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Wayne Thiebaud review – staggering still lifes to make your mouth water The pop pioneer’s paintings of sweets and cakes offer up a succulent and incredibly moreish slice of a long-lost American dream

Wayne Thiebaud review – staggering still lifes to make your mouth water

Painting of a single cup of coffee against an off-white background

Wayne Thiebaud, Cup of Coffee, 1961, from a small, focused survey of Thiebaud's work now up at London's Courtauld Gallery. Also in that exhibition:

Lancashire healthcare worker shares ovarian cancer story – Blog Preston <p>A Lancashire healthcare worker has showed her support for NHS national campaign by sharing her story to urge women to check for early signs of ovarian cancer.</p>

"With hindsight, my symptoms were probably there for at least eight months prior to diagnosis.”

Kelly, 44, noticed she was feeling larger in the waistline and the urgency to urinate was increased. She blamed age. It was ovarian cancer.

A black card with white text that reads: "Minnesota Lawmaker Is Assassinated in Act of ‘Targeted Political Violence’ A person pretending to be a police officer assassinated Melissa Hortman, a Democratic state representative, Gov. Tim Walz said, and killed her husband. The gunman also targeted a state senator and his wife in 
a separate shooting. June 14, 2025"

A man impersonating a police officer assassinated a Democratic state legislator in Minnesota, Gov. Tim Walz said on Saturday, and killed the lawmaker’s husband. The assailant also shot and injured another Democratic lawmaker and his wife, officials said. nyti.ms/4jRTrvw

Northern Ireland is the most dangerous place in the UK to work as a journalist. Some report facing more threats and physical attacks than ever before according to a new report by @amnesty.org www.amnesty.org.uk/files/2025-0...

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47% tariff on imports from Madagascar. What does he think that will achieve? Are they going to onshore vanilla production?

‘My career is over’: Columbia University scientists hit hard by Trump team’s cuts The US government has begun slashing US$400 million in research grants at Columbia University over pro-Palestinian campus protests.

🚨This week, many Columbia scientists lost grants that funded over half their annual income. Others will no longer be able to do research that helps treat thousands of sick patients across the US.

"It hurts," they told me.

My story for @nature.com 🧪

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Utah Was a Rare Red State to Champion Mail Voting. That Era Is Likely Ending. - Bolts An old-fashioned, four-legged polling booth is on display in the lobby of the Salt Lake County clerk’s office. Its metal frame roughened and its red, white, and blue privacy curtain... Read More

The sponsor of Utah’s HB300 said it is needed in order to move Utah up on the Heritage Foundation’s “election integrity” state rankings.

For context, the top state on the Heritage list is Tennessee, where turnout is very low and 1/5 of Black people are disenfranchised.

boltsmag.org/utah-legisla...

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