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Emma Brockes

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4 days ago

At American summer camps, kids get a glimpse of their future. That’s what made the horror in Texas so crushing | Emma Brockes

As news of the floods began to break, for so many parents the scene at Camp Mystic was intimately imaginable

Among the many dreams that the US offers its citizens, there’s this: that the American chil…

18 days ago

Congrats to Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez on the wedding – and to Venice for running them out of town | Emma Brockes

People power forced a change of venue, proving that a man worth £223bn can still fall foul of ordinary folk with pool floats

There are so many questions swirling around the forthcoming wedding of Jeff…

25 days ago

The anti-Trump camp was in disarray. How has No Kings managed to unite it? | Emma Brockes

A new slogan has offered a non-partisan rallying point – and last weekend, protests overshadowed the president’s weird military parade

Two months ago, around the US, mass demonstrations against Donald…

32 days ago

Middle-aged women are having a moment – and my new favourite TV series shows why | Emma Brockes

I’m fed up of watching endless dramas about tech bros. Give me a perimenopausal Norwegian woman any day

The current TV landscape leans heavily towards shows that skewer the rich from the point of view…

60 days ago

I’ll solve the loneliness epidemic with AI, says Mark Zuckerberg. But isn’t his best mate even more money? | Emma Brockes

He’d like to persuade us that chatting to a bot is like having a friend, and of course, that’s nonsense. But if we succumb, it’s another income stream for him

Mark Zuckerberg has gone on a promotiona…

66 days ago

Digested week: Anti-Trumpism at the Met Gala – and some amazing gnashers | Emma Brockes

Steve Carell’s mouth outshines even Tina Fey in Netflix comedy while billionaire Barry Diller comes out

More by happenstance than planning, perhaps, the Met Gala, which took place in New York on Monda…

81 days ago

Donald Trump wants celebrities to kiss the ring. Bill Maher did: who’ll be next? | Emma Brockes

After the apparent defanging of the once critical talkshow host, can the president get more stars onside? Some nuts will be tougher to crack than others

If President Trump invited you to the White Hou…

88 days ago

3 months ago

After months of surrender, the Democrats have finally stood up to Trump – thank you, Cory Booker | Emma Brockes

Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic

One of the problems beleaguering political opponents of Donald Trump has been finding a form of protest that, given t…

Let's put it in language the Signal leakers will understand: what a bunch of pathetic sleazebags | Emma Brockes

The leaking of top-level military secrets was bad enough, but I’m obsessed with Maga’s fratboy lexicon

The Maga-fication of American political discourse, which started, arguably, with Donald Trump moc…

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