April 1, 2023: Georgina Godwin brings us the weekend’s biggest discussion topics. Latika Bourke reviews the newspapers and Andrew Mueller rounds up what we learned this week.
Tag Archives: April 2023
Front Page: The New York Times – April 1, 2023
Trump Prepares to Surrender in New York as Police Brace for Protests
The former president is expected to answer charges with the Secret Service in tow before a judge in the often grimy and ill-lit criminal courthouse in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday.
For Some G.O.P. Voters, Fatigue Slows the Rush to Defend Trump
The Republicans who will pick their 2024 nominee expressed anger, defensiveness and also embarrassment about the indictment facing Donald J. Trump.
Biden’s Response to Trump’s Indictment? 4 Ways to Say No Comment.
President Biden believes that presidents should not comment on pending legal matters. He also does not want to be baited into a reaction.
Nebraska’s Fight Over Transgender Care Turns Personal and Snarls Lawmaking
One state senator has been filibustering for weeks, trying to block a bill that would ban transition-related medical treatment for young people.
The New York Times Book Review – April 2, 2023
The New York Times Book Review – April 2, 2023:
Guerrilla Gardeners Meet Billionaire Doomsayer. Hurly-Burly Ensues.
“Birnam Wood,” by the Booker Prize winner Eleanor Catton, is a fast-moving ecological novel and a generational cri de coeur.
Read Your Way Through Edinburgh
Edinburgh calls to readers, its pearl-grey skies urging them to curl up with a book. Maggie O’Farrell, the author of “Hamnet,” suggests reading that best reflects her city.
Culture: The New Review Magazine – April 2, 2023
The New Review (April 2, 2023) – How running helped me navigate the strange terrain of grief An extract from @drrachelhewitt’s memoir, In Her Nature @ChattoBooks.
Enter Ghost by Isabella Hammad review – drama in the West Bank
An actor returns to Palestine and joins a local production of Hamlet in this richly layered and elegant examination of memories and oppression
The West Bank town of Jenin: ‘what could offer a more febrile union of the personal and the political than Palestine?’ Photograph: Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP/Getty Images
Arts & Culture: Aesthetica Magazine – April/May 2023
Aesthetica Magazine (April/May 2023) – Inside this issue, we consider identity, relationships and the impact of technology. We discuss the persistence of images and their ability to embed themselves in collective memory in Thomas Demand’s retrospective,
The Stutter of History. Refik Anadol speaks to us about the relationship between humans and machines, exploring the influence of art and creativity, as we rely more and more on AI to guide us through our lives. What does the future look like in this new world? Should we embrace it or fear it? Also, I am pleased to bring you an overview of this year’s shortlisted artists for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2023.
Memory Investigated
Thomas Demand highlights the fiction beneath attempts to document the truth, questioning the power and responsibility behind art and its maker.
A Sense of Wonder
Gareth Iwan Jones’ fascination with woodland ecocystems inspired enchanting scenes that document the beauty and mystery of forests.
CULTURE: FRANCE-AMÉRIQUE MAGAZINE – APRIL 2023 Issue
France-Amérique Magazine – April 2023 – Ahead of Earth Day, April 22, we profiled five Gallic startups based in the United States and helping biodiversity, fighting against food waste, and curbing global warming. We also sat down with Tristan Grimbert, the French CEO of EDF Renewables North America, one of the leaders on the green energy market in the United States and Canada. Also in this issue, read about the 15-Minute City, a model born in Paris and advocating for livable, sustainable urban centers; discover our profile of Gérard Araud, the former ambassador of France to the U.S. and a sharp observer of international relations; and read our interview with William Christie, the American conductor who has done more than anyone else for the revival of French baroque music.
“French Classical Music Owes a Lot to American Universities”
American harpsichordist and conductor William Christie has arguably done more than anyone else for the global revival of French baroque music. He now lives in France, but on April 25-26, he will bring his ensemble Les Arts Florissants to Carnegie Hall.
Table of contents
FROM THE NEWSDESK
France Rethinks, Once Again, Its Relationship with Africa. By Anthony Bulger
COME ON OUT
French Cultural Events in North America. By Tracy Kendrick
EDITORIAL
Wokeness Dividing the (French) People. By Guy Sorman
INTERVIEW
Julie Taymor: “The Lion King Makes People Laugh from Paris to New York.” By Guy Sorman
THE OBSERVER
Why the 15-Minute City May Be Your Next Home. By Anthony Bulger
BUSINESS
Five French Entrepreneurs Caring for the Planet. By Benoît Georges
Previews: The Economist Magazine – March 25, 2023
Why the China-US contest is entering a new and more dangerous phase
Chinese officials rage at what they see as American bullying
You may have hoped that when China reopened and face-to-face contact resumed between politicians, diplomats and businesspeople, Sino-American tensions would ease in a flurry of dinners, summits and small talk. But the atmosphere in Beijing just now reveals that the world’s most important relationship has become more embittered and hostile than ever.
How to fix the global rice crisis
The world’s most important crop is fuelling climate change and diabetes
The green revolution was one of the greatest feats of human ingenuity. By promoting higher-yielding varieties of wheat and, especially, rice, plant-breeders in India, Mexico and the Philippines helped China emerge from a famine and India avoid one. From 1965 to 1995 Asia’s rice yields doubled and its poverty almost halved, even as its population soared.
Israel should not squander the opportunity for meaningful constitutional talks
The government’s retreat has pulled Israel back from the brink. But its people remain deeply divided
Israel’s citizens have won a rare victory after marching, week after week, to defend judicial independence and the character of their democracy. On March 27th they forced their prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, to suspend his plan to rein in the courts. Yet, although the crisis has abated, it has not passed.
The New York Review Of Books – April 20, 2023
‘Binding and Building’ America
Maxine Hong Kingston: The Woman Warrior, China Men, Tripmaster Monkey, Hawai‘i One Summer, Other Writings edited by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Maxine Hong Kingston’s best work has a timeless quality, fresh, beautiful, horrifying, bursting with myth and fantasy and nagging reality.
The British Broadcasting Conundrum
The BBC: A Century on Air by David Hendy
This Is the BBC: Entertaining the Nation, Speaking for Britain? 1922–2022 by Simon J. Potter
World War II was the BBC’s finest hour, but its history since then reflects the corporation’s gradual loss of primacy in British life.
Refill the Swamp!
Fen, Bog and Swamp: A Short History of Peatland Destruction and Its Role in the Climate Crisis by Annie Proulx
Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration by Laura J. Martin
Two recent books show that the concept of ecological restoration is a fuzzy one: even practitioners rarely agree on what is being restored, or to what end.
Research: New Scientist Magazine – April 1, 2023
Cancer mystery as cases rise among younger people around the world
The number of people under 50 with cancer is increasing in many countries and for many different tumour types. Why this is occurring isn’t entirely clear, but it may be due to some aspects of modern life
Banishing wrinkles could boost healthy ageing – so who pays the bill?
Research suggesting that wrinkles could be a driver of ageing means we need to rethink the beauty industry – and who pays for it
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – April 3, 2023
The Data Delusion
We’ve uploaded everything anyone has ever known onto a worldwide network of machines. What if it doesn’t have all the answers?
How Christian Is Christian Nationalism?
Many Americans who advocate it have little interest in religion and an aversion to American culture as it currently exists. What really defines the movement?
The Wild World of Music
What can elephants, birds, and flamenco players teach a neuroscientist-composer about music?
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