When Jordan Wood, a progressive running for an open congressional seat in Maine, woke up on Monday morning, his husband looked at him as if someone had just died. No one had. But while he was sleeping, Mr. Wood had missed some jarring news: An official from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had left a…
At this year’s Met Gala, some famous public figures were hidden behind masks, blindfolds, headpieces and makeup that created the illusion of a marble statue or an aging man. You might not know it to look at them, but the night was a celebration of the body. Guests including Colman Domingo, Doja Cat, Janelle Monáe,…
NewsFeed Tens of thousands of partygoers gathered for an illegal “free party” at a military firing range near Bourges, despite warnings about unexploded World War II ordnance. Authorities warned of serious risks, while organisers said the event was attended by 40,000 to protest against proposed laws targeting unregistered raves. Published On 4 May 20264 May…
As Starmer acknowledged, it is balancing act that strikes at the heart of what freedom and democracy is all about – including the right to protest, while addressing the deep hurt, anger and fear the repeated protests cause for many in the Jewish community. Plenty of the Prime Minister’s critics, in opposition parties and beyond,…
The Last Dinner Party marked their two-show run at New York City’s Hammerstein Ballroom with a cover of LCD Soundsystem’s ‘New York, I Love You But You’re Bringing Me Down’. The 2007 classic came as the first of a three-song encore from the English rock outfit, witnessed by the Hammerstein crowd on Saturday (April 25)….
About 150 people gathered in Manhattan on a recent evening for the debut of Steak Zine, a special issue of the food-focused literary journal Cake Zine. The cover, designed to resemble a perfectly marbled cut of beef, was red meat for the people in the crowd, who had paid $20 apiece to pack into Funny…
It wouldn’t be a royal visit without a garden party. That is how King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Monday evening began their weeklong celebration of the great alliance that emerged — eventually — from the American Revolution. The garden in question was the sloping lawn of the British Embassy residence, where 600 or…
Following his party’s crushing defeat in a general election, Hungary’s outgoing prime minister, Viktor Orban, said on Saturday that he would give up his seat in Parliament and focus on rebuilding his battered “patriotic movement.” But after 16 years in power and nearly four decades as leader of Hungary’s once invincible Fidesz party, he indicated…
David Ellison held an event at the at the U.S. Institute of Peace on Thursday in honor of Donald Trump, where the president reportedly spoke to guests for nearly an hour. According to a Friday report by The Times, CBS News executives and journalists were in attendance, including Bari Weiss and Norah O’Donnell. The acting…
Photo: Hippolyte Petit To assemble so many well-heeled Brits and Americans in one room takes a certain kind of pull—and to no one’s surprise, Victoria Beckham has it in spades. On Wednesday evening, a crush of familiar faces gathered on West 13th Street to celebrate a modern new chapter for a hallowed retailer. The milestone?…
