~James Lees-Milne, diary, March 25, 1977
Earth may have been a ‘water world’ Cold River world 3bn years ago, scientists find Guardian
This is my father’s five o’clock shadow
His face has become mine
My grandfather
chuckles inside the parlor mirror
His hand comes forth
He is about to pinch our cheek
Faulkner arrived in Hollywood in 1932 and made a lasting first impression: He was drunk, disheveled, and bleeding from the head In the name of head
HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY: Mike Kerrigan: ‘The Hunt for Red October’ has this timeless message for Americans today
... we have a common enemy, so there’s a sense of common purpose
In a ‘Bizarre’ Biological Twist, a Mother Lion Adopted a Leopard Cub in India Smith
320 Victoria Street Darlinghurst ... This Darlinghurst cafe is long and extremely narrow, with floor-to-ceiling refrigerators and shelves brimming with an array of colourful cakes, pastries, Italian soft drinks and the legendary ...
A busy hole-in-the-wall cafe. 320 Victoria Street, Darlinghurst ...
MORE THAN MOST PEOPLE CAN DO, HONESTLY: Parrots Are Only The Second Kind of Animal We’ve Found That Can Grasp Probabilities.
HAPPY 30TH ANNIVERSARY: Mike Kerrigan: ‘The Hunt for Red October’ has this timeless message for Americans today
I’M A FAN OF VITAMIN D, BUT I’M SKEPTICAL OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS: Coronavirus update: Sun exposure can keep you safe, says Unicef.
Poland’s Formidable Filmmakers Versus The Right-Wing Nationalist Government
The country’s cinema has a redoubtable history (think of Kieślowski and Wajda), famous auteurs at their peak (Paweł Pawlikowski, Agnieszka Holland), and an impressive younger generation. And they’re all facing the culture war being waged by the Law & Justice Party that heads the government. As Pawlikowski puts it, “we have a common enemy, so there’s a sense of common purpose.” – The Guardian
In a ‘Bizarre’ Biological Twist, a Mother Lion Adopted a Leopard Cub in India Smith
Misplaced Priorities? We’re Studying “The Brain” But Not People
The more we learn about genetics and the brain, the more impossibly complicated both reveal themselves to be. We have picked no low-hanging fruit after three decades and $50 billion because there simply is no low-hanging fruit to pick. The human brain has around 86 billion neurons, each communicating with thousands of others via hundreds of chemical modulators, leading to trillions of potential connections. No wonder it reveals its secrets only very gradually and in piecemeal fashion. – Aeon
Earth may have been a ‘water world’ Cold River world 3bn years ago, scientists find Guardian
New Zealand Birds Show Humanlike Ability To Make Predictions Science
‘Knowing the right people’: the embattled concierge with elite connections FT
Acclaimed Indigenous artist celebrated in top New York show
The extraordinary work of the late Emily Kame Kngwarreye will show in New York this month.
THE 21st CENTURY IS NOT TURNING OUT AS I HAD HOPED: Steven Spielberg’s porn-actress daughter jailed in Nashville.
These aerial photos of oceans, sand, and other natural landscapes taken by Tobias Hägg will make you stop in your tracks (and perhaps want to learn drone photography). You can find more of Hägg’s photography on Instagram and if you’d like a print, those are available as well (with a portion of the proceeds going to help the oceans and to plant trees
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NAMASTE, WAHALA: Bollywood and Nollywood collide in a tale of a big fat Indian-Nigerian wedding
Waiter, there’s a fly in my waffle: Belgian researchers try out insect butter Reuters
Irish Literature Was Born When The Country Didn’t Even Belong To Itself
Indeed, Ireland didn’t even get its own national poet or fiction laureate until 1998 and 2015, respectively. “Laureateships, like prizes and bursaries, recognise a coherent tradition built over time and reinforce a robust faith in the value of Irish literature as a category. Irish literature is now a term with clear meanings and resonances, institutionalised as an aspect of Irish life. … But the apparent certainty with which we now use the term should not blind us to its long birth across centuries of conflict and change.” – The Irish Times
Welsh woman declares vindication after ‘guerrilla rewilding’ court case Guardian
Royal Shakespeare’s Gregory Doran Hits Back At Idea That “Wokeness” Is Threatening Shakespeare
“Dominic Cavendish fears that the woke wolves are beginning to police Shakespeare, and that ultimately they will apply a sort of politically correct censorship which will render the plays unperformable. I can’t agree with that. I think directors, especially some of the freshest and most radical today, many of whom are women, want to reveal what is most urgent, most resonant and sometimes most challenging in his work, and address those issues head on.” – The Stag
