Articles Tagged with #britain
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Video
A Geographical Theory of Westeros
The world of Game of Thrones is heavily based on historical events. Is the geography itself a modified take on the British Isles?
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Video
If the Cuckoo Don’t Crow, Then You Know There’s Wind Coming
A man tells the story of when his mother predicted a hurricane the BBC didn’t.
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Novelists in Restaurants Eating Food
Fallon and Byrne
Continuing our series where we ask novelists to write restaurant reviews that are absolutely not restaurant reviews, the author of the Southern Reach trilogy meets his match in a Dublin brie.
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Our Passions, Our Day Jobs
The Window Cleaner
Dirt is difficult to see on glass. That’s why so many people don’t bother to hire a professional for the job—they just can’t see what’s wrong.
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Surrealpolitik
Spies Like Them
A group of gray-haired representatives from across Europe gather in a central London gentlemen’s club to discuss the United States’ aggressive spying techniques.
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Apocalypso
Very Visible Cities
Giant Chinese pigeons, Scarlett Johansson’s daughter, and deliberately un-green urban living: What to expect from London, Los Angeles, and Moscow in 2040, 2070, and 2100.
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The Sporting Desk
We Are the Resurrection
A reporter spends a season trailing one of London’s most infamous soccer clubs while its soul is rebuilt from scratch. A cautionary tale—for New Yorkers, especially—of super fans, gonzo money, and the doctrine that is “organic football.”
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Letters From London
Home on the Thames
London’s evolution is measured in centuries, not years. But when half of the city’s new abodes go to foreign buyers—frequently as third or fourth homes—who’s steering the design? Assessing Battersea’s return from 30 years in the desert, just in time for a brand new American embassy.
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Other People
Looking Back, Looking Forward
Before the internet, before Facebook, before Twitter, a group of British documentary filmmakers launched what has become the grand-daddy of reality television. What can Seven Up! tell us about our own experiences in the (self-induced) spotlight?
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Gallery
The Setup
Three series where the photographer waits until his subject finds a moment of perfect lighting.
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Letters From London
The City Is Wilder and Kinder Than You Think
Situationist invades Hoxton… Street poems arouse Londoners… Public discourse colored by disfigured Futura… Robert Montgomery’s street poems have something to say to you.
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My Contemporary British TV Detectives
Stay Frosty
From time to time I’ve had fun thrashing Midsomer Murders, because it appears to be filmed on a whites-only agenda—my wife and I have a game...