‘It was chaos’: The history of San Francisco’s most unforgettable TV ad
The 2005 Sony Bravia ad has won countless awards and racked up millions of YouTube views
Covid & Cancer
There is now compelling medical evidence that Covid-19 infections can reactivate dormant cancer cells, and trigger the growth of secondary cancers (metastatic progression). In studies, cancer survivors who contracted Covid…
Theatrical Release
The words are a good description of a first-person narrator, that personage who at least since Jane Eyre has been a spotlight-hogging wallflower. Set in that lineage, David’s vocation is…
5 things from the last few days that deserve their own 36hr news
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About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it.
About two-thirds of patients who were flagged by the AI stethoscope as potentially having heart failure did not actually have it. However, it’s unclear whether doctors find the tool useful.…
Why countries are suspending postal service to the US
The ‘de minimis’ exemption allowed packages worth less than $800 to enter the US duty-free
History Extra podcast: Queen Victoria’s secret love affair
Ever since the 1870s, rumours have swirled around Queen Victoria and her Highland servant John Brown. Were the pair in love? Could they have got married? And might they even have…
Queen Victoria At Kensington Palace With Lucy Worsley
BAFTA winning historian and Joint Chief Curator of Historic Royal Palaces Lucy Worsley takes Dan Snow on a tour of Kensington Palace, one of the principle royal residences since 1689.…
Alistair Mitchell, 61: Lawyer whose calling was knocked into him at a riot
Alistair Mitchell, 61: Lawyer whose calling was knocked into him at a riot Saturday March 02 2019, 12.01am GMT, The Times Private Eye once described Alistair Mitchell as “the only…
Living in Britain in 1984 | Forty Minutes: Voices in a City | Classic BBC Documentary | BBC Archive
In 1948, George Orwell wrote his novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, an imaginary account of what life in Britain might be like in that year. Of his book, Orwell said: 'I do…