Arts & Culture: The New Criterion -December 2024
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Reviews: ‘The Week In Art’
The Week In Art Podcast (November 15, 2024): UK museums are at a moment of transformation with a new generation of directors taking the helm at several of the major national institutions in London. So for this landmark 300th episode, we felt it was a good moment to look at the challenges and opportunities for museums now and in the future.
We invited Gus Casely-Hayford of V&A East, Nicholas Cullinan of the British Museum and Karin Hindsbo of Tate Modern to join our host Ben Luke for a wide-ranging discussion.
National Geographic Traveller – December 2024
We searched the planet for the world’s best hotels. Here are our picks.
From a jungle treehouse in Mexico to a California-inspired sun ranch in Australia, these are the best new and improved hotels, according to National Geographic Traveller (UK)’s annual Hotel Awards.
Could this be Europe’s best hut-to-hut hiking trail?
On the northwest border of Slovenia is a mountain range as dramatic as it is accessible, offering hut-to-hut hiking on multi-day adventures — with plenty of hearty food and local tales to sustain the journey.
What it’s like to travel along the West Coast on a train
One of the most beautiful train journeys in the US, the Coast Starlight’s route unspools along the Pacific Ocean from Los Angeles via Sacramento to Seattle. With miles of coastline, towering mountain ranges and glistening cityscapes, this is the ultimate American slow travel experience.
The New York Review Of Books – December 5, 2024
The Second Coming
Disinhibition will be the order of the day in Donald Trump’s America. By Erin Maglaque
Soundscapes of the Silenced
In late Renaissance Florence one in five women lived behind institutional walls whose rule was sensory mortification. Historians are struggling to recover their inexpressible secrets.
“A Veil of Silence: Women and Sound in Renaissance Italy” by Julia Rombough
In Search of Fullness
In his new book, the philosopher Charles Taylor looks at modern poetry as a unique record of spiritual experience in a secular age.
“Cosmic Connections: Poetry in the Age of Disenchantment” by Charles Taylor
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Nov. 15, 2024
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The counterattack
An immune cell treatment that fights cancer is now taking aim at autoimmune disease
How to build a human: Piecing together the body’s cellular puzzle
Piecing together the body’s cellular puzzle
An island in a sea of palms
Oil palm plantations replace diverse tropical forests with monocultures, but restoration can bring biodiversity and ecosystem services back to these highly modified landscapes.
Politics: The Guardian Weekly – Nov. 15, 2024
The Guardian Weekly (November 14, 2024): The new issue features ‘Trump Unbound’ – What the US Election outcome means for America and the World…
In a special edition of the Guardian Weekly, our Washington bureau chief David Smith and diplomatic editor Patrick Wintour reflect on how Trump 2.0 is likely to play out for the US and for the rest of the world.
We look at the role played by the president-elect’s key supporter, Elon Musk, and ask what the world’s richest man can now expect back in return. We also trace the rise of the vice-president elect JD Vance, who is now just a heartbeat away from the presidency.
And senior US political reporter Joan E Greve considers the Democrats – bereft, broken and facing an internal civil war after a campaign that ended in disaster.
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Spotlight | Odour of oil and return of Trump hang heavy over Cop29
As the annual UN climate summit got under way in Azerbaijan this week, Fiona Harvey sizes up the hopes for progressThe video player is currently playing an ad. You can skip the ad in 5 sec with a mouse or keyboard
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Science | Unravelling the paradoxes of plankton
Scientists are sequencing the DNA of microscopic marine life – to help us learn more about ourselves, reports Brianna Randall
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Feature | When adult children cut the cord
Grownups who cut of f contact with their family are often trying to break away after a traumatic childhood. But sometimes the estrangement can be totally unexpected for parents. By Gaby Hinsliff
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Opinion | Trump unleashed will be even worse than last time’s dress reherarsal
From a public health crisis to the end of Nato, the threats are clear, writes Jonathan Freedland
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Culture | Sportswriters and arts critics swap jobs
How does the English National Opera compare to the Premier League … or the NFL to a West End musical? Our sports and culture experts found out
London Review Of Books – November 21, 2024 Preview
The Democrats’ Defeat
By Adam Tooze
‘Being the party of normality has its appeal, but it reinforces precisely the wrong instinct. The polycrisis that is unfolding demands not a return to the status quo but urgent, progressive answers both at home and abroad. To formulate and articulate those, the Democrats need politicians, not algorithms. They need personalities capable of responding to the profound questions facing contemporary America.’
Ukraine’s Battle Fatigue
James Meek
‘Would the army as a whole rise up against a government that made territorial concessions to Russia? Perhaps. But the more widely the recruiters spread their net, the more the army reflects a society that is starting to talk openly, if bitterly, about swapping land for peace.’
Exit Wounds: How America’s Guns Fuel Violence across the Border by Ieva Jusionyte
Soldiers and Kings: Survival and Hope in the World of Human Smuggling by Jason de León
The Economist Magazine – November 16, 2024 Preview
Middle-class and minimum-wage – The strange politics of wage compression in Britain
Paying the climate bill – The energy transition will be much cheaper than you think
What to make of Trump’s picks – Loyalty, competence and an appetite for disruption are among the traits he is filtering for
Investing in Africa – Poor data and small capital markets make it hard to gauge risks and returns
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Commentary Magazine – December 2024 Preview
The New Republican Majority
The New Democratic Minority
They’re Hunting Us Down
The Suicide of the Mainstream Media
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Nov. 15, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (November 13, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Books of the Year’ – TLS writers choose their favourites…
Strings of her heart
A cellist is haunted by the history of her instrument By Norma Clarke
Neighbourhood watch
Frank Auerbach and his visions of north London By Rod Mengham
Who is the real puppet?
A spectacular production of Offenbach’s opéra fantastique By Paul Griffiths
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