May 6, 2025

Five for Friday 717

Welcome to Friday,

Here are five things I thought worth sharing this week.

Alton Brown shares how to read a recipe.

Alan Lightman’s passionate argument for why Americans must insist on academic freedom.

“British farmers have used hedges, on and off, since at least 2,500 BC as a means of retaining and providing shelter for livestock, as a wind break for crops or delineating the boundaries of land ownership.”

An illuminating interview with George Dyson.

Spy-craft, heresy, and conspiracy :the violent and mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe.

Currently reading: A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Have a creative weekend.


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