Harry and Meghan's announcement that they are returning from their lengthy stay over in the US got the rumour mill turning about every aspect of their return, from where they’ll settle down to the reasons for coming back. But one things for sure, writes Helen Kirwan-Taylor: schooling will be top of the royal couple’s list. As an American whose children were educated in the UK, she offers some tips about where might be best – and why there's really only one place for it.
However you feel about the news – negative, positive or furiously ambivalent – the Duke and Duchess’ return will be a point of interest on many levels.
From one couple to another – Donald Trump and his closest confidante: unfailing and enamoured, it’s Natalie Harp.
Reports of their working relationship have been filling US news all week; from her fawning letters to Trump to her nickname “human printer” (she’s never caught without one on hand to have a Trump-positive article ready to hand to him). Amid reporting that some on both sides of the aisle feel may be a bit too excitable, Jon Sopel writes that, in the tale of Harp, there is an important truth about how Trump’s White House is being run.
Still in the US, Alex Hannaford explores the case of Jerry Falade, a Nigerian novelist whose debut book sparked a $2m bidding war until accusations of AI use brought the whole thing tumbling down. Falade says he’s innocent – only using the technology for research purposes, but there’s a bigger story at play here: it seems we’re much too comfortable with giving white writers – like Anthony Horowitz and Olga Tokarczuk – a pass when they admit to ChatGPTing. For Black writers? It’s different.
Of course, AI company Anthropic’s big move may put an end to all the guessing over whether an LLM wrote your new favourite book. AI text is getting harder to spot, but with chatbot Claude watermarking anything that it spits out, people on both sides of the AI wars are up in arms about what this means for writing in general. But, as tech reporter Andrew Griffin writes, it’s that word – “writing” – that proves that most people are completely missing the point about this update.
Claude may be able to generate some text approximating a good yarn, but there’s one thing it can’t do: climb 2,000 feet. Hiking holidays are all the rage this summer, with queues snaking down the Dolomites – though that might just be for the viral doughnuts – and many looking desperately for the perfect peak. If that’s you? Look no further; our travel team have compiled their favourite summer mountain trips for your perusing.
And for those of you recoiling in fear at the thought of so much walking, Harry Bullmore has you covered. In his article, he dives into the art of “Nordic walking”, a low-impact exercise that puts 80 of your muscles to work. He speaks with a Nordic walking instructor to find out why millions across Europe are picking up walking poles and setting out to take part in the activity.
Lastly, eggs have been off the menu for some as a salmonella outbreak linked to imported eggs has killed one person in the UK and left more than 200 unwell. In this deep dive, Hannah Twiggs takes us through the surprising history of egg safety before identifying what we need to be wary of – spoiler: it’s the eggs you might least suspect that are the problem.
And with that, I suppose I’ll head out on my own Nordic walk. Poles at the ready. Haz and Megz best keep off the pavements if they are choosing to make their grand return today, I may be going at a leisurely pace but I can’t promise I’ll be able to stop once I get into my Nordic rhythm.
Have a good one,
Liam Murphy-Robledo
Digital Features Publisher
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