i tried to send this, difficult, could be BS if so sorry (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by ConcernedCitizen , Sunday, December 07, 2014, 14:38

T’s final issue of 2014 is full of surprises. In our cover story, the 11-year-old actress Quvenzhané Wallis, star of the new “Annie” remake, takes us roller skating and proves that, sometimes, the best things do come in small packages. In London, Jody Rosen follows a man through “The Knowledge,” the grueling — and, some might say, anachronistic — years-long qualification process to become one of the city’s cab drivers. In a sunnier locale, we explore the all-night debauchery of Ibiza, where an influx of billionaires and celebrity influencers is bent on reinventing the island’s image (if not tamping down its fun). And in a 19th-century castle in rural Ireland, we pay a visit to the controversial, duck-obsessed artist Gottfried Helnwein, whose tight-knit clan and macabre digs call to mind a real-life Addams Family. Elsewhere, Andrew O’Hagan pours one out for sobriety, with mixed results; a lifelong devotee of the Vermont Country Store waxes nostalgic on its down-home charms; Hollywood’s hottest stars make a break for Broadway; and in the spirit of the season, we share a compendium of covetable gifts made by under-the-radar artisans from around the world. See all stories from the issue >>

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