The Globalist, April 25, 2023: An update on the war in Ukraine as Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, visits New York. Also, leaders from the largest-ever coalition around energy in the North Sea meet in Belgium.
Plus, Spanish authorities exhume the remains of a fascist leader.the papers with Charles Hecker and a culture round-up with Amah-Rose Abrams.
The Economist ‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (April 24, 2023) – This week, how to worry wisely about artificial intelligence, why in Sudan and beyond, the trend towards global peace has been reversed (13:00) and if English nationalism is on the rise, no one has told the English (19:30).
The Globalist, April 24, 2023: The latest on Sudan as fears grow that the country is on the brink of a full-scale civil war. Plus: why Belarus is parroting Russia’s nuclear rhetoric, Croatia’s “Be Manly” movement and the Malmö-Copenhagen metro route.
April 23, 2023: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, discusses the weekend’s biggest talking points with Juliet Linley, Florian Egli and Chandra Kurt. We also speak to Monocle’s Nic Monisse about Salone del Mobile.
Monocle on Saturday, April 22, 2023: The weekend’s biggest discussion topics with Georgina Godwin. Plus: Alice Sherwood reviews the papers, Andrew Mueller recaps the week and we discuss Vincent Doumeizel’s new book, ‘The Seaweed Revolution’.
Trained as an oncological surgeon, Attia became interested in longevity because he saw that the “Four Horsemen” worked against it: diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and Alzheimer’s disease. All play a role in an unhealthy system, and all interrelate.
A data- and anecdote-rich invitation to live better, and perhaps a little longer, by making scientifically smart choices.
If you have Type 2 diabetes, then your chances of developing heart disease, cancer, and neurological disorders increases, and if your goal is to live well in old age, then it behooves you to change your ways in order to keep your insulin reception levels in the clear. How to do so?
We hear about the two artists’ distinctive contributions to abstraction, their shared interest in esoteric belief systems and their deep engagement with the natural world, from one of the show’s curators, Bryony Fer. Our editor, Americas, Ben Sutton visited the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York to talk to the Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, as her retrospective opens at the museum.
And this episode’s Work of the Week is a reconstruction of a Roman gateway that has just opened at Richborough Roman Fort in Kent, southern England. Andrew J. Roberts, a properties historian with English Heritage, the charity that looks after the historic site, explains what the gateway tells us about the Romans’ arrival in Britain in 43 CE.Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian: Forms of Life, Tate Modern, London, until 3 September.
Additionally: Kunstmuseum den Haag, The Hague, 7 October-25 February 2024Jaune Quick-to-See Smith: Memory Map, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, until 13 August; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, 15 October -7 January 2024; Seattle Art Museum, 15 February–12 May next year. The Land Carries Our Ancestors: Contemporary Art by Native Americans, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., 24 September-15 January 2024; New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut, 18 April 2024-15 September 2024.The Roman gateway and rampart, Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre, Kent, now open.
The Globalist, April 21, 2023: The European Commission prepares new sanctions against Russia, with special requests from Moldova. Plus: a new report on North Korea’s biological weapons programme, Air Serbia introduces 20 new routes and a check-in from the International Journalism Festival in Perugia.
New seamount maps could aid in studies of ecology, plate tectonics, and ocean mixing
Sleep is essential, but not all mammals live in environments where long periods of time asleep are possible. Marine mammals encounter especially challenging conditions for sleep when they are at sea.
The Globalist, April 20, 2023: The latest in Sudan, where thousands are fleeing intense fighting in Khartoum, Europe frets about the Brazilian president’s stance on Russia, and why trust in religion is floundering in Japan.
Plus: Ukraine’s finance minister on the country’s path to recovery, and the latest film news.
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