Nicholas Farrell, The Spectator Journalist Profile

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SI-PPC-induced modulation of heparin/heparanase binding affinity: a steered molecular dynamics approach

2 days ago | pubs.rsc.org | Juiz de Fora |Nicholas Farrell |Virginia Commonwealth

SI-PPC-induced modulation of heparin/heparanase binding affinity: a steered molecular dynamics approach† We report a steered molecular dynamics (SMD) investigation into how substitution-inert polynuclear platinum complexes (SI-PPCs) influence the binding affinity between heparan sulphate (HS) and the enzyme heparanase.
It’s been a tough week for the frontrunner to be pope

6 days ago | spectator.co.uk | Nicholas Farrell

The 133 cardinal electors participating in the conclave entered the Sistine Chapel yesterday, singing Veni Creator Spiritus. As they conducted their first vote – which resulted in black smoke – they were no doubt unable to avoid contemplating the highly damaging stream of revelations that have plagued the frontrunner to be the next pope, Cardinal Pietro Parolin.
Cardinal Becciu has sacrificed himself for the conclave | The Spectator

2 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Nicholas Farrell

The crisis that threatened to poison the secret conclave of cardinals which elects new popes has been resolved. It looks certain that disgraced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu – until 2018 number three in the Vatican hierarchy behind only the Secretary of State and the Holy Father himself – has fallen on his sword. Many in
Cardinal Becciu has sacrificed himself for the conclave

2 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Nicholas Farrell

The crisis that threatened to poison the secret conclave of cardinals which elects new popes has been resolved. It looks certain that disgraced Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu – until 2018 number three in the Vatican hierarchy behind only the Secretary of State and the Holy Father himself – has fallen on his sword.
The day the King came to Ravenna

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Nicholas Farrell

Dante’s Beach, Ravenna‘Fortune’s a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels,/ That she may take away all at one swoop,’ wrote John Webster in The White Devil. I find it hard to disagree. I know fortune and luck are not quite the same thing, but I don’t believe the standard rebuke of the smug and the successful to those less fortunate: ‘You make your own luck in life.
The day the King came to Ravenna

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Nicholas Farrell

‘Fortune’s a right whore: If she give aught, she deals it in small parcels,/ That she may take away all at one swoop,’ wrote John Webster in The White Devil. I find it hard to disagree.
Giorgia Meloni is Europe’s most important leader

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Nicholas Farrell

Giorgia Meloni has confounded her critics yet again as she proves herself to be the most important leader in the European Union. She has shown in the past two days that she is the vital bridge between America and Europe. As a result, Italy looks set to play a major role on the world stage which it has never done before since the founding of the Italian Republic in 1948 after the defeat of Mussolini’s fascist regime.
Giorgia Meloni is Europe’s most important leader

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Nicholas Farrell

Giorgia Meloni has confounded her critics yet again as she proves herself to be the most important leader in the European Union. She has shown in the past two days that she is the vital bridge between America and Europe. As a result, Italy looks set to play a major role on the world stage which it has never done before since the founding of the Italian Republic in 1948 after the defeat of Mussolini’s fascist regime.
Can Giorgia Meloni sweet-talk Trump on EU tariffs?

3 weeks ago | spectator.com.au | Nicholas Farrell

We are about to see how significant a politician Giorgia Meloni really is after she arrived in Washington yesterday evening for bilateral talks today with Donald Trump. Tariffs will be top of the agenda but they are also expected to talk about Ukraine.
Can Giorgia Meloni sweet-talk Trump on EU tariffs?

3 weeks ago | spectator.co.uk | Nicholas Farrell

Text size Small Medium Large Line Spacing Compact Normal Spacious Comments We are about to see how significant a politician Giorgia Meloni really is after she arrived in Washington yesterday evening for bilateral talks today with Donald Trump. Tariffs will be top of the agenda but they are also expected to talk about Ukraine. She then flies immediately back to Rome to meet Vice President J.D. Vance – a Catholic – on Friday, who is in Rome for Easter hoping to meet the Pope as well. Certainly,...