Hello lovely email friends, hope you’re well. I’m getting a little older today. At least, it’s conventional to mark that fact once a year and today is that day for Iggy Pop, Her Majesty the Queen and me, plus 21 million or so others. The rest of you will also get a little older, but will have to make do without the occasion being marked. Unless, of course, you choose to mark it yourself, in which case: welcome!
🛤 The rail zeppelin: Several nations in the early 20th century attempted to develop high-speed trains through the use of propellers, but this prototype, but Germany’s 1930 Schienenzeppelin was the most successful: capable of pulling forty passengers at speeds faster than 200km/h. See also: French lawmakers approve a ban on short domestic flights:
💭 Daydreaming Can Be Good for You: Far from a waste of time, daydreaming might be one of the best things you can do with your free time. See also: In sleep the body is a channel to communicate with the dreaming mind.
🧗♀️ Your Burnout Is Unique. Your Recovery Will Be, Too: While it’s up to employers to prevent burnout as much as possible, new research suggests that addressing burnout once you’re suffering from it is more complicated. Its authors stress that compassion is a muscle that can be trained, and that developing and practicing compassion is the key to combatting burnout.
✈️ Out of thin air: the mystery of the man who fell from the sky: A worthwhile long read from the Guardian. In 2019, the body of a man fell from a passenger plane into a garden in south London. Who was he?
📦 Unilever’s new nano-factories fit in a shipping container: Designed to make small batches of products with local materials, the consumer goods giant hopes the new factories can cut down on their footprint by allowing them to make products closer to the source.
🍝 How to Make Fresh Pasta Without Any Fancy Equipment: If making pasta sounds like the kind of thing that triggers a lust for yet more underused kitchen gadgetry, you’ll be relieved to know you needn’t acquire tools more complex than a rolling pin.
🏛 Roman site uncovered in Scarborough hailed as first of its kind: Remains of buildings near the Yorkshire town of Scarborough are said to be ‘most important Roman discovery of last decade’.
For this recipe you will need: a big fish, a small fish and a cardboard box. Best served baked.