Harper´s Pick N°10: February - March 2022

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The February/March 2022 Edition

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Lessons from the Edge: A Memoir

Author: Marie Yovanovitch
Published: Mariner; 15th March 2022

An inspiring and urgent memoir by the ambassador who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power. By the time she became US Ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch had seen her share of corruption, instability, and tragedy in developing countries. But it came as a shock when, in early 2019, she was recalled from her post after a smear campaign by President Trump’s personal attorney and his associates – men operating outside of normal governmental channels, and apparently motivated by personal gain.
photo@HMH Books

The Pain Gap

Author: Anushay Hossain
Published: Simon & Schuster; 26th October 2021

Explore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny. Meticulously researched and deeply reported, this book explores real women’s traumatic experiences with the healthcare system—and empowers everyone to use their experiences to bring about the healthcare revolution women need.
photo@simon&schuster

What My Bones Know

“What My Bones Know is both a testament to the cultural and social embeddedness of trauma and a heroic act of will and curiosity. At turns funny and devastating, terrifying and transcendent, Foo’s quest for understanding should be relevant not just to someone with C-PTSD but to anyone seeking to grow and be present in this one life. What she demonstrates is not a tragedy but the capacity to heal: ourselves and each other, often in the same stroke.”
-Jenny Odell, New Your Times-
photo@penguinandrandomhouse

The Georgians

Author: Penelope J.Corfield
Published: Yale University Press, 25th January 2022
In this wide-ranging history, Penelope J. Corfield explores every aspect of Georgian life—politics and empire, culture and society, love and violence, religion and science, industry and towns. People’s responses at the time were often divided. Pessimists saw loss and decline, while optimists saw improvements and light. Out of such tensions came the Georgian culture of both experiment and resistance. Corfield emphasizes those elements of deep continuity that persisted even within major changes and shows how new developments were challenged if their human consequences proved dire.

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News about Rolls-Royce

When Rolls-Royce recently announced its record-breaking 2021 sales — about 5,600 vehicles sold worldwide — it also revealed a demographic surprise: the average age of its customers is 43 years old.

curious?

If you ever get really bored – don`t try this

A Russian gallery guard got bored and doodled some eyes on Anna Leporskaya´s avant-garde painting. He used a ballpoint pen. The painting is worth $1 Million and is now sent off for restoration When asked, he said: I am a fool, what I have done.

photo@Boris Yeltsin Presidential Center/The Art Newspaper Russia/CNN

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Art Gallery gets evicted

The art dealer Semjon H.N. Semjon is fighting eviction from the gallery in Berlin’s Mitte district that he has occupied for 21 years, with a petition and a legal challenge against his landlord,majority-owned by billionaire art patron and ex-department store owner Nicolas Berggruen.
photo@Ute Essi/artnewspaper

worth reading

Gwynneth Paltrow

The Ruth Asawa sculpture hanging prominently next to Gwyneth Paltrow’s couch in the March issue of Architectural Digest was revealed not to be a Ruth Asawa after all. “Instead, the piece is by D’Lisa Creager, who learned Asawa’s signature wire looping technique at a workshop taught by Aiko Cuneo, one of the artist’s daughters,” ARTnews reported.

photo@Andrea Raffin/Wikipedia

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Luxury Linen

Egyptian cotton and linen are recognised around the globe for their luxurious feel and high thread count. But one Egyptian textile maker, Malaika Linens, is more than just handcrafting fabrics for the wealthy – it is on a mission to help underprivileged women and refugees in Egypt with its sister company, Threads of Hope.
logo@malaikalinen/MTMfair

worth supporting

555-Carat

Much more than a jewel. A treasure from interstellar space. “The Enigma” is an exquisite and extremely rare black diamond formed billions of years ago. The diamond is believed to be the world’s largest cut diamond. It was sold at Sotheby‘s for $4.3million
photo@sotheby

whow…

Trying to stay smart?

Are you pandemic weary and suffering from the cold? Try staying smart. Bab Al Shams is a beautiful resort, designed to resemble a traditional Arabic Fort that should do the trick. 45 min from Dubai Airport surrounded by natural dunes the amenities include an infinity pool that overlooks the desert; gardens to relax; a courtyard with peaceful fountains, and other activities including falconry and archery.

be smart!

An Obsession

The Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dali had an obsession with Sigmund Freud the inventor of psychoanalysis. Several attempts to meet him fail, as Freud does not want to see him. 1938 they finally meet in London. The Belvedere in Vienna is showcasing Dalí’s unique personality against the backdrop of his complex family and follows him from his discovery of Freud’s writings to his meeting with the psychoanalyst in exile in London on 19 July 1938.
photo@Fundacio Gala-Salvador Dali/Belvedere Vienna

go visit!

WeWork the film

In 2010, WeWork was heralded as the future of our working lives. It was the buzzword for a generation of freelancers, start-up founders and mobile entrepreneurs who traded in their furious coffee-shop laptop sessions for sleek co-working spaces and networking with free beer on tap. The film is with Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto
phto@appletv+

intrigued?

With A Pinch of Truth

“A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find this voice can be a remarkably difficult one.”
Melinda Gates