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Articles by John Phipps
The Bayeux Tapestry’s Long Journey Home
The ingenious answer was proposed by an art-engineering firm called SMACH. The company’s experts realized that, if the tapestry could not be rotated and stored, perhaps it could be stored and then rotated. They designed an object that resembles a huge, many-hinged ruler: a zigzag support that folds up, like a Japanese screen, into a neat cuboid.
Quitting | The Point Magazine
When I started smoking I was sixteen, and my life was very complicated. Large portions of each day were spent trying to disguise the fact that I had an erection. “You always get them just when you have to stand up,” people would complain, because the people I knew were also teenage boys. On weekends we would get together to make a big stink and talk about women. Once, we cycled forty minutes up a hill to buy beer. On the way down the extra momentum meant we didn’t even have to pedal.
When a Man Loves a Cello
In January, 2022, the British cellist Steven Isserlis was walking to a professional engagement when catastrophe struck. The skies opened. Isserlis was holding the three-hundred-year-old cello he prizes above all other possessions, and he watched in horror as it was ruined in the pouring rain. At last, to his inexpressible relief, he woke up. Isserlis often has nightmares about his cello. Losing it. Leaving it somewhere. The strings falling off without warning.
Moscow-on-the-Heath
Since the end of World War Two, the Russian Trade Delegation in Highgate has befuddled locals and enraged successive British governments. What’s really going on inside the compound’s walls? On 8 May 2024, the UK government announced the expulsion of the Russian defence attaché Maxim Elovik.
The inimitable queen of country house opera
One rain-soft evening in May, about 80 wealthy donors arrived at West Horsley Place, a 15th-century manor house in the south of England.
Dieser Mann rettet die Reichen und Berühmten, bevor sie sich zu Tode saufen
Politik Ausland Alkoholsucht Dieser Mann rettet die Reichen und Berühmten, bevor sie sich zu Tode saufen von John Phipps 30. März 2025 11:53 Uhr 17 Min Tony Dominguez war selbst süchtig. Seine Erfahrung hilft ihm, sich in andere hineinzuversetzen, die nicht vom Alkohol loskommen © Anton Renborg "Nüchternheitscoach" nennt sich Tony Dominguez, was wiederum eine sehr nüchterne Beschreibung ist für einen sehr speziellen Job: Berühmtheiten vom Alkohol fernzuhalten.
Confessions of the world’s most elite sober coach
About 10 years ago, Tony Dominguez was idling in Los Angeles traffic when he got a call from the wife of a client.
Face to Face
An editorial pow-wow Is he the most handsome man in British media? Does he helm the Original Style Bible? Yes and yes. Here’s a snippet from a summit with Morecambe’s finest, in which our editor interviews the editor of The Face, Matthew Whitehouse. * CB: The Face, along with Private Eye, is one of the only British publications that has a global reputation. When you got the job as editor, did you feel under pressure?
All Possible Plots II
Here’s an updated version, with twenty new authors, in honour of our fifth birthday. anthony trollope Your happiness is put on hold when it transpires your fiancé failed to correctly cash a cheque. This lasts for 130 chapters. Everyone else is ordained. charles dickens An open-deck bus tour of London guided by 15 character-comics repeating the same ‘bit’ for 12 to 20 hours. Then, someone poor dies outside, and everyone from the bus descends to stare.
Life of Reilly
What drives a man to local history? On the morning of 20 May 2000, perhaps a dozen men and women holding printed placards walked into St Mary’s churchyard in the Irish town of Drogheda. They had come to protest an exhibition taking place at the deconsecrated church, which featured a provocative historical relic: the death mask of the English soldier-statesman, Oliver Cromwell. In Ireland, the name Oliver Cromwell is remembered with unanimous horror.
No British election is complete without a man with a bin on his head
By John Phipps A figure in a silver cape and a huge cylindrical helmet stands in front of a field of nettles in North Yorkshire. In the near distance is a market town, nestled beneath a Norman castle keep. Speaking to camera in a wavering metallic voice, the figure officially announces his bid to become the of Richmond and Northallerton – the parliamentary constituency of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak.
The secret history of the red book of Hamlet
“It must have been in about 1979, I was in New York on holiday.
How Italy’s Post-Fascists Fell in Love With J. R. R. Tolkien
All winter, in a room of Rome’s National Gallery of Art, a flatscreen TV was playing the Lord of the Rings movies on repeat. Nearby was a Lord of the Rings pinball machine, and an LP called “J. R. R. Tolkien reads and sings his Lord of the Rings.” Silhouetted against an open doorway, through which one could make out pieces from the museum’s collection of nineteenth-century and modernist art, a headless mannequin was wearing a sparkly white dress.
