Noah Brier | April 5, 2025
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 48
On Wuthering Heights, the Chanel Boat Race, and century-late mail.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
The Logic Behind Chanel’s Boat Race Deal (Business of Fashion)
The French luxury giant’s sponsorship of the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race is more about brand storytelling than reach: “You are talking about the ultimate level of sport with the purest values.”
Why I Hate ‘Wuthering Heights’ (The Common Reader)
“Wuthering Heights is not a passionate tale of desire and eroticism. It is Alan Partridge in a pub trying to tell a romantic tale but getting waylaid by his own banal anecdotes on the weather and quality of his sleep.”
This Tree Wants To Be Struck By Lightning (New York Times)
“It seems to have an architecture that is potentially selecting to be struck more often,” Dr. Gora said.
Michigan Woman Receives 100-Year Old Postcard in the Mail (Independent)
“Upon further inspection, she spotted a faded green one-cent George Washington stamp - postmarked Oct. 29, 1920.”