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NGOs Condemn Meeting with Sanctioned Bulgarian Politician: A Challenge to European Values

Sofia News Agency 

A recent meeting between (co)chairman of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms (DPS), Delyan Peevski, and European ambassadors has sparked strong criticism from five civil organizations in Bulgaria. The Anti-corruption Fund, Bulgarian Institute for Legal Initiatives, Institute for Market Economy, Bulgarian Helsinki Committee, and Foundation "Danaya" jointly issued a press release expressing concern over what they perceive as the legitimization of a politician sanctioned for corruption. The contentious... Читать дальше...

Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: explicit, sapphic and her best work yet - The Telegraph

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  1. Billie Eilish, Hit Me Hard and Soft: explicit, sapphic and her best work yet  The Telegraph
  2. Billie Eilish: Hit Me Hard and Soft review – still the great outlier of American pop  The Guardian
  3. Billie Eilish Releases Highly-Anticipated Third Studio Album 'Hit Me Hard and Soft'  Rolling Stone
  4. Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft album review: miles ahead of the pop pack  Evening Standard
  5. Billie Eilish has all the reason in the world to scream – that's why she whispers... Читать дальше...

Let’s Pump Up The Sion James Foundation!

Duke Basketball Report 

DALLAS, TX - FEBRUARY 01: Tulane Green Wave guard Sion James (1) looks to pass the ball during the game between SMU and Tulane of February 1, 2024 at Moody Coliseum in Dallas, TX. | Photo by George Walker/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

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Baak 54 Apartments / Arons & Gelauff architecten

Archdaily.com 

Combining apartments with a care home in IJburg. It all proved possible on an impossible triangular plot. The project location is a long, triangular plot of land that the client, De Alliantie, was eager to develop. The site is part of the Haveneiland area in IJburg. The urban plan features compact blocks at the center of the island, which become more open and spacious towards the edges by the water. Part of the project location was designated for Marius Meijboom, a living-and-care home for children and adults with complex disabilities. Читать дальше...

Inside Corteiz’s Frenzied Brooklyn Denim Exchange

GQ.com 

The London streetwear label and its magnetic leader Clint have built a millions-strong cult following across the globe. At the brand’s latest pop-up in New York, hundreds came to catch a glimpse of the tracksuit-peddling folk hero—and take home a free pair of jeans.

Do We Really Need More 'Creators'?

GQ.com 

Gurus like Rick Rubin have taught finance bros, project managers, and influencers to talk about their work in creative, artistic terms. GQ columnist Chris Black reminds us that it’s OK to just be good at what you actually do.

In the Heart of Bahia

The New York Review of Books 

For Americans trying to understand Brazilian history, it may help to think of Brazil’s North as akin to the American South and the Brazilian South as resembling our North. It was in Brazil’s coastal Northeast, more than a century before Jamestown, that the Portuguese established their first permanent settlements. In colonial times a plantation-based monoculture […]

The Best Time of His Life

The New York Review of Books 

Vinson Cunningham’s novel Great Expectations is nominally about the experiences of an Obama campaign staffer but is really a glimpse into the formation of a critical mind.

Let There Be Light

The New York Review of Books 

The new installation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s refurbished European Paintings galleries brings masterpieces of the collection into exhilarating juxtaposition with one another.

Neglecting Beckett

The New York Review of Books 

James Marsh’s biopic Dance First runs into some predictable problems in adapting the life of a writer, especially one as recognizable as Samuel Beckett.

Fanon the Universalist

The New York Review of Books 

Adam Shatz argues in his new biography of Frantz Fanon that the supposed patron saint of political violence was instead a visionary of a radical universalism that rejected racial essentialism and colonialism.

The Workings of the Spirit

The New York Review of Books 

A new history of Christianity traces a thousand-year history of its transformation from an enormous diversity of beliefs and practices to Catholic uniformity.

Mexico’s Politics of Bitterness

The New York Review of Books 

On the eve of Mexico’s presidential elections, Andrés Manuel López Obrador maintains a high approval rating. But his constitutional chicanery and disregard for the law have undermined democracy, and his divisive rhetoric has polarized the country.

Daily Verses: 16

The New York Review of Books 

Today I feel on my tongue the bitternessof being. I feel the anguish enterthrough my feet. The day grows thinas a thread. Already the light is sticky porridge.All the pigs scream. The pigs? The pigsof din and racket, the machines stalkingthe streets, our overheated masters.It triumphs over the weary shellsof my eyelids, the itch of […]

No Comfort

The New York Review of Books 

As we encounter Shakespeare’s tragedies it becomes terrifyingly clear that we are not in a moral universe of comeuppances and rewarded virtues.

Visible and Invisible Worlds

The New York Review of Books 

While our brains do not simply mirror our surroundings, animals—nonhuman and human—are exquisitely embedded, suspended, in nature’s energies.

Meloni’s Cultural Revolution

The New York Review of Books 

For months now an enormous excavating machine has been drilling deep into central Rome beneath Piazza Venezia, at the foot of the looming Victor Emmanuel II National Monument—a white marble pile of steps and columns that is probably the closest we will ever get to experiencing the grandeur of ancient Rome. Also known as the […]

12 Must-Visit Cocktail Bars in London

New York Observer 

Whether you’re looking for an espresso martini, classic cocktail or a more unusual option, these are 12 of the best cocktail bars in London.