The Great Smartphone War
A look at the years-long legal battles between Apple and Samsung.
Cuba: Fidel Castro’s Record of Repression
Some perhaps interesting context comes from a Human Rights Watch analysis of Fidel Castro’s regime.
Tim Kaine’s Radical Optimism
Tim Kaine, the first major elected politician outside Illinois to endorse Barack Obama in 2008, finds himself on the ticket eight years later.
The Turkish Coup Through The Eyes of Its Plotters
A gripping real-time view of the Turkish coup attempt gathered from transcripts of a WhatsApp group created by conspirators to coordinate their efforts.
The Big Gamble
Betting shops are ubiquitous on Britain’s high streets. They can be very dangerous places to work.
How Rudy Giuliani Turned Into Trump’s Clown
Jeffrey Toobin’s profile of Rudy Giuliani is full of political insight, but also contains a healthy dose of revealing anecdotes – such as those about life at Giuliani’s favourite cigar club, complete with Alec Baldwin’s description of “Republican Manhattan”.
The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow
An often surreal peek inside the highly successful world of Goop. Gwyneth Paltrow started the business in her kitchen as an aspirational newsletter focusing on fashion and food, but it has now become a ‘wellness’ behemoth, offering a dizzying array of products and services. http://bit.ly/nyt-goop
The Marvelous Automata of Antiquity
A piece looking at mechanical automata and their owners, from Mark Anthony to Anne Boleyn – evidence perhaps of humanity’s enduring interest in artificial intelligence and robotics.
Hugh Cudlipp Lecture 2018: James Harding
The former Director of BBC News and Editor of The Times asserts in this lecture that technology is damaging democracy. The piece is elevated from the multitude of others with a similar theme by its superior writing, wry humour, and effective deployment of numerous case studies from this time of “democratic recession”.