While the talk may be centered around a hurricane, rip current dangers increase during warmer months, from April to October.| WMAR 2 News Baltimore
As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the North Caucasus has seen a number of violent antisemitic incidents. But while Russia maintains that the West and Ukraine are behind the events, others have suggested that the riots have offered an outlet for pent-up frustrations that cannot be expressed towards the government. On 29 October, more than a thousand people stormed Makhachkala airport, ahead of the expected arrival of a flight from Tel Aviv to the Daghestani capital. Footage from the scene| OC Media
Although the North Caucasus is distant from the front lines in Ukraine, almost everyone has felt the war’s effects.| OC Media
Eldar Shengelaia’s 1968 film is a layered parable on artistic individualism in the collectivist Soviet Union.| OC Media
Seven smart strategies to get to the water| Paddling Magazine
While a common front against Iran may be what the US and Israel are seeking from a trilateral alliance, Baku is unlikely to openly confront Tehran.| OC Media
Explore Maurice Merleau-Ponty's insightful reflections on human existence in relation to Kafka's writings in 'The Visible and the Invisible'.| The Miskatonian
IMD warned that “above normal” heat wave conditions will continue to prevail in Northwest and Central India for better part of June| Tatsat Chronicle Magazine
In this episode (originally aired by our partner Novel Dialogue) John and his Brandeis colleague Eugene Sheppard speak with Joshua Cohen about The Netanyahus. Is the 2021 novel a Pulitzer-winning bravura story of the world’s worst job interview? Or is it a searing indictment of ethno-nationalist Zionism–and the strange act of pretense whereby American Jewish writers and thinkers … Continue reading "110* Novel Dialogue: Joshua Cohen (JP, Eugene Sheppard)"| Recall This Book
In nearly 50 years of filmmaking, British director Mike Leigh has ranged from comic portrayals of ordinary life amid the social breakdowns of Thatcher’s Britain (Life is Sweet, High Hopes) to gritty renditions of working-class constraint and bourgeois hypocrisy (Meantime, Abigail’s Party, Hard Labour) to period films that reveal the “profoundly trivial” elements of artistic life even two centuries … Continue reading "*87 In Focus: Mike Leigh (JP)"| Recall This Book
In this 2019 conversation, rebroadcast now to follow up RTB 82, Elizabeth and John try their best to unpack Zadie Smith’s take on sincerity, authenticity and human sacredness; the “golden ticket” dirty secret behind our hypocritical academic meritocracy; surveillance capitalism as the “biggest capital grab of human experience in history;” and her genealogy of the … Continue reading "*83 Plotz and Ferry on Zadie Smith"| Recall This Book
In this 2019 episode, John interviews the celebrated British writer Zadie Smith. Zadie’s horror at the idea of rereading her own novels opens the show; she can more easily imagine rewriting one (as John’s beloved Willa Cather once did) than having to go through them all again. From there the conversation quickly moves through Brexit (oh, … Continue reading "*82 Zadie Smith in Focus (JP)"| Recall This Book
Comes from Controlled heather burn During the recent Westminster moorland burning debate, in relation to tackling climate change and carbon release, Olivia Blake MP (Sheffield, Hallam, Labour) discussed multiple statistics about burning, including: Is the hon. Member| What the Science Says
Where the claim came from There are numerous news articles and websites providing the quote that: There are around 75% more wild bees on organic farms These sources include the…| What the Science Says