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?
Seeing things
The weekend despatch: Deep-faking the war in the Middle East. An MC’s election in Nepal. + Who are Tomorrow’s Warriors?
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?
Smoke in the streets
The weekend despatch: What’s happening inside Iran? + Why now?
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?
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?
What’s missing
The weekend despatch: The Epstein files, read cold. The Pope’s reflections on sports. + What’s Anatolian folk-rock?
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.?
The last vigil
The weekend despatch: In Hong Kong, memory is on trial. At Davos, nothing happens. + What's Elefant Records?
Somewhere else to go
The weekend despatch: U.S. allies are sorting by who has somewhere else to go. How China became so innovative while remaining so authoritarian. + What on Earth is drone metal?
