Fawlty Reasoning How has Fawlty Towers, one of the most offbeat, provincial, inappropriate, and heavily excoriated shows of all time, remained popular for 50 years? Nobody quite knows …
Downton and Out With the last of the Downton Abbey movies in theaters, cast members recall working with Maggie Smith and how Downton-mania spread across the pond
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A Quiet Evening
Norman Lewis started traveling long before he had the notion to document his journeys. He was quite happy to go abroad…
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Nimb
Since it first opened, in 1843, the 15-acre Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen has embodied two key Danish values—sophistication…
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Stretch Your Story
You’ve heard of K-beauty and K-pop, but what about K-activewear? Stretch Your Story blends the legacy of Korean wellness…
Matisse vs. the Nazis Despite a teaching post in San Francisco and a visa to Rio de Janeiro, the artist stayed in France during W.W. II
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch Two mystery books unfolding on either side of the Atlantic, and a new Maigret TV show set in present-day Paris
Shiver Your Timbers! A new biography about the author behind The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde unmasks the life of Robert Louis Stevenson
Let Them Eat Cake! From fans to feathers, paintings to pumps, an exhibition in London traces the evolution of Marie Antoinette’s tastes in fashion and decoration
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