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Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. Once upon a time, long, long ago, Brooklyn…

Legalized suicide is not a matter of mere moral preference, but an attack on central principles of Anglo-American law. Credit: Anthony Stericker/Shutterstock The British are of late more than usually intent on self-destruction. The Labour government of Sir Keir Starmer,…

When fan mail mattered. Credit: Rene Sandoval Jr/Shutterstock Ours is an age in which human interactions often take place through emails and text messages, but I remain attached to the tried-and-true technique of putting pen to paper—or, at least, fingers…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jon Fosse’s “Septology,” the seven-novel sequence about art and God that helped win its author last year’s Nobel Prize in Literature, stars two men and a dog. The men are both…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Like many Internet users, I love nothing more than animal content. In the decade or so since I’ve joined Instagram, I’ve probably spent dozens of hours liking and commenting on posts…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In the early, terrifying days of the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, many hospitals required pregnant women to labor while wearing a mask, or to give birth without partners or…

The Fighting Irish haven’t been this close to glory in over a decade, the Lions ever. Credit: Blake Wilson Photography/Shutterstock I keep waiting for the Detroit Lions to lose a football game. They should have lost Thursday. Green Bay had…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I love how much we humans enjoy looking back at what we recently liked and revelling in our ongoing good judgment. (A very merry Spotify Wrapped season to you all!) Our…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jane BuaBua covers classical music for Goings On. You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it…

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch “The Orchestra Chuck Built.” The New Yorker Documentary View the latest or submit your own film. Chuck Dickerson, the founder and director of the Inner City Youth Orchestra of Los…