MONOCLE RADIO (Janaury 16, 2025): Benjamin Netanyahu stops the Israeli cabinet from meeting to approve the ceasefire deal, a rise in drug trafficking in Ecuador destabilises state institutions and the economy, and Mark Carney is expected to announce his candidacy to replace Justin Trudeau as leader of Canada’s Liberal Party. Then: we check in at Paris Design Week and Maison et Objet. Plus: ‘The Global Countdown’ from South Africa.
Tag Archives: January 2025
The New York Times —- Thursday, January 16, 2025
Negotiators Agree to Long-Awaited Cease-Fire and Hostage Deal for Gaza
The agreement, which must still be approved by the Israeli cabinet, incited joy in the Gaza Strip and Israel, even as some feared that it could fall apart.
How the Cease-Fire Push Brought Together Biden and Trump’s Teams
Rarely have representatives of current and new presidents of different parties worked together at such a high-stakes moment. But the president and the president-elect didn’t quite share credit.
F.D.A. Bans Red Dye 3 in Foods, Linking It to Cancer in Rats
Consumer and food safety groups have long urged the agency to revoke the use of this dye and others. The F.D.A. says studies have shown that it causes cancer in rats, but not in humans.
Shattered in the Fire: A Historic Black Haven
For Black residents, Altadena represented something more than suburban living. It was a foothold in generational prosperity.
Science: Nature Magazine – January 16, 2025 Preview
NATURE MAGAZINE (January 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Punk Rocks’ – Spiky 3D fossils add to the diversity of ancient molluscs…
Male spiders smell with their legs
Sensory organs on the walking legs of the male wasp spider can catch the scent of a female in a mood for romance.
Particle accelerators get an assist from AI co-pilots
Large language models can propose fine-tuning adjustments for an electron accelerator in Germany.
How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.
Cosmic carnage: planetary rubble spotted at a dying star
Dust cloud is thought to be the first debris disk to be seen around a planetary nebula.
London Review Of Books – January 23, 2025 Preview
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (Janaury 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Reagan’s Make-Believe’….
Reagan’s Make Believe
Reagan: His Life and Legend
by Max Boot.
That Shape Am I
On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy
by Simon Critchley.
T.J. Clark: A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle
Matt Foot: Short Cuts
Jackson Lears: Reagan’s Make-Believe
Nicole Flattery: Candy Says
Brian Dillon: At the Whitechapel
Jonathan Parry: Snobs, Swots and Hacks
Stefan Collini: Karl Polanyi’s Predictions
Times Literary Supplement – January 17, 2025 Preview
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (January 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Bloomsbury treasures’ – Newly discovered poems and photographs…
News: New French Prime Minister Policy Speech, Israel-Gaza Truce Talk
MONOCLE RADIO (January 15, 2025): France’s prime minister, François Bayrou, gives his first key policy speech and Poschiavo receives the 2025 Wakker Prize. Also on the programme: why K-Pop group NewJeans are embroiled in a row with their record label and a review of two of the year’s biggest musical openings.
Plus: we check in with Pitti Immagine Uomo, the men’s fashion trade fair that is held twice a year in Florence.
The New York Times —- Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025
Republicans Embrace Hegseth as Democrats Question His Fitness to Lead Pentagon
Pete Hegseth emerged from a Senate committee hearing with the support of the Republican Party intact following weeks of scrutiny over his qualifications and allegations of misconduct.
Israel and Hamas Are ‘on the Brink’ of Cease-Fire Agreement, Blinken Says
The negotiations, mediated by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, appear to be making progress after months of failed attempts to achieve a breakthrough.
L.A. Wildfire Evacuees Scramble to Find Sleep in Shelters, Hotels and Even Cars
More than 90,000 people under evacuation orders are making do however they can.
Special Counsel Report Says Trump Would Have Been Convicted in Election Case
The report, which said the special counsel’s office stood “fully behind” the merits of the prosecution, amounted to an extraordinary rebuke of the president-elect.
The Economist Special Report: ‘The Africa Gap’
THE ECONOMIST SPECIAL REPORT (January 11, 2025): The Africa gap – The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is getting wider, says John McDermott
The economic gap between Africa and the rest of the world is growing
Africa is undergoing social change without economic transformation
Africa has too many businesses, too little business
African elites should align themselves with their countries’ needs
The African investment environment is at its worst in years
To catch up economically, Africa must think big
Country Life Magazine – January 15, 2025 Preview
COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE (January 14, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Totally Tropical’ – The gardens of Tresco, where anything grows…
Totally tropical taste
Tiffany Daneff savours the exotic surroundings of Tresco Abbey Garden, where the temperate climate of the Isles of Scilly has created a colourful paradise
Box of tricks
The devastation of box blight is well documented, but what can we do to save our hedges? Charles Quest-Ritson investigates
Now that’s what I call pulling power
The ox may have disappeared from the fields of Britain, but that mighty beast of burden still plays a huge role in agriculture across the globe, finds Laura Parker
‘Make way for Her Majesty’s gloves!’
You’ve got to hand it to Cornelia James, suggests Katy Birchall, as she recounts the incredible rise to prominence of our late Queen’s favourite glove-maker
Amie Atkinson’s favourite painting
The actress selects a heavenly landscape that has fired her imagination since childhood
The legacy
Tiffany Daneff pays tribute to Beth Chatto, whose ‘right plant, right place’ philosophy inspired her Essex dry garden
Top seats
The best chairs and benches for the garden, with Amelia Thorpe
Cool schools
Non Morris taps into the expert knowledge of Troy Scott-Smith, Charles Dowding and Tom Stuart-Smith as she digs into some of Britain’s best garden courses
Town versus Earl
John Goodall charts the history of The Lord Leycester and its outstanding medieval buildings in Warwickshire that have been given a whole new lease of life
See you on the top deck
To celebrate the centenary of London’s covered double-decker bus, Rob Crossan hops aboard for a whistle-stop tour of our capital’s public transport
The good stuff
Hetty Lintell keeps her cool with a sparkling selection of jewellery inspired by ice
Interiors
Arabella Youens admires a sitting room in London and Amelia Thorpe answers the call of the wild with animal accessories
Kitchen garden cook
Earthy leeks take centre stage in winter for Melanie Johnson
Be still, my beating art
An obsession with Emma, Lady Hamilton led painter George Romney to produce his finest pieces, reveals Carla Passino
Culture: The New Atlantis Journal – Winter 2025
THE NEW ATLANTIS JOURNAL (January 14, 2025): The latest issue features…
The New Control Society
The gatekeepers are dying. Why is everything so mid?
We Live Like Royalty and Don’t Know It
Introducing “How the System Works,” a series on the hidden mechanisms that support modern life
The Tyranny of Now
There’s no time like the present to revisit the warning of forgotten media theorist Harold Innis: “Enormous improvements in communication have made understanding more difficult.”
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