January 20, 2024
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BAD SPORTS

The Ivy League has been willing to take strong stands on the issues of the day. But when Jewish athletes asked the schools to condemn anti-Semitism, they were met with silence, reports Johanna Berkman …

CAPITAL CRIMES

Why did Netanyahu disband Israel’s elite anti-terror-financing task force when it knew Hamas was being sent hundreds of millions of dollars with which to build tunnels and buy rockets? Jennifer Gould follows the money …

POST MORTEM

John Arlidge reveals how a TV drama forced politicians to focus on the Post Office scandal rocking Britain, in which hundreds of innocent people were accused of crimes they didn’t commit …

BUCKING BRANCO

Gabriel Attal, France’s newly crowned—and youngest ever—prime minister, has a bone to pick with Juan Branco, his private-school nemesis, who outed him as gay. Alexandra Marshall surveys the squabbling …

GOING VIRAL

Donald McNeil Jr. was chief coronavirus reporter at The New York Times before he was forced to resign from the paper when he used the n-word in response to a question from a young person. He spills what happened then, and has since, to Nicholas Clairmont …

KEEPING MUM

Jennifer Aniston never wanted to become the poster child for childless women. In an excerpt from her forthcoming book, Sarah Ditum explains how America made her one anyway …

Seeing Double

Jeremy King’s Le Caprice was once a hub for London’s luminaries. Now King is reopening under the original roof—while businessman Richard Caring is using the Le Caprice name for a restaurant of his own …

BUT, WAIT, THERE’S MORE!

Bradley Cooper’s feelings are hurt … Tangier is the new Marrakech … the man behind Top Boy … Are Gen Z–ers revolutionizing the workplace, or are they just lazy? … true-crime podcasts are all the rage, but victims’ families have had enough … the inside story of the Bee Gees … Masters of the Air’s brightest star … a ridiculously comfortable bed that comes with stereo speakers … Vote in this week’s Attention-Whore Index Poll! …

But First …
Issue No. 236

The View from Here Since 2020, the Ivy League has used its prominence—and free ESPN spots—to stand against various forms of discrimination. But on anti-Semitism, it has been conspicuously silent

By Johanna Berkman
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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook
The Fog of War

Dollar Diplomacy Israel and the U.S. had a plan to cut off funding to Hamas, but they chose instead to buy peace by facilitating prosperity for the terrorist organization

By Jennifer Gould
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Crime and Crunching It

A Very British Scandal It was one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history—but it took a TV show to get the government to act

By John Arlidge
Photo Illustration by Chop Choppish Shop
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Air Supply

The Reader’s Digest

As we settle into the quieter pace of winter, take a page from AIR SUPPLY’s book, with our favorite titles and reading accessories, including customizable ex libris stickers and the cashmere blanket to curl up with
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Guest Edit

My Favorite Things The celebrated interior designer and newly minted gallerist showcases her exquisite essentials, from decorative accents to glassware and stationery

By Alyssa Kapito
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Photo: Sandra Semburg (Kapito)
The French Disconnection

Mean Boys France can’t stop talking about its new prime minister, the young and dashing Gabriel Attal. And neither can his high-school bully

By Alexandra Marshall
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Small Talk
“I’m your one call from County Lockup? Ohhhh, Lenny.”
“I’m your one call from County Lockup? Ohhhh, Lenny.”
T.G.I.S.

