WATCHING TODAY:

1. Ukraine crisis: ‘Whiff of Munich’ warning from Ben Wallace: The Times reports UK defense secretary likens desperate western efforts to prevent a Russian invasion of Ukraine to appeasement.

2. David Chalmers: ‘We are the gods of the virtual worlds we create’: FT reports the techno-philosopher on a meaningful life in the metaverse, building virtual utopias, and why the ‘corporatocracies’ are becoming part of our brains.

3. Emmanuel Macron and Valérie Pécresse still drawn to Joan of Arc after 600 years: Victor Mallet writes the city of Orleans and the martyr of the French nation remain a magnet for the country’s rivals for the presidency.

4. When is the best time to exercise? Morning, afternoon, or night: Ross Pomeroy writes scientists have extensively studied this question. Here's what they found.

5. Woodward and Bernstein didn’t act alone: Garrett M. Graff writes if not for their competitors, Nixon would probably have survived Watergate.