Katherine Stroud

My trip to Greenland with Tété-Michel Kpomassie ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2025/12/01/my-…

observer.co.uk/culture/books/… Brilliant feature by @A_B_Morgan author of ~ Relearning to Read @renardpress on 'What to read to understand quests' in @ObserverUK

The Observer Book Club: @Williamboyd29 Monday 17th November | 18.30-19.30 GMT Sign up: bit.ly/49cBTsm

My newest book review for #GoMediaPress: @A_B_Morgan's 'Relearning To Read' challenges those who read it to expand multiple aspects of their lives by expanding their bookshelves to include works and genres they've perhaps avoided in the past: gomediapress.wordpress.com/2025/10/29/ann…

This happened. RELEARNING TO READ is one of The Bookseller’s top ten nonfiction recommendations for September. Hooray!

Are processed foods about to go the way of Big Tobacco? In the 1990s, Dr. David Kessler, then FDA Commissioner, took on the Tobacco industry, reshaping how America viewed cigarettes forever. Now, decades later, he’s set his sights on another target: the addictive refined sugars and starches at the core of ultra-processed foods. Kessler has filed a citizen’s petition urging the FDA to strip these ingredients of their “Generally Recognized As Safe (GRAS)” status. How did these highly addictive and metabolically disruptive ingredients slip through in the first place? Shockingly, a 2022 study found that nearly 99% of food additives were never vetted by the FDA at all—they were rubber-stamped by the food industry itself. (Talk about the fox guarding the henhouse). With obesity, diabetes, fatty liver disease, and mental health conditions climbing, the question now is whether ultra-processed foods will finally face the kind of reckoning tobacco once did—or whether politics and industry will keep the status quo alive. We’ll be keeping a close watch as this story unfolds. Expert Featured: Dr. Bret Scher, MD, Baszucki Group Medical Director @bschermd Resources Mentioned: 6-Clear Signs You Might Have Food Addiction w/ Drs. Jen Unwin & Georgia Ede - youtu.be/wm2Taih-wzI Visceral Fat and the Chronic Health Epidemic w/ Dr. David Kessler - youtu.be/cHGmkg30470 Petition: Requests that the FDA Limit the Exposure of Refined Carbohydrates used in Industrial Processing in order to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Children and Adults - regulations.gov/docket/FDA-202… Follow our channel for more information and education from Bret Scher, MD, FACC, including interviews with leading experts in Metabolic Psychiatry. Learn more about metabolic psychiatry and find helpful resources at metabolicmind.org About us: Metabolic Mind is a non-profit initiative of Baszucki Group working to transform the study and treatment of mental disorders by exploring the connection between metabolism and brain health. We leverage the science of metabolic psychiatry and personal stories to offer education, community, and hope to people struggling with mental health challenges and those who care for them. Our channel is for informational purposes only. We are not providing individual or group medical or healthcare advice nor establishing a provider-patient relationship. Many of the interventions we discuss can have dramatic or potentially dangerous effects if done without proper supervision. Consult your healthcare provider before changing your lifestyle or medications.

David A. Kessler, MD, JD, celebrated physician, lawyer, former FDA commissioner and author, led a lecture at UICOMR on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. His visit was designed to increase knowledge about public health advocacy and its impact on the health care needs of the population.

I’ve written a new book, I’m incredibly proud of it. It’s out later in the year, late June, but @Waterstones has a 25% off preorder deal on it til midnight tonight. Link here waterstones.com/book/how-the-f… Code ‘preorder25’

Are food giants the new Big Tobacco? And how best to tackle the obesity epidemic? Steph and I explore with David Kessler in new Rest is Money pod open.spotify.com/episode/4GBlxr… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the…

David A Kessler talks to Vivienne Parry hayfestival.com/p-23605-david-…

The science behind how Nature can heal us, and how it’s easier than you think, with Professor Miles Richardson countrylife.co.uk/podcast/the-sc… @findingnature @NewRiverBooks #theblackbird'song

Very pleased that this review of Miles Richardson’s 'The Blackbird’s Song' is going to a wider audience through @YorksBylines @findingnature #Nature yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/environme…

.@KamalaHarris will be a president for all Americans. She actually cares about making your lives better. Donald Trump only thinks about himself. I want you to remember this: if someone doesn’t respect you, they should not represent you. That’s not what you need in your life. And we don’t need Donald Trump leading our country for another four years.

Writers on reading: William Boyd on the books that matter to him independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Gabriel’s Moon by William Boyd review – hugely enjoyable cold war espionage theguardian.com/books/article/…

#ThroughHerEyes The murder of Ugandan Olympian Rebecca Cheptegei at the hands of her boyfriend, got a single line on the news this morning. Let's make more of it here. Another beautiful and talented woman's life snuffed out by violence. #VAWG

My first great read of the summer. Gloriously enjoyable. I love William Boyd and this is one of his best. Thanks to Viking for the proof copy - it is out in September.

If you want know why, read this book: amazon.co.uk/Pressure-Lesso… ⁦@GeirJordet⁩ ⁦@mrJamesGraham⁩ #England

It all started before a kick was taken. While Switzerland head coach Murat Yakin delivered his pre-shootout address to the whole Swiss squad, it was notable that Gareth Southgate gathered only the players who were on the pitch at the end of extra time. All the substitutes and those who had been substituted — even captain and usual penalty-taker Harry Kane — were on the touchline. No distractions, nothing superfluous. Southgate also made a point of speaking to a few players who didn’t take a penalty — Declan Rice, Luke Shaw, Kyle Walker and John Stones — the reason for which would become clear. It seemed as if England adopted a sort of ‘buddy system’, where one player would be assigned to one of the takers to support them and congratulate them after they had taken their kick — Walker with Cole Palmer, Shaw with Jude Bellingham, Stones with Saka, Rice with Ivan Toney. Trent Alexander-Arnold presumably had an assigned buddy, but that all got lost in the bundle of everyone celebrating. Their job would have been to commiserate if any of them had missed but, in the end, there was no need. 🔗 nyti.ms/4cxpNIS

A subtle England penalty shootout innovation (since 2021) is their deliberate, structured & functional use of social psychology. Here, Saka is picked up by John Stones after his penalty, to swiftly welcome him back in the team. What did England do and why did they do it? 1/7