Dial “Midwife” for Murder
The little-known story of a 1920s midwife who supplied women with arsenic to kill their abusive husbands
Catherine Lacey
The author discusses her latest novel, a fictionalized biography of a “Frankenstein’s monster of 20 artists and 20 writers” whom she admires, from Kathy Acker to Susan Sontag
Rudy Then and Rudy Now
Rudy Giuliani’s fall from respected New York mayor to Trump consigliere is well documented. But the cracks in his moral makeup were there from the outset
An Amusement Park of Dreams
The first-ever art amusement park—launched in 1987 in Hamburg, and featuring art by everyone from Basquiat to Baselitz to Lichtenstein—has since been all but forgotten. Ahead of Luna Luna’s reopening, next year, a new book surveys this feat of the imagination
Solid Sender
A new immersive production of Guys and Dolls in London is an all-around delight
From The Glass Castle to Prohibition
Jeannette Walls looks back at her tumultuous upbringing and her days as a gossip columnist in New York, and discusses her latest book, a novel set in the 1920s
Alison Roman
The writer, chef, and cookbook author reveals her travel routine
Can a 71-year-old American Musical Revive London?
On this week’s podcast, John Lahr tells us how—and why—Londoners have gone mad for Guys and Dolls
The Hits Keep Coming
After the success of Unorthodox, its co-creator Anna Winger returns to Netflix with Transatlantic, a black comedy about World War II–era refugees
Anna Wintour
The Vogue editor isn’t typically a lady who lunches. But on this week’s Table for Two, she makes an exception for host Bruce Bozzi
Karina Longworth Is Bringing Back the 90s
The podcast host discusses her career, her marriage, and the new season of You Must Remember This, which will focus on Showgirls, Basic Instinct, Eyes Wide Shut, and other 1990s erotic film classics
Fine-Tuning
In an interview, the pianist Víkingur Ólafsson discusses his affinity for Edvard Grieg’s Piano Concerto, which he’s playing around Europe
The Crucible
An interfaith Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival, 134 years after the work’s premiere on the same stage
We’ll Always Have Paris
In Paris Hilton’s new memoir, the socialite seems disingenuous and her ghostwriter’s touch is too obvious. And yet, we’re still captivated
Staff Picks
Don’t miss an epic catalogue of Edward Hopper’s paintings, a tale of walking from Washington D.C. to New York City, and an appreciation of the architect Shigeru Ban
The Writers’ Room
Who needs WeWork, anyway? At the London Library, authors of all persuasions gather to toil, tinker, and socialize
How Mel Brooks Got Smart
Over a seven-decade career, the actor and filmmaker behind some of the most successful TV comedies of all time achieved success by becoming a poet of failure
