La Bohème brings Manhattan back to life
New York, slumbering for 18 Covid-stricken months, is reawakening to the tune of the Metropolitan Opera’s La Bohème.
The best stocking fillers for wine aficionados
Whether you have a small budget or a bigger one, here are a selection of stocking fillers for the wine lovers in your life.
Rebecca Night – Favourite Things
The actress Rebecca Night shares her five favourite things.
Mission to Mars review – Rediscovering the cosmic wonders of the Red Planet
If you plan on reading one book on Martian geology and our exploration of the red planet this (or next) year, then make sure it’s this book.
What To Watch This Week
The Reaction guide to what to watch this week across all streaming platforms.
Noor Murad – Food for Thought
An interview with Noor Murad, the Bahraini-born chef and co-author of Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love.
Books Digest – Break the Internet, Why Food Matters and Patricia Highsmith’s Diaries
The Reaction round-up of what you should, and shouldn’t, be reading this week.
Stop and Look – Nature Symbolised by Arthur Dove (1911)
In this painting, Arthur Dove seems to use shifting patterns of colour and curves to depict musical harmonies.
Viral review – was Covid-19 created in a lab?
“Viral” gives the reader an unexpected insight into ill-regulated laboratories.
We must prepare sensibly to counter the new Covid variant
It is vital that Boris Johnson rises to the challenge of this new variant and shows dutiful leadership.
WHO says stay calm over Omicron — for now
Daily Briefing: Experts are urging not to panic about Omicron, a new coronavirus variant.
Why are migrants willing to risk so much to cross the Channel and get to the UK?
Some migrants, already in a “safe” country, are determined to make the perilous journey across the channel to reach Britain.
Watch: Press Review
This week, Maggie Pagano is joined by Alastair Benn and Mark Fox. Stories include US stocks slide on news of new covid variant in South Africa, the English Channel tragedy, the flooding at The Smithsonian.
President Macron, is everything okay?
A furious French leader has disinvited the Home Secretary to talks on the channel migrants crisis after Boris Johnson’s letter to the Élysée was published. The President’s response is odd, when there is so much at stake in human terms.
Need to Know: How much of a threat is the Omicron variant?
More and more countries are tightening their travel restrictions after a new Covid-19 variant was discovered in southern Africa earlier this week.
Britain’s house price addiction comes at a high cost
Neil Collins’ Notebook: The government appears terrified of the consequences of a fall in domestic property prices – despite it being so long overdue.
Germany’s new leader has some daring plans
Under Scholz, Germany is set to legalise cannabis, abolish mass holding centres for refugees and dip its toe in the culture wars with its stance on gender. With Covid and inflation surging, his leadership skills will be tested from day one.
More Channel crossings despite drownings
Daily Briefing: A diplomatic blame game is brewing between the British and French over the rise in illegal immigration.
