Trying so hard to set trends for the future, fashion’s institutions can’t stop stumbling over the past (and the present).
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Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch
In fraught games of power politics, sometimes the best revenge is not being exiled to die alone on an island in the South Atlantic.
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The Urban Crisis of Affluence
An investment property is not a home. Neither are cities where most people can’t afford to live.
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A Rich Awakening
The only way to get wealth equality is for the rich to give up their power, but how do you get them to do that?
Posted inBusiness, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
England Is a Giant Russian Money Washing Machine
Russian money is parked in English real estate and other assets, but is it too late to purge its influence on Britain?
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The Story of Country Music’s Great Songwriting Duo
Before they released “Wichita Lineman,” the greatest unfinished song of all time, Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb lived surprisingly parallel lives.
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Dispatch from Puerto Nowhere
Robert Lopez examines what it means to be an assimilated American from Puerto Rico, and what was gained and lost in the process.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Current Events, Story, Uncategorized
Tax the Rich
In this economy, what’s a fair share?
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‘I Spent Two Years Researching Before I Wrote a Single Line’: Geeking Out With Marlon James
Man Booker winner Marlon James immersed himself in African myths and history, so he could use that world as a springboard for a new fantasy series.
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On Truth and Lying in the Extra German Sense
What’s the German word for “the world’s most forthright people have deceit in their DNA”?
