Inside Hillary Clinton’s Surreal Post-Election Life
A profile resulting from the first major interview with Hillary Clinton since her election defeat in November.
How Tom Wolfe Became Tom Wolfe
The celebrated writer Tom Wolfe died on Monday. Michael Lewis’s 2015 profile went deep into his biography and his writing to tell his story.
The Dictator’s Team
A piece looking at how Syria’s dictatorship has used football to try to win hearts and minds, and the terrible situations players have been put into, even as their national team makes an unlikely bid for World Cup qualification.
Looking For Tom Lehrer, ComedyÕs Mysterious Genius
This piece goes in search of a genius who went to Harvard aged 15, wrote comic songs that were a huge hit and with which he toured the world, then almost entirely vanished from the stage. Talking to People magazine in 1982, as ever he had the best words to describe some of what had changed “Things I once thought were funny are scary – now I often feel like a resident of Pompeii who has been asked for some humorous comments on lava.”
Do your homework
While this piece is nominally a book review, that task is witheringly dispatched in the first sentence. What follows is a nuanced and compelling profile of Theresa May and her relationship with her colleagues in the Conservative Party over many years, starting from university days.
The Danger of President Pence
A piece positing that those who hope for the impeachment of President Trump might be missing some of the consequences.
Enter Left
An in depth profile of Jeremy Corbyn from across the Atlantic. http://www.bit.ly/newyorker-corbyn
Erdogan’s Turkey
A thorough state of the nation piece looking at Turkey as it prepares for a critical referendum, which would allow President Recep Erdogan yet more sweeping powers if the ‘yes’ vote comes out on top.