THE LONDON MAGAZINE (April 2, 2025): The latest issue takes the city as its muse:
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Times Literary Supplement – April 4, 2025 Preview
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (April 2, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Art and Lifestyle’ – On visual culture in the era of AI…
A bad business
Recalculating the economic gains of slavery By Padraic X. Scanlan
Raging bull
Rejecting the narrative of Picasso the monster to women By Lisa Hilton
Rebirth of the modern
The future of art and artists in the era of artificial intelligence By Aaron Peck
Writer, lawyer, banker, cleaner
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s tale of four women – and many social ills By Houman Barekat
Country Life Magazine – April 2, 2025 Preview
COUNTRY LIFE MAGAZINE (April 1, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Smaller Country Houses’; The Maldives unpacked; How to grow a magnificent magnolia and The Portmeirion phenomenon and secret pillboxes…
Interiors
The art of conversation can be aided by a carefully configured drawing room, says Emma Burns of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler
All ‘Clough-ed up’
Ben Lerwill marks 100 years of Portmeirion in North Wales, the outlandish architectural creation of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
Property market
Arabella Youens casts her eye over compact country estates in Dorset, Devon and Hertfordshire
A prince among plantsmen
Charles Quest-Ritson is wowed by the memorable magnolias among the 6,000 plants in the Kent garden of Maurice Foster
Travel
Libby Brodie and Rosie Paterson explore the magnificent Maldives and Pamela Goodman shares not so fond memories of cheese fondue
Zoë Wanamaker’s favourite painting
The actress chooses a vibrant work bursting with the light, colour and energy of spring
A house of many inspirations
Jeremy Musson marvels at the amazing transformation of 300-year-old farm buildings at High Wardington House, Oxfordshire
The legacy
Kate Green pays tribute to Joe Henson, a ‘true gentleman’ who led the way in safeguarding some of our favourite native breeds
From this slumber you shall wake
Numbers have plummeted in the past 20 years, but plans are afoot to revive the fortunes of the hazel dormouse, reveals Jack Watkins
The good stuff
Immortalise your beloved pet in a beautiful piece of bespoke jewellery, suggests Hetty Lintell
London Life
Amie Elizabeth White embarks on the capital’s Big Egg Hunt, Country Life writers present all the titbits you need to know this month and Huon Mallalieu takes a trip down memory lane as he recalls the colourful characters of Booksellers’ Row
Foraging
John Wright lauds elderflower for its ‘scent beyond compare’
Arts & antiques
Carla Passino delves into the beauty, birds and beasts in the kingdom of J. M. W. Turner
Close to your chest
Huon Mallalieu investigates how the chest of drawers has gradually made itself at home in every room of the house
A song of the four seasons
Henrietta Bredin applauds the fusing of poetry and music in the exquisite song cycle ‘Seasons’
Books: Literary Review – April 2025 Preview
LITERARY REVIEW (April 1, 2025): The April 2025 issue features ‘Henry James Goes West’; Russia’s Secret Wars’ Josephine Baker Uncovered; Besotted With Blake and Tale of Two America’s…
Tinker, Tailor, Sleeper, Troll
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and the Plot to Infiltrate the West By Shaun Walker
The Restless Analyst
Henry James Comes Home: Rediscovering America in the Gilded Age By Peter Brooks
On Writers and Writing: Selected Essays By Henry James (Edited by Michael Gorra)
Merger or Acquisition?
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America By Russell Shorto
Apollo Magazine – April 2025 – International Art
APOLLO MAGAZINE (March 31, 2025): The April 2025 issue features ‘The sonic visions of Oliver Beer’; The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue and How the Acropolis became modern….
The Frick returns to Fifth Avenue
An interview with Oliver Beer
How the Acropolis became modern
In praise of ‘degenerate’ art
Also: The duchess who scandalised Spain, why the market for women’s art is slowing, Dutch paintings at Apsley House, how Bugatti built a style icon, the sensational designs of Alphonse Mucha, and a preview of Art Dubai; reviews of Gertrude Abercrombie in Pittsburgh, Medardo Rosso in Vienna, and a history of image-eating. Plus: Will Wiles on a French avant-garde portrait with a family connection
The New Yorker Magazine – April 7, 2025 Preview
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (March 31, 2025): Barry Blitt’s “Left to Their Own Devices” – The Trump Administration’s not-so-classified group chat.
The Greater Scandal of Signalgate
The spectacle of incompetence and the attempts to smear a reporter are a misery; even worse is the encroaching threat of autocracy that cannot be concealed or encrypted. By David Remnick
The Senate’s Age of Irrelevance
Elon Musk’s DOGE and Trump’s executive orders are pushing Congress’s upper chamber from ineffectiveness to obsolescence. Will John Thune, the new Majority Leader, let them? By David D. Kirkpatrick
Mixed Signals
Who says there are no historical precedents for accidentally including a journalist on top-secret war plans? By Anthony Lane
Barron’s Magazine – March 31, 2025 Preview
BARRON’S MAGAZINE (March 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘AI’s Next Phase’….
The Next Phase of AI—and 22 Favorite Stocks—From Our Tech Roundtable Experts
Investors are increasingly searching for AI’s payoff. The recent tech correction offers opportunities to grab stocks like Reddit, Intuit, and more at lower valuations.
U.S. Stocks Are Falling Behind Europe. Where to Find Winners Abroad.
After years of lagging behind the U.S. market, Germany, France, and other nations are playing catch-up. What the pros are buying now.
Trump’s Trade War Is Entering a New Phase. Farmers Are on the Front Lines.
U.S. agriculture exports are at high risk for retaliation when reciprocal tariffs start on April 2.
The New York Times Magazine – March 30, 2025
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (March 28, 2025): The 3.30.25 Issue features Nicholas Casey on Germany and the remains of its fascist past; Charles Homans on the strange popularity of the Unabomber’s manifesto; Bruce Schoenfeld on the ways baseball analytics are changing the game for starting pitchers; Jonah Weiner on the comedy of Andy Kaufman; and more.
Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich
As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.
How Analytics Marginalized Baseball’s Superstar Pitchers
Why has pro baseball made it so hard for today’s pitchers to achieve greatness? By Bruce Schoenfeld
Howie Rose Is the Sportscaster Mets Fans Deserve
Amid a changing game, the voice of the Mets since 1995 has anchored its fans to a shared identity. By Joshua Dubler
National Review Magazine – May 2025 Politics Preview
NATIONAL REVIEW MAGAZINE (March 28, 2025): The May 2025 issue features ‘Trade-Offs’ – The knock-on effects of Trump’s tariffs…
Free Trade Is How You Live Your Life
And protectionism is a utopian dream. Dominic Pino
Free-Traders Need to Make a Small Exception
The DOGE Ate My Constitution
Make the cuts, but follow the law. Dan McLaughlin
London Review Of Books – April 3, 2025 Preview
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (March 26, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Regime Change in the West’; Marvelous Mavis Gallant; Executive Order 14168; Long Ling visits the new Bejing…
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