Month: November 2021

Stanley Tucci loves life and food

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/stanley-tucci-is-savoring-it-all? Stanley Tucci Is Savoring It All By Helen RosnerOctober 31, 2021 Tucci’s realization that food, and not acting, is the central passion of his life came in 2017, after he was diagnosed with a form of oral cancer.Photograph by Mary McCartney / Trunk Archive Stanley Tucci has been in front of the camera, in one … Continue reading Stanley Tucci loves life and food →

Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02988-4? 29 October 2021 Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death Fluvoxamine is both inexpensive and highly effective at preventing mild COVID-19 from turning severe. Saima May Sidik A woman recovering from COVID-19 visits a clinic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.Credit: Silvia Izquierdo/AP/Shutterstock A cheap, widely available drug used to treat mental illness cuts both … Continue reading Common antidepressant slashes risk of COVID death →

Key articles from Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, leading climate crisis authors

http://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-the-world-of-bill-mckibben-and-elizabeth-kolbert? Sunday Reading: The World of Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert By The New YorkerOctober 31, 2021 Photograph by Jean-Erick Pasquier / Getty Acrucial U.N.-sponsored meeting, the twenty-sixth Climate Change Conference, is now taking place in Glasgow. Insiders refer to it as cop26, and it may prove to be a landmark event in the history of this … Continue reading Key articles from Bill McKibben and Elizabeth Kolbert, leading climate crisis authors →

A scintilating biography about a pioneer of pottery offers unexpected pleasures

I'm of the generation that still bought and used bone china and silverware. I always marveled at the translucency of a plate. Others in my family still have collections of Wedgwood objects and cameos. How marvelous to find this delightful biography. http://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/books/review-radical-potter-josiah-wedgwood-tristram-hunt.html A Transporting and Cozy Biography of a Pottery Pioneer By Alexandra Jacobs Oct. 24, … Continue reading A scintilating biography about a pioneer of pottery offers unexpected pleasures →