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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