Zadie Smith:

Surely there is something to be said for drawing a circle around our attention and remaining within that circle. But how large should this circle be?

Maria Konnikova:

False beliefs, it turns out, have little to do with one's stated political affiliations and far more to do with self-identity: What kind of person am I, and what kind of person do I want to be? All ideologies are similarly affected.

BBC:

A new study has found that a quarter of a century on, red deer on the border between the Czech Republic and old West Germany still do not cross the divide.

After tracking 300 deer, researchers said the animals are intent on maintaining the old boundaries.

One of the scientists involved told the BBC the deer are not ideological, "they are just very conservative in their habits."

Ian Leslie:

Sometimes it's only when a difficulty is removed that we realise what it was doing for us.