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Nov 15, 2024 | thespectator.com | Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding |Nicholas Farrell

Democracy won, apparently. More than 73 million people voted for Donald J. Trump, who won 312 Electoral College votes and the popular vote, making him the 45th and 47th president of the United States. In the end, it wasn’t particularly close, and the exit polls from the night paint a pretty bleak picture for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.

Nov 15, 2024 | thespectator.com | Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding |Nicholas Farrell

Democracy won, apparently. More than 73 million people voted for Donald J. Trump, who won 312 Electoral College votes and the popular vote, making him the 45th and 47th president of the United States. In the end, it wasn’t particularly close, and the exit polls from the night paint a pretty bleak picture for Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic Party.

Nov 14, 2024 | thespectator.com | Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding |Nicholas Farrell

One of Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign ads was aimed at Jewish voters. Three stereotypical New York bubbes are kvetching about the state of the world. “Israel’s under attack. Antisemitism like I never thought I would see.” One says: “Oy vey… You know Trump I never cared for, but at least he will keep us safe.” This was a canny appeal, recognizing that many American Jews were traditionally Democrats and would have to hold their noses to vote for Trump.

Oct 22, 2024 | thespectator.com | Amy Everett |Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding

Asked how best to get to know new cultures, travel luminary Anthony Bourdain once said: “Drink heavily with locals whenever possible.”This series is about getting pickled with people far cooler than I am, wherever I’ve washed up. Fast-paced, cacophonous, always surprising; if Mumbai is the hub of India’s creative scene, Soho House Mumbai is the home of its creative set.

Dec 31, 2023 | thespectator.com | Charles Moore |Paul Wood |LifeMy attempt |Catriona Olding

When T.S. Eliot published “The Waste Land” in 1922, it was seen as a masterpiece of modernism. It was, but it was also a work steeped in cultural tradition. This was made apparent in the “Notes on The Waste Land” with which Eliot supplemented his poem. In them, he glossed its literary echoes — the Upanishads, Dante, Chaucer, Mallory, Shakespeare, etc. Another master of the modern who came to his greatest flourishing between the world wars was P.G. Wodehouse.