How Britney Spears Got Free, and What Comes Next

Plus: discovering the oldest figural paintings on earth, and the nightmare of a windowless dorm room. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, November 13, 2021 News Desk How Britney Spears Got Free, and What Comes Next Spears fought for years to end the conservatorship she was under, and finally won. But the legal battles aren’t over. By Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino Elements Discovering the Oldest Figural Paintings on Earth While working as an independent archeologist, an Indonesian grad student revised the human story. By Morgan Meis Amateur Hour Nightmare of the Windowless Dorm Room Charlie Munger, a Warren Buffett crony, donated two hundred million dollars to a university for a gigantic new dorm. The catch: no windows. By Charles Bethea The New Yorker Radio Hour The Essential Workers of the Climate Crisis If the roof is ripped from your house or the basement is drowned in mud, these are the people you’re looking for. Who’s looking out for them? Plus, Anna Deavere Smith in her own words. With David Remnick Culture and More Fiction “Hello, Goodbye” “Are good choices and bad choices all that different? The consequences of those choices are where life is.” By Yiyun Li This Week in Fiction Yiyun Li on Friendship and Tolstoy The author discusses “Hello, Goodbye,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon Culture Desk The Diasporic Mélange of “Nollywood Dreams” Jocelyn Bioh’s comedy is set in Lagos in the nineties, during the upsurge of off-kilter, melodramatic cinematic invention that, in the decades since, has helped make Nigeria an engine of global entertainment. By Vinson Cunningham Humor and Games Blitt’s Kvetchbook Ted Cruz Gets to Sesame Street The senator from Texas draws the ire of Big Bird and company. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts Credit-Card Perks for Castaways Start earning the minute you wash ashore. By Nate Odenkirk Name Drop Take the Quiz Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Crossword The Weekend Puzzle The Puyallup, for example: five letters. By Erik Agard You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.