It's mindblowing what they're having to do there - retrieve radioactive waste from giant concrete silos that were never designed to be emptied. This one was built in the 50s. Retrievals started in 2023.

Huh. I confess I didn’t know his story when he pulled me aside after an Everest talk I’d chaired at the FT weekend festival two months ago. He was cagey when I said we should do an interview and I understood why when googling him on the way home… fascinating guy

I’m chairing a debate about Everest following my story about the seven-day “xenon” expedition - and the fallout. Part of a top lineup at the @ftweekend.com Festival. ukftweekendfestival.live.ft.com/agenda/sessi...

Here’s Jim trying his bionic arm after connecting it to the titanium implant for the first time. He twitches the muscles in his stump to control its motors