Contributors
Rebecca Mead
@Rebeccamead_NYCRebecca Mead joined The New Yorker as a staff writer in 1997. She has profiled many subjects, among them Lin-Manuel Miranda, Margaret Atwood, Ivo van Hove, Joanna Hogg, and Mary Beard. She is the author of several books, including “My Life in Middlemarch,” a New York Times best-seller, and “Home/Land.” She has served as a McGraw Professor of Writing at Princeton University and was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, in 2020. She lives in London and is a frequent contributor to the Letter from the U.K. column at newyorker.com.
All Work
- Letter from the U.K.
Prince Andrew’s Very Bad Week
A ruling in a New York legal case, in which Andrew is accused of sexual abuse, led to the Duke of York being stripped of his military titles.
January 14, 2022
- Letter from the U.K.
Boris Johnson’s Lockdown Partygate
The Prime Minister is embroiled in a scandal involving government staffers allegedly yukking it up while imposing strict measures in the U.K.
January 11, 2022
- Photo Booth
A Photographer Revisits the Book That Taught Her About Dying
Inspired by an antique photo collection called “Wisconsin Death Trip,” Alessandra Sanguinetti went in search of her own American gothic.
December 18, 2021
- Dept. of Archeology
Pompeii Still Has Buried Secrets
The first major excavations in decades shed light on how ordinary citizens shopped and snacked—and where slaves slept.
November 22, 2021
- Profiles
Harris Reed’s Gender-Fluid Fashion
The British-American designer is helping such celebrities as Harry Styles and Solange play with stereotypes of masculinity and femininity.
September 20, 2021
- Profiles
The Real C.E.O. of “Succession”
How the writer Jesse Armstrong keeps the billionaire Roy family trapped in its gilded cage.
August 23, 2021
- Onward and Upward with the Arts
Where Did That Cockatoo Come From?
Birds native to Australasia are being found in Renaissance paintings—and in medieval manuscripts. Their presence exposes the depth of ancient trade routes.
June 28, 2021
- The Ancient World
How Nasty Was Nero, Really?
The notorious emperor appears to have been the subject of a smear campaign.
June 7, 2021
- Photo Booth
Silver Linings
The pandemic obliged—or enabled—many women to go gray. They’re still reckoning with the transformation.
June 4, 2021
- Letter from the U.K.
Great Britain Needs a Vacation
A nation of devoted international travellers has been bottled up by the coronavirus.
May 26, 2021
