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From a test given to applicants for the position of emoji translator at Today Translations, a language company based in London. The job description, which was posted in December, asks…

City of Gilt

by Tanya Gold,

Searching for the town I used to love

Andrew Cockburn on turning Texas blue, Masha Gessen on the spread of antigay ideology, Calvin Baker on how Obama negotiated America's racial tightrope, Mary Cuddehe on the dealth penalty as a conservative conundrum, a story by David Szalay, and more

Between the Mountain and Water

by Kechun Zhang,

No More Me

by Jenny Diski,

By Jenny Diski, from her Twitter feed. Diski, a contributor to Harper’s Magazine, was the author of ten novels and eight works of non-fiction, including In Gratitude, a memoir about…

Fighting Chance

by Samuel James,

Photographs from the English Premier League

At the Ragged School

by Charles Dickens,

I found my first Ragged School, in an obscure place called West-Street, Saffron-Hill, pitifully struggling for life, under every disadvantage. If I say it is ten years ago, I leave…

London (detail)

by Bill Brandt,

A Brief Period of Rejoicing

by Geoff Dyer,

Never mind the European meltdown, here’s the Olympics!

Electric ladyland

by Craig Taylor,

Weekly Review

A prison fire in Honduras killed 359 people, making it the deadliest such fire on record. An inmate was reported to have started the fire after phoning the state governor’s…

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City of Gilt

Inside the March Issue

Between the Mountain and Water

No More Me

Fighting Chance

At the Ragged School

London (detail)

A Brief Period of Rejoicing

Electric ladyland

Weekly Review

Debug

London

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City of Gilt

Inside the March Issue

Between the Mountain and Water

No More Me

Fighting Chance

At the Ragged School

London (detail)

A Brief Period of Rejoicing

Electric ladyland

Weekly Review

Debug