Taking the Heat After countless bank robberies, two prison escapes, and several heists inspired by Michael Mann movies, the notorious French gangster Rédoine Faïd is back on trial
Do All Roads Really Lead to Rome? A female writer with no interest whatsoever in the Roman Empire takes stock of the viral social-media trend—and women’s response to it

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No. 220
Golden Girl
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MEN’S SEX AND THE CITY
TO LASH A THIEF
THE LOVE GUV
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Cynthia Carlson: Sixty Years
Few midcentury artists have had as profound an impact on contemporary aesthetics as Cynthia Carlson,…
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Akris
A fall shoulder bag that’s neither a tote nor a shrunken duffel? Groundbreaking. But such is the latest proposition from Akris, whose…
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What If One Day …
Bruce Handy wrote Wild Things, a sprawling exploration of children’s literature, because “picture books don’t get the recognition they…
Heaven on Wheels A new book offers a dazzling survey of the most exceptional cars ever designed, from a Corvette Sting Ray to an Aston Martin Valkyrie, to a BMW Isetta micro-car
Forever on the Wild Side A new biography by Will Hermes surveys the life of Lou Reed, the enigmatic rock ‘n’ roll luminary
Murder, They Wrote This month’s best mysteries feature aging sleuths, from the latest in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series to a new Agatha Christie Poirot book. Plus: the best TV shows to go with them
Crime and Scandal
Inside Billionaire Financier Leon Black’s Shady Ties to Jeffrey Epstein
Crime and Scandal