1. I’m not quite sure why this Essex University research on accents has been all over the papers and the radio this week, on the face of it eight months after its publication: here’s Essex academic Amanda Cole’s occasional blog on the development of UK English accents over the years https://www.essex.ac.uk/blog/authors/amanda-cole

2. Food for thought from the EL Gazette: Translation in publishing suffers as markets prioritise English-language exports https://www.elgazette.com/translation-in-publishing-suffers-as-markets-prioritise-english-language-exports/

3. A piece from Der Spiegel on the impact in Germany of the war between Hamas and Israel, A New Wave of Anti-Semitism Sweeps Across Germany https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/absolutely-appalling-a-new-wave-of-anti-semitism-sweeps-across-germany-a-50e18e6a-03ae-4ea5-99ec-6d0c8753558a

4. Tomorrow is Día de los Muertos, the Day of the Dead in Mexico. Here’s a piece from the Mexico News Daily, Curious about cempasúchil, the iconic Day of the Dead flower? https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/curious-about-cempasuchil-the-iconic-day-of-the-dead-flower/

5. And, finally and with a health warning, as this may drive you to distraction, a simple London Underground station game https://london.metro-memory.com/ I’ve stalled at 56.2% …