Times Literary Supplement (June 26, 2024): The latest issue features ‘More is More’ – Claire Lowdon on excess; Flaubert’s moral vision; Twenty years of British Politics; Quantum Mechanics and Medieval women….
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Opinion & Politics: Reason Magazine – August 2024


REASON MAGAZINE (June 22, 2024) – The latest issue features The Debt Lies We Tell Ourselves….
The Debt Lies We Tell Ourselves
Both parties—and the voters—are to blame for the national debt fiasco.
Child Welfare Systems Are Trapping Innocent Families
Georgia parents were accused of child abuse after they took their daughter to the doctor. Does the state’s story add up?
Congress ‘Can Regulate Virtually Anything’
How legislators learned to stop worrying about the constitutionality of federal drug and gun laws by abusing the Commerce Clause
The Afghan Allies Left Behind in the Graveyard of Empires
Thousands of people who helped the U.S. in Afghanistan are still looking for an escape.
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – June 24, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – June 22 , 2024: The latest issue features…
Meet This Year’s Top CEOs. They Aced a Tough Job, but Aren’t Resting on Their Laurels.
From the heads of e.l.f. to Meta, our picks rewarded customers and investors. They have smart plans for the future, too.
How to Boost Your Social Security Check by 24%
If you filed too early, you can suspend your benefits for up to three years. Here’s how it works.3 min read
Paramount Is the Last Hollywood Studio Standing. Its Days May Be Numbered.
Paramount’s celebrated film library is attracting a lot of attention from potential buyers.4 min read
Wind Energy Is Starting to Revive. The Election Could Throw a Wrench in the Works.
New turbines are popping up offshore and on land. High interest rates and local opposition have been a drag on projects for several years.Long read
The Economist Magazine – June 22, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (June 15, 2024): The latest issue features Dawn of the solar age….
The exponential growth of solar power will change the world

An energy-rich future is within reach
The future of combat
AI will transform the character of warfare

Technology will make war faster and more opaque. It could
AI and war
The character of warfare is about to be profoundly changed by artificial intelligence
What taxes would Labour raise
Growth alone will not fix Britain’s public finances
Macron’s deepening mess
A snap election in France reveals the flimsiness of his legacy
The champagne boom
Wine collectors are at last taking champagne seriously
Research Preview: Science Magazine – June 21, 2024

Wild poliovirus makes comeback in Afghanistan and Pakistan
2024 target of ending all transmission will likely be missed
Ancient earthquake likely rerouted the Ganges
Discovery of new seismic concern stokes flooding fear for densely populated delta region
No place like home
The hunt for Earth-like planets has run into headwinds. Some astronomers are looking for signs of habitability on bigger worlds
Politics: The Guardian Weekly – June 21, 2024

The Guardian Weekly (June 19, 2024) – The new issue features Emmanuel Macron’s ballot box gamble – Could the far right gain political power in France? Plus: the record detectives fighting back against bootleggers
Spotlight | Kharkiv under siege
Luke Harding and Artem Mazhulin report from Ukraine’s second city where living conditions are increasingly precarious
Environment | The fight to save Norway’s arctic foxes
Captive breeding has helped reduce threats from predators and the climate crisis – but can the species survive long-term?
Feature | The vinyl frontier
John Harris meets the record detectives going after music’s retro bootleggers
Opinion | Starmer’s quiet man appeal
The UK Labour leader has been accused of being a “political robot”. But, argues Jonathan Freedland, that’s exactly why he’s so far ahead in the opinion polls
Culture | Alive and Kicken
On its 50th anniversary, culture writer Eliza Apperly pays tribute to the Berlin gallery that helped pioneer photography as an art discipline
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – June 20, 2024
‘Nature Magazine – June 19, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Soar Point’ – Air sacs below the wings help soaring birds to glide…
Ancient graves reveal taxes’ sharp bite nearly 3,000 years ago
Buried items show that the poor got poorer as the Assyrian empire and its bureaucracy swelled.
CRISPR improves a crop that feeds billions
The gene-editing system, normally used to disrupt a gene, is applied to improve the function of a gene in rice.
How cutting-edge computer chips are speeding up the AI revolution
Engineers are harnessing the powers of graphics processing units (GPUs) and more, with a bevy of tricks to meet the computational demands of artificial intelligence.
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – June 21, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (June 19, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Booking A Holiday’ – TLS critics choose their summer reading; Artistic license – The relationship between ‘loveliness and lucre’; Christopher Isherwood in full; How to be a Liberal; Story of a ghost painter and Fine-art fraud…
Literary Previews: The Paris Review – Summer 2024

