Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Van de Grift were never meant to be together, but as Camille Peri writes in “A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson” (Viking), their “unlikely Victorian love story” somehow worked. The contrast in their backgrounds was clear. Stevenson came from a wealthy Scottish family and […]
On July 11, 2022, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) sent back its first images, breaking the barrier of time to show us the Universe a few hundred million years after it was formed. In a wonderful cosmic irony, this dive into the origins of our planet actually catapults us into the future, where a […]
In In “Rinsed: From Cartels to Crypto: How the Tech Industry Launders Money for the World’s Deadliest Crooks” (Penguin Business), Geoff White asks: What would you do with sudden wealth if it came from a source you couldn’t admit? “You face an agonizing dilemma,” he writes. “How can you enjoy your vast amounts of money […]
