As Stringer Bell on The Wire, Idris Elba played the thinking man’s drug dealer—an accountant who’s not afraid to kill. In Luther, he plays the thinking man’s detective—an analyst who’s not afraid to put himself in harm’s way, even to the point of
Damn if American TV’s Shrinky-Dink oven can’t produce a single good detective. Many other things we do extremely well in this golden age of the small screen. Novelists with epaulets are signing up to bang out series. David Foster Wallace thought the best writing currently done in
Next month, we are starting a new TMN feature called Crowdsource, and for its first installment, we want your rage. Here Is the Product I Hate and Why We want to know what you feel indeniably, unequivocally hateful about. Think of all the crap polluting the world. What current consumer
FRIDAY’S CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED. THANK YOU FOR PLAYING! SPONSORED CONTEST: TOM MCCARTHY’S C In 2008, Tom McCarthy’s little-known novel Remainder battled to the final match of our Tournament of Books and became a house favorite. Since then, it’s been hailed by no less than
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Welcome! We’re very excited to kick off our new TMN Talks series with Radio Lab co-host Jad Abumrad. Email your questions to talk@themorningnews.org. The session is now closed. See below for all your questions and Jad’s responses, and check back soon for another TMN Talk!
The U.S. and the U.K. have much in common, but not postage. A duo account for the mysteries of two very different mail systems.
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To inaugurate a new feature on TMN we’re calling TMN Talks, this Friday we’ll be joined by the great Jad Abumrad, co-host of one of our favorite radio shows, Radio Lab. Jad and the whole Radio Lab staff are kicking off their fifth season this week. The
Girl Talk’s joyful mash of hip-hop, ’80s rock, and many genres in between combines for fresh new hits.
