THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.8.25 Issue features Sarah Viren on the declining protections of academic freedom; Robert Draper on the D.C. restaurant that’s become a hotspot for Trump administration insiders; Carlo Rotella on how roots music is thriving in the age of the algorithm; and more.
Rethinking Retirement: A Lifelong Journey to Financial Security
Cheryl Evans, Director of Lifetime Financial Security at the Milken Institute, emphasized the importance of financial security throughout one’s life and the need for women to take ownership of their financial futures. By Dan Costa
The gowns and mortar boards were out in customary force at Harvard last week for graduation day. Founded in 1636, 140 years before the United States itself, the university knows a thing or two about how to do pomp and ceremony.
But this year’s rituals played out under a cloud with Harvard, along with several other universities in the US, having come under sustained attack from the Trump administration.
Trump has claimed his escalating battle with America’s oldest, wealthiest and most prestigious university is about tackling campus antisemitism, foreign influence and “woke” or “leftist” ideology in academia. Others see a more sinister authoritarian agenda, where the goal is to enforce deference from America’s largest institutions. Bring down the oldest of them all, the theory goes, and the rest will surely follow.
Five essential reads in this week’s edition
The big story | Is Viktor Orbán’s grip on power weakening? Opposition activists and journalists explain why the Orbánisation of the US may fail and how a former ally could end the Hungarian PM’s 15-year reign. By Ashifa Kassam and Flora Garamvolgyiin Budapest
Science | The risk and reward of rapid Everest ascents The use of xenon gas and hypoxic tents before recent expeditions has triggered alarm in Nepal, where guides fear it could encourage inexperienced climbers. Hannah Ellis-Petersen and Gaurav Pokharel report
Interview | Jacinda Ardern on leadership, legacy and why she quit The former prime minister of New Zealand tried to do politics differently. But six years into power she dramatically resigned. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian’s editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner, she explains why
Opinion | So long, Elon: all you really shredded was your reputation Judging by Musk’s approval ratings, Tesla investors won’t be the only ones happy to see the dethroning of the king of Doge, writes Marina Hyde
Culture | Inside Britain’s new museum of absolutely everything Poison darts, a dome from Spain, priceless spoons and Frank Lloyd Wright furniture … Oliver Wainwright is wowed by how the V&A East Storehouse lets visitors ‘breathe the same air’ as its 250,000 artefacts
From trout to treasure and wine to witches, it’s the county that has it all. Country Life writers present 13 tales tall and true from Hampshire’s rich history.
The legacy
Kate Green salutes Edward, 3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu and his matchless motoring collection
A room with a view
Adam Rattray visits the rented lodgings where Jane Austen spent her final days and reveals secrets recently uncovered in the house in Winchester, Hampshire
City of legend
Winchester is a place of kings and cobbles. Jason Goodwin visits our venerable one-time capital and finds it ageing well
London Life
Will Hosie welcomes top-class women’s tennis back to The Queen’s Club and washes down burgers with martinis to mark the return of the high-low restaurant, plus our writers have all you need to know this month
Travel
Emma Love has all the latest news, from Arles to Antwerp, Steven King hails the revival of Madrid and Pamela Goodman learns to love camels
Into the Goodwood
The West Sussex estate’s fresh focus on art and education is heralded with an exhibition of Dame Rachel Whiteread’s work
Nishat Khan’s favourite painting
The composer and musician chooses a fascinating scene that you could almost step into
The good stuff
Hetty Lintell strides into summer with bold red-and-white stripes
Interiors
A copper-topped kitchen catches the eye of Arabella Youens
Shape shifters
Non Morris is mesmerised by the tiered grass amphitheatre sculpted by Kim Wilkie in the garden of The Holt in Hampshire
Winging it
Mark Cocker hails the majestic merlin, the favoured hunting foil of Mary, Queen of Scots
Arts & antiques
Mollie Dent-Brocklehurst tells Carla Passino why she’ll never part with a remarkable drawing of a little girl with her hair ablaze
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