In honour of Pride Month, I went to see Love + Science by cell biologist David Glass, performed at New York City Center.
The play follows the lives of two gay medical students (pictured above) during the AIDS crisis in 1980s New York and offers a stark reminder of how furiously the queer community had to fight for AIDS to be taken seriously.
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It also reflects some of the emotions we all remember from the early days of the covid-19 pandemic, such as the fear of inadvertently spreading the disease and the anxiety of waiting for a vaccine.
I am currently reading , a biography of the famous economist by Zachary D. Carter.
It is a meticulously researched retelling of economic events from the early 20th century, and Carter’s prose is so enjoyable that it makes notoriously dense topics such as monetary policy an absolute delight to learn about.
Grace Wade
Reporter
New York
