The iconic Domtoren, a 14th-century bell tower with city views, stands opposite the Gothic Cathedral of St. Martin on central Domplein square. The Museum Catharijneconvent shows religious art and artifacts in a former monastery.
Daily Archives: June 25, 2023
The New York Times Book Review — June 25, 2023
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW – JUNE 25, 2023: The Reading Crisis by @aoscott; ‘Little Monsters’ by @adriennebrodeur; ‘The Art Thief’ by @MikeFinkel and more…
Everyone Likes Reading. Why Are We So Afraid of It?
Book bans, chatbots, pedagogical warfare: What it means to read has become a minefield.
By A.O. Scott
Everyone loves reading. In principle, anyway. Nobody is against it, right? Surely, in the midst of our many quarrels, we can agree that people should learn to read, should learn to enjoy it and should do a lot of it. But bubbling underneath this bland, upbeat consensus is a simmer of individual anxiety and collective panic. We are in the throes of a reading crisis.
Family Politics as a Predictor of Mayhem on a Bigger Scale
In her new novel, “Little Monsters,” Adrienne Brodeur takes readers on a stressful march toward a patriarch’s 70th birthday party.
By MARY POLS
Adrienne Brodeur’s “Little Monsters” is cleverly calculated to push all the buttons for a wide swath of women. Like her 2019 memoir “Wild Game,” which examined the role Brodeur played in her mother’s long affair with a family friend, “Little Monsters” is a tale of dysfunction and buried secrets, set in and around moneyed Cape Cod.
Cinematic Travel Films: ‘Kyoto In Blue And Green’
Mountain evergreens, famous maple trees, beautiful gardens, trees in the early morning and evening, and the changing greenery of Kyoto.
Sunday Morning: Stories From Zürich And London
June 25, 2023 – Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, Oliver Strijbis and Marcus Schögel discuss the weekend’s biggest news stories.
Plus: we check in with our friends and correspondents in London, Oslo and Lisbon.
The New York Times – Sunday, June 25, 2023
Rebel Wagner Forces, Threatening March to Moscow, Abruptly Stand Down
The mercenary group had seized the Russian city of Rostov-on-Don, the center of Moscow’s military operations in Ukraine, posing a grave threat to President Vladimir Putin’s government.
Putin embraced turmoil, and now it is rattling his leadership.
For more than two decades, the system helped President Vladimir V. Putin secure his unrivaled authority, ensuring that he personally held the keys to wealth and influence in modern Russia.
How a Year Without Roe Shifted American Views on Abortion
New and extensive polling shows public opinion increasingly supports legal abortion, with potential political consequences for 2024.
He Tried to Save a Friend. They Charged Him With Murder.
They bought $30 worth of fentanyl before making it into rehab. One overdosed. The other was charged in his death.
Travel: Landscapes And Cities Of Bangladesh (4K)
The riverine country of Bangladesh (“Land of the Bengals”) is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, and its people are predominantly Muslim. As the eastern portion of the historical region of Bengal, the area once formed, along with what is now the Indian state of West Bengal, the province of Bengal in British India. With the partition of India in 1947, it became the Pakistani province of East Bengal (later renamed East Pakistan), one of five provinces of Pakistan, separated from the other four by 1,100 miles (1,800 km) of Indian territory. In 1971 it became the independent country of Bangladesh, with its capital at Dhaka.
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