The Attention-Whore Index Richard Branson is deflecting, the late Queen Elizabeth is kvetching, but can they beat Donald Trump, whose lead in the polls is stretching? Plus, the strangest news from across the globe

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Acting Out

Win by a Nose? Maestro actor and director Bradley Cooper’s hungry Oscar campaign isn’t earning him any fans

By Robbie Collin
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Landing Gear

The Bed That Rocks A $115,000 musical bed with five-star-hotel provenance to put you at the center of the action! A powerful mini–chain saw to help keep your backyard in check! And more …

By Jonathan Margolis
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The Culture Wars

“I Have a History of Getting in Trouble by Speaking My Mind” Donald McNeil Jr. on the lessons of the pandemic—and his own sudden ouster from The New York Times

By Nicholas Clairmont
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Book Excerpt

Beyond the Friends Zone In the 90s, Jennifer Aniston achieved the unimaginable: becoming TV’s top star and ensuring equal pay with her male colleagues. Then she became the poster child for childless women

By Sarah Ditum
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Television

Truth and Consequences The British crime drama Top Boy is among the most discussed shows on Netflix. Why is no one talking about its creator, Ronan Bennett?

By Christa D'Souza
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Best
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The Dining Scene

A Tale of Two Caprices London’s go-to restaurant of the 80s and 90s is about to be revived—twice

By Ashley Baker
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Sounding Off

Taking Offense True-crime podcasts and television shows are booming, and everyone’s profiting—except the victims’ families. Now some are fighting back

By Amelia Tait
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Modern Times

The Slacker Myth Make way for Generation Z—they are bold, unapologetic, and unfazed by workplace hierarchies. Just don’t call them lazy

By Roisin Kelly
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Small Talk
“It’s sad watching his desperate attempts to stay relevant.”
“It’s sad watching his desperate attempts to stay relevant.”
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A Very, Very British Scandal On this week’s podcast: inside the worst miscarriage of justice in the history of the U.K.

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Photography

America According to Ernest Cole A new collection of recently uncovered photographs by the groundbreaking South African artist depicts Black American communities in the 1960s and 1970s

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Posing on the streets of Harlem, as photographed by Ernest Cole.
In Midtown Manhattan.
Top, playing guitar in Chicago; above, a women’s-lib protest in New York.
Outside a record store in Harlem.
Dancing on a sidewalk in Harlem.
Top, musicians perform on a street in Harlem; above, the Harlem photo that inspired the title of Cole’s book, The True America.
Walking in Harlem in the 1960s.
Visiting Times Square.
Harlem scenes.
In Lowndes County, Alabama.
In Atlanta, Georgia.
Walking in Midtown.
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Travel

Morocco’s Next Big Thing Tangier has long been a hub for proverbial black sheep—rock stars, artists, and hippies. But now the port city is drawing in a new crowd of ultra-sophisticated residents

By Christopher Garis
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Books
Victoria Segal On

The Story of The Bee Gees: Children of the World

by Bob Stanley
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Adam Kirsch On

The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon

by Adam Shatz
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Small Talk
“Oh God, here she comes again, insisting she’s helping.”
“Oh God, here she comes again, insisting she’s helping.”
Highlight

Back from the Dead The celebrated Nadia Boulanger’s La Ville Morte surfaces in Athens, then in New York

By Matthew Gurewitsch
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Close-up

Kai Alexander The English actor endured boot camp to play a World War II air-force pilot in Masters of the Air, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg’s new series

By Carolina de Armas
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Small Talk
The Perfect Ending

Charlotte Rey

The artist and half of the design firm Campbell-Rey answers 48 of life’s most pressing questions
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Pip Carter’s Sketchbook
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Drawing with scissors was a technique used by Matisse in his final years. Even when bedbound, he was able to flood his interiors with free-form cutouts of fruits, foliage, acrobats, and swimmers. This piece, inspired by Matisse, is a celebration of the natural world in all its glory.
Drawing with scissors was a technique used by Matisse in his final years. Even when bed-bound, he was able to flood his interiors with free-form cutouts of fruits, foliage, acrobats and swimmers. This piece, inspired by Matisse, is a celebration of the natural world in all its glory.
Drawing with scissors was a technique used by Matisse in his final years. Even when bed-bound, he was able to flood his interiors with free-form cutouts of fruits, foliage, acrobats and swimmers. This piece, inspired by Matisse, is a celebration of the natural world in all its glory.
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