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books

The Charge Sheet Against Rule Britannia

Colin Grant The Guardian
In this ambitious sequel to Empireland, the journalist travels far and wide to examine the legacy of British imperialism, piecing together an important rebuttal of revisionist narratives

food

Why Egg Prices Cause So Much Angst

Stacey Smith Bloomberg
Egg prices were up 28% in last month’s price report.Typically, when the price of something rises by as much as eggs have this past year, people will buy less of it.That’s not the case with eggs. Demand for eggs is relatively inelastic.

food

The Surprising Story of How Peaches Became an Icon of the U.S. Southeast

Meghan Bartels Scientific American
New research argues that after peaches were introduced by Europeans, they spread across the eastern U.S. with the help of Indigenous peoples who structured the ecology and the land to be appropriate for peaches to grow and they tended the plants.

film

‘Blitz’ Review: Love in the Ruins

Alissa Wilkinson The New York Times
McQueen makes a point of integrating into the film what is rarely seen in movies of this sort: a sharp depiction of racism among Londoners, the enraging sort that has so calcified it still surfaces when people are just trying to survive.

books

The Original Axis of Evil

Samantha Power The New York Times
This review is 20 years old, but it is nevertheless especially relevant to the United States at this political moment.

poetry

Whosoever

Elizabeth Scanlon Whosoever Whole
Poet Elizabeth Scanlon asks "what is this a culture of," and finds the usual answers wanting, leaving it up to the rest of us to make better choices.
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