Watch: Attenborough polar ship visits world’s biggest iceberg At a glance The UK’s polar ship has sailed alongside the world’s biggest iceberg The frozen block, A23a, covers more than twice the area of London A drone was put up to capture unique footage of the behemoth Water samples were taken to study the berg’s ecosystem…
Culture / Books & the Arts / December 4, 2023 History According to Ridley Scott Ultimately what we learn in Napoleon says far more about the director than it does about Napoleon. Mike Duncan Ad Policy Joaquin Phoenix in Napoleon. (Apple TV+ / Columbia Pictures) Ridley Scott could not have picked a more exciting period…
Andrea Arroyo Ceasefire in the Middle East has led to the release of hostages and allowed aid to reach Gaza civilians, who suffered from Israeli bombardment’s supply shortages. The post Humanitarian Aid appeared first on The Nation.
2 hours ago About sharing Watch: Video ‘shows armed police approach Paris suspect’ By George Wright BBC News The mother of a man suspected of stabbing a German tourist to death near the Eiffel Tower in Paris reported concerns about her son weeks before the attack, a prosecutor has said. Two others, including a British…
Poems / December 4, 2023 The Caribou Chessy Normile Ad Policy Originally, the zoo was built to remind us of our separation from nature. There was no animal in the cage, just earth. This reminds me of Tony’s mom’s suburban lawn in Madison, Wisconsin overflowing withnative prairie grassand signs from the city that read “I…
Books & the Arts / December 4, 2023 Ghosts of the Past The cinema of ordinary fascism. Steve McQueen and Jonathan Glazer Confront the Holocaust In Zones of Interest and Occupied City, the two filmmakers attempt to depict the ordinary fascism and everyday violence of World War II. J. Hoberman Ad Policy Illustration by Lily…
Feature / December 4, 2023 An Urgent Witness, Not a Passive Bystander, to Climate Catastrophe Conversations with Jane Hirshfield, poet of the present moment. Wen Stephenson (Michael Lionstar) This article appears in the December 11/18, 2023 issue, with the headline “While this everywhere crying.” At first there was more to eat, then suddenly less.—“Aubade Now…
Feature / December 4, 2023 What Made the Lights Go Out in Moore County? As a drag show was taking place in the North Carolina region, an attack on the electrical grid shut the power down. Laura Flanders This article appears in the December 11/18, 2023 issue, with the headline “The Night the Lights Went…
Politics Today 5:00 am This Ohio Turf War Is the Latest Sign That the Anti-Abortion Movement Is in Disarray This Ohio Turf War Is the Latest Sign That the Anti-Abortion Movement Is in Disarray A losing streak at the ballot box is prompting top anti-choice activists to trot out a variety of anti-democratic schemes to…
The 130kg bomb got caught in a fisherman’s net and had to be detonated by the Danish Navy.