The Iran war is difficult for advanced economies, but much harder for small Islands and sub-Saharan African countries that are net oil importers My newsletter www.ft.com/content/32fa...

Wittenham Clumps sunrise with a "steam train" of blossom.

I know we've all seen it already. But I honestly think this is the defining moment of our time. Past generations couldn't have believed it would happen. Future generations won't believe it could have happened. But here we are, bang in the moment. Lucky, lucky us.

A Review in Nature Reviews Psychology identifies 50 causal processes by which arts engagement influences mental health outcomes and integrates them into a theoretical model, the ‘arts exposome.’ 🔒

No way the fall of Rome was this cringe x.com/NC_Renic/sta...

Corporations as vectors of chronic disease, @nejm.org Calling out 6 commercial products that contribute to 31% of all deaths globally. Chemicals include pesticides, PFAS, manufactured. And counterstrategies to address www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...

I see the University of York is offering a fixed-term post in public history for the same salary (£37k) I earned for a fixed-term post in public history, also in Yorkshire, in 2012. Had the rate risen with inflation it would now be £53k.

Strange situation where we await a statement from Iran to check whether there's any truth to what US president is saying.

Thank God Starmer is in charge, really. If it had been any of his immediate predecessors, we'd currently be at war with Iran, playing lapdog to a deranged US administration, unable to say what we were doing or why.

Low-level red kite this afternoon.

It's so rare that we see photos like this one of an Iranian schoolboy. Maybe we need to see more of them.

FT comments section this morning - saying what everyone else is thinking, right?

“No front-page stories in NYT, WSJ, WaPo. No mention on NBC and CBS Sunday Shows. No stand alone segments on Evening News shows. A death count on par with the OKC bombing is relegated to the back page.” www.columnblog.com/p/corporate-...

"If annual net migration were to be 200,000 lower on average than the OBR’s current assumption over the five years of its forecast, the cumulative 1mn hit to labour supply could add up to £20bn per year to forecast borrowing." 👀

Proud of my daughter Anne, who assisted in organising this exhibition www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...

For every additional £100 a Plan 2 graduate earns they repay an extra £9 - but their debt also accrues an additional £7.20 in interest, due to the rising interest rate. www.edrith.co.uk/p/rage-rage-...

The largest randomized trial of medical A.I. —Over 100,000 women in Sweden —radiologist + AI vs 2 radiologists, in follow-up —AI added led to 29% more cancer detected, 44% reduced workload, and —Less cancer dx in subsequent 2 years, and, when found, less aggressive thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Save this for your stats lecture.

Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...

The track from Freedom Wood down to Bix Bottom, and the ruins of St James church. #chilterns

La France interdit de territoire dix militants d’extrême droite britanniques pour des actions contre des migrants

Psychology Jobs Three assistant professor positions in health, clinical, or social psychology at the University of Southampton, UK. Closing date: 30 Jan 2026 BSky Contacts: @timwildschut.bsky.social & @denisdrieghe.bsky.social #PsychJobs #SocialPsyc #ClinPsyc #HealthPsyc #PhDSky #AcademicSky

BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!

Forensic analysis of objective video evidence. This is how you serve readers searching for clarity.

The Solent

Ex-Meta chief AI scientist Yann LeCun has Lunch with the FT and in one of those instances so rare that you know he didn't sign an NDA, says exactly why as.ft.com/r/e503690d-8...

The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5

Today in Psychology (17th December 1924), Max Wertheimer presented a landmark lecture 'Über Gestalttheorie' (On Gestalt Theory) to the Kant Society in Berlin, Germany. www.all-about-psychology.com/gestalt-theo... #psychology #GestaltPsychology #GestaltTheory #PsychologyFacts

The Ox Drove ancient track from 400 ft close to Win Green. This was a hilltop route for moving vast herds of cattle (oxen) and other livestock from the West Country (Devon, Somerset) all the way towards the major market towns like Salisbury and on to the Hampshire ports.

Deliberate fire-making by humans in the UK may date to more than 400,000 years ago, according to evidence in Nature. The findings predate previous evidence for the deliberate lighting of fires by around 350,000 years. go.nature.com/4oKHAS4 🏺 🧪

Evergreen post

Distant Viaduct, by Trevor Grimshaw (1947-2001). Born in Hyde, studied at Stockport College of Art, worked in advertising in Manchester. #NorthernArt

Winter Sunlight, Diggle, Saddleworth, painting by John McCombs, b.1943 (Saddleworth Museum).

Handwritten and oral exams are making a comeback

‘The French people want to save us’: help pours in for glassmaker Duralex

Ribblehead Viaduct, Yorkshire, photo by landscape photographer Paula Beaumont.

NEW In the heart of the Eurasian steppe, a #BronzeAge metropolis has been unearthed, showing that the settlements of nomadic steppe societies were just as sophisticated as contemporary, more traditionally 'urban' civilisations. #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology

I am moving to Dubai because England is so dangerous. www.ft.com/content/9bf6...

3 papers @thelancet.com today on the health dangers of ultraprocessed foods and a call for action The health risks www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Is AI making job recruitment less meritocratic? We're getting some v interesting research studies on this question now, and the news is... not good. @jburnmurdoch.ft.com & I dive in, in the latest edition of our newsletter The AI Shift www.ft.com/content/e5b7...

Flying Squirrel Loves It Every Time

​Where the veil between seasons and legends is thin. Wayland's Smithy is cradled by a blazing ring of fall foliage. The very definition of a timeless landscape. 🍁 #History #Mythology

This explains a lot (Source: www.ft.com/content/20d6... )

​The ancient earthwork of Wansdyke snaking its way over Tan Hill. A historical line of sight, with Woodborough Hill framed above the Kennet and Avon Canal. #wiltshire 🏞️

NEWS: ICE arrests Chicago man whose teenage daughter is fighting cancer: “He belongs with her.” I spent yesterday afternoon with Ofelia Torres and her mother, Sandibell, talking about Ruben Torres. Here’s the story www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/21/i...