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“Succession” (airing Sundays, on HBO) opens with the billionaire media mogul Logan Roy (Brian Cox) rumbling out of bed in the pre-dawn hours of his eightieth birthday. Groping in the dark and moving through a stupor, he pees on the…
When “Nailed It!,” a half-hour baking-competition show, débuted on Netflix, back in March, I binged all six episodes in one jubilant couch session. Last week, recognizing the early warning signs of a round of existential malaise, I parked myself in…
The investigative-journalism podcast “In the Dark” would be impressive in any era, but it feels especially welcome in 2018. The show, which is produced by APM Reports, in St. Paul, Minnesota, and hosted by the series’ lead reporter, Madeleine Baran,…
Despite their consistent European success, Zidane’s long-term future continued to be the subject of speculation during a disappointing LaLiga campaign which saw Real struggle to finish third, some 17 points behind their bitter rivals Barcelona. Following the shock announcement, attention…
Tyrone assistant manager Gavin Devlin has fired back at Sean Cavanagh’s recent criticism of Mickey Harte, claiming a “great captain” would have aired their grievances while still playing and not from the comfort of the RTÉ studio. In the days…
Last Sunday, the New Yorker, which is practically synonymous with careful, sober-minded reportage in the United States, tweeted out this: The linked piece, originally written last year by Robin Wright, quoted no political scientists or experts on civil wars. Instead,…
