New species of ancient human discovered in Philippines cave

Homo luzonensis fossils found in Luzon island cave, dating back up to 67,000 years
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At last, Brexit explained in two words: Basil Fawlty

It’s all there in the 70s sitcom Fawlty Towers – the rage, the insularity, the status anxiety, says columnist Alex Clark
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'It went in beautifully as the postman was passing': the story of the Headington Shark

Oxford city council immediately opposed the installation of the shark. At first, they said it was dangerous to the public, but engineers and inspectors pronounced it structurally safe.
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Chinese province deploys real-time GPS trackers to monitor workers

Sanitation workers in China say they are being forced to wear GPS trackers in the latest report detailing the nation’s growing dystopia. According to a local news source, the trackers were is…
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How Dickens, Brontë and Eliot influenced Vincent van Gogh

Van Gogh spent three years in London and delighted in Britain’s literary heritage, a love that is explored in a new Tate show
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What Saving a Detroit Baseball Stadium Means for Black History

Preservationists are finally rallying to save what were once “the heartbeat" of black communities—like Hamtramck Stadium, the home of the Detroit Stars.
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The Scams Are Winning

Late last month—shortly after the special counsel’s office delivered the results of Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election to the Justice Department (and shortly after Attorney General William Barr sent his four-page summary of the years-in-the-making report to Congress, and shortly after President Donald Trump summed up the summary by declaring that report amounted to a “Total EXONERATION”)—the University of Southern California law professor Orin Kerr posted a tweet.
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