The Cut - Meet Your Newest Disney Prince

There was once no cooler place in London than Camden, the home of indie rock and punk in the aughts. But fast-forward 15 years from its famed heyday, and in the basement of a new building next to the Hawley Arms — a hallowed British pub rumored to have been Amy Winehouse’s favorite — there’s an indoor, alien-themed amusement park. It’s a space of sensory overload where, on the first hot day of the year, a Disney prince has agreed to meet me.

It’s a Saturday afternoon, and The Little Mermaid’s new Prince Eric, Jonah Hauer-King, bounds round a corner off Camden High Street, smiling as he politely pushes past throngs of tourists. He leans in for a hug, taking off his sunglasses and lifting a dusty-pink cap to reveal his cropped hair — a fairly recent look that’s a far cry from the mousy mop of curls associated with his Disney character.

New York Magazine’s newest cover story asks, “How much is that pretty New York City life in the window?” The answer is not pretty. For the first time, engineers have built a house with concrete that uses nonrecyclable disposable diapers. Dr. Orna Guralnik describes how the language and ideas behind Black Lives Matter and the Me Too movement are changing what she hears from patients in couples therapy. The NAACP issued a travel advisory for Florida this weekend, saying the state has become “openly hostile toward African Americans, people of color and LGBTQ+ individuals.” Venmo is introducing accounts and debit cards for teens. Method acting can get seriously gross — just ask Jude Law. And a big win for child care in Vermont could create a blueprint for other states.

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