“I guess there are never enough books.” So said John Steinbeck. Well, I guess John never attempted to read a book a week for a year while also working full-time, renovating a house and training for a marathon, because it turns out, 52 books are enough. My year of reading: a 🧵

Made it, with hours to spare! A book a week for a year, starting with The Catcher in the Rye and finishing with The Man in the High Castle. Best book: Horse, by Geraldine Brooks. Most surprising find: Shark Heart by Emily Habeck.

Finally, an answer! I always suspected - I mean, Shakespeare didn't write the complete works of Shakespeare, so what are the chances monkeys could? 🙈 (JOKE) nytimes.com/2025/01/03/sci…

“To most Romans, it’s the fact that women hold power that makes the Britons irredeemably barbaric.” Rude. Women held the power in Celtic Britain, archaeologists suggest thetimes.com/article/87e875…

Well I didn’t see that happening second year on the trot! Better get a lottery ticket too… #GNR2025

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There are so many negatives to deep sea mining (biodiversity loss, ecosystem disruption and the release of carbon to name just three) but for decades now, the US has been positioning itself to go big on it in the future…

EXCLUSIVE: Elsie Dot Stancombe and Bebe King were two children full of life and joy, before their deaths in the Southport attack. Their parents speak out for the first time

Some musings on mammoths, and whether we should really bring them back from extinction … 🦣🦣🦣link.thetimes.co.uk/view/66bf439e7…