Andrea Valentino

3 weeks ago | unherd.com | Andrea Valentino

18th centuryAnglofuturismDaniel DefoeSocietyUK He noticed, first, the neatness, the way sails and cannons and half pikes all had their own set place. The timberyards and mastyards did too, guarded by watchmen and storekeepers, each in “the utmost hurry” yet unerring in his work. It was, he said, like a “well-ordered city” — one which could rig and launch a ship of the line in a matter of hours.

Aug 14, 2024 | engelsbergideas.com | Andrea Valentino

August 15, 2024 Andrea Valentino Themes: Archaeology, Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia's expensive investment in its future has come with a concurrent focus on its archaeological past but its ambitions risk eradicating the remnants of centuries of pre-Islamic history. Follow the road north from Medina, over rose-pink peaks and through villages called Magattyah and Al-Abraq, and you’ll spot it eventually.

Aug 13, 2024 | techmonitor.ai | Andrea Valentino

It’s checkout time at the shops, you’re there with your favourite tipple – but the worker who needs to confirm your age has mysteriously disappeared. With the British public consuming some 1.7 billion bottles of wine in 2020 alone, it’s a problem many of us will have faced, especially now that supermarkets host 51% more self-checkout machines than they did five years ago. But what if a would-be drinker could simply look into a camera, and have their age automatically checked by an algorithm?

Aug 11, 2024 | techmonitor.ai | Andrea Valentino

It’s checkout time at the shops, you’re there with your favourite tipple – but the worker who needs to confirm your age has mysteriously disappeared. With the British public consuming some 1.7 billion bottles of wine in 2020 alone, it’s a problem many of us will have faced, especially now that supermarkets host 51% more self-checkout machines than they did five years ago. But what if a would-be drinker could simply look into a camera, and have their age automatically checked by an algorithm?

Aug 6, 2024 | thecritic.co.uk | Andrea Valentino

This article is taken from the August-September 2024 issue of The Critic. To get the full magazine why not subscribe? Right now we’re offering five issues for just £10. Some years ago, Sir Mark Boleat got a call from the Treasury. George Osborne, Boleat was informed, wanted to host an event to commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of the first meeting of the Treasury Board. And when, Boleat wondered, was the last meeting? “Oh,” came the reply.