Monocle on Sunday, February 4, 2024: Emma Nelson, Isabel Hilton and Vincent McAviney on the weekend’s biggest talking points. We also speak to Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, in Gustavia and our Asia editor in Bangkok, James Chambers.
Monthly Archives: February 2024
The New York Times — Sunday, February 4, 2024
U.S. and U.K. Launch Heavy Strikes on Houthi Sites in Yemen
The airstrikes, meant to deter attacks on ships in the Red Sea, came one day after the United States struck at other Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria.
Fear and Ambition Propel Xi’s Nuclear Acceleration
China’s leader built up a nuclear arsenal, steeling for a growing rivalry with the United States. Now China is exploring how to wield its newfound strength.
Bullfighting Returns to Its Largest Arena. A Fight Over Its Future Goes On.
After a nearly two-year ban, a legal ruling brought bullfights back to La Plaza México in Mexico City. But the fight continues after a federal judge again stopped the events.
What You Can Still Complain About in Russia: A Cat Thrown From a Train
The death of a pet during a train journey has given Russians a safe space to speak out and connect, and allowed the Kremlin to shift attention from wartime gloom.
Books: Literary Review Magazine – February 2024
Literary Review – February 2, 2024: The latest issue features ‘We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience’;
Anatomist of Evil
By STUART JEFFRIES
We Are Free to Change the World: Hannah Arendt’s Lessons in Love and Disobedience By Lyndsey Stonebridge
When Hannah Arendt looked at the man wearing an ill-fitting suit in the bulletproof dock inside a Jerusalem courtroom in 1961, she saw something different from everybody else. The prosecution, writes Lyndsey Stonebridge, ‘saw an ancient crime in modern garb, and portrayed Eichmann as the latest monster in the long history of anti-Semitism who had simply used novel methods to take hatred for Jews to a new level’. Arendt thought otherwise.
Sue Bridehead Revisited
By Norma Clarke
Hardy Women: Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses By Paula Byrne
The title of Paula Byrne’s Hardy Women is a pun on Thomas Hardy’s name and a gesture to the enthusiasm that greeted Hardy’s fictional women. Bathsheba Everdene in Far from the Madding Crowd, Tess Durbeyfield in Tess of the d’Urbervilles and Sue Bridehead in Jude the Obscure were new kinds of women, and Hardy’s fame, which was immense and began with the publication of Far from the Madding Crowd, rested to a large extent on the heroines he created. One young reader wrote to him of Tess, ‘I wonder at your complete understanding of a woman’s soul.’ Hardy’s discontented wife Emma wondered at it too. She observed, ‘He understands only the women he invents – the others not at all.’
Travel: A Winter Walking Tour Of Salzburg, Austria
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle on Saturday, February 3, 2024: The US military launched airstrikes against targets in Syria and Iraq on Friday. How has the country’s power changed across different administrations?
Also on the programme: Georgina Godwin and international correspondent Nina dos Santos discuss why men are drifting to the far right, the many conspiracies surrounding Taylor Swift and Venice Carnival’s celebration of Marco Polo this weekend. Plus: Alice Haddon and Ruth Field join us to talk about their therapeutic wellness retreat, The Heartbreak Hotel.
The New York Times — Saturday, February 3, 2024
U.S. Conducts Retaliatory Strikes Against Iranian Proxies as War Deepens
The strikes, in response to a drone attack that killed three U.S. soldiers in Jordan this week, were a sharp escalation of hostilities in the Middle East.
Biden Pays Silent Tribute to Three U.S. Soldiers as American Forces Retaliate
The ceremony at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware came shortly before the Biden administration announced airstrikes against Iran-backed proxies in Iraq and Syria.
A Suddenly Media-Shy Speaker Can’t Answer Questions. He’s on the Phone.
Speaker Mike Johnson, who once routinely stopped for hallway interviews, has taken to pressing his iPhone to his ear as he walks through the Capitol, avoiding questions as he navigates a tough new job.
Job Market Starts 2024 With a Bang
U.S. employers added 353,000 jobs in January, far exceeding forecasts, and revised figures showed last year was even stronger than previously reported
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine- February 5, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 5, 2024 ISSUE:
The 6% Commission for Home Sales Is Under Attack. Inside the Fight to Keep It Alive.
Despite years of technology disruption, home commissions remain stuck near 6%. Now courts, consumers, and some brokers are fighting back.
This Company Sells Wagyu to High-End Restaurants. Its Stock Could Deliver 25% Returns for You.
