After President Clinton dedicated FDR’s Memorial in 1997, disability campaigners noted more attention paid to his dog (Fala) than to his disability (wheelchair-bound after polio). Clinton responded: a new statue was added in 2001 as Prologue to FDR’s story…

Coolest sight of the day: seeing young people imitate Martin Luther King’s stance posing for photos at his Memorial in Washington DC…

My piece in the Guardian about denouement of Rwanda Bill this week: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Albert Einstein was visiting 🇺🇸 when Hitler came to power in Germany in 1933; he decided to stay. In 1935 he bought a house on Mercer Street in Princeton NJ where he lived until his death 20 years later. Subsequently home to 2 other Nobel laureates. Still a private house.

In 2006 Sir Anish Kapoor gave Chicago its most iconic modern monument, dubbed The Bean by Chicagoans before he could name it officially Cloud Gate. The Wisdom of Crowds…

Victoria Harrison has been appointed HM Ambassador to Slovenia, taking over from Tiffany Sadler. Victoria takes up her appointment in August 2024.
Victoria is the first blind person to be appointed a British Ambassador and will be accompanied by her #GuideDog Otto.Victoria Harrison FCDO

Barbara Hepworth cast 3 versions of Construction (Crucifixion); numbers 2 & 3 are in Salisbury & Michigan, and No. 1 is in the Harrison Sculpture Garden at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, MN… vaut le voyage

Spotted on Wilshire Boulevard, LA: in 🇬🇧 we talk about ‘driverless deliveries’, in 🇺🇸 they happen…

It is not hard to work out why some of Christ's College most distinguished alumni choose to live near Butterfly Beach, Montecito, CA…

Behind the scenes at the aquarium: this year Birch Aquarium at Sc CA hatched its first little blue penguin chicks (Eudyptula minor). This one is 45 days old, already heavier than female adult, fledging & almost ready to join rest of colony. Photogenic effort to preserve biodiversity:

Challenge to distinguish sea lions (Zalophus californianus) from harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) from rocks they bask on in La Jolla Cove, CA; 1st stop on 1st trip overseas as Master Christ's College

No matter how justified & carefully calibrated your actions, whenever your actions involve violence, you can end up making matters worse from your own point of view. 3/3

There is a fundamental difference between terrorists targeting civilians & government forces trying & sometimes failing to avoid civilian casualties. But the grief & anger suffered by the bereaved on both sides is the same: someone they loved is dead who shouldn’t be dead. 2/3

After 7 October I drafted 3 tweets which I didn’t post but whose ideas are still valid 6 months later: 1st, whatever Israel does now, Israelis must think of long term; they need a political as well as military strategy if they want Palestinians to live beside them in peace. 1/3

Sharing this wonderful Sarah Cooper video now for no reason whatsoever. 🤣🤣
#TrumpBible

It is hard to keep up.

a lot of the world is voting this year

especially indians

.Menna Rawlings - can UK in France boast similar progress? I suspect the answer is ‘yes’…

What a fantastic evening at QUAD with Simon McDonald discussing Foreign Policy with Professor Keith McLay.

Lethal quote