FROM THE MAGAZINE

September 2022

Place

From Moscow to Kyiv and back again

War and revolution have trailed me like banshees

By Vijai Maheshwari

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Place

A Joycean odyssey

In search of the Irish author’s Swiss resting place

By David Marcus

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High Life

How Monte Carlo went to hell

It’s overbuilt, overcrowded, and straight out of a Hieronymus Bosch painting

By Taki

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Low Life

The power of prayerful washing-up

I’ve failed to cheer myself with strong alcohol, CBD and speed, so I went to the local nuns

By Jeremy Clarke

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London Life

Getting in touch with my inner groupie

Wonder what sort of a sad sack asks for a selfie with someone famous? Answer: me

By Cosmo Landesman

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American Life

The downfall of Niagara Falls

The city, not the waterfall, which remains a source of utter befuddlement

By Bill Kauffman

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Prejudices

Politicians are not ‘just like us’

At least Trump won’t go down in the history books as ‘Don’ or ‘Donnie’

By Chilton Williamson, Jr.

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