Senior Editor @AirMailWeekly / Books: "Strange Angel", "Death: A Life", “The Remarkable Millard Fillmore"/ Writes: @Esquire, @FT, @TheEconomist, etc.
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“All thy unnamable imminglings, float beneath me here.”
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Jun 9
What team should you support at the World Cup? A scientific review.
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The great Ashley Baker delves into a tragic expat tale….
May 16
Joshua Pack had money, status, four children, and a new life in one of London’s toniest enclaves. Then the private-equity star was found dead. airmail.news/sh/z5hjr3?utm_m…
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Spring showers bring thoughts of violence.
May 13
"It is one of the last acceptable totems of manhood." Senior Editor @georgependle on James Smith & Sons, London's Victorian umbrella shop—and the case for carrying one. airmail.news/sh/oahgjO?utm_m…
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"It is one of the last acceptable totems of manhood." Senior Editor @georgependle on James Smith & Sons, London's Victorian umbrella shop—and the case for carrying one. airmail.news/sh/oahgjO?utm_m…
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Apr 24
Without proper training, looking directly at this level of Tatler can cause permanent damage
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In a fascinating piece of buried history, Elaine Sciolino shows how Israel once secretly plotted to arm Iran with nuclear-capable missiles—the very menace Israel and the U.S. now invoke in attacking Tehran’s missile and nuclear programs.
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Mar 20
Trump on Strait of Hormuz: “At a certain point, it’ll open itself.”
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Mar 14
A great story about screenwriting when your writing partner is James Bond….by the brilliantly funny @MElias52
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It’s 1977. You’re a Hollywood screenwriter working on a script with Sean Connery. Are you going to tell him his ideas are bad? airmail.news/sh/XRh6mv?utm_m…
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Mar 10
A trip into institutional insanity.
Mar 9
A whirlwind guide to Washington’s Library of Congress ft.trib.al/f0CEaMv
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Mar 9
A whirlwind guide to Washington’s Library of Congress ft.trib.al/f0CEaMv
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Feb 10
My new favourite Winter Olympic sport: synchronized leaf blowers to dry the ice in the seconds between aerial ski jumps.
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Feb 7
QAnon was right! @joliverconroy puts his finger on an inconvenient truth for both sides of the political spectrum: the Epstein files clearly show that there was a vast pedophile conspiracy involving the most powerful members of the business and political elite. Q should win a Pulitzer Prize for Conspiracy….
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Feb 1
Still staggered to find out that New York is like Vienna in terms of the number of foreign spies operating here, threatening and attacking the city’s residents, and nobody seeming to care, least of all the government.
The great @JM_Beck with all the details.
Jan 31
Secret agents from China, Russia, and Iran are stalking the city’s streets—threatening and attacking foreign-born dissidents and U.S. citizens alike. Trump doesn’t seem to care. @JM_Beck trib.al/bH8gAGw
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Jan 31
Secret agents from China, Russia, and Iran are stalking the city’s streets—threatening and attacking foreign-born dissidents and U.S. citizens alike. Trump doesn’t seem to care. @JM_Beck trib.al/bH8gAGw
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Jan 16
🔴 A group of Spanish carnival performers have paid tribute to Stephen Hawking in what may be the most eccentric homage the physicist has ever received.
‘Una chirigota en teoría’ took to the stage at Cadiz’s carnival group contest with an act built entirely around Hawking’s life.
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Jan 14
Thank you very much to @georgependle for this very generous review of THE PUB
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Jan 3
It’s 1974, you’re a Los Angeles sitcom writer, and you’ve just been asked to hit some balls with notorious fugitive from justice Abbie Hoffman. Where’s your racket? trib.al/vUBymEB
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