The Most Haunting Music in ‘The Odyssey’ Has Ancient Roots
Since seeing Christopher Nolan’s new adaptation of “The Odyssey” last week, I haven’t been able to get one moment out...
India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters
India’s education minister stepped down on Saturday, in a major victory for a student protest movement whose explosive rise has...
In Pompeii, Tom Hiddleston, ‘Amateur Classicist,’ Sees Lessons for Today
You may know the British actor Tom Hiddleston for his role as Loki, the Norse god of mischief in Marvel...
What We Talk About When We Talk About ‘Love Island’
“Love Island U.S.A.,” which wrapped its eighth season earlier this month, has always been more than a dating show. It’s...
‘Dread Beat an Blood’ Set Black Londoners’ Struggle to a Groove
Early in the 1979 documentary “Dread Beat an Blood,” the 27-year-old poet Linton Kwesi Johnson recites a verse that sketches...
Kenneth Branagh Returns to the Stage Where It All Began
Kenneth Branagh was 23 when he first trod the boards at the Royal Shakespeare Company’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in...
What Geriatric Emergency Departments Do Differently
It had been a rough few months. Cynthia Tompkins was hospitalized in May for osteomyelitis, a bone infection, then spent...
Karl-Anthony Towns Knows the Knicks’ Win Was Bigger Than Basketball
When the New York Knicks acquired Karl-Anthony Towns from the Minnesota Timberwolves in 2024, it was in the hope that...
Saying Farewell to R.E.I.’s Beloved New York City Storefront
Dozens of people stopped at the shrine before sighing and then walking on. One person in a black dress and...
What a Journey Through Wartime Iran Revealed
Before I had even set foot in Iran, the country had begun telling me a version of its modern-day story....
Wildfire Smoke Chokes Skies in Spain and France
Wildfires in France and Spain this past week have blazed toward cities, forced evacuations by land and sea and wreathed...
Inside the Rushed Effort to Get Trump His New Air Force One
President Trump was entranced. It was a few weeks into his second term, and he was on the tarmac of...
Some Attacks and U-Turns, but Ships Sail Red Sea Despite Houthi Blockade
Days after the Iranian-backed Houthi militia announced the blockade of a vital shipping passage through the Red Sea, dozens of...
After Stabbings, a Rise in Jewish Fears and Questions for Mamdani
Moshe Grunhaus was leaving the Jewish Center in Manhattan when he was stabbed in broad daylight on Thursday, rattling a...
Canadian Intern at NATO Military HQ Is Arrested on Suspicion of Spying
The authorities in Belgium said on Saturday that a Canadian intern at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s military headquarters had...
