A well-informed piece.

“Brexit may have blown the lid off British politics, but that’s no reason to accept that the UK can simply dump toxic problems in its European backyard.”

@ChrisGreyBrexit explains.

A perspective from Beijing.

Classic from @ian_dunt.

"To have a chance of getting into Harvard as a freshman, you have to show that you used your last four years better than the competition used theirs. We now see that Kashuv did not use his time as well as the competition, so he can’t go to Harvard."

Political control in a chart and a dynamic map.

by @ACBerlin and @NewsJefferson.

Important.

😱

Emilia Clarke interviewed.

Devastating from the New Yorker.

The Secretary-General of the Bangladesh Caterers Association on how the Leave campaign deceived him and his members.

Great piece.

And the fate of the honeysuckle.

Great extract from @ZachVertin’s book on South Sudan.

from Emma.

We can but hope.

A reminder.

Rather alarming - €2000 cash stolen on Monday from one of our favourite local restaurants.

Blistering stuff from Britain’s man in Singapore.

Tell us what you *really* think, @jonlis1!

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Interesting long read.

Elvis Costello explains why he accepted an OBE.

Useful.

@patterson_henry on the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.

My colleague @LaurenOLearyPR @APCOWorldwide on the imminent explosion of cannabis into the mainstream US consumer market.

This is a piece from 2012 about responding to a bad review. I may have linked to it before. It is still entertaining.

Tremendous pieces by @joncstone, explaining how HS2 will drastically improve commuter services as well as intercity.