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Method Beats Madness at the World Cup Final

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As the shadows lengthened over the Meadowlands, the 2026 World Cup final settled into its decisive rhythm: persistent, angled attacks by Spain, the European champions, in their attempt to take the trophy from Argentina, the holders. Argentina didn’t want to let it go. They scrapped. They barged. Occasionally, they fought. Spain, the most technically accomplished team in the competition, kept coming.
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How Mudlarking Became London’s Hottest Hobby

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Shortly before 11 A.M. on a recent Sunday morning, a gaggle of mudlarks—people who find lost and ancient objects on the banks of the Thames—were laying out their wares on tables in the crypt of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, a fine neoclassical church at the edge of Trafalgar Square, in London. Black tablecloths were crammed with two thousand years’ worth of life’s miscellany: post-medieval ear scoops, Tudor scabbards, Roman pottery, Victorian false teeth, Edwardian dog collars, Georgian coins.
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The Torture Chamber of British Politics Crushes Its Latest Prime Minister

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At the time, the metaphor seemed to work because of the particular dilemmas posed by Brexit. Now it holds for other reasons, too. For the past decade, the British economy has flatlined, while its population has become older, sicker, and no more productive.
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