Literary Review – March 2023 issue:
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire By Nandini Das
Chinese Dreams in Romantic England: The Life and Times of Thomas Manning By Edward Weech
Times Literary Supplement @TheTLS (March 3, 2023) – Peter Frankopan likes to take the long view. In The Silk Roads (2015) Oxford University’s professor of global history argued that the Persian Empire and its trade routes were central to the rise of western civilization, not, as traditionally thought, Rome, Greece and Egypt. In The Earth Transformed Frankopan’s timeline is considerably longer: he looks at climate change since the formation of the Earth 4.5 billion years ago.
Euripidean revenge tragedies that continue to trouble us
A revelatory account of the North Sea flood of 1953
An upgraded antibiotic holds promise for treating tuberculosis strains that are resistant to existing treatments.
A water-filled gel has the strength and elasticity of natural tendon.
‘Impressive’ fossil analysis reveals why some dinosaurs were massive but their cousins were tiny.
As the Rijksmuseum’s once-in-a-lifetime blockbuster brings together an unprecedented number of works by the Old Master, paintings including a self-portrait are still missing
With only 37 authenticated Johannes Vermeer paintings (28 in the Rijksmuseum’s sold-out exhibition), could there be more out there, not yet recognised as from his hand? Vermeer’s production was certainly larger, so the hunt continues for the missing masterpieces. Experts believe that a number are still unaccounted for.
Ai-da is an artist, she marks a challenge to the category, and it is in this sense that she becomes Duchampian, argue her creators
The Guardian Weekly (March 3, 2023) – A year on from the invasion of Ukraine and there seems little end in sight to a conflict that has, unquestionably, changed the world. The Guardian Weekly’s big story this week outlines five possible routes to peace (some more hopeful than others), but the main focus is a stunning collaboration from Guardian reporters detailing the fate of the port of Mariupol, the battle for which has perhaps been the bloodiest and most shocking chapter of the war to date.
It’s an extraordinary account of the devastation, partial reconstruction, and Russification of a thriving city. “You learn to only voice your opinions with those you know you can trust,” says Darya, a student opposed to the occupation. “Otherwise, you keep your thoughts to yourself.”
On Monday the UK government finally agreed a deal with the EU to end a long-running Brexit dispute over customs arrangements and legal oversight in Northern Ireland. Our Brexit correspondent Lisa O’Carroll unpicks the key points of the new agreement and what it means for the region.
In 2003, when the US army occupied Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussein, the Guardian writer Ghaith Abdul-Ahad was aged 28 and living in Baghdad. He recounts his front-row view of the fall of the regime, the arrival of the so-called liberators and the unfolding of a sectarian war.
Can Moscow Learn From Its Failures in Ukraine?
The Dangerous Convergence of a Collapsing Economy and Surging Terrorism
Why the Risk of Escalation Is Growing
New computer systems aim to peer inside our heads—and to help us fix what they find there.
Enrollment in the humanities is in free fall at colleges around the country. What happened?
Fertilizers filled with the nutrient boosted our ability to feed the planet. Today, they’re creating vast and growing dead zones in our lakes and seas.
This issue also includes the work of the architects shortlisted for the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture – recognising emerging talent in architects under the age of 45 from around the world – and the MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice, which celebrates architects who are working in UK‑based practices, with a focus on their role in the design and delivery of a recently completed project.
Barron’s Magazine – February 27, 2023:
The central bank’s efforts to tame inflation haven’t worked yet. More pain, and a harder landing, could lie ahead.
Cyclical companies with pricing power look good for now, but prepare to switch to growth stocks as the Fed eases up.
A fight over Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is heading to court as investors and hedge funds jockey over the fate of the world’s largest crypto fund.
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