Times Literary Supplement (October 2, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Canon Fire’ – Emma Smith and Brian Vickers on authorship in the golden age of theatre…
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Oct. 4, 2024
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Country Life Magazine – October 2, 2024 Preview
Country Life Magazine (October 1, 2024): The latest issue features…
Mud-gilded places
In the first of a new series exploring England’s varied landscapes, John Lewis-Stempel discovers a paradise for wildlife amid the bleak desolation of the estuary
Pretty Chitty-Bang-Bang, we love you
Mary Miers reveals the origins of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, as Ian Fleming’s beloved magical flying car prepares to turn 60
Travel
- Rosie Paterson digs out some private hideaways
- Steven King experiences how the other half lived as he stays in the homes of some illustrious names
- A trip to Tuscany is the perfect tonic for Pamela Goodman
The rest is history
Michael Hall examines the noble art of history painting through the output of such masters as van Dyck, Rubens and Fuseli
Inigo Lambertini’s favourite painting
The Italian ambassador picks a profound classical work of art
Homesick for the olden days
Carla Carlisle takes a wistful look at history and admits we didn’t realise we had it so good
A Georgian triumph
John Goodall reveals the eight winners in this year’s Georgian Group Architectural Awards
Handsome and genteel
In the second of two articles, Jeremy Musson charts the revival of George Washington’s Mount Vernon mansion in Virginia
The legacy
Carla Passino hails the founders of the peerless Wallace Collection
Our last hurrah
October is the time for filling up winter stores, says Lia Leendertz
Bury me in a willow-shaped coffin
English osier beds are enjoying a revival, finds Jane Wheatley
Another string to the bow
Harry Pearson meets Britain’s master luthier Roger Hansell
The good stuff
Hetty Lintell goes wild for jewellery
Interiors
Bright and beautiful paint and wallpaper, with Amelia Thorpe
London Life
- Rosie Paterson follows the V&A’s precious cargo
- Samantha Cameron is in the hot seat
- Jack Watkins relives Primrose Hill’s Death Pyramid plan
- John Goodall asks whether enough is enough for the capital’s skyline
The world on the doorstep
Caroline Donald visits the gardens of China, Italy and Africa without leaving Seend Manor in Wiltshire
Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson on quince
Foraging
John Wright gets imaginative in the kitchen with sweet chestnuts
The show must go on
James Fisher can’t see beyond an England cricket win in Pakistan
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Sept. 30, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE (September 21, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Healthcare’s Magical Moment’ – The sector is bouncing back. Our roundtable pros talk cutting-edge science and alluring pharma and biotech stocks…
21 Stocks to Play a ‘Magical Moment’ in Healthcare
Barron’s 2024 Healthcare Roundtable panelists make the case for 21 healthcare companies of all stripes, including Humana, Novo Nordisk, BioLife Solutions, and more.
Seniors Shouldn’t Worry About a Few Extra Pounds. ‘Too Skinny Is Not a Good Thing’
Numerous studies show that seniors who lose weight have higher mortality rates.
China’s Stock Market Gets Another Lift. Can Beijing Follow Through?
China’s problems run deep, but policymakers are changing their tone. Experts are taking note but are still wary as previous moves haven’t worked.4 min read
Caterpillar Stock Is Digging Out of the Mining Malaise. Why It’s Time to Buy.
The construction business is strong. The real growth for the company will come from a rebound in the mining sector, fueled by demand from China and elsewhere.Long read
Shareholders Say Companies Are Using New Tactics to Muzzle Them
Shareholders say companies are increasingly limiting what they can say at annual meetings. How virtual meetings are making it worse.
Sugar High: How a Glucose Monitor Told Me Startling Things About My Diet
Little did I realize a few grapes could send my blood sugar soaring until I tried the first glucose monitor without a prescription. I managed to lose seven pounds.
