George Washington is perhaps the most familiar figure in American history. But most people really know his image only as they see it in marble statues and patriotic paintings. Behind those symbols was a real man: ambitious, self-taught, deeply concerned with respectability, and constantly grappling with the enormous responsibilities placed on his shoulders by history.
When you enable HLS video with your podcast host, the Apple Podcasts app doesn’t download the video (or audio) in one chunk — instead it downloads smaller chunks. One advantage we’re told is that it’s much easier to know how much of an episode has actually been consumed: because it’s only downloading those parts.
The Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in Washington DC has hardly been out of the news since April, when President Trump vowed to renovate it, and paint it ‘the American flag blue’ by July 4th. Despite the pool being cleaned, cleaned, coated and refilled, within a matter of days the algae that had been troubling for
More than one million young people in the UK are not in education, employment or training. They’re NEET, and according to a new government report it’s a growing problem among 16 to 24-year-olds. Across Europe, young people suffered greatly during the Covid pandemic, but while other countries recovered, Britain did not. sammy gexoiler Guardian reporters
The latest episode of the Fit to Serve Podcast with Tim Wilkins featured retired United States Marine and founder of the Veteran Bushido Brotherhood, Jerrick Fry. Fry and Wilkins took a trip down memory lane to reflect on Fry’s years of service, the lessons he learned during that trip, and how he was able to
Prime Minister-in-waiting Andy Burnham has given his first major speech since becoming MP for Makerfield. Speaking in Manchester, he said the Westminster system was ‘broken’ and a ‘same as usual’ approach would not work. He promised ‘Number 10 North’, the largest council housebuilding program since the post-war period, and ‘good growth in every postcode’ as
In September 2025, Melbourne wellness influencer Stacey Warnke decided to give birth at home, free of all medical assistance. When she went into labor, no one was present except her husband and a woman named Emily Lal. Warnke later died in hospital. Lal, who describes herself as a ‘birth savior’, had no formal medical training
For thousands of years, these Paleolithic artifacts lay unseen. When they were rediscovered, audiences were astounded by their vivid beauty. One of the world’s leading experts took a closer look at me Written and read by Stephen Phelan continue reading…
2-8A Rutland Gate is vacant, in the heart of Knightsbridge, London. The 45-room mansion, which sold for £210m in 2020, has been vacant for years. But at its doorstep, there is life. Anders Fernstedt has been sleeping on the porch for three years, surrounded by his collection of plant pots and vases. “The pretend reality
Meet Kathy Tye: serial entrepreneur, self-described “biotech Barbie,” and the woman aiming to revolutionize reproduction by using Crispr to edit human embryos. Beneath the tech-startup polish lies a provocative mission: to take the biological lottery out of nature’s hands and into the hands of parents. But As jenny kleiman says Helen PiddAll is not as