If politicians were painters, with FDR as Titian and Churchill as Rubens, then Attlee would be the Vermeer of the profession: precise, restrained—and long undervalued. Bill Clinton might aspire to the heights of Salvador Dalí (and believe himself complimented by the comparison), Tony Blair to the standing - and cupidity - of Damien Hirst.
In the arts, moral seriousness speaks to an economy of form and aesthetic restraint ...
Tony Judt, 'Austerity', (NYRB)
Analysis: China’s CO2 emissions have now been ‘flat or falling’ for 21
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China’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions fell by 1% in the final quarter of
2025, likely...
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