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5.10.13

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From More Intelligent Life

BEING THERE: NEW YORK
Even when you live there, Updike said, it still glitters from afar. Tom Shone on real life in a city that has aspiration built into its very architecture read more »

THE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
In 1946, the UN chose the Big Apple as its global capital. Adrian Wooldridge argues that it's still the best choice read more »

SANCTUM IN THE CITY
Authors on Museums: amid the frenzy of New York, the Old Masters of the Frick hang in contemplative calm. The poet Don Paterson revisits his favourites read more »

NEW YORK'S BAROQUE EPICUREAN
Eat Their Words: Jon Fasman savours another era through the recipes of Charles Ranhofer, who ran Delmonico's in its heyday  read more »

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