You’re the One, Ellie Roebuck
The dyke drama at the heart of women’s football. At the beginning of the 2023 Women’s World Cup this summer, a website called ‘Woso Couples Chart’ started doing the rounds among the WhatsApp groups and Twitter circles of the grassroots women’s football community.
Risk Off Technical Selling Hits All but Cattle: Corn Makes New Contract Lows
Contract lows in corn and 6 1/2 month lows in soybeans with risk off technical selling, and improved SA weather. Farmer selling and a higher dollar were also factors. How much lower will prices fall?. Hog and milk futures also saw pressure, while cattle chased higher cash. Bryan Doherty with Total Farm Marketing has more.
Farm Journal, American Royal Mourn Loss of Cliff Becker 1961 - 2023
Cliff Becker, Vice President of New Campus Development for the American Royal, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, December 30th while visiting family in California. Cliff Becker A 1984 graduate of Western Illinois University, Cliff was a fourth-generation agriculturalist that always put his passion for food and food production into supporting his clients' needs for over 39 years.
Corn Makes Contract Low, Soybeans, Wheat and Hogs Also See Pressure: Cattle Follow Cash Higher
Grains sink, contract lows in corn on risk off fund selling on Red Sea shipping concerns, Brazil wx, & farmer selling. Hogs slide to new lows, with cattle following cash higher. Kent Beadle, Paradigm Futures, has more.
Preserving 300 Memories
Preserving 300 Memories John Phipps reflects on his 30 years of writing for Farm Journal's audience. (Lori Hays - Storyset) This time of year is second to none for reliving precious memories. Curiously, those wonderful reminiscences are a product of electro-chemical science, adjusted by judicious editing by our brain. Memories are fluid, re-shaped by our brains when we recall them. As any prosecutor knows, eyewitnesses can be remarkably inaccurate.
Cattle Rally with Higher Cash, Hogs Mixed: Grains Lower with Soybeans Taking Out October Lows
Cattle rally with higher cash up to $173, even a few $174 last week and adding some weather premium. Hogs mixed. Grains fall with improved SA weather, soybeans take out October lows. Scott Varilek, Kooima Kooima Varilek, has more.
Settling a Farm Estate: Why It's More Than an Economic Problem
U.S. Farm Report 12/02/23 - Customer Support Farmers have struggled with the same business and family problem essentially forever: what happens to the farm when parents die. The conflict between fairness and equality has never been truly resolved except for the wealthy, and not all of them either. For most farms, the hard facts of long division mean too many heirs dealing with too few hard-to-divide assets.
How Accurate is the Farmers' Almanac in Forecasting Winter Weather?
USFR- John's World 11/25/23 About this time of year, an annual debate begins about winter weather predictions. Some of the most intense conversations center around the Famers' Almanac. Scientific American published an analysis of the accuracy of the almanac forecasts, which I found helpful. Like the fact there are two magazines: The Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The difference is the apostrophe and the original publication dates, not readers’ age.
Settling a Farm Estate: Why It's More Than an Economic Problem
Settling a Farm Estate: Why It's More Than an Economic Problem Farmers have struggled with the same business and family problem essentially forever: what happens to the farm when parents die. The conflict between fairness and equality has never been truly resolved except for the wealthy, and not all of them either. For most farms, the hard facts of long division mean too many heirs dealing with too few hard-to-divide assets.
How Accurate is the Farmers' Almanac in Forecasting Winter Weather?
About this time of year, an annual debate begins about winter weather predictions. Some of the most intense conversations center around the Famers' Almanac. Scientific American published an analysis of the accuracy of the almanac forecasts, which I found helpful. Like the fact there are two magazines: The Farmers’ Almanac and the Old Farmer’s Almanac. The difference is the apostrophe and the original publication dates, not readers’ age. The old one was first printed in 1792, the other began in 1818.
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye Says Soybeans and Meal See Profit Taking on Brazil Rain Chances, Drag Down Corn
AgDay TV Markets Now: Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, says soybeans and meal see profit taking with Brazil rain chances and drag corn down as well.
Rocks
Rocks Weekly Ag Price Changes for November 17 (Brugler Marketing & Management) Market Watch with Austin Schroeder November 17, 2023 As we embark on the week leading up to Thanksgiving, we remember who, what, and why we are thankful. Dating back to the first Thanksgiving in 1621, the Pilgrams had a lot to be thankful for.
How Should You Market Extra Bushels in a Possible South American Weather Market?
For the week, December corn was 3 cents higher, January soybeans lost 7¼ cents, January soybean meal was up $1.60 per short ton and January soybean oil was up 66 points. December Chicago wheat lost 24½ cents, December Kansas City wheat dropped 22 cents and December Minneapolis wheat was down 15¼ cents. The focus of the soybean market continues to be South American weather and crop expectations. Soybeans and soybean meal saw profit taking at the end of the week with forecasted rains for Brazil.
