Times Literary Supplement (November 27, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Mutti Knows Best?’ – Angela Merkel’s triumph and tragedy; Gaughin’s uncensored thoughts; Gladiator II; C.S. Lewis’s Oxford and “The Magic Mountain” at 100…
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International Art: Apollo Magazine – December 2024
Apollo Magazine (October 28, 2024): The new issue features ‘Rachel Ruysch Says it with Flowers’
In this issue
• The floral paintings of Rachel Ruysch
• What do museums think about climate protests?
• Turin’s Egyptian Museum at 200
• The winners of the Apollo Awards 2024
Also: An interview with Jeff Wall, the wild imagination of Maurice Sendak, spies and socialists at the Isokon building, and the ever-closer ties between luxury brands and the art world; reviews of Jacopo Bassano in Helsinki, art along the Silk Roads, the colourful interiors of Pierre Bonnard, and the art of predicting the future. Plus: John Banville on the sensuality of a late Rubens
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec. 2, 2024

The New Yorker (November24, 2024): The latest issue features Tom Toro’s “Incognito” – Putting on a friendly face.
The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S.
Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy. By Dhruv Khullar
How Old Age Was Reborn
“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth twist the dial too far? By Daniel Immerwahr
How to Make Fuel (or Booze) from Thin Air
Air Company, a startup that has used water and carbon dioxide to make vodka and to power automobiles, taste-tests its product and discusses getting Elon Musk’s business. By Adam Iscoe
Politico Magazine – November 24-27, 2024
POLITICO Magazine (November 24, 2024): The latest issue features ;Europe is under attack from Russia’; Why isn’t it fighting back? and ‘Elon and Donald – A love Affair…
Musk gets a leg up from Trump in space battle vs. Bezos
Rivals worry the SpaceX boss will rig the playing field for space exploration in his favor.
World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says
The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army has a grim outlook on the state of the war.
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The New York Times Magazine-Nov. 24, 2024


THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (November 2, 2024): The 11.24.24 Issue features Philip Montgomery on two weeks in the life of Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County before, during and after the election; Emily Bazelon on how the abortion rights movement won in many states in the election; Tomas Weber on how Ozempic is turning people off from eating junk food; and more.
Becoming Trump Country
Luzerne County is one of many counties in Pennsylvania — and across the country — that shifted to the right this year.
Facing Eight Years in Prison, a Director Flees Iran
Facing an eight-year prison sentence, Mohammad Rasoulof had to make the most difficult decision of his life. We spent two weeks there before and after the election to understand what’s driving these changes.
Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.
Arts/History: Smithsonian Magazine – December 2024
Smithsonian Magazine (November 21, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘The Hidden History of Bermuda’ – New archaeological finds are reshaping our views of early colonial life in the Americas…
The Forgotten Colony
What excavations in Bermuda are revealing about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it shaped the New World. By Andrew Lawler. Photographs by Nicola Muirhead
The Feminist Behind the Man Behind the Curtain
The untold story of Matilda Gage, the freethinker who inspired her son-in-law L. Frank Baum’s classic novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. By Evan I. Schwartz
It’s Not Easy Being Seen
Glass frogs use translucence to evade predators. So why are researchers trying to find as many as they can? By Alex Fox
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Nov. 15, 2024

Prospect of RFK Jr. at HHS alarms biomedical community
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to scrutinize proven vaccines and slash staff at research and regulatory agencies
China’s hunger for minerals spurs massive geology survey
$1 billion SinoProbe II will map the depths with drill rigs and instrument arrays
Previews: BBC History Magazine – December 2024


BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 21, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
2024’s Best History Books
Chose by our experts
Who Killed The King Of Scots?
The medieval murder mystery that’s yet to be solved
Pedigrees, pets and piles of poo
A bite-sized history of dogs
Culture: New Humanist Magazine – Winter 2024-25


NEW HUMANIST MAGAZINE – WINTER 2024/2025 ISSUE: The new issue features ‘Our Cyborg Future?’
The new age of the cyborg?
Neurobiologist and journalist Moheb Costandi explores the rapidly-developing world of brain-computer interfaces. For some people, these devices are already transforming lives – but the technology is quickly overtaking the ethics.
A dangerous calculation
Peter Ward unpicks the dark philosophy of the tech billionaires and how it is infiltrating some of our most powerful organisations.
There’s a product for that
A recent film, The Substance, explored the growing pressure on all of us – particularly women – to modify our bodies, not only through make-up and cosmetic procedures but also through digital filters. Clare Chambers, professor of political philosophy at the University of Cambridge, talks to us about the power of resistance and allowing our bodies to be “good enough”.
New life in the veins
Peter Salmon recounts the bizarre history of blood transfusion – and why the super-rich remain fascinated by its possibilities.
The Economist Magazine – November 23, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (November 21, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Disrupter-In-Chief’….
The opportunities—and dangers—for Trump’s disrupter-in-chief
Elon Musk is given the ultimate target: America’s Government
Germany cannot afford to wait to relax its debt brake
It should move before the election
From Nixon to China, to Trump to Tehran
Iran is weak. For America’s next president that creates an opportunity
Too many master’s courses are expensive and flaky
Governments should help postgraduates get a better deal