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🥃 What John Major taught me about Yeltsin, Brexit and taxes

I found myself listening to John Major talk about war in Ukraine, Brexit and taxes at the LSE. The former prime minister looks sharp, speaks clearly and…

Nov 19 • 

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🧽 Want a cleaner home? Start with fewer cleaning products

I’ve always wanted to sneak an advice column into this newsletter, and a question from my friend Julia finally gave me the chance. She asked what…

Nov 15 • 

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🌍 9 facts about the environment I learned this week

The planet’s warming a bit slower, but Britain’s not ready for the heat, and the rich are burning carbon like frequent-flyer miles can buy a new planet.

Nov 7 • 

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October 2025

⏰ 8 things I learned this week

From Neanderthal alarm clocks to reindeer power naps, here’s a batch of facts I learned this week.

Oct 17 • 

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🪐 10 things I learned this week

This week: mosquitoes that fancy beer drinkers, Baltic bombs turned into reefs, and other fascinating stuff.

Oct 10 • 

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👩‍🔬 Let’s reinvent the Nobel Prizes!

From physics and chemistry to medicine, the Nobel Prizes are the Oscars of science, only older and with far fewer women. Let’s talk about what’s broken…

Oct 7 • 

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🦆 7 things I learned this week

From Pompeii’s second act to Britain’s rivers full of sewage, here’s what caught my attention this week.

Oct 4 • 

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September 2025

Inside the Cold War newsroom: My interview with Marcus Ferrar

Over the past few years, I’ve had many long conversations with Marcus Ferrar about what’s happening in the world, and I’ve always come away inspired by…

Sep 29 • 

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🦪 7 things I learned this week

Here’s a fresh batch of fascinating facts, from ants raising another species’ kids to oyster reefs holding back monsoons.

Sep 24 • 

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🚶‍♀️ What happens when a mathematician redesigns your city?

It’s not every day you hear directly from someone changing the way cities are built. Last year at Imperial College London, I met Carlos Moreno, the mind…

Sep 17 • 

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⚖️ 10 things I learned this week

From baby cries that make your face heat up to Ramesses II getting gifts a millennium after death, here’s a batch of strange and brilliant facts I…

Sep 11 • 

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August 2025

🦀 15 things I learned this summer

It’s been a while. I spent the summer walking absurdly long distances and tinkering with new projects, including launching an online course on…

Aug 21 • 

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