Makana Eyre

3 weeks ago | airmail.news | Makana Eyre |Phineas Rueckert

On a drizzly Wednesday in March, Swiss police arrested a man standing alone at a Bitcoin A.T.M. near Geneva Airport, ending a nearly year-long manhunt. Hours earlier, the 61-year-old had reportedly bought a one-way ticket to Dubai. All that was left was to convert a supposedly large crypto-currency ransom he’d wrangled into cash. Then, presumably, he would vanish—leaving behind what federal authorities describe as a campaign of violence that had quietly terrorized Geneva.

1 month ago | airmail.news | Makana Eyre

Once, in a passing chat with the concierge in my Paris apartment building, I learned that a tenant—who had lived in my unit for decades—was a mistress of the great singer and actor Jacques Brel. He called on this woman in the early 1970s at her apartment in northeast Paris, in the old Quartier du Combat, and took her out on the town. Where did they go? The concierge couldn’t say. Once they left the building, they were beyond her realm.

Dec 16, 2023 | pressherald.com | Makana Eyre

When news broke in May 1933 that Nazis had staged book burnings across Germany, the American response was swift and angry. Nearly 200,000 people streamed onto the streets of cities across the country in protest. Authors, some of whose books had been burned, condemned the censorship. President Franklin D.

Dec 15, 2023 | estadao.com.br | Makana Eyre

THE WASHINGTON POST - Quando, em maio de 1933, foi divulgada a notícia de que os nazistas haviam queimado livros em toda a Alemanha, a resposta americana foi rápida e furiosa. Quase 200 mil pessoas saíram às ruas de cidades de todo o país em protesto. Autores, alguns dos quais tiveram seus livros queimados, condenaram a censura. O então presidente Franklin D.

Dec 6, 2023 | washingtonpost.com | Makana Eyre

CommentSaveWhen news broke in May 1933 that Nazis had staged book burnings across Germany, the American response was swift and angry. Nearly 200,000 people streamed onto the streets of cities across the country in protest. Authors, some of whose books had been burned, condemned the censorship. President Franklin D.