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An Heir of Defiance A quarter-billion-dollar fortune helped Fergie Chambers pursue his revolutionary ambitions. Now he’s in a Spanish prison, fighting to keep the country he loathes from bringing him home

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Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor may be a public disgrace—but England’s aristocrats won’t let that spoil their supper plans


Let It Be With the release of yet another “new” Beatles song, it may be time for the band to finally let it be

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Pom Harrington’s Favorite Things Having spent a lifetime handling the world’s most remarkable books, the adviser and collector now makes a living finding extraordinary editions for others. Here, what he wants for himself

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Mother Dearest Emmanuel Carrère’s Prix Médicis–winning Kolkhoz, about his mother Hélène Carrère d’Encausse, is less a reconciliation than a sly takedown

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Peak Television Scott Meslow’s A Place Both Wonderful and Strange goes inside the making of David Lynch’s surrealist drama, which counted Queen Elizabeth and Mikhail Gorbachev among its fans

He Wore Blue Velvet Kyle MacLachlan’s new memoir, Fictional Selves, is part career retrospective, part autobiography, part love letter to David Lynch, his mentor and most important collaborator


Schmuck You Hollywood agent Ari Emanuel’s new memoir, Roll the Calls, chronicles his relentless empire-building but is conspicuously lacking in self-reflection

The Cincinnati Kid An exhibition in the Queen City pays homage to the town’s favorite adopted son, Charley Harper, the nature artist who gave birds, bugs, and beasts a midcentury makeover

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Roughing It, Elegantly The match is an excellent excuse to get outside, put on a proper coat, and give lunch an unreasonable amount of thought. Herewith, everything required to make a day of it

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Dusk of the Ump Baseball umpires are on their way out. But what will players, coaches, and fans do if there’s nobody to yell at?

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