2005 Saab sedan. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. Licensed under CC by 3.0. I learned to drive in the parking lot of what was then an A&P supermarket, which marked the exit to the house my family owned at the time, on the edge of the bay and across from the small harbour. The idea was … [Read more…]
Film stills from Die Macht der Gefühle (The power of emotion), final sequence: “Undoing of a crime by means of cooperation,” 1983. All images courtesy of Alexander Kluge. ARRIVAL OF SUNDAY’S CHILD Things went on until three in the morning. The child, arriving in the world at 11:55 P.M., bathed, photographed, placed in the young … [Read more…]
Iran is scheduled to begin its World Cup campaign against New Zealand on June 15 in Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES — With the World Cup starting in three months, Iranian officials say the team will not take part in the event. Iran’s Sports Minister says his country will not be able to take part in … [Read more…]
Scottie Scheffler tees off on the 17th hole in the second round of the Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass in Ponte Vedra Beach on Friday March 14, 2025. Scheffler is the only back-to-back winner of The Players. The smallest field in The Players Championship history will pit the iconic TPC Sawgrass against the PGA Tour’s … [Read more…]
Every month, we search dozens of soon-to-be-published books, to get great ideas and writing for Overview’site. Often we are surprised by certain paragraphs or sentences from the kitchen that pile up on our counters and spill onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, in return, we might … [Read more…]
MILAN — Luxury e-tailer Mytheresa is getting into the celebrity-fronted campaign game. As part of its covert efforts to maintain momentum and boost its menswear division amid a troubled e-commerce landscape, the fashion platform launched a special spring ad campaign fronted by British actor Max Parker. Best known for her role in the bizarre Netflix … [Read more…]
My Hip Labrum Recovery Story: From Chronic Pain to Running Again, By Renee Lochridge Five years ago, I suffered a torn hip labral while taking a yoga class. The pain was intense, but through conservative treatment and specialized physical therapy, I made a full recovery without needing surgery. For years, I lived without pain—until a … [Read more…]
It’s not unusual for figure skaters to withdraw from worlds in an Olympic year, especially after competing in the high-pressure environment of the Winter Olympics. WASHINGTON — Olympic figure skating champion Alysa Liu has withdrawn from the world championships later this month, an unsurprising move for the reigning champion after she won the first Winter … [Read more…]
March 5, 2026; Denver, Colorado, USA; Denver Nuggets center Nikola Jokic (15) controls the ball as Los Angeles Lakers center Jaxson Hayes (11) guards in the first quarter at Ball Arena. Mandatory Credit: Isaiah J. Downing-Imagne Image Nikola Jokic had 28 points, 13 assists and 12 rebounds to overcome nine turnovers, and the host Denver … [Read more…]
Photograph by Alex Andriesse. I used to live in a bungalow in Shattuckville, Massachusetts. It was a ramshackle bungalow, built during the Great Depression and renovated, desultorily, by hippies—the floorboards were stoppered with wine corks; a torn flannel shirt plugged a hole in the wall—and Shattuckville was a ramshackle town. Strictly speaking, it wasn’t a … [Read more…]