Lisa Coia

Morgan Freeman said this about Black History month

Of course its the that woman gets suspended 🤬🤬🤬🤬Red Bull suspend woman who accused Christian Horner of inappropriate behaviour - BBC News apple.news/A1L5rToBQRRSaF…

First paperback copies of LITB arrived today - thank you ⁦@jbirkett⁩ and the designers at ⁦@VikingBooksUK⁩ I love it. Out on Feb 28th available to order now. Please spread the word

Euston Station. 👌

Since he’s this year’s Christmas number one, here’s a reminder of the time George Michael sent £15k to a Deal or No Deal contestant to pay for her fertility treatment, and another £25k to a woman he saw crying in a café 💚

@alanbenzie I however feel quite at peace amongst the musky smells… #upwardlymobile

@JohnDower71 I binged it all Saturday. Wept more than once in episode one 👏👏

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@imshanereaction That is genius - good on her really!!

For all her faults, Cilla Black did give us one of the campest moments in TV history. Quitting Blind Date live on air and then shouting Surprise Surprise in the background when the producer came out to address the audience.

@ZahraS_B So many congratulations Zahra..

Receiving a CBE from The Princess Royal last week was a humbling moment. I couldn’t have achieved this w/o the support of my family, friends, colleagues & so many others. Thank you for always believing in me. Mama & Papa B, this one is for you. #Gratitude #BuckinghamPalace

This is amazing

@tracey_thorn @PatricKielty spoke brilliantly at the end of the Late Late Show on Irish tv last night.

Birkenstock IPO’d today at a ~$8B valuation. Its CEO Oliver Reichert did a massive turnaround in the past decade: sales 5x’d from $125m in 2012 to $1.3B in 2022. The wildest part: he has zero background in footwear or fashion. Prior to taking over the top job in 2013, he was a crisis reporter in Africa and an exec at a German sports TV station. Reichert was introduced to the Birkenstock family in 2009 via an art dealer friend and became an external consultant. The brand was struggling because the Birkenstock family had three heir sons battling over strategy and control. Reichert created a plan for two of the brothers to exit the business, which simplified the corporate structure. Then he went to realize the full potential of the brand: ▫️NEW MODELS: The most iconic Birkenstocks retail for ~$130. In 2015, the company released a water-proof EVA rubber sandal at half the price, $50-60. This sandal now accounts for ~15% of the 30m Birkenstock units sold. ▫️DTC: The website Birkenstock dot com was launched in 2016 and the online channel has gone from 0% to 38% of sales in 7 years. Birkenstock went wild during the pandemic (work from home boost) and 90% of interest is word-of-mouth (US Birkenstock owners have 3.6 pairs on avg). He 3x’d the workforce to 4k+ and — even as sales grew 5x — expanded operating margin from 27% to 35%. For the effort, he owns at least ~5% of Birkenstock (~$400m). One of the better “consultant comes in and fixes business” stories I can remember. Not bad for someone who said in an interview with The Cut in 2018, “I don’t give a shit about fashion.”

Broken Britain.

BREAKING NEWS: Police forget the word trousers.

I’m off to Edinburgh for a week at the fringe. It’s always one of my favourite weeks of the year 🎭

@Paul_McGee @alanbenzie I’ll get to them some day…

@alanbenzie @Paul_McGee Matrix trilogy

@alanbenzie Yes Alan, it does

Just hearing the news.. so very sad.

@LisaMoorish That made me cry 😢 so lovely