Brooke Unger

Senior digital editor at The Economist. I've worked in Germany, South America, South Asia and the Balkans. Views mine

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@BeckettUnite @philosophybites @TomLondon6 Norway, Belgium, Denmark (monarchies): Gini coefficient 0.26. Sweden (monarchy): 0.28. Japan (monarchy): 0.33. USA (republic): 0.40. https://t.co/2PAgCZuC9u

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

Written in my capacity as classical-music anniversary correspondent: Why you should sit through 15 hours of opera https://t.co/uPzNovZXa7

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

Sad tidings: the bassoon part of ⁦@HowarthofLondon⁩ is no more! Let’s hold on to what’s left.

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@ianpacemain It was a bit rude. But you’re right to push back against this way of talking and thinking about classical music.

[Jonathan Rosenthal @rosenthal_jon]

It is nice to know @TheEconomist is ranked first, even in this rather unfortunate list.

[Gareth Browne @BrowneGareth]

On Friday evening, @TheEconomist sat down with Ahmed al-Sharaa for his first interview since he assumed the Syrian presidency.

I will tweet some highlights, but you can read our write up of the wide-ranging discussion here:

https://t.co/pWhCq6FZDO

[The Economist US @EconUS]

The president-elect’s second term will not only be more disruptive than his first; it will also undermine a vision of foreign policy that has dominated America since the second world war https://t.co/KQADbRQPz6

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@ianpacemain Sad news indeed.

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@Helenreflects Praying for you.

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@PhysInHistory @LostWomenofSci

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@AdamKuhr @PeteButtigieg @PeteButtigieg So at what point does the fetus become a separate person, deserving of protection by the state? After birth?

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

A birthday present for Arnold Schoenberg from The Economist and me. https://t.co/qlMDScR0cE

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@annaclyne @TheEconomist Thanks for helping.

[John McDermott @johnpmcdermott]

Many people put a huge amount of work into this cover package. I hope it gets Sudan more of the attention it deserves

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@houghhough We must strive to persuade the persuadable that the joy of listening to classical music comes when you’re really paying attention to it.

[Bob Wachter @Bob_Wachter]

So proud of my wife @katiehafner & team. In 2021, she & co-founder Amy Scharf had idea for a podcast highlighting women who made big contributions to #STEM but didn’t get credit they deserved. Today, that podcast, @LostWomenofSci, hit 1 million downloads! https://t.co/exWJvdp7rh

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

I believe Record Review will also be shorter. I wonder if @andrewCDmcg can tell us what we’ll lose and how that will affect Building a Library.

[Simon Schama @simon_schama]

@JamesAHogg2 @BBCRadio3 oh yes I heard that - will follow it there of course but have slightly mixed feelings as it cheers my late weekend loitering breakfast - on other hand when at home in New York it will still be breakfast radio!

[The Economist @TheEconomist]

Today on “The Intelligence” our journalists’ picks of the books that they feel offer an important lesson about our times. Why has @brookeunger gone for Shakespeare’s Othello? https://t.co/rYjy1eyBig 👇

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@katiehafner

[Angela Hewitt @HewittJSB]

Just found this photo: Me with #GlennGould's father, Bert Gould, after a recital I gave on Glenn's old Steinway (CD318) at the National Library in Ottawa in 1986. Memories! That's the piano that had a bad fall. His father said he could always recognise my Bach on the radio. 🙂

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@jes_chastain @nytimes @washingtonpost I’d recommend @TheEconomist, not just because they pay my salary.

[Brooke Unger @brookeunger]

@ianpacemain Intellectual joy is very underrated.