TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Tech Bro Utopia’ – Why Bacon’s New Atlantis is Peter Thiel’s favorite book; The monarch who built Britain; Charles and the carbuncles; The miseries of Victor Hugo’s daughter…
PHILOSOPHY NOW MAGAZINE (August 5, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Sources of Knowledge Issue’
Maya Koka journeys through the desert to seek knowledge about knowledge.
Peter Keeble spotlights and critiques a common philosophical technique.
Brian King follows Popper’s idea of the evolution of knowledge, life and society.
Sina Mirzaye Shirkoohi observes science to get the facts straight about it.
Michael D. McGranahan takes us to the edge of language, mathematics and science.
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features ‘Amy Sherald’s “Trans Forming Liberty” – The art and politics of representation.
As a Presidential candidate, Donald Trump made his world view plain: there was “us” and there was “them.” Once he was in the White House, the fear factor would prevail. By David Remnick
It’s the fault people humblebrag about in job interviews. but psychologists are discovering more and more about the real harm it causes. By Leslie Jamison
As plans are laid for a new casino, one can trace, through four figures, a history of rivalry and excess, rife with collisions of character and crime. By Adam Gopnik
LITERARY REVIEW (August 2, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Mark Twain’s American Odyssey’…
A bubbling movement to overhaul the Fed is ready to seize the moment. Big changes are in store for the central bank.
Randall W. Forsyth
Dealmaking is in style again under President Donald Trump. Potential takeover targets include C3.ai, Viking Therapeutics, and Lyft.
Even the most fleshed-out trade pacts are light on details, and in some cases there are different interpretations of what was agreed upon.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Greenlash‘ –
To win voters’ consent, policymakers must offer pragmatism and hope
Internal reform matters more than external trade
The ban on sales to China was working, and should be kept in place
As this week’s issue of the Guardian Weekly went to press, a UN-backed monitor said famine was now unfolding in Gaza. That statement came less than 24 hours after Donald Trump acknowledged for the first time that there was “real starvation” and told Israel to allow “every ounce of food” into Gaza. This week’s big story, led by on-the-ground reporting by Gaza-based journalist Malak A Tantash, focuses on the limited pause in fighting by Israel to allow aid deliveries.
Spotlight | Russia’s kamikaze attacks
Luke Harding reports from the frontline in Dnipropetrovsk as once-safe Ukrainian villages are abandoned and the last inhabitants leave their animals and vegetable gardens behind
Environment | Nature fakes
Photographer and author of The Anthropocene Illusion, Zed Nelson reflects on the how humans seek to recreate versions of the environments and creatures they have destroyed to satisfy their cravings to be in nature
Science | Life of plastics
The journey of a single thread is traced by Phoebe Weston and Tess McClure, from garment to field and onwards, to illustrate how ubiquitous microplastic pollution has become
Opinion | Queens of England
As we celebrate the Lionesses’ historic win, isn’t it time English football fans stopped chasing glory through their men’s teams when the women are the ones delivering, asks Ava Vidal
Culture | In the cradle of country music
As the Grand Ole Opry turns 100, Jewly Hight visits the Nashville institution to find out how it has kept reinventing itself while honouring tradition over the decades
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features Daniel Karlin about his twelve-month abstinence from the printed word. As one of his friends remarked, he must have been the first person to make a New Year’s resolution to read less.
A year without reading By Daniel Karlin
AI, literary theory and traditional storytelling By Benjamin Markovits
The ethics of industrial insect farming By Simone Gubler
Efforts to prohibit abortion down the ages By Elizabeth Abbott
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest cover features Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Chiaroscuro at the Met” – The art of shade.
The blows have been coming weekly, as Trump tries to ransack the Constitution. Yet recent Court history shows that what feels like the end can be a beginning. By Amy Davidson Sorkin
Trump’s “populist” policy is backed by the National Restaurant Association—probably because it won’t stop establishments from paying servers below the minimum wage. By Eyal Press
Amid national euphoria over the bombing of Iran—and the largely ignored devastation in Gaza—a question lurks: What is the country becoming? By David Remnick
It has been a lost decade for the entertainment giant. But with TV declines baked in and growth improving, the stock is ready for a new era
Annuities are often complicated, with confusing fee structures, but certain ones can make sense for a portion of your retirement portfolio.
Higher inflation data could soon fuel market volatility. While that can be scary, it pays to stick with your diversified mix of stocks and bonds.
The stock market gains about 10% a year, but your savings may be falling behind. Here’s how to make the most of your 401(k).
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