The specialty food distributor said it would dial back on acquisitions to focus on integrating new purchases and improving profitability.4 min read
Commercial Real Estate Will Rebound, Including Office Sector, Says Investor
Sonny Kalsi is most optimistic about industrial property and data centers.3 min read
The New York Times Magazine-February 4, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (February 2, 2024): The new issue features ‘The Long Shadow of 1948’ – How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict…
The Road to 1948
How the decisions that led to the founding of Israel left the region in a state of eternal conflict.
A discussion moderated by Emily Bazelon
One year matters more than any other for understanding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In 1948, Jews realized their wildly improbable dream of a state, and Palestinians experienced the mass flight and expulsion called the Nakba, or catastrophe. The events are burned into the collective memories of these two peoples — often in diametrically opposed ways — and continue to shape their trajectories.
John Malkovich on (Really) Being John Malkovich
By David Marchese
There’s a scene in that modern classic of screwball existentialism, “Being John Malkovich,” from 1999, in which John Malkovich, playing a version of himself, enters a portal that others have been using to climb inside his mind. Suddenly, Malkovich is in a world populated solely by variations on himself: Malkovich as a flirtatious sexpot, a genteel waiter, a jazz chanteuse, a bemused child, everyone speaking only the word “Malkovich.” In a way, that scene is a microcosm of the actor’s decades-long, always-interesting career.
National Geographic Traveller – March 2024
Also inside this issue:
Scotland: experience the UK at its most elemental with a trek across the frost-covered Highlands.
St Vincent and the Grenadines: culture and conservation on a Caribbean island-hopping tour.
Kyrgyzstan: the formidable Tian Shan mountains are home to one of the world’s most enigmatic predators.
Canada: everything you need to know about planning a once-in-a-lifetime Canadian road trip.
Berlin: the movers and shakers reinventing the German capital’s enduring arts and culture scene.
Dubai: a hidden history lies behind the ultramodern facade of this grand and luxurious metropolis.
Murcia: River rafting, bar-hopping and empty beaches in one of southeast Spain’s most overlooked regions.
Bogota: Indigenous ingredients are king in Colombia’s fertile, mountain-bound capital.
Hong Kong: In Asia’s ‘World City’ unforgettable stays come with dazzling dining options and skyline views.
Plus,France marks 150 years of Impressionism; music festivals in Petra and beyond; the flavours of West Bengal; Nashville for music-lovers; Zanzibar’s hotel scene; a family adventure in North Queensland; a city break in Dijon; a woodland stay in Beaulieu; top reads for 2024; and kayaking essentials.
We talk with author Dom Joly on travelling to Canada’s Fogo Island with a flat-earther, and Louis Alexander discusses running a marathon on all seven continents. In our Ask the Experts section, the experts give advice on unique safari experiences, travelling to Japan for cherry-blossom season, off-road bikepacking trails in the UK and the best group tours for wheelchair users. The Info celebrates 50 years of Bhutan opening its borders to international travellers, while Hot Topic explores the potential disruption caused by Iceland’s volcanoes and Report asks whether the aviation industry can really achieve net zero CO2 by 2050. Finally, photographer Josh Humbert talks about capturing Tahiti’s surfers for How I Got the Shot.
Arts & Culture: Aesthetica Magazine-Feb/March 2024
Aesthetica Magazine (February 2, 2024) – The February/March 2024 issue features ‘Perception is Everything’. This issue recognises agents of change. Throughout history, art has influenced societies, challenged norms, questioned the status quo, raised awareness and prompted new perspectives.
The artists in this issue embody this notion. We speak with Tania Franco Klein about her distinct style, which is realised through cinematic photographs. She surveys present-day anxieties and effects of media overstimulation. Meanwhile, Cristóbal Ascencio’s work and research focuses on the relationship between images and memory. He looks at how experience can be appropriated between generations. Kaya & Blank is a photographic duo that explores the way that humans inhabit the world, pushing the boundaries of how reality is presented. Tara Donovan, featured in When Forms Come Alive, opening at the Hayward Gallery, London, this winter, is one of 21 artists in an exhibition that reclaims space in an increasingly digitised world. It spans 60 years of contemporary sculpture and shows works that trigger a physical response.
In photography we traverse continents with an extraordinary range of practitioners, including Derrick O. Boateng, Ibai Acevedo, Jonathan Knowles, Tom Hegen and Neil Burnell. Our cover duo, Tropico Photo, offers pop colours and urban cool. Finally, the Last Words go to Yannis Davy Guibinga.
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