Tag Archives: Reviews
World Economic Forum: “Top Stories Of The Week”
Top Stories of the Week (September 30, 2022) include:
0.15 – China’s trackless trams 01:39 – Germany and Denmark are building the world’s longest undersea tunnel 03:12 Students in the Netherlands have built an electric car that captures carbon 04:09 This tower turns sunlight and air into clean jet fuel
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Sept 30, 2022
The genetics of a long life
Genetically diverse mice and cross-species comparison uncover links to longevity
New Omicron strains may portend big COVID-19 waves
Emerging subvariants are more immune evasive than ever
Room-temperature superconductor claim retracted
After doubts grew, blockbuster Nature paper is withdrawn over objections of study team
University pandemic policies raise equity worries
Tenure delays and pandemic impact statements could backfire, some fear
Signs of state meddling seen in Russian academy election
Leader of Russia’s largest chipmaker elected president after incumbent’s sudden withdrawal
Fraud charges crumble in China Initiative cases
Judges reject claims that defendants defrauded agencies by not disclosing China ties
Covers: New York Review Of Books – Oct 20, 2022
The Two Elizabeths
The queen presided over the death of a British world and yet was enormously successful in keeping alive the monarchy that symbolized it.
Last Poem
A poem by Emily Berry
‘She Captured All Before Her’
It used to be that people complained how little they knew of Queen Elizabeth. Toward the end, her remoteness was treasured.
Silences and Scars
Two new books on Berlin track the city through decades of growth, economic desperation, artistic innovation, Nazi terror, political division, and reunification.
Berlin: Life and Death in the City at the Center of the World by Sinclair McKay
The Undercurrents: A Story of Berlin by Kirsty Bell
Lucky Guy
Jared Kushner’s anti-ideological ideology is to get the best deal for whomever he represents—the business he was born into, the business he married into, and, most of all, himself.
Breaking History: A White House Memoir by Jared Kushner
Previews: London Review Of Books – October 6, 2022
Our new issue is finally online, ft Mahmood Mandani on leaving Uganda, Tony Wood on Russia’s energy crisis, @MJCarter10 at Westminster Abbey, @danielsoar on Ian McEwan, @amiasrinivasan on Andrea Dworkin, T.J. Clark on painting & poetry & a @Jon_McN cover.
On Leaving Uganda
Uganda’s constitution of 1995 entrenched the barrier against citizenship for non-indigenous applicants, who now had to belong to an indigenous group.
At Westminster Abbey
The bald lesson of the abbey’s memorials is that money, power and connections repeatedly trump virtue and talent.
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – October 1, 2022
New Scientist Magazine – October 1, 2022:
We are finally waking up to the causes of insomnia and how to treat it
Millions of people struggle with insomnia, but the sleep disorder is now a solvable problem – and the most effective therapy might involve your smartphone rather than sleeping pills
Rebecca Wragg Sykes on the objects that reveal the Neanderthal mind
A third of scientists working on AI say it could cause global disaster
What’s the best recipe for bubble mixture? Scientists have the answer
Preview: Country Life Magazine – Sept 28, 2022
Country Life Magazine – September 28, 2022:
Walk this way
Katy Birchall consults trainer Ben Randall about how to get your dog to focus on you and stop disappearing on walks
Shooting pains
As a difficult shooting season begins, Simon Lester considers the state of the sport amid its many modern challenges
If I only had a brain
Confusing to dogs and a star of horror films, scarecrows still fulfil their traditional bird-scaring role, discovers Jeremy Hobson
Mary-Ann Dunkley’s favourite painting
The design director of Liberty Fabrics picks a bright patchwork
Masterpiece
Jack Watkins is diverted by the story of Shaw’s Pygmalion
Previews: Times Literary Supplement – Sept 30, 2022
This week’s @TheTLS , featuring @RichardEvans36 on German militarism; Laura Thompson on Raine Spencer; A. N. Wilson on Turgenev; @colincraiggrant on Eureka Day; Claire Lowdon on Kamila Shamsie; @rauchway on interest rates – and more.
Reviews: The Top 12 Biking Cities In The U.S. & Canada
Cities in Europe, particularly the Netherlands, are known for their amazing bicycle infrastructure. Can a city in the top one percent of all bike cities in the United States compete with the best in Europe? And how much better are these top US bike cities when compared to the worst in the US?
Architecture Books: Dana Krystle – ‘Sketchbook №13 – A Series Of Illustrations’
Sketchbook №13 is part of a large sketchbook series in architecture illustrations created between 2013 and 2022, in this sketchbook the illustrations were created between 2019 and 2022. Materials used in this sketchbook are mixed medias of oil paint, acrylics, charcoal, watercolor, gouache, pen, ink, and colored pencils.
The aim of architecture illustrations is directed at creating inspiration and conceptual ideas that are used for creative concept decisions in projects and mood boards.
I hope this sketchbook gives you inspiration for creating your own version of architectural illustration sketchbooks and come up with beautiful architecture designs and concepts in your upcoming projects. A thorough documentation is set to collect and archive all the sketches that were created during this series and body of work.
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