Overlooked No More: Otto Lucas, ‘God in the Hat World’
His designs made it onto the covers of fashion magazines and onto the heads of celebrities like Greta Garbo. His…
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At Euro 2024, a Very England Fight Misses the Point
A back and forth over the pundit’s one-word analysis of his country’s performances rests on a misconception about the media’s…
A Migrant Family Survives Shelter Evictions With the Help of a School
Schools ground migrant children and their families when everything else — the language, the city, the culture, the people —…
Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Sleeping Outdoors in Homelessness Case
In a case likely to have broad ramifications throughout the West, the court found an Oregon city’s penalties did not…
This Debate, We Could Hear Biden Speak. There His Troubles Began.
The CNN presidential debate kept the volume down, for a change. That didn’t make it more intelligible.
What the Impressionist Painter Camille Pissarro Saw in London
A writer used Camille Pissarro’s paintings of suburban London and a ‘lost’ railway as a lens for exploring the city’s…
Princess Anne Returns Home From the Hospital
Anne, the younger sister of King Charles III, suffered a concussion and other injuries in an accident at her country…
She Wants to Save the Arts in Britain (if She Can Get Elected)
The Labour lawmaker Thangam Debbonaire has a plan to turn Britain’s ailing cultural sector around. Will she get to implement…
Wife’s Ex-Boyfriend and Fear of Poverty at Center of Menendez’s Defense
Senator Robert Menendez’s lawyers are expected to call witnesses who will describe his childhood and the rocky start to his…
Middle East Crisis: Economic Collapse Looms in West Bank, Imperiling Hopes for Gaza’s Future
Israel has dealt blow after financial blow to the Palestinian Authority, alarming the United States, which wants it to have…