Depressing.

Azaleas, rhodendrons, plus copper beech, on Hampstead Heath this morning: Not forgetting Barbara Hepworth’s Monolith Empyrean.

Jonathan Spyer in the Spectator on the Trumpian delusion: Trump, speaking to Fox News, professed himself in no hurry for diplomatic progress, saying that ‘We have all the cards. They can call us anytime they want.’ The US President suggested a version of events in which Teheran, pressured by the US blockade of its tankers…

Meet Matt Rattley, Lecturer in Biochemistry, St Hilda’s College.

Think about it: A political movement just conjured into existence a type of young person that defies every single thing known about child and adolescent development, demanded that this fictional patient cohort be pumped full of toxic unproven drugs in the complete absence scientific justification, then insisted that these innocent youth be ushered into the…

Out of the Sky: Heroism and Rebirth in Nazi Europe. The Dutch had the worst record for protecting Jews in Western Europe – but they’ve always got Anne Frank. See also, Matti Friedman on Gazology.

More from Spiked, here, with Max Sadie, on the concern felt by the Iranian diaspora on what’s happening in the UK with the red-green alliance, and the rise of antisemitism: An excellent piece, with some important insights… I have spent a great deal of time with the Iranian diaspora. I have photographed them during their…

I posted last week about the BBC tackling antisemitism in Panorama, noting the disgraceful if predictable failure to make any mention of Islam. Josh Howie at Spiked calls them out – The BBC asks why Jews are afraid – it should look in the mirror: The closest mention of Islam is the presenter saying ‘Islamophobia’.…