Sam Kriss

Food

Pizza Is a Sandwich

05.05.17

By Drew Brown
How Marine Le Pen Dominated Her Andrew Marr Interview

11.14.16

By Sam Kriss
How Trump’s Election Will Make British Politics Worse

11.09.16

By Sam Kriss
Why Momentum Must Not Fire Jackie Walker Over Her ‘Anti-Semitism’ Scandal

10.03.16

By Sam Kriss
Why I Need to See Tony Blair in Prison

07.07.16

By Sam Kriss
All Hail ‘Tronc’: the Dystopian Future of Media Content

06.23.16

By Sam Kriss
Will London’s First Muslim Mayor Save the City or Just Build More Skyscrapers?

05.09.16

By Sam Kriss
Why Marching in an Anti-Nuclear Rally Is Both Logical and Completely Futile

02.28.16

By Sam Kriss, Photos: Chris Bethell
Red Wristbands, Refugees, and Britain’s Refusal to Allow Assimilation

01.26.16

By Sam Kriss
The UK’s New VIP Visa Lounge in a Dubai Mall Sums Up Britain’s Hypocrisy

01.23.16

By Sam Kriss
What We Learned from Left-Wing Politics in 2015

12.23.15

By Sam Kriss
The Arguments for Britain to Bomb Syria Are Completely Insane

11.30.15

By Sam Kriss

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Horoscopes

Daily Horoscope: March 17, 2026

This St. Patrick’s Day sky brings risky texts, generous moods, and a needed reality check about pleasure, limits, and bad decisions.

7 hours ago

By Ashley Fike
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Music

3 Alt-Rock Albums That Would’ve Been Old Enough to Get Married in Colonial America

Alt-rock didn’t have the biggest year in 2014, but these three albums are among the hidden gems turning 12 in 2026.

13 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

How a Budweiser Commercial Inspired Sir Mix-A-Lot to Write His 1992 Hit, ‘Baby Got Back’

Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit about junk in the trunk may seem like a goof, but it was a direct response to stick-thin models of the 90s.

15 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Photo by Sacha Lecca/Rolling Stone via Getty Images

Music

Death Cab for Cutie Just Announced a New Album

I Built You a Tower will release June 5 on ANTI records. Listen to the first single, “Riptides,” below.

15 hours ago

By Nick Stockton
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Music

Metallica Vocalist James Hetfield Proposed to His Girlfriend While Swimming With Sharks

Metallica frontman James Hetfield’s new fiancée revealed that they got engaged while “swimming with whale sharks on Friday the 13th.”

16 hours ago