Julia Brookes

[Roger Highfield @RogerHighfield]

Why are clever people so often idiots? @Comadork on his new book, Think Before You Think
https://t.co/a63L8OOc3L

[William Whyte @william_whyte]

The Dominicans in Oxford are just setting up a coffee shop: Good Habit

[Alamy Editorial @Alamy_Editorial]

The parched grass of Blackheath in London. Heat health alerts have been upgraded to amber in some areas of England as the fourth heatwave of the year looms and parts of the country struggle with persistent dry weather.

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[Peter Frankopan @peterfrankopan]

Great news! We've done a two part episode on the history & importance of oil in Iran & the Gulf 1/5

[Alexandra Epps @ArtGuideAlex]

Hare and Bluebells #MariannJohansenEllis

[Jay in Kyiv @JayinKyiv]

If you want to have a better day, watch this 30 second video of Zelensky meeting a bunch of school kids last week.

[Andrew MacDowall @andrewmacdowall]

Lovely piece by @patrick_kidd on Tufnell Park's wonderful Hellenic Bookservice - one of my favourite bookshops anywhere, run by the estimable Monica Williams.

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Enjoy this article for free.

https://t.co/i9Yi5QiNR3

[Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport @DCMS]

The Bayeux Tapestry will come to the UK on loan from France in 2026, marking the first time the Bayeux Tapestry has been in the country in nearly 1,000 years.

It will be displayed in the British Museum in London between September 2026 and July 2027.

[FCDO Travel Advice @FCDOtravelGovUK]

# Qatar The FCDO now advises against all but essential travel to Qatar. Register your presence if you're in Qatar (Warnings and insurance). https://t.co/W9kVtabFlk

[FCDO Travel Advice @FCDOtravelGovUK]

# United Arab Emirates. The FCDO now advises against all but essential travel to the United Arab Emirates. Register your presence if you're in the United Arab Emirates (Warnings and insurance). https://t.co/rNzKm9HkY4

[Martin Puchner @martin_puchner]

If you want to know what is going on in the world of culture, the best place to be is the Jaipur Literature Festival, which takes place every January in the capital of Rajasthan, India. Begun nineteen years ago on the margins of a crafts fair by Namita Gokhale, William Dalrymple

[Claire Boobbyer @claireboobbyer]

The @FCDOGovUK bans all but essential travel to Cuba https://t.co/96EYITIAhM

[Giles Coren @gilescoren]

Go on, eat somewhere you haven’t been in ages. Give them a big hello, order the pie, get a bottle, tip generously. Restaurants and pubs are in trouble and they need you. I’m taking my boy for a fry-up after football - they all count.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Our @EmpirePodUK 25 episode Iran series recommended in tomorrow's Sunday Times @thetimes as best way to understand what's going on in Iran
https://t.co/Yk2ZmJePDv

[Samira Ahmed @SamiraAhmedUK]

If proof were needed that art offers something news can't, it's the repeat of #ArtofPersia at a time of deep trauma, offering a long view of the remarkable people of Iran. Ep 1 went out on BBC4 Mon, & here's the story behind it... (all eps on @BBCiPlayer) https://t.co/TFH21QaWnr

[Janice Turner @VictoriaPeckham]

The world has everything to gain from a free, secular Iran. So where are the marches against theocratic tyranny & to insist a Labour govt proscribes the Islamic Revolutionary Guard?
Holding my breath for the bravest people on earth. 🇮🇷 My @thetimes column
https://t.co/a1MQK25N0E

[Alexandra Epps @ArtGuideAlex]

London Snow 1932 #GwenRaverat

[Naomi Canton @naomi2009]

https://t.co/hWaTCkJXSq
Really lovely story which came in Times of India on Sunday about how Agatha Christie visited India twice - with her husband - in 1960 and 1961! It contains extracts of her letters from India. This is the first time it has been confirmed she did actually visit India.
@SanjoyRoyTWA @DalrympleWill
https://t.co/hWaTCkJXSq

[Roger Highfield @RogerHighfield]

As the @sciencemuseum prepares to unveil its new Space gallery next week, Japanese researchers who studied asteroid Ryugu report a new discovery about the source of Earth’s water https://t.co/iOysfjiNlU