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A recent visit to London revealed how the city has become the center of COVID-19 in the UK, yet is still reluctant to adopt stricter measures to combat the rapid spread of the new omicron variant. Over the holidays (Dec. 21 to Jan. 3), Europe recorded millions of new cases and thousands of deaths, prompting many European countries to tighten their defenses against the disease,

Shortly before the stroke that killed her, the author of the Vampire Chronicles and (with her son, Christopher) the forthcoming “Ramses the Damned: The Reign of Osiris” answered questions from the Book Review.

Former Saturday Night Live writer and cast member Peter Aykroyd has passed away, the TV show revealed this weekend. The new episode featured a tribute card to Aykroyd with a photo of him alongside the years of his birth and his death. He was 66, and details on his passing have still not been made [...]

The "1619 Project" literature is characteristic of todays neo-racist movement, which reduces the West to slavery and slavery to the West. In this nursery rhyme, everyone born with white skin is wrong, if not satanic. The Republic of Venice (697-1797 AD)

Author Robert Lloyd discusses the process of traditionally publishing his previously self-published historical thriller, The Bloodless Boy

Alfred the Great was named so because he fought off the Danish invaders, saved the English language and brought learning and study to his realm.

A new attempt to lace a Life of John Milton with imaginary events shows a lack of faith in facts

The latest trend in book cover design. A DIY “open source ereader.” A new subscription service for under-appreciated books. “The digital death of the collector.” Turning waste into graphene. Celebrating masks. Biohacking DNA to take over gene sequencing computers. How much would Bach make on Spotify? AI helps Beethoven finish his Tenth Symphony. A gallery of “Strava art.” An ill-advised vending machine for china. All that and more in WhatTheyThink’s weekly fat bear miscellany.