Saturday 10 October 2020

Trees Are Time Machines

Arborists are planting trees today that must survive decades of global warming. The health, comfort, and happiness of city dwellers hang in the balance.




The Anti-Social Novelist


A celebrated chronicler of human suffering, John Steinbeck could not abide other people.




China is Paving its 'Belt and Road' to British Columbia

Massive warehouse facility under construction in Surrey underscores China’s intention to make Canada a ‘belt and road’ country.




Covid Has Not ‘Overwhelmed’ French Hospitals

 Yet.



Climbing's Little Helper

Several near deaths on the world’s highest peaks have shed light on a dangerous trend in mountaineering: rampant use of performance-enhancing drugs, particularly the powerful steroid dexamethasone. How dope is corrupting the game.



Friday 9 October 2020

Joyce Carol Oates on the Book (and the Person) That Made Her a Writer

In conversation with Linn Ullmann on the How to Proceed podcast.




The Chinese Gutting of America

From Mickey Mouse to Mickey Mao-se.



Country Mouse, City Mouse

 A fable for our time.



Forget What Gender Activists Tell You.

 Here’s what medical transition looks like.




The Deep Anthropocene

A revolution in archaeology has exposed the extraordinary extent of human influence over our planet’s past and its future.




He Painted It Black

 Goya: A portrait of the artist.



‘I Was Unprepared’: Louise Glück on Poetry, Aging and a Surprise Nobel Prize


“It seemed to be extremely unlikely that I would ever have this particular event to deal with in my life.”