Thanksgiving Food Costs Reflect A Healed Supply Chain
A traditional Thanksgiving feast reflects two current trends in food-at-home economics: increased retail food costs vary by category and the supply chain is back to pre-COVID patterns. Dr. Michael Swanson, chief ag economist at Wells Fargo, details more in the bank’s annual Thanksgiving Food Report, which he says had some categories not clear on pricing until the weeks just before Thanksgiving.
Soybeans See Profit Taking with Brazil Rain Chances, Pull Down Corn and Wheat: Cattle Rally Into Slightly Friendly COF, Crude Oil Recovers
Soybeans and meal see profit taking on Brazil rain chances which leads to technical selling in corn and wheat. Cattle rally into a slightly friendly COF report. Crude oil rebounds but may be turning into a bear market. Darren Frye, Water Street Solutions, has more.
The Good and The Bad of Lower Populations
The Good and The Bad of Lower Populations Declining populations might contribute to environmental improvement but worsen rural quality of life. (Lori Hays / Storyset) I read science fiction. Probably too much, especially space operas. Despite the name, it might be the most familiar form of sci-fi, think Star Trek or Star Wars. The basic premise for this dubious literature is humans flooding into space. Why? There have been standard almost-plausible reasons.
The Biggest Loser In America's Obsession With Weight-Loss Medications
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The Biggest Loser In America's Obsession With Weight-Loss Medications
The Biggest Loser In America's Obsession With Weight-Loss Medications Pharmaceutical companies have high hopes for a new category of weight-loss medicines known as GLP-1 drugs. Basically, when administered monthly they alter the body’s production of hormones that control the brain’s perception of satiety – the sense of being full. They have become a sensation in the medical industry for coping obesity and diabetes, and a challenge to the food industry and its investors.
Cash Weaner Pig Prices Average $23.42, Down $0.64 Last Week
This market update is a PorkBusiness.com weekly column reporting trends in weaner pigs. All information contained in this update is for the week ended Oct. 27. NutriQuest Business Solutions publishes weekly weaner pig profitability calculations which uses industry representative production costs and futures pricing for lean hogs, corn and soybean meal, using historical basis assumptions, to establish approximate profitability and break-even pricing for the current sale or purchase of weaner pigs.
At Just 22 Years Old, She's a Farmhand Who's Found Social Media Success In a Remarkable Way
From glimpses of harvest, to a peek at producing crops in the northern plains, anyone can follow “Ag with Emma” online, but it’s how the 22-year-old’s journey in agriculture started that is truly unique. “There's not a lot of people in my situation that can openly like travel to go network with people and see their farm and showcase what their family has built on generations,” Emma says.
Why We Need to Reinvent Veterinary Care Now
What does veterinary care look like in the 21st Century? That question drove hours of conversation during the 21st Century Animal Health Symposium at the University of Illinois in Urbana, Ill. A group of more than 125 veterinarians, animal health industry leaders and academia gathered to discuss the future of the veterinary profession on Oct. 27. “I think our challenge is to reinvent how we deliver veterinary care. And care is about people, too.
New Report Provides Sobering Reminder About Food Insecurity in the U.S.
The latest USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) household food security report shows an increase in food insecurity. The report examined American households’ ability to access sufficient food last year. The report found that the vast majority – 87.2% – of U.S. households were food secure throughout 2022, meaning they had consistent, dependable access to enough food for active, healthy living.
Foreign Ownership In Pork More Dangerous Than Farmland?
Few news items in the ag media enjoyed the endurance of the discovery that Chinese owners have amassed nearly 400,000 acres of U.S. farmland. These breathless reveals seldom include any numbers to put this acreage in perspective. Like the fact the U.S. has 900 million acres of farmland, with over 350 million in crop land. One numerically challenged legislator even proclaimed this tiny sliver of land represented a threat to the U.S. food supply.
Are Production Problems Brewing in Brazil? Pulling the Curtain Back On the Soybean Powerhouse
Concerns about weather in Brazil helped prop up prices earlier this week. Dryness is already plaguing parts Brazil at the height of the planting season, especially in Mato Grosso, while the southern part of Brazil has faced too much rain. Current crop forecasts point to another big crop in Brazil, as well as a recovery in Argentina after last year’s drought severely ate into crop production there.
Is It Possible Xi Jinping Is Just Too Incompetent To Lead? A New Theory About China
Is It Possible Xi Jinping Is Just Too Incompetent To Lead? A New Theory About China For the last several months, ever-larger numbers of economic and political experts have been trying to understand what is going on in China. While their politics have always been difficult for outsiders to follow, until recently their economics were comparatively straightforward or at least somewhat less mysterious.
