The Most Mysterious Cells in Our Bodies Don’t Belong to Us From The Atlantic You carry literal pieces of your mom—and maybe your grandma, and your siblings, and your aunts Read More …

Wishing everyone a very happy holiday season. I hope you are all able to spend time with family and friends. Hugs all round.

First, don’t assume that either Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak will lead the Tories into the next election. Each laboured to get more parliamentary support than a former contestant on Splash! Read More …

As usual, some interesting insights https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/02/28/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340

Way back in 2020 I sponsored Pete for his Permanent Residency in Canada. We had been talking about a move for years and finally made the plunge. We got his Read More …

‘How do you write like the Economist?’ a new member of staff asked as he began to compose his first leading article for the paper some years ago. ‘Pretend you are God,’ Read More …

Systemic kleptocracy is in the DNA. Starting with the European land grab, slavery, systemic discrimination against property ownership (red lines). All quasi-legal and illegal. Plus ça change. Sadly. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/09/this-land-was-our-land/594742/

We collect similar data – it’s controlled by corporations not the government. Not sure I like either option. https://www.lrb.co.uk/v41/n19/john-lanchester/document-number-nine

Fascinating. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/who-is-shakespeare-emilia-bassano/588076/