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Mozart Piano Concerto 21, Movement 2.

If only the Democrats could sort themselves out, what an uplifting July this would turn out to be.

34% vote share won almost two thirds of seats. Either the electoral system is very broken or the electorate just finally mastered tactical voting.

This beautiful and terrible thing, needful to man as air

@JaneCaseyAuthor It is fantastic. Full of stories.

I went to the Sargent exhibition at the Tate yesterday. No wonder women loved being painted by him; he made them look like people with active inner lives.

Arsenal may not win the title this year, but taking four points each off City and Liverpool is some improvement from Banter FC. Kudos to Arteta.

Phenomenal to see Shankly back as Liverpool manager once again.

So true

Very nicely done, Gibraltar!

I'm saddened by Palle's passing. He was such a generous collaborator. When I thanked him after finishing the last experiment for my PhD paper in his lab, he simply said 'no need, it is easy for me'.

Azar Nafisi, Reading Lolita in Tehran

@Ben_Sheldon_EGI @UniofOxford @royalsociety Shows my age but a few years ago the argument went that the threshold was too high, technicians and RAs won't be able to get a visa to work in the UK. Now's the turn of postdocs.

Nice bit of corruption there.

UK scientist who created Dolly the Sheep clone dies at 79 reut.rs/3PdZqxd

The Liverpool azure

A wee slice of rustic beauty

Big fan of estate agents that work early evenings. We're all busy. Just start your work day at 11.

On this day in 1944, T. S. Eliot rejected Animal Farm. Some other rejections of note: news.lettersofnote.com/p/do-you-take-…

'In her view, the fact that we do say such things about obesity—that all the new obesity meds are “Ozempic pills” or “Ozempic-like” shots—demonstrates a disregard for the subtleties of the condition.' theatlantic.com/health/archive…

Welcome back @CaroWozniacki