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“We’d Just Never Seen Anything Like It” In the summer of 1976, the band played two sparsely-attended shows in Manchester—and inspired the formation of several other bands, from Joy Division to the Smiths

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Joe Anders Forges His Own Path The 22-year-old son of Kate Winslet and Sam Mendes is carving out a film career on his own terms, with a Netflix screenplay under his belt and a new role alongside Amy Adams and Javier Bardem


The True Face of Avatar? A rousing tale of Indigenous resistance to corporate greed, James Cameron’s science-fiction franchise has grossed billions. Now it’s Cameron who stands accused of Native exploitation

An Offer They’d Like to Refuse Dua Lipa and Callum Turner’s Sicilian wedding celebrations are bringing pop stars, private jets, and security cordons to Palermo—but some locals are fingering their knives

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WAGs Just Want to Have Fun Victoria Beckham, Shakira, Georgina Rodríguez … In time for the World Cup, a look at the wives and girlfriends of soccer players who have long stolen the spotlight from the beautiful game

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If Ayatollah Once… Stolen Revolution tells the story of post-revolutionary Iran through the individuals who fought back against the repressive theocracy—often at great personal cost

The Hardest Day’s Night With photographs by Jim Marshall, a new coffee-table book revisits the charged, melancholy night the Beatles played the last concert of their final tour


What’s Don Is Don In Twilight of the Dons, Colin Kidd revisits the golden age of Oxford and Cambridge’s academics, from World War II to Thatcherism

Bigger, Better, Starrier Twelve years after its brief run on Broadway, Sting brings The Last Ship, his autobiographical passion project, to the Metropolitan Opera House

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Antoni Porowski’s Favorite Things The television host and professional explorer selects the essentials for a summer spent eating well, packing smartly, and saying yes to detours

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In the Pink After securing an all-new team for just $25 million in the city of his choice, David Beckham brought Lionel Messi, the world’s most popular player, to Miami and may well have changed the sport in the U.S. forever

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