Tilsyneladende almindelige mennesker haster ind for at redde malerier i #børsen

Scores of Palestinian journalists have been documenting the horrors suffered in Gaza, and many of them have lost their lives doing so. Now CNN’s Clarissa Ward, Scott McWhinnie and Brent Swails managed to enter without Israeli military escort. Watch their extraordinary report.

Using AI, I was able to take some old painting and make it better. First the painting. Notice how you can barely see what's even going on. Where even is this? Who are the people? Huh? You're too far away to really see the setup. Whole left side blank. Nothing here to grab onto.

Orgies of narcissism and f***pigs... ten key points from the Covid inquiry
thetimes.co.uk/article/f82f14…

'I live off £30 a month.'

A Joseph Rowntree Foundation report estimates the number of people experiencing ‘destitution’, which it defines as having a very low income or having to go without basic supplies, has more than doubled in the last five years in the UK.

Police this afternoon: 'Enquiries into the circumstances are ongoing. At this early stage, detectives are treating this incident as part of potential linked series of burglaries at commercial premises in the local area - and is not being treated as a hate crime at this time.'

Stage where Shakespeare is believed to have performed uncovered in a King's Lynn arts centre thetimes.co.uk/article/willia…

cease and desist

British archeologists discover the oldest human structures ever found (500,000 years old in Zambia)
bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

a rare unwelcomed leak

Russell Brand accused of rape, sexual assaults and abuse

thetimes.co.uk/article/d4d93e…

Oscar Wilde’s cell could be turned into a room of a luxury apartment as the MoJ say a buyer for Reading Gaol will be announced this autumn
thetimes.co.uk/article/fb02d3…

'It is a portrait that is neither utopian nor satirical, but hangs limply in-between, existing to provoke a mild chuckle of recognition from middle-class readers.'

This is a wonderfully sharp review of Richard Osman's books by anna leszkiewicz. newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

sometimes wonder if the backlash against Hambling's Mary Wollstonecraft statue has put public sculpture back decades. see so many very traditional efforts like this now

USA Today is hiring for a Taylor Swift reporter - 'We are looking for a journalist with a voice — but not a bias'
us231.dayforcehcm.com/CandidatePorta…

a man fell twice the height of the Shard and survived with minor injuries because unusually warm weather meant he landed in snow rather than ice bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

My Foyles experience appears to have made the news. I’ll be on Times Radio later to discuss it with Matt Chorley, James Marriott and India Knight.