I just read this remarkable chronicle of John & Paul's bromance and creative partnership, wonderfully written and documented by @ianleslie.bsky.social. No matter how much you think you know about The Beatles, this book will provide new insights.

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Many years ago, a work colleague asked me what I was listening to on my headphones? I replied, "Prefab Sprout". He then said, "I don't like prog rock" and walked away. I never corrected him.

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Wait this is saying the smart kids are the ones who suffer most if you use AI? That doesn’t seem plausible? x axis here is presumeably the matched control group score; so the never used AI line is actually ‘no change’ and it’s the bright kids whose scores are getting much worse?

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Absolutely terrific piece about this sorry, desperate, astonishing saga. Most of the left see it as giving oxygen to far right rabble rousers. The biggest losers are EDI (deservedly so), academia and its current and future students. What a mess, but what a story!

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I’ve written about cooking in a holiday kitchen for my column in the FT, in the paper this Sat the 1st, and online now. And I have a gift link for the first 300 readers who click on it! as.ft.com/r/87d76288-d...

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