International Art: Apollo Magazine – October 2023

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Apollo Magazine – October 2023: The new issue features Getting ruff and ready with Frans Hals; Sophie Calle takes on Picasso; Can museums cope without dodgy donors?, and more…

Inside this issue

October 2023 | Apollo Magazine
October 2023 | Apollo Magazine
October 2023 | Apollo Magazine

Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – October 9, 2023

A woman sits on a subway car as it passes the Williamsburg Bridge.

The New Yorker – October 9, 2023 issue: The new issue features David Kirkpatrick on the right’s legal juggernaut, Gideon Lewis-Kraus on a behavioral-economics scandal, Hannah Goldfield on Kwame Onwuachi, and more.

Kwame Onwuachi’s Cuisine of the Self

Kwame Onwuachi reviews an order with another man in the kitchen at Tatiana.

How the chef at Tatiana brought Afro-Caribbean cooking—and his life story—to the center of New York City’s fine-dining scene.

By Hannah Goldfield

Among the Cabin Fanatics of Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty

A crowd of people sit in a stadium.

For more than a hundred years, the Neshoba County Fair has drawn revellers from all over the country. Why do they keep coming back?

By Paige Williams

Opinion: An Antidote To Aging, A Bigger And Better EU, Japan’s ‘Toilet’ Culture

‘Editor’s Picks’ Podcast (October 2, 2023) A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the search for the antidote to ageing, why a bigger EU is a better EU (11:30), and Japan’s world-leading toilet culture (25:30).

The New York Times — Monday, October 2, 2023

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Inside McCarthy’s Shutdown Turnabout That Left His Speakership at Risk

Speaker Kevin McCarthy had resisted partnering with Democrats on a shutdown solution for weeks, but finally recognized he was out of options.

The Republican speaker opted to keep the government open the only way he could — by partnering with Democrats — in a surprise reversal that left him as politically vulnerable as ever.

Menendez Co-Defendant’s Curious Path From Bad Deals to a Meat Monopoly

Wael Hana tried his hand at running a range of businesses in New Jersey, before landing a lucrative deal with the Egyptian government.

After emigrating to New Jersey from Egypt, Wael Hana faced a string of business and legal problems. Then his friend started dating a powerful U.S. senator.

Ukraine’s War of Drones Runs Into an Obstacle: China

As the war with Russia stretches on, so too does a contest to make more and deadlier flying machines. That means a fight over global electronics supply chains that run through China.

In Texas, Mums Rival Football as the Big Homecoming Attraction

The elaborate adornments have come a long way since the days of simple chrysanthemum corsages.

News: U.S. Congress Averts Shutdown, Saudi Arabia – Israel Normalization Deal

The Globalist Podcast (October 2, 2023) – We discuss the latest US government shutdown news with Julie Norman, the Saudi-Israel normalisation deal and Russia’s ramping up of conscription. Plus: news from the world of urbanism and the culture of wonderful toilets in Japan.