Jack Martin Leith
@nowtonew
Originator of Now-to-New, a way of thinking, doing & being aimed at transcending the mundane, creating the new & enriching the world with value, meaning & joy.
It's so obvious that Q is in the wrong place in the alphabet. It's got no right to be among common letters like N, O, P, R, S and T. Stick it at the end with the other freak letters.
Blimey. Nearest stations are Yeovil Junction, some distance way, and Axminster, an even greater distance.
This is skip-stopping. It’s a difficult decision between users of the line seeing late trains and users of Crewkerne station who must now use buses. First sign of a shift to a production-led nationalised railway? Would a private SWR have agreed this?
OH. MY.GOD!
In 1984, an American pilot flew under the Eiffel Tower aboard a Beechcraft Bonanza. When asked about his bold gesture, he simply replied: “just for the fun”
Please note the correct date: 22 August. Apologies! Ill Repute, West Street, Old Market, Bristol Friday 22 August from 9pm Connor Beckles will be playing some of his 5,000 records: funk, northern soul, disco, reggae and jazzb He'll also be at Elmers Arms, Old Market St on 29 Aug.
Very Light Rail centre saved as council steps in to buy business railmagazine.com/news/very-ligh…
This is SUCH a good story!!!!
In honour of the late Prince of Darkness, here's a fantastic story Rick Wakeman once told about him, on Have I Got News For You. Apologies for the TikTok-esque format, it's the only version I could find online. #OzzyOsbourneRIP
Excellent reporting.
I had a look inside the Brabazon Hangar yesterday with YTL Arena chief executive Andrew Billingham. Read the full story here👇🏼 bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/brist…
🚨 Latest Video 🚨 Midland Metro Expansion, Digbeth, Dudley and beyond? ▶️ youtu.be/fQ-dwwwPuNI ◀️ #WestMidlands #Digbeth
Will be become CEO of GBR? If not, it will be a short tenure.
Network Rail's current CFO Jeremy Westlake is to take over as CEO once Sir Andrew Haines retires in October
Take a walk through the tunnel with Matt Williams. YouTube > A bomb was dropped on Redcliff Tunnel
A railway cutting is a reminder of a time when Bristol's underground ambitions were a reality bristol247.com/news-and-featu…
Meanwhile, downstream ... #TavyRail
🚆It's been six months since we started work on Okehampton Interchange, a new station in Devon 🔧We've adjusted 300m of track, laid 20 new sleepers, 1,000 tonnes of ballast, 300 tonnes of drainage stone and 25 bored piles 📷Photos provided by @DCRailPart
i’m sorry but this is a deeply embarrassing reaction to a bit of light ribbing from a political cartoon. it’s not brownface, it’s making a pun on her surname & redrawing a known image in her vague likeness. hardly groundbreaking stuff & happens to every politician all the time
Brownfacing a box of raisins and mocking my surname. Exactly what you’d expect from a right-wing hack who is the daughter of an aristocrat and ex-Tory MP.
A better way: 1. Spend 5 minutes thinking about the lesson and what you made of it. 2.Pair up. Each person says what they made of the lesson. 5 mins each way with no interruptions. 3. Pairs join to form groups of four. They have a conversation about their struggles and insights.
When you’re an introvert, one of the worst things you can hear in class is, “break up into small groups with those around you to discuss what we’ve been learning in class.”
#TavyRail - see Facebook.
I've seen an internal @CrossCountryUK email that blames Rachel Reeves for the significant reduction in onboard catering and both drivers and train managers at @CrossCountryUK are currently balloting for industrial action.
Synchronicity: Misplaced Shoulds in Strategy Start with Reality, not Idealized Abstractions by @RogerLMartin rogermartin.medium.com/misplaced-shou…
STRATEGY IS STRANGLING ADVERTISING. davetrott.co.uk/2025/07/strate…
The 2% of your fare that went to operator profit is now available for price cuts or service improvements. Not very much is it?
28% of rail journeys are now run by the public operator. Can Transport Secretary @Heidi_Labour explain what public ownership means in 28 seconds?
I asked ChatGPT for a list of stations with Interchange in their name. It went beyond the brief.
Network Rail has released new aerial images showing the first six months of progress on Okehampton Interchange station, which is set to open in 2026.