Not Being Funny But by Emma Rowley

Not Being Funny But by Emma Rowley

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Not Being Funny But by Emma Rowley
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Why is Donald Trump in office inspo on Insta - while everyone's sharing getting fired stories

Why is Donald Trump in office inspo on Insta - while everyone's sharing getting fired stories

Throwback Masters of the Universe, or the Cool Girls Getting Fired crew? Pick your back to work player...

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Hello! I am back, recovered from the plague (well, a plague) with a pitstop to recuperate at the ultimate cliché of Londoners in the Countryside, (Soho) Farmhouse. Which poses the modern-day version of the question: if a tree falls in the forest, with no one watching, does it make a sound? Which is: if you’re at Farmhouse and don’t post a selfie on your socials, did you really go? Let’s find out. Meanwhile there was a definite autumnal feel in the air:

September feels not just back to school, but back to work, in terms of the online conversation at least (I fully appreciate that most of us don’t disappear to an island for August, I certainly didn’t). With that in mind, I’ve been transfixed by the Instagram account @financegoldenera that shares Eighties office inspo, focusing on scenes from Wall Street and the City.

A lot of retro Eighties accounts have cropped up in recent months, often dreamy interiors created by AI set to synthy music, and it’s been funny to see what was once deemed …

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