Why are we worried more about climate change and less about the chemicals we are eating and drinking in our food and water ?

The politics of oil. A deep dive on how it started and what's the future. Two great episodes on The Rest Is History with Prof Helen Thompson Helen Thompson POLIS

No great publicity at a time when 92nd Academy Awards Live Stream Oscars Full Show is trying to promote, rightly so, black talent.

I really loved this Ezra Klein podcast with Lawrence H. Summers. Such an insightful, stimulating and humble person. And what must the US do to beat inflation? More immigration, as well as fiscal and monetary steps. Makes sense. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i-k…

Great insight from former WTO chief Pascal Lamy on French election and why globalisation is better on the whole

Superb episode from Rory Stewart ALASTAIR CAMPBELL; particularly liked insightful comments on the Rwanda asylum deal. I realise how much I admire Rory S.

Last night Southbank Centre lovely performance by Ukrainian-born Israeli violinist Vadim Gluzman. Brahms violin concerto in D major followed by an exquisite 'serenade' encore from a Ukrainian composer. Trying to find out what it was. Can anyone help?

For more than 50 years, the #Plastics industry has engaged in aggressive campaigns to deceive the public, perpetuating a myth that #Recycling can solve the plastics crisis. Nobody ever held them accountable. Until now. New in Reuters 👇 reuters.com/legal/litigati…

'Pro-life' is a misnomer - this is cruelty. The right to choose whether to have a baby or not, to choose what happens to your body, is a fundamental human right. It can't be legislated away. Without #RoeVWade abortions will happen in dangerous, frightening ways & women will die

The War Is Getting More Dangerous for America, and Biden Knows It nytimes.com/2022/05/06/opi…

Loving this book by abim – my brilliant sister-in-law's brilliant and hugely talented sister-in-law! Superbly well-written, moving and honest. Thanks Abi for sharing it all with us. And you are wrong on page 2 – you're definitely not "a fraud"!

Full house for Joshua Bell the other day Southbank Centre with the Philharmonia. Joshua Bell was a treat and he even stayed on for selfies. My teenage violinist daughter greatly inspired!

Most of the 2881 chemicals detected in food contact materials are not listed for use, according to Ksenia Groh, Jane Muncke & co. More than two-thirds of the detected chemicals come from #plastics. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Russia's influence is so seductive for many African nations – and others – who now depend on it and learn from Putin to suppress their own citizens. Radio 4 'Analysis' podcast BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

Love this. "Power is something I don't like," says the famous Hungarian conductor. Bravissimo! bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

There was once another tradition in the Conservative party - that talked of prudence, dignity and restraint. Boris Johnson shames the party, and our country. He cannot govern. Let him go.

Astonishing! Are the dead shellfish littering our beaches evidence of a toxic waste cover-up? | George Monbiot theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is an excellent French series on the political genius of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. He does not play chess, which requires thinking the next 10 moves, but backgammon - only the next step. Putin plays chess. Erdogan, la tentation de l’empire via France Inter radiofrance.fr/franceinter/po…

Urging Mishal Husain of BBC Radio 4 Today to stop her extremely biased reporting on the Gaza war. Her interview strategy is based on accepting the Hamas positions and aggressively questioning the Israeli ones, which is deeply upsetting for many and a disgrace to the BBC "impartiality".