Google DeepMind unveils AI model for living cells >>> Technology aimed at speeding discovery of drugs for diseases such as cancers. ft.com/content/77bf38… via @ft

Interview with HERO about my new book which will be launched at The Photographers' Gallery on Thursday 30 May 2024.

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What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British) by Michael Peel - Blog Tour Review lifewithallthebooks.com/2024/05/07/wha… via LifeWithAllTheBooks

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In #WhatEveryoneKnowsAboutBritain Michael Peel digs into the national consciousness with the perspective of distance to pull apart the ways in which we British have become unmoored from crucial truths about ourselves
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Many thanks for the opportunity, Matt Nixson!

Britain's troubles have led some commentators to predict the country is doomed.

Me on why this shouldn't be so - and what lessons we can learn from elsewhere.

More in What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British):

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Some clarity & positivity from Michael Peel, author of #WhatEveryoneKnowsAboutBritain (Except the British) Octopus Publishing

Britain has problems but our nation is far from finished express.co.uk/comment/expres…

Did you know that a British military unit in Brunei is paid for by the country's Sultan?

I wrote for @ft on what this tells us about the strains of 'Global Britain'.

Read more revealing stories about the UK in my new book:

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The three biggest charitable foundations focused on global health are joining forces for the first time.

One focus will be nutrition and gut health, which Bill Gates argues could help halve the almost 5mn annual deaths of children under five.

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The UK's problems have stoked apocalyptic predictions from some commentators that the country is finished.

Here I argue that this is misplaced - and highlight lessons about how Britain can do better.

Read more in my new book:

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Labour vows to boost science & heal rifts.

“We’re not talking so much about being a ‘science superpower’, we’re not talking about kicking ‘woke’ out of science — & we’re certainly not accusing top scientists of supporting Hamas.” w. Anna Gross
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This headline sums up the zombie state of politics at Westminster as the clock ticks to the general election.

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Read more in my new book about lessons from beyond Britain’s shores about how the country can be better.

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Political tensions weaken battle against biggest diseases, warns health charity chief >>> “We have a more difficult environment to find common solutions across countries, because of the geopolitical situation,” says Wellcome's John-Arne Røttingen ft.com/content/108dc9… via @ft

The strange story of the British Gurkha military unit in Brunei - and what it tells us about the UK's strained efforts to be a world power.

Much more in my book What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British):

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This Tony Blair clip has won attention for its realism about Britain.

But he wasn’t always above exceptionalism: in 2007, he called Britain “the greatest nation on earth”.

Much more in my book “What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except the British).

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The UK government has sent a man to Rwanda via a voluntary scheme under which it pays people whose asylum applications have failed a £3,000 incentive. Australia tried something similar with Cambodia - and it didn't go well, as I recount in my new book.👇

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Climate change risks fuelling antibiotic-resistant ‘superbugs’

Antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” are among the greatest public health threats of our age — and researchers fear that climate change will make them still more dangerous.

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#ICYMI Michael Peel, author of What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except The British) recommends an fabulous flurry of books!

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I don't think anyone else will have noticed, so I'm dropping by to wish myself a happy 30th anniversary.

What a Carve Up!, published by Viking Books on 28 April, 1994.

Lovely piece by Anjana Ahuja for Financial Times about the stirring rhythms and immensity of the 46 year old Voyager space probe mission.