New York
You talkin’ to me? Fuhgeddaboudit!
E. J. White’s book on the history of New York English is not the first on the subject, but it goes a long way in explaining the evolution of the city’s unique linguistics
Excl: New York Democratic Assemblyman says ‘Cuomo must share blame with Trump’ for pandemic response
New York’s first Korean-American Assemblyman Ron Kim faces the wrath of the Cuomo administration after he unveiled a cover up of the state’s Covid-19 care home deaths
Letter from Washington: Cities need conservatives
…and conservatives need cities
Get woke, go broke: when cancel culture backfires
The attempted cancellation of James Levine came at a high price for New York’s Metropolitan Opera.
Met with disappointment: a quiet season for postmodern New York
Manhattan’s cultural landscape faces more tough times ahead with the cancellation of the Met’s 2020/2021 season
Start spreadin’ the news
New York will be poorer, cheaper and more violent for the foreseeable future
The ecstasy and the agony
Paul du Quenoy reviews The Club King, Peter Gatien’s memoir of New York nightlife
American Tolstoy
Time to proclaim the greatness of Herman Wouk, once feted for the sweep of his historical novels
A brilliant life of ideas, insight and politics
Gertrude Himmelfarb: an intellectual giant who believed history could save us
High old time
Lisa Hilton finds Jason Atherton’s City eyrie flirty, sexy and a little bit louche
Why George Galloway is voting Conservative
The Leader of the All for Unity party says that tactical voting may succeed in destroying Nicola Sturgeon where the Salmond Inquiry has so far failed
Faith in the voters
Boris’s secret is not treating the electorate like depressing raw material
The thinning khaki line
What does the defence command paper reveal about Britain’s priorities for its armed forces?
Culture club
A cherished hub of post-colonial Indian life in London is under threat of closure
Steven Spurrier: A class act of the wine world
Steven Spurrier, a British wine expert and a fixture at all London tastings, died this week at the age of 79
Moving beyond the text
La Clemenza di Tito, Geneva
Perceptive, witty and sure of himself
Beyond the embellishments of Alan Duncan’s private diaries lies a body of work making serious points about the role of parliament
The redemption we need
After a national Lent that has lasted a year, we can smell the blossom of hope
The House of Lords
The Rump Parliament had the right idea in 1649 when it closed down the upper chamber as “useless”
Dr. WHO’s new assistant
The WHO is increasingly interested in Melinda’s view of the world