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This week — Keir Starmer, big cat ownership in America, William Hogarth, and Venezuela's cryptocurrency.
If you only read one thing — The New Yorker on Houdini is worth the time.
In addition - Clippings this week include the design newsletter Swiss Miss, and a gallery of striking images found on Google's Street View.
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Harry Houdini and the Art of Escape | The New Yorker | Life
A profile of the most famous magician of them all.
bit.ly/ny-houdini
Keir Starmer: The sensible radical | New Statesman | Politics
A profile of Kier Starmer and his journey from human rights barrister to head of the Crown Prosecution Service, and now to Leader of the Labour Party.
bit.ly/ns-starmer
The Strange and Dangerous World of America’s Big Cat People | Longreads | Life
A look at the extraordinary prevalence of big cat breeding and ownership in the United States, an industry filled with strange stories and unscrupulous characters (warning: for those watching the Netflix documentary Tiger King, spoilers abound).
bit.ly/longreads-tigers
Works in progress – the turbulent tales of William Hogarth | Apollo | Culture
An examination of the work of the great painter and printmaker William Hogarth, a lively chronicler of 18th Century Britain.
bit.ly/apollo-hogarth
The Coder and the Dictator | The New York Times | Politics
The story of a software developer who ended up creating a cryptocurrency for Venezuela, the "petro", but who deeply disagreed with President Nicolás Maduro's policies, and suffered for it.
bit.ly/nyt-petro
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