Archaeology
DEFENDING THE CANYONLANDS
Rare shields from the American Southwest are a legacy of a turbulent time in Native history
8 min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
AFRICA'S MERCHANT KINGS
The early Christian kingdom of Aksum was at the heart of a great maritime trading network
10+ min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
OFF THE GRID
One of Mexico's most important archaeological sites is hidden in plain view in the Tlalpan borough of southern Mexico City.
2 min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
Rise of the Persian Princes
In their grand capital Persepolis, Achaemenid rulers expressed their vision of a prosperous, multicultural empire
10+ min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
BIG GAME HUNTING
Archaeologists rarely unearth the remains of large predators such as leopards, lions, and bears. But University of Haifa archaeologist Ron Shimelmitz and his colleagues wondered if, by looking at a large number of sites over thousands of years, they could identify evidence showing that ancient people hunted these fearsome creatures.
1 min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
BOG TOGS
A piece of fabric found in a Highland peat bog in the early 1980s has now been determined to be the oldest example of true tartan ever located in Scotland.
1 min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
THE PALACE ON TABLET HILL
At the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu A in present-day Tello, in southern Iraq, In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, French archaeologists excavated tens of thousands of cuneiform tablets there.
1 min |
July/August 2023
Archaeology
A SURPRISE IN SUDAN
Beneath the ruins of the medieval village of Old Dongola, on the Nile in northern Sudan, a team from the University of Warsaw was surprised to find stone blocks that may date to the time of the pharaoh Taharqo (reigned ca.690-664 B.C.).
1 min |
July/August 2023
New York magazine
In Conversation: Curtis 50 Cent Jackson
Every record label once wanted what he had (and was afraid of it). Now all of Hollywood wants it too.
10+ min |
June 05 - 18, 2023
New York magazine
The Simpsons is Good Again
After 34 seasons, 750 episodes, and a decades-long funk, the beloved show innovated its way back to popularity and relevance
10 min |
June 05 - 18, 2023
New York magazine
Drew Barrymore Is Figuring It Out Live
Her radically intimate, extremely strange daytime show has become a sensation—and as much therapy for her as it is for her guests
10+ min |
June 05 - 18, 2023
Time
Next Generation Leaders – U.K. – Florence Pugh – Saving the Movie Star From Extinction
Trendsetters and trailblazers guiding who are the way to a brighter future
8 min |
June 12, 2023
Vanity Fair US
Plaza Suite
Yes, she can play deadpan millennial chaos like nobody else. But Aubrey Plaza has shown all kinds of range on the road from Parks and Recreation to The White Lotus. Now she's in league with both Marvel and Francis Ford Coppola
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
Rags and Riches
Television's über-wealthy communicate their status through looks both flashy and deceptively casual
5 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
The Oligarch's Passport
In 2015, Portugal opened its doors to foreigners whose jewish ancestors had been expelled during the inquisition. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich used his heritage to gain entry to the country and an all-access pass to the eu-exposing deep flaws in a well-intentioned policy
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
An Idol Mind
As The Weeknd, Abel Tesfaye leveraged an auteur-scale vision to become an unlikely megastar. With a seamy Hollywood fantasia of an HBO series on the way, he's realizing his grandest ambition
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
Face FORWARD
The most sought-after facialists deploy a mix of high-tech wizardry and lo-fi creature comforts for their captive audiences
2 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
OBJECT LESSONS
A tribute to the inanimate key players in four major Emmy contenders
2 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
LOST ILLUSIONS
IT WAS A GRIPPING, GROUNDBREAKING LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH SMASH, BUT LOST DEVOLVED INTO SUCH A TOXIC PRODUCTION THAT EVEN CO-SHOWRUNNER DAMON LINDELOF NOW SAYS OF HIS LEADERSHIP: \"I FAILED.\" IN A POWERFUL EXCERPT FROM HER NEW BOOK, MAUREEN RYAN OPENS THE HATCH
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
GREENROOM With a View
I come from a family of TV talking heads. Who am I to break with tradition?
5 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
The Hangover
Billions in losses. Sweeping layoffs and restructuring. A writers strike. Now that the streaming bubble has burst, the TV industry has woken up with an excruciating headache
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
Such a Fun Age
INSIDE THE PLAN TO CONVINCE VOTERS THAT JOE BIDEN CAN HANDLE FOUR MORE YEARS
10+ min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
Bloody HELL!
Succession is actually a farce, not a drama-and just one example of how the British comedy invasion is being televised
5 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
MACHINE DREAMS
The creator of the beloved cult hit Dickinson on how she learned to stop worrying and love AI
5 min |
June 2023
Vanity Fair US
BATTLE HYMN
Long before Ron DeSantis made the regulation of college curricula a stump-speech talking point, WILLIAM F. BUCKLEY JR. launched a conservative crusade to transform universities into bastions of right-wing ideology
10+ min |
June 2023
Time
A documentary not about illness, but about life
If it were up to us to choose the fates of the performers we care about, millions of people would want to wish Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's away
3 min |
May 22 - 29, 2023 (Double Issue)
New York magazine
A Shonda Story
Rhimes made Bridgerton a TV phenomenon but hadn't written its world. Queen Charlotte is all hers.
9 min |
May 8-21, 2023
New York magazine
Jorie Graham – Late Work
How poet Jorie Graham -living with cancer, reeling from her mother's death, and isolated on an islandwrote one of the finest books of her long career.
10+ min |
May 8-21, 2023
Vanity Fair US
Heal Thyself
When Stephanie Tisone met Anthony William, the cult-famous, self-billed clairvoyant known as the Medical Medium, she felt an instant connection. Her belief in his abilities was unwavering. Her life would never be the same
10+ min |
May 2023
Vanity Fair US
Paradise Lost
Once a Pacific Eden, Fiji has become a destination for a highly combustible mix of surf bums, mega-yacht owners, deep-pocketed international developers, and at least one scientist who thinks he can engineer the perfect wave
10+ min |