)
Andy Burnham has been spotted on a train to London 👀👀
