Congrats!

Say what you want, the dude can write.

Dear Kostya Kimlat, I ask again, what malign effects did Geller have? Whom did he harm? Financially. Physically. Anything.

I'm a huge fan, Kostya Kimlat, so ask respectfully, what exactly is malign about Uri Geller? What or who has he harmed? What, as the lawyers say, are the damages?

A detail that was cut from my story about the Guardian's 'Cotton Capital' series: The British initially went into Africa in search of gold, and found enough to produce a coin christened the guinea -- named for the country where the metal was mined.

The Guardian has produced an unsparing multimedia project on its founders' links to the slave trade. Not everyone is pleased. nytimes.com/2023/07/08/bus…

I recently spent a weekend at the King's guesthouse and as I watch the coronation I keep having this thought: He'd rather be in Transylvania.nytimes.com/2023/05/01/bus…

Fans call it 'The Flick' -- a miraculous
save by goalie Nickie Quaid -- and it marks the moment that Limerick County's hurling team went from long-running joke to incipient dynasty. nytimes.com/2023/04/20/spo…

Israel's public television network, Kan, produces great news, dramas and radio shows, including one of the world's last over-the-air Yiddish programs. It also might be defunded by Netanyahu's right-wing government. nytimes.com/2023/04/15/bus…

As we mourn the passing of jazz great Ahmad Jamal, a startling paragraph from a 1959 Times story about his trip to Cairo, which he visited to invest in real estate -- something the reporter apparently could hardly fathom.

That judicial overhaul now roiling Israel? It's basically brought to you by two (very interesting) dudes from Queens. Who’s Behind the Judicial Overhaul Now Dividing Israel? Two New Yorkers. nytimes.com/2023/03/20/bus…

Not every day that a circuit judge steps down from the bench to defend an inmate, full time and gratis. But Judge Scott Cupp is not a typical judge. To grasp his coming career change, check out the utterly riveting podcast #BoneValley by Gilbert_King. nytimes.com/2023/01/28/bus…