Secret November

The Super-Rich And Their Secret Worlds

Isobel Cockerell | Coda | 19th November 2024

Interview about the hidden spaces and loopholes used by the ultra-wealthy to skirt laws and norms. Digital courtrooms, ships with creative flags of convenience, freeports, diplomatic compounds, tax havens, charter cities — these are all considered. "If you look at the map of the world, you’ll see 192 countries. But what isn’t shown is all the stuff in between and above and beneath" (2,000 words) | Share this on X

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Heather Cox Richardson | Letters From An American | 18th November 2024

At noon on Sunday 18th November 1883, the railroads of the United States changed time. Having previously operated in a confusing muddle of 53 different time schedules, on this day they all moved to a standardised set of five time zones. Clocks moved everywhere: forward 16 minutes in Boston, back four in New York, and forward six minutes and twenty-eight seconds in Baltimore (850 words) | Share this on X