London's averaged detached home now costs more than £1 million — but precisely what you get depends on where you look

Wonderful view of the frozen river Cam from the loft King's College, Cambridge.

The English nurses union is striking for the first time in its 106-year history but it's the government that's likely to lose public support first, writes Therese Raphael trib.al/5YfdLtq

Just in time... 🎄 The best — and worst — mince pies for Christmas, picked by an Ottolenghi chef trib.al/idFo3Oo

The UK's HMRC has missed out on £9 billion in revenues due to fewer tax compliance checks since the pandemic trib.al/YZGwfmN

A narrative of victimhood is emerging from crypto-friendly firms that did business with FTX as an apparently trusted counterparty. The truth is there was too much greed and not enough fear trib.al/FugCxbF

The world’s largest freestanding cylindrical aquarium has exploded, spilling 1,500 fish into a hotel lobby trib.al/x8xf57c

Explaining the baby formula shortage. Mapping abortion access after the end of Roe v. Wade. Breaking down the FTX collapse. Here’s how we used data and graphics to tell 2022’s most important stories trib.al/K481n3f via Bloomberg Graphics

Russia’s seaborne diesel exports are set to boom next month as the nation races to get cargoes into the market before a EU embargo begins in February trib.al/6G7hLT6

Cathie Wood’s worst-ever year wasn't even over before the clouds started to gather for 2023 trib.al/6JIRGQH

“The history of life is written in genomes; we just have to learn how to read it.” — William Martin, a microbiologist at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf quantamagazine.org/ancient-genes-…

"His legacy will continue to live on through his legendary music" Tributes are pouring in to the late David Crosby, who co-founded influential rock bands The Byrds and Crosby, Stills and Nash trib.al/OdLDMAH

Here's what you need to know about the suspected Chinese spy balloon floating over the US trib.al/ldnqymW

Albert Einstein and Marie Curie

Bankers in China are being told to rectify their mindsets, clean up their “hedonistic” lifestyles and stop copying Western ways trib.al/BDfhKM8

Excellent analysis from John Authers on the cross-country dynamics linking credit spreads, inflation, and household balance sheets: bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

Citigroup is building a new trading floor in Paris as the Wall Street giant prepares to nearly double its staff in the French city trib.al/ya5Vlzy

The EU has hit Russia with 10 rounds of sanctions, but Moscow appears to be successfully finding ways to purchase key technologies trib.al/GapFY0d

The dollar’s recovery from a 10-month low has run into a speed bump, with the rally in the currency trailing behind the sizzling surge in Treasury yields trib.al/sjSOP51

Former British PM Boris Johnson put his father, Stanley, forward for a knighthood, The Times reports trib.al/fSo8KdP