All psychologists get yourself a copy of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas Llosa and enjoy the methods of Dr Lucia Acémila in her efforts to cure the insomniac Lucho Marroquín of his guilt of killing a child in a car accident

World Psychiatric Association, in collaboration with BIPA & Indian Psychiatric Society, invites you to an engaging international webinar. 📅 Wednesday, 4 November 2026 🕒 3:30 PM IST | 10:00 AM UK | 11:00 AM CET 🔗 Join the webinar:
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The traditional end of year ‘celebratory’ artwork! Introducing 2026 the year in collage! Available as limited edition signed, numbered, exquisite art print… and 1000 piece jigsaw! Both shipping worldwide - yes including you 🇺🇸 ! Can you complete the jigsaw before Armageddon? 👇👇👇 coldwarsteve.com/2026/10/28/…

The BBC without a health editor? A major concern for the health of our specialism warns the MJA chair mjauk.org/bbc-health-editor-…

Origins of the Itsekiri (Iwere) People Before Ginuwa (prior to c. 1480) According to Itsekiri historian J.O.S. Ayomike in Benin and Warri: Meeting Points in History – The Itsekiri Perspective (1993)

I am really looking forward

This is one of the most famous portraits in the world, yet few people know the story of the man in it… His name was Juan de Pareja, born in southern Spain and of African descent, and for more than twenty years he was enslaved in the studio and household of the Spanish painter Diego Velázquez. He worked alongside him day after day, learning everything he could by watching one of the greatest artists who ever lived. In 1650, while the two of them were in Rome, Velázquez painted his portrait, and he didn’t paint him as a servant. He painted him with all the dignity of a gentleman: proud, steady, looking straight at us. And within months of finishing it, Velázquez gave him the greatest gift one person could give another: he signed the papers that would set Pareja free. Juan de Pareja went on to build his own career as a painter in Madrid. In 1661, he painted a huge canvas of the Calling of Saint Matthew, now in the Prado, and on the far left he included himself, looking out at us and holding a piece of paper with his own name and the date. The man who had once been painted by someone else was now signing his own work… My favorite moment in this whole story came right after the portrait was finished, when Velázquez sent it to his friends in Rome to hear what they thought and Pareja himself was the one who carried it to them, so that suddenly they found themselves looking at two Juan de Parejas side by side, the man and the painting. According to an early account, it was so lifelike that they simply stood there in wonder, “not knowing to whom they should speak or who would answer.”

Ipsos poll. Burnham bounce continues. Labour on 32% with a lead of +8 – the largest Labour lead Ipsos have recorded during this parliament. Tories take second place for the first time since June 2025 Reform UK down 3 points and Greens down 5

You MUST read this brilliant essay by Judge Michael Luttig: “The Final Battle for America’s Democracy”newrepublic.com/article/2151… via @newrepublic

Akinpelu Obisesan (1889–1963) of Ibadan, was one of Africa’s great diarists of the early 20th century. He left behind 14,000 diary entries across four decades. His diary gives us a useful peep into a 19th/20th century mind. Here are chronologically arranged random excerpts.

Lula’s victory will be greeted with horror in Silicon Valley. Outside the EU, Brazil has been the biggest holders to account of US tech firms. And Facebook’s actions before the election deserve proper scrutiny

I’ve spent the morning at Kunst Museum Brandts Odense. Tau Lewis’ Mouth Close to Earth exhibition was 👌

BPPA Annual Conference 7 Nov 2026; Leicester, UK. Meet some of our keynote Speakers ! @FemiMind @KSBhui @SuhanaAh

Nathaniel Ford trio at Dexter Odense this afternoon 👏👏

Yes, the film is now available worldwide via Prime.

Do depression screening tools work the same way across countries? @juliotorales et al #depression sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @DrHowardLiu @ebrahim_sader @avi_medicine @FemiMind

I’m in Odense & spent the morning visiting Hans Christian Andersen Museum