13:00 ‘A producer grabbed me, and I thought, Oh, for God’s sake’: Patricia Hodge on sexual harassment, drugs – and being in her prime at 79 (www.theguardian.com)
12-07 The Trump Administration’s Chaos in the Caribbean - Pete Hegseth’s conduct is a case study in how the government’s growing sense of heedlessness and unaccountability is shaping disastrous policy. (www.newyorker.com)
12-07 Chloé Zhao Has Looked Into the Void - The director of “Hamnet” says that her art has been shaped by her early love of manga, her relationship to the natural world, and her neurodivergence. (www.newyorker.com)
12-07 “Understanding the Science,” by Camille Bordas - Katherine’s phone rang, and, because it was Adrian calling, everyone went quiet, trying to hear the famous actor’s voice. (www.newyorker.com)
12-07 Katy Waldman on Mary McCarthy’s “One Touch of Nature” - A reader trusts the author’s voice instinctively, charmed by its opaline assessments and zinging aperçus. Still, one can quibble. (www.newyorker.com)
12-07 Camille Bordas Reads “Understanding the Science” - The author reads her story from the December 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 Sarah Sherman Is Grosser Than You Think - The comedian is chafing against playing a pretty girl in a wig on “S.N.L.” In her new HBO special, “Sarah Squirm: Live in the Flesh,” the focus is body horror. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 A Holiday Gift Guide: Gear for the Coffee Nerd - Our staff expert recommends a collection of grinders, kettles, and other devices worth poring over. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 Olga Tokarczuk Recommends Visionary Science Fiction - The Nobel-winning author, whose newest book is out this week, discusses work by a few of her favorite writers. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 “The Beast in Me” Is at War with Itself - The thriller series on Netflix, starring Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys, is internally confused—stylish, but uneven—despite its pretensions to real storytelling. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 A Greenlandic Photographer’s Tender Portraits of Daily Life - Inuuteq Storch set out to rediscover Inuit culture that was suppressed by Danish colonizers, by finding its traces in the everyday. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 America’s “Bad Emperor” Problem - Assessing the political implications of the President apparently dozing off in a Cabinet meeting. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 Chloé Zhao on “Hamnet,” Her Film About the Grief of William Shakespeare - The director talks with Michael Schulman about her new film, about the death of Shakespeare’s only son. (www.newyorker.com)
12-06 Adam Schiff on How the Trump Administration Targets Its Opponents - The senator, currently being investigated by the Justice Department, notes that the President can’t stop thinking about him: “I live rent-free in that guy’s head.” (www.newyorker.com)
12-05 Guanyu Xu’s Powerful Photographs of Immigration Limbo - Also: Alvin Ailey’s annual City Center residency, the D.I.Y. virtuoso Jay Som, Alexandra Schwartz’s Shakespeare-movie picks, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
12-05 How “The New Yorker at 100” Got to Netflix - The creators of the documentary, now streaming, on capturing the publication on film, why the magazine’s editing process is like a colonoscopy, and landing Taylor Swift’s O.K. for the soundtrack. (www.newyorker.com)
12-05 Building a State of Fear in “Extremist” - Alexander Molochnikov’s short film reinterprets an act of protest that called attention to the invasion of Ukraine, and led to the imprisonment of Sasha Skochilenko, a young Russian artist, in 2023. (www.newyorker.com)
12-05 The Composer Making a Hip-Hop Musical About Anne Frank - Andrew Fox, the creator of “Slam Frank,” was disillusioned with American theatre. Then a viral debate about white privilege gave him a new sense of purpose. (www.newyorker.com)