Farm Journal - October 2023
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Holtkoetter receives 2023 GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader Award
The Global Farmer Network® (GFN®) is proud to recognize German farmer Marcus Holtkoetter as the 2023 recipient of the GFN Kleckner Global Farm Leader award. Holtkoetter will be formally recognized on Tuesday, October 24, 2023 on the Borlaug Dialogue Main Stage at the World Food Prize in Des Moines, Iowa. As the 10th generation to live on the family’s farm, Holtkoetter received his education in agriculture from the University of Osnabrück and returned to manage a herd of 3,000 feeder pigs.
High Interest Rates Are Already Impacting Farmers, And It's Coming at the Expense of Ag Loans
High Interest Rates Are Already Impacting Farmers, And It's Coming at the Expense of Ag Loans While the farm economy has recently shown moderation due to narrower profit margins driven by commodity prices and increased expenses, credit needs have risen for many farmers, mainly due to high input costs. However, many producers have been able to supplement their financial needs with savings amassed during previous profitable years.
Is Foreign Ownership In Pork More Dangerous Than Farmland?
Is Foreign Ownership In Pork More Dangerous Than Farmland? A larger issue than foreign ownership of U.S. land is potentially being overlooked. (Lori Hays / Storyset) Few news items in the ag media enjoyed the endurance of the discovery that Chinese owners have amassed nearly 400,000 acres of U.S. farmland. These breathless reveals seldom include any numbers to put this acreage in perspective. Like the fact the U.S. has 900 million acres of farmland, with over 350 million in crop land.
How to Withdraw an ERC Claim
How to Withdraw an ERC Claim A substantial amount of fraudulent Employee Retention Credit claims has likely been filed in the last year or so and the IRS is sitting on many of those claims. Farmers who did not see at least a 20% reduction in gross receipts on an aggregated basis likely have an invalid claim and if they want to withdraw the claim, the IRS has provided steps to take.
EVs Face Bumpy Road to the Back 40
There is one place in America where electric vehicles are glaringly absent — the back 40. Today, electric tractors and other farming equipment are hard to find on showroom floors, let alone in the field. The outside pressure on agriculture to park its diesel-powered horses for climate-friendly all-electric alternatives is quickly reaching a boiling point.
Electric Vehicles Face Bumpy Road to the Back 40
There is one place in America where electric vehicles are glaringly absent — the back 40. Today, electric tractors and other farming equipment are hard to find on showroom floors, let alone in the field. The outside pressure on agriculture to park its diesel-powered horses for climate-friendly all-electric alternatives is quickly reaching a boiling point.
Can Farming and Solar Panels Coexist? Just Wait Until You See What They're Doing in Canada
Can Farming and Solar Panels Coexist? Just Wait Until You See What They're Doing in Canada I have spoken often about the unwarranted concern over minuscule farmland loss to solar arrays, until I realized it really wasn’t about the land, it was about changing how we get electricity. Far more solar panels are being installed somewhere other than cornfields. Numbers for rooftop solar surprised many experts in the last year.
Push, Scoop, Lift and Dig: Is It Time to Deepen Your Equipment Roster?
Industrial equipment — skid-steer loaders, wheel loaders, excavators and backhoes — has become agriculture’s mechanical equivalent of a utility player. Planters, combines and sprayers are agriculture’s specialists — the designated hitters or relief pitchers that have a specific job, but sit on the bench between appearances. Industrial equipment, however, plays every inning. Here’s a list of industrial machines that might fit well on your roster.
Are Women on Track to Become the Majority in Agriculture?
Are Women on Track to Become the Majority in Agriculture? A thoughtful observation from Larry Irion, in Congerville, Illinois: “The better question is ‘where are the boys or men in agriculture today’? Being a former agriculture teacher who taught in the late 60’s and early 70s I have noticed in the last decade a big trend in men backing off in the agriculture and leadership field. I also taught at two major universities that young men didn’t seem to have the drive to succeed [compared to] girls.
Riders on the Storm
Nowhere in the world loves motorcycle racing as much as the people of Northern Ireland. Killian Faith-Kelly explores how the sport rides alongside centuries-old sectarian strife. Shortly after midnight on 10 September, 2022, Davy McCartney discovered that the motorbike race he’d been organising for a year had been sabotaged. ‘The minute we turned onto the Dunbought Road, we seen it. I got out of the van and I could smell the kerosene. The whole road was swimming in it.
Is Brazil's Upcoming Growing Season Shaping Up to Be a Mess?
Is Brazil's Upcoming Growing Season Shaping Up to Be a Mess? Every now and then farmers glance down to see what’s happening below the equator. By “below the equator”, I mean Brazil. We have gradually resigned ourselves to Brazil being the leader, but last year they also took the top spot for corn exports, a tougher fact to swallow. But there is more going on down there.
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