LAST WORD
Watch out for whiplash as world culture goes topsy-turvy
23 March 2025 - 00:26
I have had the very good fortune of having been “Janed” in my life. This, for the uninitiated, is an experience whereby you are phoned out of the blue by Jane Raphaely’s assistant and secured for a lunch with the great editrix when she is in town. In this phase of existence — where everything you might imagine you need to know, and a great deal you do not, is instantly available in the palm of your hand — her services to our nation seem anachronistic and frankly quaint. But let me remind you that as a society we owe Jane a great debt of gratitude. ..
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