Barbarians Inside the Gates
What happens when the junior staff at Goldman Sachs doesn’t want to go back to the office?
The Monroe Doctrine
Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of thousands of magazine articles, dozens of full-length biographies, an opera, an Elton John song, and more. Now a 1964 Andy Warhol painting of the actress is set to become the world’s most valuable work of modern art
Trump in Iambic Pentameter
Meet the British playwright who has turned modern-day American politics into a Shakespearean comedy
For the Love of Roses
Today’s rose fanatics—and there are a lot of them—join a fan club that stretches from Sappho to Shakespeare to Empress Joséphine
A Knight Errant in Love
Boston Baroque makes a stellar case for Handel’s rarity Amadigi di Gaula
Diary of a Somebody
When Anne Frank’s father published her diaries, they inspired awe, criticism, and lawsuits. Seventy-five years later, they’re still the center of controversy
Staff Picks
Don’t miss the epic story of a search for a missing canoer; an insider’s look at Italian life; and a re-assessment of 20th-century classical music
Talking in Riddles
A collection of 95 medieval riddles has left scholars scratching their heads—and clutching their pearls
Practice Makos Perfect
Christopher Makos showed Andy Warhol how to use his first camera. He also cemented Warhol’s existence as the personification of the “American brand”
Herbie Fully Loaded
In an excerpt from his new book, the author remembers unleashing his father, a well-known negotiator, on a professor he hated
Lydia Leonard
The actress reprises Camille Cottin’s role in Ten Percent, the British remake of the hit French show Call My Agent!
Putin on the Ritz
As Vladimir and his cohort prepare to paint the town—or at least the square—red, they call upon the hostess with the mostess to be their social czar
The Hills Were Alive …
… with the sound of rock ’n’ roll music. And many of the finest strains on the West Coast were emanating from Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward’s house
The Little House That Rocked L.A.
In the 1960s, Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward’s place in the hills was the center of an arts explosion
Disney Is Not Mickey Mousing Around
Revealed: the Magic Kingdom’s secret plans to retaliate against Florida governor Ron DeSantis
Confessions of a 10-Percenter
With the arrival of the English version of Call My Agent!, a real one shares tales of what life is really like behind the screams
