In a time when the headlines are dominated by wars and a divisive presidential campaign, the magazine-world rivalry between The Atlantic and The New Yorker doesn’t amount to much.So you might have missed it when, on April 2, The Atlantic beat The New Yorker in three big categories ...
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Apple Podcasts | Spotify‘If this person is not even willing to step slightly out of their comfort zone, how can you forge a successful relationship?’Photo Illustration ...
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Male 20-somethings are showing off their messy apartments in a video series that poses the implicit question, “You live like this?”In her new video series, the comedian Rachel Coster explores some of the foulest, most unsightly corners of New York City. No, not the grimy sidewalks of Times ...
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The next class of basketball stars are ready for their close-ups. Finally, fashion is paying attention.When it comes to peacocks, it’s hard to beat male athletes. Their tunnel walks have been painstakingly documented; their fits have dominated the draft day conversations for the N.B.A. and the N.F.L.; their ...
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There was no shortage of celebrities onstage last weekend at the first installment of this year’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Southern California, where Doja Cat, Billie Eilish and even Will Smith performed.Ms. Eilish surprised spectators by joining Lana del Rey for the folk-rock singer’s first ...
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“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?In a TikTok video that has been watched more than 6 million times, Kati Morton, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Santa Monica, Calif., lists signs that she says can be ...
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When my marriage collapsed after 23 years, I was devastated and overwhelmed. I was in my 50s, with two jobs, two teenage daughters, one dog. I didn’t consider dating. I had no time, no emotional energy. But then a year passed. One daughter was off at college, the ...
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Scars can be covered up or airbrushed away, our critic writes. But what is lost when we erase our experiences from our bodies?I am healthy and active, but my legs have lots of scars, including a seven-inch incision from a recent surgery. I am attending an event that ...
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The watchmakers Dominique Renaud and Julien Tixier introduce the first piece from their new brand.Entering the atelier of the watchmaker Julien Tixier in Switzerland’s Vallée de Joux, one must navigate carefully past high benches filled to the brim with equipment such as decades-old lathes, drilling machines, grinders, cutters ...
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While quartz has long been used in timepieces, new models by Chanel and Van Cleef & Arpels show it having a moment.Decorative gems have adorned watches for centuries. But, beyond diamonds and the classic trinity of rubies, emeralds and sapphires, a colorless variety of quartz called rock crystal ...
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This year Watches and Wonders Geneva added a third public day — and here are some of the new timepieces visitors have been seeing.Until last year, the Watches and Wonders Geneva watch fair was closed to the public.Brands, retailers, media and some V.V.I.P. s were granted entry, but ...
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Five collectors pick the vintage watches they would most love to see reissued.In fashion, the next thing is the best thing. But the backbone of the Swiss watch industry is heritage, which explains why vintage reissues make up the bulk of new releases. What’s tried and true becomes ...
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The Timepiece Museum has about 120 clocks of all shapes and sizes on display, out of a total of about 800, with the oldest dating from the 1400s.There are a lot of reasons to visit Matsumoto, a city at the foot of the Japanese Alps in the central ...
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On a bright morning in early March, about 100 people waited patiently outside a grand Edwardian building near Victoria Station, waiting to be the first to enter British Watchmakers’ Day, a fair dedicated entirely to showcasing a few dozen brands based in Britain.Inside, there were displays of timepieces ...
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