What connects Obama, Zohran Mamdani and Lily Allen? Masoud Golsorkhi investigates in the editor's letter, read by Caroline Issa and taken from the 2025 Travel issue of TANK.
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History makes people make history
In the wake of the insurgent AI takeover and Israel's flagrant disregard for international law in its assault on Gaza, Masoud Golsorkhi reflects on Jia Zhang-ke's 2024 film Caught by the Tides, and the momentous consequences that individual action can have upon history at large.
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Market collapse
From the jolly naffness of Changing Rooms to the glitz of Selling Sunset, TV shows about property reveal that as housing becomes less attainable, its value in entertainment skyrockets. Caroline Issa reads from Billie Muraben's essay on the strange world of contemporary housing.
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Faisal Devji on the rise and fall of global Islam
Masoud Golsorkhi speaks to Faisal Devji on his new book Waning Crescent, an inquiry into why the Islamic movements of the 20th century – militancy, modernism, Islamism – have all run out of steam.
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The fragrance of fish
In Florence, a new perfume is launched – and this one is inspired by a silver fish that feeds on algae and has equisitely sweet flesh.Â
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