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The grand inquisitor of British politics talks about his ‘carpe diem’ attitude since his stroke, and trying to keep politics out of paint
The row over a new biography of Philip Roth has exposed the way agents and estates restrict access and manage archives to maintain a writer’s posthumous good name
The problem of Alzheimer’s: Caregiver exhaustion and a minefield of ethical quandaries As the world's population ages, a new generation will be facing Alzheimer's. A new book delves into the disease's toll and what's needed to quell the effects of the coming wave. (Getty Images) It’s hard to find good news about Alzheimer’s disease. The dementia math has been pitiless for decades, especially as it applies to Alzheimer’s, which accounts for up to three-quarters of dementia cases. All over the developed world, elderly populations continue to grow as percentages of their national total...
Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/magazine/kazuo-ishiguro-klara.html Credit...Jack Davison for The New York Times Sections Kazuo Ishiguro Sees What the Future Is Doing to Us With his new novel, the Nobel Prize-winner reaffirms himself as our most profound observer of human fragility in the technological era. Credit...Jack Davison for The New York Times Listen to This ArticleAudio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, . On a bright, cool Saturday in late October 1983, the growing prospect of th...
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