Fresh iceberg ruptures in Patagonia raise alarm about global warming
Two new icebergs have broken off from the Grey Glacier in Chile's Patagonia in recent weeks, amid fears such ruptures are becoming more frequent.…
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Theresa May croaks her way to humiliation once again. Will someone please make it stop?
The shoulder is, by common consent, where you want to be touched by the hand of history. One of Theresa May’s many misfortunes is that it has an overwhelming propensity to grab her by the larynx.
For a woman now known for little…
The Fiver | A thundering mid-life crisis | Football
ZIZOU BACK AT THE TOP
In years gone by, Real Madrid would occasionally mine English football for the hottest managerial talent. The former Wellington Town striker Robert Firth, for example, who bossed Los Merengues for a couple…
Trump budget proposal for Social Security shrinks disability insurance, extends wait times –…
President Donald Trump’s new budget proposal would cut Social Security payouts by $84 billion over the next decade while providing fewer resources to explain the changes to recipients.
The cuts come from a variety of changes to how…
Malika Favre’s “Spring to Mind”
The cover of this year’s Spring Style Issue is by Malika Favre, her seventh for the magazine. Favre is a master of form; her images employ a warm, vibrant palette and evince an expert grasp of line and shape. We recently talked…
Bill Hader Kills | The New Yorker
Bill Hader’s mouth and chin were coated with fake blood, so when he pivoted, astonished, he looked like a vampire startled in mid-snack. On this January night, Hader was in character as the hit man Barry Berkman, on “Barry,” the dark comedy…
Virgil Abloh, Menswear’s Biggest Star
At the Tuileries gardens, in Paris, one recent evening, three cameramen trailed Virgil Abloh, the artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, as he surveyed the runway for his Fall/Winter show. He stood in a hangar-like structure that…
Briefly Noted Book Reviews | The New Yorker
The Collected Schizophrenias, by Esmé Weijun Wang (Graywolf). This essay collection explores schizophrenia, “the archetypal disorder of lunacy,” as a sociopolitical, medical, and personal phenomenon. Wang was given a diagnosis of…
The Brexit Endgame: A Visual Guide
Brexit is scheduled to take place on March 29th—but the United Kingdom isn’t ready.March 8, 2019Illustrations by Dan WoodgerHere’s the problem: there isn’t a deal in place to manage the U.K.’s relationship with the twenty-seven countries in…