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“While experts say Mr. Fradin is right about the topography of Bordeaux and how it differs from that of California, they say it is too soon to conclude that the smoke from the fires will not affect this year’s vintage. Much depends on timing.”

As Fires Menace Bordeaux, Winemakers See Another Blow to Their Livelihood “One of the largest fires in modern French history is raging near the vineyards of Bordeaux. That is just the latest problem for France’s embattled wine industry.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/w...

Let’s hope all the associated infrastructure necessary - water, power, transportation and homes can be accelerated to make the most of this cluster.

“ The new R&D centre is being developed by the US property group Prologis and is within the wider Cambridge Biomedical Campus, which GSK describes as “one of the largest of its kind in Europe”. Every postcode so long as it’s Cambridge 😀 for life sciences. www.theguardian.com/business/liv...

“Would-be future American leaders who recognize the value of allies & think all will be forgiven when the White House has a new occupant need to appreciate the depth of the damage being done by its current resident.” www.nytimes.com/2026/07/28/o...

NHS England recently announced an accelerated rollout of AI, including a new AI triage tool on the NHS app and more use of ambient voice technologies. In this @bmj.com Opinion, we argue that AI does have potential to help the NHS, but we need to build the evidence. www.bmj.com/content/394/...?

“The UK is well placed to help address these challenges. It has world-leading life science institutions, deep clinical and research expertise, increasingly important health data infrastructure and a regulator showing ambition in how rare disease treatments can be developed and brought to patients.”

UK can lead way on rare disease treatments “For many rare conditions, the issue is not a lack of scientific promise. Promising breakthroughs can be held back by limited investment, small patient populations, fragmented health & patient data,& regulatory systems” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“Innovation is a skill, Clark believes, that is possessed by many arts graduates — and one that makes them natural entrepreneurs, particularly when it comes to user-focused design. “They’re good at considering what the customer actually needs and often extremely good at communicating it,”

“Britain’s creative industries contribute about 5.5 per cent of the UK economy’s gross value added, rivalling sectors such as construction, and are growing faster than the wider economy, according to the government.”

‘Creatives are natural entrepreneurs because they’re innovators’ “Creative thinking and commercial ambition go hand in hand, according to Gavin Clark, director of enterprise at the UAL, although he recognises this association is often underestimated.” www.thetimes.com/article/b4cb...

“One in seven individuals face lifetime care costs of more than £100,000.” That probably buys 2 years of residential care if you’re lucky. www.thetimes.com/article/465a...

My column in tomorrow's paper: Labour now have a leader who gives good advert. This is good for them, but the broader change it represents, much less so:

If I was an agency wanting to be disbanded, I would choose the moment just after a new man of the ppl PM from the NW arrived - with a defining mission to rebalance the country and make agencies accountable - to pull £ from the world renowned telescope visited by generation upon generation of NW kids

Trump’s systematic assault on science “By attempting to politicise scientific research today, the current administration risks hampering US leadership in the technologies of tomorrow.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

“Palantir said in a statement that the Health Foundation report “appears to misunderstand what the tool does”, which is “supporting the more efficient discharge of long-stay patients with complex needs”.

Palantir tool has not cut hospital discharge delays “We found no noticeable improvement in discharge performance among trusts using [Palantir’s patient-tracking tool],” the Health Foundation said in a letter to the Office for Statistics Regulation, the watchdog.” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Serious point is it unethical for politicians to exploit/target voters using TikTok ?

“The algorithm knows you are hurting.” “TikTok’s algorithm is astonishingly good at figuring out its users’ preferences and offering up a tailored stream of videos” “TikTok seems to have a remarkable ability to respond to emotional states, particularly during times of heightened vulnerability”

The Breakup Loop: Why the TikTok Algorithm May Keep You Heartbroken When it starts to go wrong for Andy will we be bombarded by break up content? Any Starmer acolytes care to comment ? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/26/t...