A list of good reads
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) laments the return of the ‘worst’ kind of sandwich—the wrap!
- Financial Times (splainer gift link) takes a peek inside a British lab building a ‘biological computer’.
- New York Times (splainer gift link) offers an interactive look at illustrator Christopher Niemann confronting his fears about AI art.
- The Guardian breaks down why ‘gravity-defying boobs’—signifying luxury and arrogance—are making a comeback.
- BBC News profiles Vijay Kumar, a chef who has defied the odds to win the food Oscar for New York and taken Tamil cuisine global.
- Mongabay reports on the year-long recovery of a heat stroke survivor in Delhi—and how it has left him with rare neurological side-effects.
- Salwa Halloway in Aeon does a deep dive into the Sierra Leonean origins of goombay in order to establish the role music plays in fusing together vast diasporas.
- Scroll heads to Namma Bengaluru to explore how a play from over 2,000 years ago has found a new voice in the world’s oldest surviving dramatic tradition. You can also check out the brilliant The Heritage Lab piece on the ancient play, over at the Advisory, our weekend edition of all things delightful.
- 007 is entering a new directorial era with Denis Villeneuve, of ‘Dune’ and ‘Arrival’ fame. Owen Gleiberman in Variety says Villeneuve has the chance to bring back a long-lost quality to the franchise—danger. Meanwhile, Benjamin Svetkey in Hollywood Reporter asks if he’s even the right man for the job.
- The Conversation traces how Anna Wintour changed fashion during her 37-year tenure as editor-in-chief of Vogue—featuring celebrities, blue jeans and couture.
