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Issue 848, Sun 14 June, 2026

Dear Escapees,

This time of year does odd things to people. You can be walking back from Tesco with a bag of apricots and suddenly find yourself imagining a completely different life. One where you live near the sea, or make tables, or spend far less of your time on Outlook, or at the very least do not have to attend meetings with titles like “quick sync” when everyone knows there will be nothing quick about it.

Summer has a habit of making the gap between your actual life and your imagined one feel a bit more visible. Perhaps it’s because everything is more sensory, or because everyone is suddenly talking about escape in one form or another, but people do seem more likely to notice when their current setup is not quite it.

That does not always mean you need to run away and become a shepherd. It may just mean it is time to pay attention to the little flickers of envy, curiosity, restlessness or relief that crop up when you look at other ways of living and working. Usually they are telling you something.

This week’s Top 10 is for anyone who has started squinting at their current arrangement and thinking, politely but firmly, hmm.

Happy Escaping,

Team Escape

• Job Title: Head of Stonehenge

  Organisation: English Heritage

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• Job Title: Operations Manager

  Organisation: Hubbub UK

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• Job Title: Programmes and Community Manager

  Organisation: vocL

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• Job Title: Senior Manager, Research and Origination, Fund Ecosystem

  Organisation: Renaissance Philanthropy

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• Job Title: Development Director

  Organisation: Opportunity Green

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• Job Title: International Partnerships Lead – Middle East, Africa and Europe

  Organisation: Unifrog

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• Job Title: Business Development Manager

  Organisation: Paul Rhodes Bakery

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• Job Title: Senior Fundraising Officer

  Organisation: The Economist Educational Foundation

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• Job Title: Marketer

  Organisation: 80,000 Hours

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• Job Title: Head of Impact

  Organisation: Now Teach

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