FROM THE MAGAZINE

May 2022

High Life

The books that made me who I am

In my teens everything I read in fiction was new and believable

By Taki

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Low Life

The joy of wigs

Everyone – from Thomas Hardy to Vladimir Putin – should try one

By Jeremy Clarke

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London Life

I’m tired of being a good friend

Be warned: friendship is the first casualty of truth

By Cosmo Landesman

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American Life

Six degrees of Batavia

I guess I’m just two degrees removed from Lime Jell-O fruit salad

By Bill Kauffman

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Prejudices

The march of the ‘experts’

Failing to recognize the difference between learning and practical experience

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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