Paris Review Summer 2024 — The new issue features:
Mary Robison on the Art of Fiction: “The first thing they’d say was ‘This is a nice story—where’s your novel?’ And I would just lie my head off. ‘Oh, it’s at home. It’s almost there!’”
Elaine Scarry on the Art of Nonfiction: “A lot of my troubles in life have come from taking literally what I should have understood as figurative.”
Prose by Peter Cornell, Rodolfo Enrique Fogwill, Renee Gladman, Nancy Lemann, Banu Mushtaq, K Patrick, and Anne Serre.
Jhumpa Lahiri on the Art of Fiction: “My question is, What makes a language yours, or mine?”
Alice Notley on the Art of Poetry: “Writing is not therapy. That’s the last thing it is. I still have my grief.”
Prose by Elijah Bailey, Julien Columeau, Joanna Kavenna, Samanta Schweblin, Eliot Weinberger, and Joy Williams.
Poetry by Gbenga Adesina, Elisa Gabbert, Jessica Laser, Maureen N. McLane, Mary Ruefle, Julian Talamantez Brolaski, and Matthew Zapruder.
Art by Farah Al Qasimi and Chris Oh.
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Previews: Country Life Magazine – June 19, 2024


Country Life Magazine (June 18, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Why we adore Venus’, Move over Buckingham Palace – Our grandest houses, Jeremy Clarkson’s favorite painting and Old Masters – Chippendale and Coward revisited…
Jeremy Clarkson’s favourite painting
The television presenter and farmer immerses himself in the age of steam by selecting a 19th-century masterpiece that really stokes the imagination
Venus was her name
Michael Hall lays bare the story of the art world’s enduring love affair with the alluring goddess Venus, from the 4th century BC right up to the modern era

Tripping the light fantastic
Iridescence is one of the natural world’s greatest special effects. Laura Parker showcases the shimmering, jewel-like hues that can take your breath away
The good stuff
It’s the final straw for Hetty Lintell as she picks perfect summer accessories crafted from raffia
Interiors
Giles Kime is whisked through a Sicilian palazzo, a Gothic castle and a Baroque bedroom thanks to the wonders of WOW!house
‘Makes Buckingham Palace seem rather dull’
The London homes of the British aristocracy were often grander than their country counterparts and perfect for entertaining, says Lucien de Guise

Native herbs
Mugwort is connected with child-birth as ‘the mother of herbs’, but John Wright prefers to focus on its many uses in the kitchen
Having the last laugh
Why are beaming faces such a rarity in our portrait galleries? Claudia Pritchard seeks out the grins among the grimaces
‘The oldest Old Thing in England’
Puck has been causing mayhem and misery for a millennium and more. Ian Morton traces the story of the mischievous sprite
Bend it like Beckham
Scotland’s only furniture school is keeping alive the old crafts of upholstery and marquetry, doing justice to its Chippendale name, as Mary Miers discovers

Coward on a mission
Michael Billington finds a depth of emotion behind the laughs in a rare revival of Noël Coward’s last work — a welcome antidote to mind-boggling technology
Opening the shutters
In the second of two articles, John Goodall applauds the remarkable revival of Wolterton Hall in Norfolk as a modern home equipped for the 21st century

The legacy
Victoria Marston hails Douglas Bunn, whose desire to test top British riders to the max led to the drama of the Hickstead Derby
Bourne to run
Kathryn Bradley-Hole finds no end of reasons to stop and stare as she explores the dramatic garden created from a flat water-side site at Emmetts Mill, Surrey

Kitchen garden cook
Melanie Johnson conjures up a trio of dishes to demonstrate the versatility of the courgette


