Apocalypse now in New York
I told myself I wouldn’t be as shocked and disappointed as I was in 2016. But I was. Also this…
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Sing Sing is a tender portrait of creativity behind bars
The film stars former inmates playing themselves as they stage a performance on the inside.
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The tough guy crew
Jewish masculinity and the New York Intellectuals.
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Netflix’s Eric is a dark and daring triumph
It sounds absurd, but this series featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, a missing child and a huge furry puppet is the best…
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An audience with media power players in NYC
Also this week: medieval epidemiology, and the scourge of child sex abuse.
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The Reeves doctrine: Labour’s plan for power
She is ready to be Britain’s first female chancellor. But will Rachel Reeves’ caution stifle her creativity?
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Why New York and London are betting on climate budgets
As mayors of two of the world’s largest cities, we believe this powerful tool can help us reach net zero.
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The brutality of ballet
Alice Robb’s Don’t Think Dear reveals how the elite world of dance exerts a terrible physical and mental toll.
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A rat? Dead for a dollar under New York’s tsar
Kathleen Corradi’s targets are “cunning, voracious and prolific”. If the history of real tsars is anything to go by, she…
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At MoMa, I saw an artwork that moved me – made by a machine
Refik Anadol’s Unsupervised is a glorious introduction to art by artificial intelligence. Plus: the rise of cultural Russophobia.
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Fleishman Is in Trouble is a slick but exhausting portrait of New York wealth
This series belongs to a new big-budget genre of TV that attempts to intellectually flatter viewers who can actually afford…
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The New York Times is eating itself
NYT editors have rebuked staff and contributors for critiquing the paper’s coverage of trans issues.
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Edward Hopper’s city of still lives
How the painter stripped New York of its disorder to reveal its inhabitants’ solitude.
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From the NS archive: The rackets of New York
6 December 1930: No one in the city is safe from the blackmailers and extortionists.
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Democrats opt for the tried and true candidates
New York and Florida primaries went well for longtime elected officials and middle-of-the-road prospects.
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New York’s hipster wars
Why the city’s clash of cultures between progressive Brooklyn and transgressive Manhattan marks a new era in American politics.
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Attacks like the Buffalo shooting have become numbingly inevitable
Murder sprees carried out by radicalised men such as Payton Gendron aren’t isolated tragedies.
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Covid overshadows Thanksgiving for pandemic-weary Americans
Families who stayed apart last year are gathering this time, despite the risk of another spike in infections.
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When did New York lose its sense of humour?
From astrology-based Tinder profiles to retail assistants masquerading as whimsical shop spirits, the city that never sleeps no longer has…
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