Fame Monster
Top royal-watcher Tina Brown has V.I.P., front-row, all-access passes to the Queen of England. Ish ...
Breaking Bread
Forget hot dogs—this Memorial Day, it’s all about the bun, and the many other forms of bread artists from Dalí to Lichtenstein used as motifs in their work
Is His Figure Less Than Greek?
Of Simon Russell Beale, London Assurance, and the joys of farce
Lucy Boynton
The Bohemian Rhapsody and Politician actress plays a Cold War–era spy in her latest role
A Welcome Russian Invasion
The director and Putin critic Kirill Serebrennikov spent the last few years in detainment. Now he’s back at Cannes with a new film—and a lot more to say about his homeland
A Weekend at Marchmont
On a recent spring day in the Scottish countryside, the newly restored estate of Rory McEwen hosted a tribute to the late, great British artist and folk singer
Gen Z’s Hot New Drug
This week on the podcast, a closer look at kratom. Plus, would you pay $700 to eat some ants?
Common Enemies
What if Vladimir asked Elon to team up?
A Study in Scarlet
Joel Meyerowitz’s study of the many shades and styles of red hair is an ode to the world’s natural redheads
From Slush Pile to Pulitzer
Joshua Cohen couldn’t find a publisher for his novel about Harold Bloom and the Netanyahus. Now it’s a heralded prizewinner
Elsinore Revisited
A Cubist Hamlet from the Australian composer Brett Dean, with the original Glyndebourne cast
In Putin’s Shadow
In an interview with the lieutenant turned military historian Antony Beevor about his newest book on a pre-U.S.S.R. Russia, it all goes back to Ukraine
Staff Picks
Don’t miss a journalist’s memoir about re-invention; an appeal for readers to start writing; and the story of two men’s search for the source of the Nile River
Women on a Mission
Just after World War II, six nuns from Kentucky moved to India to set up a missionary hospital. Their letters home offer insight into life on the ward
Gen Z Finds Its Wise Man
How did Ryan Holiday, a former marketing executive in rural Texas, become the go-to philosopher for these times?
Take a Chance on Them
Forty years after their unofficial split, Abba is attempting a comeback with a live-concert tour featuring avatars of the band’s younger selves
