Also: “Uncle Vanya” and “Staff Meal” reviewed, superstar pianists at Carnegie Hall, and more.
A new wave of shops has made its mark across the country—and shaken New York’s bagel scene out of complacency.
Mashed-potato nightmares! Kafka in the Oval Office! And other things going through the mind of the nap-happy ex-president in court.
By Barry Blitt
Monocle on Sunday, May 5, 2024: Juliet Linley, Marcus Schögel, and Goran Filic join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.
We also speak to Monocle’s Balkans correspondent, Guy De Launey, for the latest news from Ljubljana and design editor Nic Monisse joins us from London. Plus: Mathéo Malik, editor in chief of ‘Le Grand Continent’, joins us to discuss the latest edition.
Russian military efforts to recruit women from prisons and civilian life have clashed with President Vladimir V.
Putin’s conservative agenda
The protests against Israel’s war in Gaza are merely the latest in a tradition of student-led, left-leaning activism dating back at least to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War protests of the 1960s.
Police officers in riot gear cleared an encampment in Virginia, and protesters walked out of a commencement at Indiana University.
All vaccines have at least occasional side effects. But people who say they were injured by Covid vaccines believe their cases have been ignored.
Monocle on Saturday (May 4, 2024): As the UK local election results come in, who will win the race for London mayor? On the other side of the pond, Trump’s hush-money trial continues ahead of the US election in November; Charles Hecker and Georgina Godwin discuss the latest developments.
Plus: co-founder of independent publisher Galley Beggar Press, Sam Jordison, joins to discuss how much it really costs to make a book and the effect that it can have on smaller presses.
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (May 4, 2024): The latest issue features…
In an interview, the basketball star reveals her humiliation — and friendships — in Russian prison, and her path to recovery.
By J Wortham
On the March afternoon when I met Brittney Griner in Phoenix, the wildflowers were in peak efflorescence, California poppies and violet cones of lupine exploding everywhere. Griner was in bloom too. She was practicing with some local ballers brought in by her W.N.B.A. team, the Mercury, to prepare its players for the start of the season in May. On the court, Griner was loose, confident, trading jokes with the other players between runs.
American investors are gobbling up the storied teams of the English Premier League — and changing the stadium experience in ways that soccer fans resent.
Israeli officials say they are discussing inviting Arab states to help oversee Gaza after the war. Arab officials rejected the idea because it doesn’t ensure Palestinian statehood.
Hope Hicks, once a spokeswoman for Donald J. Trump, broke down in tears on the witness stand as she talked about their time together.
Soldiers exposed to thousands of low-level blasts from firing weapons like mortars say that they wind up with debilitating symptoms of traumatic brain injury — but no diagnosis.
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – MAY 6, 2024 ISSUE:
The world’s longest heated oil pipeline faces challenges from forest fires to deadly snakes. But funding is the biggest worry.
Our latest Big Money poll of professional investors finds more than half bullish on stocks.Long read
Adobe shares have missed the AI rally—for now. Its own AI-powered design tools should eventually pay off.3 min read
The Week In Art Podcast (May 3, 2024): After years of decreasing public funding, the lingering effects of the Covid pandemic and enduring questions around the ethics of corporate sponsorship, UK museums are facing unprecedented financial pressures.
Some commentators are suggesting that the time has come to abandon the policy of free admission to museums that is viewed by many as key to the cultural fabric of the UK. Among those arguing for charging is the critic and broadcaster Ben Lewis, who joins Ben Luke to discuss the issue.
This week, the British Museum opened the exhibition Michelangelo: the Last Decades. It focuses on the period after 1534, when Michelangelo left his native Florence for Rome, never to return, and embarked on many of his most ambitious projects. We take a tour of the show with its curator, Sarah Vowles.
And this episode’s Work of the Week is Maria Blanchard’s Girl at Her First Communion (1914). The painting features in a new exhibition at the Museo Picasso in Málaga. Its curator, José Lebrero Stals, tells us more about this underappreciated Spanish artist, who was at the heart of the Parisian avant garde in the 1910s and 20s.
Michelangelo: the Last Decades, British Museum, until 28 July.
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