The AtlanticJ. K. Rowling How J. K. Rowling Became Voldemort The Atlantic - Helen LewisIt has taken two decades, but I am finally ready to admit that I was the world’s most annoying teenager. My parents are Catholic, and I used to delight in peppering them with trollish questions, preferably
The AtlanticNews Don’t Build Roads, Open Schools The Atlantic - Helen LewisBoris Johnson loves to dress up—admittedly not an unusual pastime among alumni of Britain’s most exclusive schools. But his specific kink is looking like a builder, in a hard hat and bright high-visibility
The AtlanticPhotos Photos of the Week: Pride Lights, Paddy Day, Grizzly Swim The Atlantic - Alan TaylorA new waterslide in the Czech Republic, a cat on the Algerian waterfront, scuffles in Taiwan’s legislature, a grotto reopening in Italy, a building collapse in Brooklyn, burying a coronavirus victim in
The AtlanticHong Kong Hong Kong Is a Colony Once More The Atlantic - Timothy McLaughlinCarrie Lam, Hong Kong’s chief executive, stood in front of reporters yesterday for the most consequential press conference of her time leading the city. Prior to Lam stepping behind the podium, news had
The AtlanticPhotos Photos: The Locust Swarms of 2020 The Atlantic - Alan TaylorThroughout the year, parts of East Africa have been suffering record-setting waves of locust swarms. In the past few months, even more swarms have dramatically struck parts of Yemen, Pakistan, and India.