Politics: The Guardian Weekly-September 27, 2024
The Guardian Weekly (September 12, 2024) – The new issue features ‘The Long Shadow’ – Are Israel and Hezbollah headed for all-out war?…
In the space of a few days, the focus of Israeli military operations appears to have shifted decisively from Gaza in the south to Lebanon in the north.
A dizzying escalation between Israel and Hezbollah began last week with exploding pagers and walkie-talkies and culminated in a ferocious Israeli bombardment of alleged Hezbollah military targets, killing hundreds of people.
With Iran’s support, the Lebanon-based Shia militia has conducted a background conflict with Israel since the 1980s. Is this the intensification that finally signals all-out war?
Five essential reads in this week’s edition
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Spotlight | The brutal truth behind Italy’s migrant reduction
A Guardian investigation reveals EU money goes to forces involved in abuse, leaving people to die in the desert and colluding with smugglers
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Technology | Why aren’t humanoids in our homes yet?
The development of robots is dogged by technical and safety challenges. But the dream of a multipurpose domestic droid lives on, writes Victoria Turk
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Feature | An Israeli and a Palestinian discuss 7 October, Gaza – and the future
Could Couples Therapy’s Orna Guralnik and former participant Christine try to understand one another without the conversation breaking down?
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Opinion | Zelenskyy needs Biden to back his plan to win peace
In besieged Kharkiv, Timothy Garton Ash saw how Ukraine is approaching a perilous moment. To turn the tide, it needs to decisively knock back Russia
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Culture | Chappell Roan on sexuality, superstardom and the joy of drag
She’s gone from obscurity to the A-list, but not without struggle. Kate Solomon talks to the singer about teenage angst and her queer inspirations
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Sept. 27, 2024
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Doomsday delayed at vulnerable Antarctic glacier
Thwaites collaboration finds glacier has stabilized somewhat—in the short term
Rare photos reveal North Korea’s nuclear program
Nation appears to have upgraded its bombmaking capacity, experts say
When the Mediterranean dried to a salty crust, life was devastated
Tens of thousands of fossils detail the sea’s dramatic loss and eventual rebound
The New York Review Of Books – October 17, 2024
‘The Death of Some Ideal’
The Irish novelist Anne Enright writes with great prowess and wit about women who make a virtue of getting on with things.
The Wren, the Wren by Anne Enright
The Fact Man
At the heart of Daniel Defoe’s fictional world is a feeling for change, of the mutability and shiftiness of modern life and the people who thrive in it.
The Oxford Handbook of Daniel Defoe edited by Nicholas Seager and J.A. Downie
The Problems with Polls
Political polling’s greatest achievement is its complete co-opting of our understanding of public opinion, which we can no longer imagine without it.
Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them by G. Elliott Morris
The Economist Magazine – September 28, 2024 Preview
The war is going badly. Ukraine and its allies must change course
Time for credible war aims—and NATO membership
An Israel-Hizbullah war would be a disaster for both
Both must find a way to step back
War fever in Lebanon
Hizbullah seems to have miscalculated in its fight with Israel
What Donald Trump taught J.D. Vance
The vice-presidential candidate is devising his own tactics for bending the truth
Is the big state failing its citizens?
Why voters across the rich world are miserable
Youtube v Hollywood
Legions of self-taught film-makers are coming for the television industry
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Sept. 26, 2024
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Black holes as big as atoms might be speeding through the Solar System
Primordial black holes, which are smaller than their better-known cousins, visit the inner Solar System once a decade, simulations suggest.
This ‘scuba diving’ lizard has a self-made air supply
A bubble of air on its snout extends the water anole’s underwater time by more than a minute.
Thalidomide-like drug staunches bleeding from genetic disease
Severe nosebleeds caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia dwindled in people who took a drug used to treat cancer
Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition – October 2024
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Sept. 27, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (September 25, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Body and Soul’ – Noel Malcolm on Diamaid MacCulloch’s history of sex and Christianity; Jean Genet’s lost drama; Becoming Lucy Sante; Poor little kids and How the compass got its points…
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