‘They picked the wrong people’: How locals at the crooked pub are fighting back by Guy Kelly

The cockeyed structure known of late as The Crooked House was built in 1765 and has served as a pub under various guises for nearly two centuries. It survived World Wars and all manner of other social and natural upheaval, but ownership by wealthy real estate developers proved fatal. Guy Kelly reports on the mounting evidence that arson was the the cause of a blaze that consumed the building, and he gives ample space to the citizens voicing their understandable anger towards these heartless capitalists who threw away a local landmark like a used cocktail napkin. This article is published by The Telegraph.

Hoping to Stay in the Shohei Ohtani Business by Scott Miller

Although the amount of time and attention I give to Major League Baseball has dwindled to near zero, the one story that continues to hold my interest is that of Shohei Ohtani. It’s remarkable that a sport with more than a century of lore-filled history that’s dotted with genuinely legendary figures can still be shaken by the surprise of a talent so singular. No one has ever played the game at this level of all-around accomplishment. I don’t think I’ve come across anyone whose been able to adequately capture this in writing, but Scott Miller comes reasonably close by focusing on the strategy taken by Ohtani’s current team as he approaches free agency this coming off-season. This article is published by The New York Times.