04
Apr
High ground
The weekend despatch: The race to the lunar south pole. Five weeks of war, one month of occupation. + What is Širom?
10 min read
Despatch
28
Mar
Uninvited guests in Bossier Parish
The weekend despatch: Mystery drones haunting a Louisiana airbase. A new generation of explorers heading to the moon. + What’s War Child Records?
12 min read
21
Mar
Beyond the lost city
The weekend despatch: A dollar a gallon higher in three weeks. A 2,300-year-old metropolis, 15 kilometers from Iran. + Who are Autechre?
13 min read
14
Mar
Seeing things
The weekend despatch: Deep-faking the war in the Middle East. An MC’s election in Nepal. + Who are Tomorrow’s Warriors?
13 min read
06
Mar
Theaters of war
The weekend despatch: The many faces of Operation Epic Fury. An Oscar-nominated screenwriter under bombardment picks up the phone. + What does it mean when the beat answers back?
15 min read
28
Feb
Smoke in the streets
The weekend despatch: What’s happening inside Iran? + Why now?
13 min read
20
Feb
The check arrives
The weekend despatch: America’s highest court kills the president’s signature tariffs. Artemis II’s crew readies for the first Moon mission in half a century. + What’s free jazz doing on a major record label?
12 min read
13
Feb
Signs of resistance
The weekend despatch: Courts, Congress, and the streets test their power in America. Centuries underground in the Belizean jungle. + What are cantigas?
13 min read
06
Feb
What’s missing
The weekend despatch: The Epstein files, read cold. The Pope’s reflections on sports. + What’s Anatolian folk-rock?
11 min read
30
Jan
The men who kept coming back
The weekend despatch: Reams of casual correspondence with a convicted predator. A new moon rocket approaches the launch pad. + Why can’t Tinariwen play in the U.S.A.?
12 min read