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Adrian McKinty | CrimeReads | 13th November 2025 On the work of Cornell Woolrich, who provided the "narrative DNA for some of Hollywood’s greatest thrillers". Hitchcock's Rear Window was based on his 1942 story “It Had to Be Murder”. Although he moved the action to Greenwich Village, the claustrophobic style came from Woolrich's years living with his ailing mother on the top floor of the unfashionable Hotel Marseilles at 103rd and Broadway (1,300 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Kate Wagner | Late Review | 6th November 2025 Wonderful essay about experiencing a combination of hypochondria, Long Covid and more generalised health paranoia. "With symptoms so severe, a diagnosis of mere anxiety... seems to its victim insulting. This is one of many tragedies of the hypochondriac, that they defend themselves against the prospect of recovery by flattening an ailment into an emotion or worse, a conspiracy" (5,700 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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