A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the death of Elizabeth II marks the end of an era. Also, why Jair Bolsonaro poses a threat to Brazilian democracy (11:15), and Europe’s energy market in crisis (19:12).
Category Archives: Stories
Preview: London Review Of Books – Sept 22, 2022
Arts Preview: Sculpture Magazine – Sep/Oct 2022
September/October 2022 Issue
| FeaturesReal Light and Real Angles: A Conversation with Larry Bell Between Two Knowns: A Conversation with Nathaniel Rackowe Cracks in the System: A Conversation with Agustina Woodgate Gregor Schneider: A Sense of Distance Thinking Through Place: A Conversation with Anina Major |
BETWEEN TWO KNOWNS: A CONVERSATION WITH NATHANIEL RACKOWE
Nathaniel Rackowe’s large-scale, futuristic works are fundamentally influenced by modern urban architecture. Spanning sculpture, installation, and public art, his practice is concerned with abstracting the metropolis into units of form. Scaffolding poles, cement blocks, corrugated sheets, Perspex, glass, and fluorescent tubing are the building blocks of his sculptural vocabulary. The British artist has created cuboids of light that seem to hover eerily in the air (“Spin” series, 2006–ongoing), upturned sheds that appear frozen in mid-explosion (“Black Shed Expanded” series, 2008–ongoing), and flanks of moving mechanical doors edged with fluorescent lights that close in claustrophobically on visitors (Sixty Eight Doors, 2005). It’s no surprise that he is an admirer of science fiction writers such as Philip K. Dick and Iain M. Banks and films like Brazil (1985) and Blade Runner (1982).
News Headlines: Ukraine Offensive Gains In East As Economy Steadies, Netflix
A.M. Edition for Sept. 12. Ukraine’s military forces have had a spate of successes over Russia in recent weeks, reclaiming huge swaths of the Eastern front. But the country’s also gaining economic momentum.
Earlier in the war, some predicted Ukraine’s economy would contract by as much as 50%. Now this year’s GDP is only expected to be 30% below last year’s. WSJ’s Marcus Walker says that thanks in part to Ukrainian businesses and the government in Kyiv, which have found ways to adapt. Luke Vargas hosts.
Cover Preview: Columbia Magazine – Fall 2022
The Troubling Legal Implications of Overturning Roe
Columbia law professors Olatunde Johnson and Carol Sanger assess a momentous Supreme Court decision
Jurassic Parka: How Dinosaurs Survived the Cold
Biomedical Engineers Can Now Watch Our Organs Talk to Each Other
Sunday Morning: Stories And News Headlines From Zurich, Berlin & London
Monocle’s editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Juliet Linley and Marcus Schögel on the weekend’s biggest talking points. Plus, check-ins with our friends and correspondents in Berlin and London.
Books: The New York Times Book Review – Sept 11, 2022
9 Books to Read About Queen Elizabeth II
Elizabeth, famously reticent during her decades in the public eye, was a source of fascination for many. These books offer a deeper understanding of her life, family and world.
Jennifer Egan and the Goon Squad
Ling Ma’s Surreal Subversions
A Global History of Gender, in All Its Varieties
Kit Heyam’s “Before We Were Trans” spans continents and millenniums to prove that where there is humanity, there is nonconformity.
By MEREDITH TALUSAN
Cover Previews: Barron’s Magazine – Sept 12, 2022
Inflation Could Be Harder to Tame Than the Fed Anticipates
Randall W. Forsyth
Europe’s Natural-Gas Problem Feeds North America’s Fertilizer Boom. How Long Will It Last?
Jack Hough
The Stock Market Rallied This Week. Thanks, Technical Analysis!
Nicholas Jasinski
IHS Is a Play on Emerging Market Cellphones. Why the Stock Looks Like a Buy.
El Salvador’s Failed Bitcoin Experiment
The country made history in legalizing Bitcoin, but it is now suffering the consequences. What went wrong is a cautionary tale for crypto.
Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London
Monocle 24’s Georgina Godwin, Charles Hecker from Control Risks and Commonwealth expert David Banks reflect on the life of Queen Elizabeth II.
Covers: New York Times Magazine – Sept 11, 2022
The 9.11.22 Issue – The Education Issue
In this Education Issue, Sarah Viren on a campus clash in a multicultural center that became a viral nightmare for Arizona State University; Daniel Bergner on a superintendent in northern Michigan who spoke up about race in a politically divided school district; Erika Hayasaki on book bans in Texas town; Charley Locke on the $190 billion Covid windfall for schools; and more.
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