Notes

Coming soon. Next Friday, The Signal will debut the member’s despatch, a weekly digest on current affairs. The despatch is a digital magazine for those who want to keep up with what’s happening in the world—but also need their time cared for … and to feel confident that wherever they spend it reading anything, the material will matter, stick with them, and be a joy to take in and think about.

It’s an idea we’ve been cultivating for some time: not just a supplement to our regular features and notes, but a hub for them and everything we do—which now includes in-depth news briefings, key-debate roundups, books coverage, letters, and new-music curation from around the world.

Expect the member’s despatch to evolve, week over week. But fundamentally, expect it always to be worth your while—as reliable as it will be surprising; a resource that helps you free yourself from the incessant hype and noise of addiction-based media; and a companion that helps you stay centered, develop resiliency, and think effectively for yourself.

If the name sounds at all idiosyncratic, it takes inspiration from the traditional red “despatch boxes” sent to ministers and monarchs in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in the Commonwealth to securely transport important, sometimes secret, correspondence and documents.

We’re delighted to be able to send it to you—as we will be to hear from you.

Until then,

—John Jamesen Gould

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