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In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children
As a teacher, she would talk about literature with other people’s children. Finally I got the same chance
One evening a week, at Eunji Lee’s tiny Manhattan pâtisserie, Lysée, sweets are appetizer, entrée, and everything else
After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along the city’s most congested boulevard
The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind
In his first substantial conversation with a foreign journalist since being elected, the new Prime Minister promised, “We don’t want to build a power machine.”
On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude
Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led Labour to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory
“We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.”
A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings
Urged by advisers to focus on the domestic agenda, Trump trains his gaze on construction projects around the capital
The article explores the geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz, highlighting the strategic significance of this vital waterway and the implications for global trade and security.