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APOLLO MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2025

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APOLLO MAGAZINE (06.30.25): The latest issue features ‘Queen Sonja pops to the Factory’…

In this issue

The Queen of Norway’s very modern art collection

The Gilded Age – is greed good again?

Emily Kam Kngwarray lights up Tate Modern

An interview with Erin Shirreff

Plus: Cinecittà in focus, Wangechi Mutu at the Galleria Borghese, the light touch of Antoine Watteau, Egypt’s new home for antiquities, how polenta caused a stir in Venice, the Aspen art scene continues to snowball, and the revival of London’s art market; in reviews: Amy Sherald’s portraits, King James VI and I’s cultural legacy, and what is a Jewish country house?

Queen Sonja pops to the Factory

The rocky history of Lismore Castle

Arts & Literature, Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JULY 7 & 14, 2025 PREVIEW

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The cover for the July 7 14 2025 Fiction Issue of The New Yorker in which a building cleaner hangs from a harness off...

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue features Malika Favre’s “Literary Heights”…

Trump, Congress, and the War Powers Resolution

How we got to a situation where a President can reasonably claim that it is lawful, without congressional approval, to bomb a country that has not attacked the U.S. By Jeannie Suk Gersen

Anne Enright’s Literary Journeys to Australia and New Zealand

The Booker Prize-winning author recommends three works by writers who, thanks to geography, may have never received their due.

What Happens After A.I. Destroys College Writing?

The demise of the English paper will end a long intellectual tradition, but it’s also an opportunity to reëxamine the purpose of higher education. By Hua Hsu

Culture, Magazines, Opinion, Politics, Reviews

THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE – JUNE 29, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.29.25 Issue features C.J. Chivers on the hundreds of cheap, long-range drones Russia is launching at Ukranian civilians at night; Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Trump administration’s dismantling of civil rights protections within the federal government; Parul Sehgal on the state of the modern biography; David Marchese interviews Andrew Schulz; and more.

How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months

An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination.

The Weapon That Terrorizes Ukrainians by Night

How Russia’s terrifying long-range drone program has brought about a deadly new phase in the war. By C.J. Chivers and Finbarr O’Reilly

Trump Got the Fight He Wanted. Did It Turn Out the Way He Expected?

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Business, Finance, Investing, Magazines, Retirement

BARRON’S MAGAZINE —— JUNE 30, 2025 PREVIEW

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘How Trump’s Tariffs Could Upend the U.S. Auto Industry’…

How Trump’s Tariffs Could Upend the U.S. Auto Industry

President Trump wants an all-American car. U.S. vehicle sales could plunge by as much as 20% if he uses massive levies to get one.

Bonds Have Underperformed. Why You Should Own Them Now.

Barron’s has long favored dividend-paying stocks for those seeking income. But bonds now deserve a hard look because they are so attractively priced.

This Investing Pro Delivers a 5.5% Yield With Low Volatility. Here Are His Secrets.

Ed Perks, manager of the 73-year-old Franklin Income Fund, is investing equally in stocks and bonds, often from the same companies. He shares some picks.

Nuclear Power’s Biggest IPO in Years Is on the Way

Holtec CEO says the plan is to go public within several months. The IPO may be coming at just the right time.

History, Magazines, Photography, Reviews, Travel

SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2025

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SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE (June 27, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Hemingway in Pamplona’….

A Search for the World’s Best Durian, the Divisive Fruit That’s Prized—and Reviled

Devotees of the crop journey to a Malaysian island to find the most fragrant and tasty specimens

Tom Downey Photographs by Annice Lyn

Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of ‘Jaws’ With 15 Shark Snapshots

Archaeologists Say They’ve Pieced Together the Ancient Fragments of the ‘World’s Most Difficult Jigsaw Puzzle’

Magazines, Opinion, Politics

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 2025

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The Lethal Risk of Seeking Food in Gaza

Hundreds of Palestinians have been killed over the past month near aid hubs set up under a new Israel-backed system, according to Gaza health officials.

On a Quiet Southern Border, Empty Farms and Frightened Workers

As immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the U.S., the border is quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home.