While the dominance of white constructors has been a constant throughout the US crossword’s history (the first New York Times crossword constructed by a Black man appeared in 1996, and the first one to carry a Black woman’s byline was published as recently as 2021), the current dominan...
…even during the Depression, almost anyone could spring for a ten-cent bar of Lux soap, and over the years it was famous for its splashy ads (two-page spreads inTheNew Yorkerwere common) and dozens of celebrity endorsements…Lux isn’t as dominant in the U.S. today, but it remains a...
It is always with a tinge of sadness that I write aboutMorris Markey, who from the start wrote for virtually every department atTheNew Yorkerand was best known for his “A Reporter at Large” feature. According to his obituary inThe New York Times, Markey won his greatest recognition for t...
introduced this clue to the New York Times crossword puzzle in 2014, readers took notice. “Bro” was traditionally clued as “sibling for sis”. Ms Shechtman was modernising the puzzle and capturing the zeitgeist.
Lola is a hip, modern New Yorker. She’s an editor, now in her early 30’s. She’s had her string of boyfriends and lovers but is currently living a boyfriend whom she will be marrying soon. On one particular night out with some friends Lola steps away from the gathering to pick ...
…William Crawford Galbraithgave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerneyshowed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …thisMary Pettycartoon recallsCarl Rose’sfamous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with it” in...
successful flight across the Atlantic in June 1928. Stultz was the pilot of the Fokker Trimotor “Friendship,” aboard which Earhart became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane. Gordon served as the flight’s on-board mechanic. (Boston Public Library/New York Times/...
successful flight across the Atlantic in June 1928. Stultz was the pilot of the Fokker Trimotor “Friendship,” aboard which Earhart became the first woman passenger to cross the Atlantic by airplane. Gordon served as the flight’s on-board mechanic. (Boston Public Library/New York Times/...
…William Crawford Galbraith gave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerney showed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …this Mary Petty cartoon recalls Carl Rose’s famous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with...
…William Crawford Galbraithgave us a sugar daddy without a clue… …E. McNerneyshowed us another pair that begged the question “what comes next?”… …thisMary Pettycartoon recallsCarl Rose’sfamous “I say its spinach” cartoon—and Mamma has every right to say “the hell with it” in...