Roger Angell’s Era-Spanning New Yorker Career

Plus: Bill Barr’s changing views, why D.C.’s mayor endorsed Michael Bloomberg, and the terror of Pompeii. View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker Interview Baseball, Fiction, and Life: Roger Angell’s Era-Spanning Career at The New Yorker It is tempting to view Roger Angell, who is now ninety-nine, as a keeper of this publication’s institutional memory. But he’s more likely to say, “I learned something truly amazing today!” By Willing Davidson Daily Comment Is Working for Donald Trump Changing Bill Barr? A recent interview offered hints that working for the President may be affecting the Attorney General’s views of Presidential power. By David Rohde Q. & A. Why D.C.’s Mayor Endorsed Michael Bloomberg Despite concerns about Bloomberg’s record as the mayor of New York City, he has been racking up endorsements from mayors across the country, including Muriel Bowser. By Isaac Chotiner Letter from the U.K. The Bodies Buried Beneath Boris Johnson’s New Railway In making way for a high-speed rail line, exhumations at a centuries-old cemetery have shed new light on how Londoners lived and died. By Rebecca Mead Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Culture and More Postscript Gang of Four’s Dangerous Noise There isn’t a single song in which the recalcitrant post-punk guitarist Andy Gill, who died on February 1st, plays like a person you could walk up and talk to. By Sasha Frere-Jones Books The Terror and the Fascination of Pompeii The archeological remains of the 79 A.D. Vesuvius eruption conjure with agonizing intimacy the lives of those who perished. By Joan Acocella Minibar Report Sex, Drugs, and the New Minibar Whither the dirty weekend? Hospitality experts predict the future of the romantic getaway: throuples, sustainable toiletries, and biometrics. By Sheila Marikar Politics and More Podcast After Two Primary Contests, What’s Ahead? Benjamin Wallace-Wells joins Eric Lach to discuss what the Iowa and New Hampshire results say about the future of the Democratic Presidential primary. Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts New LinkedIn Features (to Make You Feel Bad) With this new feature, you can swap places with someone younger and more successful than you. By Johnathan Appel and Jiji Lee Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. Sign up for more newsletters from The New Yorker. Visit The New Yorker shop. Question about your subscription? Contact Customer Care. New Yorker digital subscribers get unlimited access to everything on newyorker.com. Log in to your account here. We’d love your feedback on this newsletter. Please send your thoughts and suggestions to TNYinbox@newyorker.com. This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, NewYorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your address book. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.