Things I noticed this week (week ending 27th Feb 2021)

What terminal lucidity teaches us about life, death and dementia https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/feb/23/the-clouds-cleared-what-terminal-lucidity-teaches-us-about-life-death-and-dementia

Why the world is short of semiconductors, and why it matters

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-17/the-world-is-short-of-computer-chips-here-s-why-quicktake

China and the fate of Taiwan

https://yalebooksblog.co.uk/2021/02/16/china-and-the-fate-of-taiwan/

Johnson’s Downing Street, current state of play

https://www.conservativehome.com/thetorydiary/2021/02/johnsons-downing-street-like-an-unstable-middle-eastern-autocracy-with-jihadis-family-militias-and-outside-actors-exchanging-fire.html

Labour’s damning silence on Brexit

https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/labour-s-damning-silence-on-brexit

I Miss My Bar - recreate your favourite bar’s atmosphere

https://imissmybar.com

Save Pollocks' Toy Museum

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/savepollockstoymuseum

Music: Drive - featuring Marcus Strickland - Christian Sands

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xS3-CKqwpZU

Gornergrat Bahn (The Matterhorn Railway)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMSq_ldQ16k

How to make the perfect Italian tomato sauce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctRo3pmFaKQ

A really good Picpoul de Pinet for just over a tenner

https://josephbarneswines.com/products/chateau-de-la-mirande-picpoul-de-pinet-2019