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Listen with: Click Here: large kanken backpack iTunes WNYC Stitcher TuneIn When Mohamedou Salahi arrived at the Guantánamo Bay detention camp, in August of 2002, he was hopeful. He knew why he had been detained: he had crossed paths with Al Qaeda operatives, and his cousin had once called him from Osama bin Laden’s phone. […]

With Congress in recess and the Democratic debates on hiatus until September—when the 2020 Presidential campaign will kick into high gear—this seems like a good point to take stock of where things stand politically. After all, the past few months have seen a series of major happenings, including the long-awaited publication of the Mueller report; […]

Share 2nd Aug 2019 Even with Instagram trialling taking away the visible “likes” function (it’s currently running a test with its Australian users among a number of other countries), the “follower” and “following” counts on the social media platform are still highly important, visible metrics about each social media account.  Overnight, the Duke and Duchess […]

Boarding at 5:35 a.m., the business traveller knows she is among her peers. She joins the calm procession of solo professionals filing onto the plane, a “shuttle.” Dressed to take meetings two hours post-landing, in a sharp collar and shiny heels, she, like her fellow-passengers, is a portrait of an earlier, more glamorous era of […]

The relationship between fashion and hospitality is at first not an obvious one, however fashion designers have left their mark on luxury hotels all over the world for some time now. You may not know it, but fashion brand Salvatore Ferragamo has seven designer hotels across Italy as part of the Lungarno Collection; while Bulgari […]

Leo23 July-23 AugustA new dawn, a new day and a new life sees you feeling good this month. A mind and body makeover could bring love your way or change the ground rules of a current relationship. Being on the same page with finances may also be strangely stimulating now, so discussing the practicalities of […]

Last month, amid a rapid-fire escalation in tensions between Washington and Tehran, the Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, received an unexpected invitation—to meet President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. The diplomatic overture was made by Senator Rand Paul, the Kentucky Republican, during a meeting with Zarif in New York on July 15th, according […]

I don’t understand the point of garden visits. Why do ordinary people, the owners of mere balconies and tiny yards, torment themselves by touring other people’s grand estates? Nut trees, stables, ancestral compost heaps: I need no reminder of what I am missing. So, unlike virtually every other gardener in Britain, I had no intention […]

Share 2nd Aug 2019 Louisa Ballou’s swimsuits are made for Instagram. So it’s no wonder they have caught the eye of Bella Hadid, who posted a picture of her wearing Ballou’s (now sold-out) tropical-inspired one-piece on holiday in Mykonos this week, after being introduced to the brand via PR friend Fanny Bourdette-Donon. “I woke up […]

Share 2nd Aug 2019 It’s midweek, mid-afternoon and you’ve hit a slump. How many of us have googled, ‘food to boost your mood’, before reaching for the sugar-rush anyway?  Nutritional therapists and dietitians have long been advocating the link between mental health and diet, and there’s an ever-increasing amount of research in the area. So, […]