Tag Archives: October 2023

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Oct 6, 2023

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Times Literary Supplement (October 6, 2023): The new issue features War Stories – A review of the Iliad; Frances Sputford’s ‘Other America’; In Chaucer’s Shadow; The devil and ChatGPTand Martin Buber’s ‘I and Thou’…

News: U.S. House Speaker Ousted, Thailand Foreign Policy, Rising Crisis In Mali

The Globalist Podcast (October 4, 2023) – Kevin McCarthy is ousted as speaker of the US House of Representatives: Now what?

Plus: Thailand’s prime minister maps out his foreign policy ambitions, the latest business news, Mali’s escalating crisis and a special interview with the British Film Institute’s new festivals director.

News: Trump’s Civil Fraud Case Begins, EU Foreign Ministers Meet In Ukraine

The Globalist Podcast (October 3, 2023) – Donald Trump’s latest legal woes as he attends the first day of a civil fraud case against him. Plus: developments following the EU foreign ministers meeting in Kyiv, tech news and what the Earth’s hidden eighth continent can reveal about our past.

International Art: Apollo Magazine – October 2023

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Apollo Magazine – October 2023: The new issue features Getting ruff and ready with Frans Hals; Sophie Calle takes on Picasso; Can museums cope without dodgy donors?, and more…

Inside this issue

October 2023 | Apollo Magazine
October 2023 | Apollo Magazine
October 2023 | Apollo Magazine

Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – October 9, 2023

A woman sits on a subway car as it passes the Williamsburg Bridge.

The New Yorker – October 9, 2023 issue: The new issue features David Kirkpatrick on the right’s legal juggernaut, Gideon Lewis-Kraus on a behavioral-economics scandal, Hannah Goldfield on Kwame Onwuachi, and more.

Kwame Onwuachi’s Cuisine of the Self

Kwame Onwuachi reviews an order with another man in the kitchen at Tatiana.

How the chef at Tatiana brought Afro-Caribbean cooking—and his life story—to the center of New York City’s fine-dining scene.

By Hannah Goldfield

Among the Cabin Fanatics of Mississippi’s Giant Houseparty

A crowd of people sit in a stadium.

For more than a hundred years, the Neshoba County Fair has drawn revellers from all over the country. Why do they keep coming back?

By Paige Williams

News: U.S. Congress Averts Shutdown, Saudi Arabia – Israel Normalization Deal

The Globalist Podcast (October 2, 2023) – We discuss the latest US government shutdown news with Julie Norman, the Saudi-Israel normalisation deal and Russia’s ramping up of conscription. Plus: news from the world of urbanism and the culture of wonderful toilets in Japan.

Sunday Morning: Stories From Zurich, London, Bangkok And Ankara

October 1, 2023 – Monocle editorial director Tyler Brûlé, Juliet Linley, Samuel Schumacher and Adrien Garcia unpack the weekend’s hottest topics. Plus: check-ins with our friends and correspondents in London, Bangkok, and Ankara.

CULTURE: FRANCE-AMÉRIQUE MAGAZINE – October 2023

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France-Amérique Magazine – October 2023 –  The new issue features a walk through France’s vineyards and observe the changing cultural landscape. An estate near Epernay is working to produce the world’s greenest Champagne, while other producers are turning to no- and low-alcohol wines to cater to to sober-curious generation. Welcome to the Age of Raisin. Also in this issue, read about “Wemby-mania” and the success of French NBA players; meet French-American composer Betsy Jolas who, at the age of 97, still creates with the same intensity; and discover a new art space near Paris – a former blimp hangar, masterpiece of Belle Epoque industrial architecture.

NOLO WINES – New Culture or Sour Grapes?

Sales of no- and low-alcohol wines soar in France amid deep-seated cultural change. Your correspondent keeps his true feelings bottled up.

By Anthony Bulger

LUDOVIC DU PLESSIS – Telmont, the Green Champagne Revolution

The contagiously enthusiastic “climate optimist,” a former executive for Dom Pérignon in the United States, is working to produce the world’s most environmentally friendly Champagne. In pursuit of this objective, he is working with an American investor renowned for his environmental activism, Leonardo DiCaprio.

By Clément Thiery

HANGAR Y – Outside Paris, a New Art Space Takes Flight

On the banks of a lake in the Meudon forest southwest of the French capital, a masterpiece of Belle Epoque industrial architecture is looking to become a hub of contemporary creation.

By Jean-Gabriel Fredet

The New York Times Book Review – October 1, 2023

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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (October 1, 2023): This week’s issue features the biography “Larry McMurtry: A Life”….

Larry McMurtry, a Critter of the American West Who Rejected Its Mythos

This black-and-white photo of the novelist Larry McMurtry shows him from a slight angle, seated and looking pensive. He wears heavy glasses and has one hand braced against his mouth and chin; his other arm is bent over his head and the sleeves of his white button-down shirt are rolled up past his elbows.

Tracy Daugherty’s new biography is the first comprehensive account of the prolific novelist who brought us “Lonesome Dove,” “The Last Picture Show” and more.

By Dwight Garner

LARRY McMURTRY: A Life, by Tracy Daugherty


When the art critic Dave Hickey learned that Tracy Daugherty was writing a biography of his friend Larry McMurtry (all three men are Texans), he said to Daugherty: “Knowing Larry, it’s going to be a real episodic book.” Episodic this biography is. It’s also vastly entertaining.

McMurtry, the prolific author of “The Last Picture Show,” “Terms of Endearment” and “Lonesome Dove,” was a demythologizer of the American West who appeared to live in several registers at once.

The Miracle and Madness of Science That Changed the World

The polymath John von Neumann, center, chatting with students at the Institute for Advanced Study in 1947. Von Neumann’s work on the Manhattan Project is a focus of Benjamín Labatut’s novel “The Maniac.”

Benjamín Labatut’s novel “The Maniac” examines the dawn of the nuclear age and the brilliant, sometimes troubled minds behind it.

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – October 2, 2023

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE – October 2, 2023 ISSUE:

What the Job Market’s Baffling Strength Means

What the Job Market’s Baffling Strength Means

Unemployment remains near historic lows even after the Fed’s aggressive rate hikes. What’s behind the job market’s resilience—and why it could last.

Strikes in Detroit and Hollywood Are Just the Beginning

Strikes in Detroit and Hollywood Are Just the Beginning

After decades of losing ground to corporate cost-cutting and globalization, labor unions face their biggest opportunity in years to forge a comeback. It won’t be easy.

General Dynamics Stock Is a Buy. A Shutdown Doesn’t Change That.

General Dynamics Stock Is a Buy. A Shutdown Doesn’t Change That.

The defense contractor’s shares are cheap and the company is growing faster than its peers.

What Cava’s Board Chair Looks for in Restaurant Investments

What Cava’s Board Chair Looks for in Restaurant Investments

Ron Shaich, head of Act III Holdings, founded and later sold Panera, and then backed Cava, this year’s IPO sensation. What he’s investing in now.

Car Insurance Premiums Have Gone Through the Roof. It’s Going to Get Worse.

Car Insurance Premiums Have Gone Through the Roof. It’s Going to Get Worse.

The rising costs of new and used cars has fueled soaring claims costs—19% year over year in August. The situation hurts drivers. insurers, and investors.