Madison Darbyshire

Madison Darbyshire

Madison Darbyshire is a senior features writer for Bloomberg Weekend in New York. Previously, she was a correspondent for the Financial Times.

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Trevi Fountain In Rome

Ciudades buscan frenar sobreturismo con precios más altos y restricciones

Yo soy el problema, debo responsabilizarme.

March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

Ciudades buscan frenar sobreturismo con precios más altos y restricciones

Yo soy el problema, debo responsabilizarme.

Trevi Fountain In Rome

March 13, 2026

March 13, 2026

My $812 Night Out Started and Ended in a Movie Theater

Inside the Metro, where oysters, Negronis and heated recliners turn filmgoing into an exclusive dinner party, for better and worse

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March 13, 2026

March 13, 2026

From Oscars to Prison, an Iranian Director Vows to Return Home

Filmmaker Jafar Panahi intends to serve a prison sentence after the international press tour for It Was Just an Accident.

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February 13, 2026

February 13, 2026

Dating Apps Are Training Us to Want the Wrong People

Human evolution wired us to build compatibility over time, a new book argues, while dating apps privilege preconceived judgments and snap impressions.

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January 23, 2026

January 23, 2026

The World Is Drowning in Tourists. Who Should Pay the Price?

I’m the problem, it’s me.

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January 16, 2026

January 16, 2026

Why We’re All Trading Happy Hours for the Bathhouse

The sauna industry is hot and only getting hotter — but the boom reveals more about happiness than it does about health.

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December 21, 2025

December 21, 2025

Hunting Is Having a Moment

Plus, AI will scramble class politics and salads could get smaller.

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December 19, 2025

December 19, 2025

Can a Return to Hunting Change How America Eats?

A hunt for nilgai in Texas reveals how the appetite for wild meat is reshaping conservation, culture and the business of invasive species.

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December 6, 2025

December 6, 2025

Free Speech Begins When You’re Uncomfortable

Salman Rushdie on banned books and returning to fiction, Wall Street gamers, and is Excel the best app ever?

New Zealand's First IKEA Store Opens

December 4, 2025

December 4, 2025

The Ultimate Western Gift Guide for Cowboys and Dreamers

When I grow up, I want a cowboy!

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October 31, 2025

October 31, 2025

AirPods Are Taking Away One of Travel’s Great Opportunities

Apple’s new earbuds can translate languages in real time. But what do we lose when nothing’s lost in translation?

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October 3, 2025

October 3, 2025

What the Cowboy Boot Boom Says About America

The style statement is also a story about nostalgia, nationalism and America’s search for identity in times of uncertainty.

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September 5, 2025

September 5, 2025

It’s Not Just You: Household Product Scents Are Getting Stronger

Big brands know that fragrances are deeply tied to memory and emotion.

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August 2, 2025

August 2, 2025

Cheating at Golf Makes the Game Better, Actually

In defense of cheating at golf, what it’s like to report on Israel and how Gwyneth Paltrow became big business selling the world what it didn’t know it needed

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July 18, 2025

July 18, 2025

Someday We’ll All Love Ocean Vuong

Fresh off a tour for his second novel — an Oprah’s Book Club pick — the author is learning to live with being seen as a translator of the immigrant experience.

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June 13, 2025

June 13, 2025

The Stress of Wall Street Is Sending Men to Pelvic Floor Therapy

Physical therapists in New York are seeing an uptick in younger male patients with penile and bladder issues.

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May 30, 2025

May 30, 2025

Why the Boats Got Bigger as the Rich Got Richer

Evan Osnos’s Haves and Have-Yachts explores growing wealth disparity and the subtle self-delusion embraced by the ultrarich.

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May 2, 2025

May 2, 2025

A Deadly Parasite’s Return Threatens US Ranchers Too Young to Remember It

After being eradicated in the US in the 1980s, the screwworm could be back as soon as this summer.

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April 11, 2025

April 11, 2025

Caviar Has Become the Costco Rotisserie Chicken of Fine Dining

Fish eggs are still a menu upsell, but they’re more popular than ever.

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