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1/11/2021
18 : 4

Maradona, Schubert, Context, Light, Holmes

Your periodic free edition of The Browser, the world's favourite curation newsletter. All That Man Is Ezequiel Zaidenwerg | Baffler | 6th January 2021 Remembering Diego Maradona as myth and
1/9/2021
19 : 24

Zoom With James Crabtree

Dear Friend of The Browser, Just to let you know that our guest for this Sunday's open Zoom conversation will be James Crabtree, long-time Financial Times correspondent, scholar at the Lee Kuan Yew
1/2/2021
20 : 4

Favourites of 2020, Part 6

Your periodic free edition of The Browser. In this issue, we're delighted to announce the start of a new Browser tradition: a weekly cryptic crossword, edited by legendary cruciverbalist Dan Feyer.
12/22/2020
19 : 4

Spies, Russia, Uncle, Supper, Chess

Your occasional free edition of the Browser, the world's favourite curation newsletter. John Brennan On Life In The CIA Tyler Cowen | Conversations | 16th December 2020 Former CIA director
12/17/2020
18 : 24

Friends of Cecily

Horace considered the giraffe an aesthetic monstrosity — an ill-resolved hybrid of leopard and camel. Gibbon mocked the giraffe as "the most useless of quadrupeds". Darwin thought the
12/12/2020
0 : 4

Pride, Grief, France, Paul, Brando

Your occasional free edition of the Browser, the world's favourite curation newsletter. America, The Exceptional? Steve Lagerfeld | Hedgehog Review | 8th December 2020 American exceptionalism is an
12/6/2020
5 : 44

Jung, Utah, Entropy, Engels, Agency

A particle physicist goes to therapy, a dandified communist, and more Jung, Utah, Entropy, Engels, Agency By Uri Bram – 25 Nov 2020 – View online → The Synchronicity Of Pauli And Jung Paul Halpern |
12/6/2020
5 : 44

Stars, Briefs, Apps, Memory, Style

All Stars Jessica Flack & Cade Massey | Aeon | 27th September 2020 How do you build the best sports team? "Hire the best players" is the simple part; individual players' strengths and
6/23/2020
21 : 16

Prints, Plunges, Pomskies, People, Pop

The Print, The Book, The Screen Jörg Colberg | Conscientious | 15th June 2020 Advice to aspiring photographers on understanding the workings of the art market. “Photographs have no meaning on their own
6/21/2020
14 : 26

Wonders of the Week

Wonders we discovered while reading for this week's Browser ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/20/2020
15 : 37

Top Of The Week

A selection from recent editions of The Browser ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/16/2020
21 : 16

Police, News, Trade, Shawn, Worms

On Sheep, Wolves, And Sheepdogs Dave Grossman | PoliceOne | 4th July 2008 Extract from On Combat, by Dave Grossman, police trainer, army veteran, and founder of the Killology Research Group. “If you
6/16/2020
15 : 7

Wonders of the Week

Seven Wonders we discovered while reading for last week's Browser. You deserve to be amazed more than once a week; subscribe today to be fascinated every day. The higher the GDP of a country, the
6/9/2020
17 : 7

Bills, Scale, Thiel, Truths, Tars

How four Americans robbed the Bank of England, why big companies are so good at being big, how Peter Thiel's influence exceeds his wealth, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
6/2/2020
21 : 6

China, Friston, Trauma, Riot, Chelsea

A Gunfight With China TS Allen | Strategy Bridge | 2nd June 2020 How China thinks about conflict. Not as the West imagines. China is “more powerful and aggressive than at any time since Mao died in
6/1/2020
21 : 7

Games, Guides, Scandals, Christo, Russia

Wargaming In A Pandemic Thomas Gordon | War On The Rocks | 1st June 2020 Much to think about here. Wargaming works better when forced into remote mode by a pandemic. The US Marine Corps' Staff
5/27/2020
17 : 7

Art, Blossoms, Chess, Spanish, Vinaigrette

On Raphael, sakura, Magnus Carlsen, bilingual brains and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌
5/21/2020
21 : 6

Heaven, Drugs, Foxes, Dizzy, Romer

What Kind Of Country Do We Want? Marilynne Robinson | New York Review Of Books | 21st May 2020 Breathe deeply before reading. Shed a tear afterwards. A great writer's recalibration of American life
5/11/2020
21 : 16

Bangs, Dogs, Aztecs, McKinley, Boaz

An Interview With Kraftwerk Lester Bangs | Big Shot | 30th January 2014 In memory of Florian Schneider; a classic 1975 glimpse of Kraftwerk. “In the beginning was feedback: the machines speaking on
5/1/2020
21 : 6

Power, Poetry, Games, Markets, Jewels

The Politics Of Information Henry Farrell & Sophie Roell | Five Books | 1st May 2020 Interview. Interesting throughout. Farrell argues that political scientists should know and care more about the