Housed within Melbourne's former South Yarra railway station, Godby Hotel reimagines a historic landmark as a destination with two distinct personalities. Centred around the charming muse of Godby and the hidden allure of Nightbird, the brand transforms from warm and welcoming by day to intimate and atmospheric by night. Through a richly layered identity spanning illustration, signage, digital and environmental design, every touchpoint contributes to a timeless hospitality experience built for discovery, connection and return.

Acclaimed British photographer Peter Marlow (1952-2016) was known for his journalistic attention to people and happenings in conflict zones and political interactions. Throughout his career, though, he also embarked on numerous personal documentary projects like Liverpool: Looking Out to Sea, which he completed in the late 1980s and early 1990s as the city experienced sharp economic decline—its historic docks were no longer viable for global industry. He was also president of Magnum Photos twice.

One of Marlow’s more meditative projects revolved around 42 Anglican cathedrals across England. The Anglican Christian tradition stems from the establishment of the Church of England following the English Reformation in the 16th century, although the cathedrals’ architectural lineage usually predates this period.

Completing The English Cathedral involved coordinating visits at times of day when Marlow could experience the buildings in natural light, not unlike the way they were seen for centuries before the advent of electricity. He focused on the churches’ naves, illuminating their rosette-covered wooden ceilings, Gothic arches, altars, and hints of apses beyond.

An exhibition of The English Cathedral opens on July 21 and continues through August 31 at Southwark Cathedral, which has roots dating back at least to the 11th century. Today, it’s the oldest Gothic church in London.

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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Krebs on Security: Microsoft today released software updates to plug at least 570 security holes in its Windows operating systems and other software, almost triple the number of vulnerabilities the software giant fixed in its record-smashing Patch Tuesday release last month. Microsoft attributed the burgeoning patch counts to vulnerability discoveries aided by artificial intelligence. Nearly 60 of the bugs quashed in July's Patch Tuesday earned a "critical" severity rating, meaning miscreants or malware could use them to seize remote control over a Windows device with little or no help from the user. Microsoft also addressed three zero-day flaws, including two that are already being exploited in the wild.

Two of the zero-day weaknesses allow an attacker to elevate their user rights on a Windows system, as do approximately 250 other elevation of privilege flaws fixed this month; they include CVE-2026-56155 - an Active Directory Federation Services bug -- and CVE-2026-56164, a Microsoft Sharepoint vulnerability. CVE-2026-50661 is a security feature bypass in Windows BitLocker that could allow attackers to gain access to encrypted data if they have physical access to the device. Microsoft said this bug has been detailed publicly, but that it is not aware of any active exploitation.

In a blog post on July 9, Microsoft Executive Vice President Pavan Davuluri wrote that Windows users will notice "a higher volume of security updates included in each security release" as a result of AI aiding in the discovery of vulnerabilities. "The pace of vulnerability discovery is changing with advances in AI making it possible to find more issues, faster, across more code, with new mechanisms that can accelerate both discovery and analysis," Davuluri wrote.

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Met de afbraak van de internationale rechtsorde, laten de Amerikanen zien dat vanaf nu voor hen alleen nog het recht van de sterkste geldt.

In Wilnis vond in 2003 een dijkdoorbraak plaats, vanwege een uitgedroogde veendijk. De vraag is nu of Nederland met het aanhoudende hete voorjaar en de droge zomer iets dergelijks opnieuw kan overkomen. „Van deze dijkdoorbraak heeft iedereen in Nederland iets geleerd.”

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These have to be some of the most remarkable sports photos of all time: a 20-year-old Lionel Messi bathing a five-month-old Lamine Yamal.

Two of the best football players in the world, one a Barcelona legend and another a Barca legend in the making. Both came up through the ranks of the club’s La Masia youth academy. Both wore number 19 for Barca before switching to the number 10. And if Argentina can advance past England in this afternoon’s semifinal match, the two will face each other in the World Cup final on Sunday. It’s like if there was a photo of Muhammad Ali holding Mike Tyson as a baby. Remarkable.

And the way the photos happened is completely random; Yamal’s family didn’t have footballing connections or anything like that. The photos were taken by photographer Joan Monfort in 2007 for a UNICEF fundraiser (UNICEF was the jersey “sponsor” for Barca’s 2007-2008 season).

“UNICEF did a raffle in the neighbourhood of Roca Fonda in Mataro where Lamine’s family lived,” said Monfort. “They signed up for the raffle to have their picture taken at the Camp Nou with a Barca player. And they won the raffle.”

“He [Messi] didn’t even know how to hold him at first,” Monfort said, recalling the difficulties of the shoot. “Messi is a pretty introverted guy, he’s shy. He was coming out of the locker room and suddenly he finds himself in another locker room with a plastic tub full of water and a baby in it. It was complicated.”

More from Monfort in The Athletic:

“It’s the most famous photo I’ve taken in my life, by a long way. So many people have been interested, again during this World Cup now. If Lamine keeps growing like he is growing, the photo will be even more historic. The chances of all this happening was like winning the lottery. Although it’s not sorted me out financially for life (laughs).

“I’m just really happy it happened. It’s especially nice in today’s football, when so much is to do with money and power.”

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Wellicht leest u dit en heeft u nu ergens in uw huis een kwispelend, spinnend of knagend dier rondlopen. Ga dan even goed bij uzelf te rade: waarom vind ik het zo belangrijk om macht te hebben over een andere aardbewoner? Welke rol speelt uw diepgewortelde gevoel van witte superioriteit bij het brokjes voeren aan de kat? Ja, uw viervoeter is trouw. Maar trouw aan wat? Aan een systeem van onderdrukking en uitbuiting? Als u een hond aanlijnt voor een blokje om, doet u dan diep in de kern iets anders dan Jan Pieterszoon Coen deed op de Banda-eilanden? Als u uw tot huisdier gemaakte een 'af!', 'zit!' of 'hier!' toebijt, klinkt daar dan niet stilletjes een zin als 'en nou hierkomen gore bruine katoenplukker of ik gesel je de vernieling in!' in door? Allemaal belangrijke vragen om onszelf en elkaar te stellen na dit inspirerend betoog van 'marketingvrouw' Chanel Lodik. Laat de ze allemaal vandaag nog vrij. Daarna een excuses van premier Jetten, en dan natuurlijk; herstelbetalingen.

Oh toch geen kolonialisme, of zo

We zijn weer in ons huis in Maniago. Kort dit keer, mede vanwege de naderende oplevering van KJ. Daarnaast ook om wat administratie te regelen na het overlijden van mijn oom. Ik heb ontdekt dat mijn opa kadastrale afspraken destijds puur mondeling had gemaakt; dat kan tegenwoordig zelfs in Italië niet meer.

Maar we willen ook leuke dingen doen. sVorig jaar liepen we een rondje om een lokaal meer, dit jaar beklommen we een berg. Er is zoveel te doen hier in de buurt.

Het was erg warm, dus we besloten een wat kortere route te lopen, wel met wat hoogtemeters. Startpunt was bij een bron / beekje, de Sorgenti Pissui, over een brug. Je kon er helaas niet heen om een duikje te nemen.

Op de top een prachtig uitzicht op het dorpje, en het kerkje en kruis. We spraken bij het kerkje nog een vriendelijke oude man, ook aan het wandelen vanuit Maniago. Zeker de moeite waard, deze route.