Met Defends Suggestive Painting of Girl After Petition Calls for Its Removal Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share. “Thé
Why are the enigmatic star's mystical songs being constantly re-purposed? Because she is in her own unique, other world, writes Dorian Lynskey – and we all want to be there with her. "Why are people s
Graphic by Marina Kozak; paintings courtesy of Steve Keene The Pitch On the eve of a new book chronicling his career, Steve Keene talks about his friend David Berman, his inspiration from punk, and wh
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1 of 14 This small illustration, sketched in one of Charles Darwin’s notebooks, is commonly referred to now as his ‘Tree of Life’. Drawn around July 1837, after his return from his voyages on HMS Beag
Part of the May 2022 issue of The Highlight , our home for ambitious stories that explain our world. The butterfly’s wings are splayed at an unnatural angle, orange-and-black markings visible to full
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In an age that favors—often demands—the constant reinvention of its pop stars, there is a reassuring familiarity to Florence Welch, front woman of Florence + the Machine. Here she is, a Saturday lunch
My Ten The Florence + the Machine frontwoman reveals what kept her motivated while working on the band’s next album: dancers, “Dracula” and daffodils. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
M id-morning in New Orleans , and outside an Uptown coffee shop, Win Butler is talking of life in his adopted city – the basketball, brass bands, and the poisonous caterpillars of the buck moth that,
By now, Sharon Van Etten can’t quite remember how many times she watched The Sandlot over the pandemic with her five-year-old son. But what she does remember is this: During one particular viewing in
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My husband and I first met Trevor Matthews when he and our son, George, started kindergarten together at St. Bernard’s, a private boys’ school on the Upper East Side. Trevor was perhaps the brightest
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As a child completely obsessed by all things weather related, I first came across the concept of ‘global warming’ while reading a book which contained a chapter entitled ‘Fire or Ice?’. At that time i
Trust Issues The most famous psychology study of all time was a sham. Why can’t we escape the Stanford Prison Experiment? It was late in the evening of August 16th, 1971, and twenty-two-year-old Dougl
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On the morning of August 17, 1971, nine young men in the Palo Alto area received visits from local police officers. While their neighbors looked on, the men were arrested for violating Penal Codes 211
Mark and Delia Owens, in reaction to my article on their conservation work in Zambia, have posted on their website several statements from their supporters that testify to their Albert Schweitzer-like
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According to my closest friends and various suspect Internet sources, turning 29 on January 29, 2017 marked my golden birthday. At the time, I wasn’t sure what that meant, but I had a gut feeling abou
In February 2018, New York Magazine published “Worst Roommate Ever,” which chronicles the ultimate Craigslist nightmare. The article, by William Brennan, is now the basis of a Netflix anthology docuse
In 2017, Anna Sorokin was still conning her way through elite circles—bilking banks, hotels, and associates for more than $200,000—in her alleged quest to build a social club. But Sorokin—who was call
Times Insider The Making of ‘The Trojan Horse Affair’ How a doctor-turned-journalist worked with a veteran audio reporter to create a podcast about a mysterious letter that riveted Britain. Send any f
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Michael Stipe, Another Outsider at the Art Fair The R.E.M. singer-songwriter is parting with works from his collection of Southern artists — but their inspiration lingers on. Send any friend a story A
February 22, 2022, 9:23 am It’s August 1995, and R.E.M. is in a state of collapse. Drummer Bill Berry is in the hospital undergoing brain surgery to treat two aneurysms on the right side of his brain
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A common criticism of pop music today is that it is too dominated by technology. Vocals are smoothed into perfect pitch and drums or synths come from presets, the end result being that too many songs
M itski has been having nightmares. The 31-year-old musician has always suffered from performance-anxiety dreams, but lately they’ve gotten more terrifying, more elaborate. During one in particular, h
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