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The Semiotics of Champagne From dependable classics to insider favorites, this is a decoding of what your chosen bottle quietly reveals about who you are—or who you’d like to be tonight

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Fran Lebowitz Lays Down the Law In an interview, the author and wit casts her judgment on Labubus, leaf blowers, and needless expressions of love


The Year of Umm Kulthum The Egyptian singer’s millions of fans include Maria Callas, Bob Dylan, and Beyoncé

Peace Be with You In Japan, the Aman hotels offer a taste of the country’s past, present, and future—along with a refuge from the tourists

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Modern Times A new coffee-table book gathers the work of 300 designers—among them Florence Knoll, Lina Bo Bardi, and Charles Eames—whose creations shaped midcentury style around the world

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The Worst Years of Their Lives A new book punctures the nostalgia around the World War II generation, shedding light on the trauma and neglect experienced by veterans

Raiders of the Lost Arcade Dick and Jeannette Seaver befriended Samuel Beckett in Paris, marched with Allen Ginsberg in Chicago, and introduced readers to radical books of all stripes


The Sarkozy Redemption Tour The former French president has turned his 20 days in prison—Soggy baguettes! Plastic pillows!—into a 200-page best-selling memoir

Love Child Caravaggio’s Victorious Cupid is the centerpiece of a new exhibition in London, marking the first time the 17th-century painting has gone on public view in the U.K.

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Tony Melillo’s Favorite Things The master of the perfect T-shirt at ATM by Anthony Thomas Melillo shares his taste for Christophe Pourny flyswatters, C. O. Bigelow handwash, and more

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Remembering Robert Redford At a time when our country feels like it’s on fire, it’s hard to imagine a world without the actor—and his friend Paul Newman

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