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Zoé Gillette’s Sketchbook

The Gold Standard

From the peak of Hollywood glamour to snafus, boycotts, and last year’s infamous Slap, the Oscars have seen it all. Are they still worth watching?

Not to Be

High art. Romantic intrigue. Monstrous villainy. The inside story of the original, star-studded—and star-crossed—production of Shakespeare in Love is the stuff of, well, Shakespeare

Kinky Roots

Satan Ties the Knot

The bride will keep the name of her third husband, while the groom will now go by the Slavic pronunciation of his name, Shuh-TAN

Life After Death

At the Israel Museum, in Jerusalem, the first major exhibition of Jewish funeral garments goes on display

Away! Away! For I Will Fly To Thee

David Rothenberg takes his clarinet into Berlin’s green spaces to jam with the nightingales

On Thin Ice

Climate change is forcing many Americans to make the difficult decision between leaving their home and risking their safety

Staff Picks

Don’t miss a reflection on the state of journalism, a memoir from a former Metropolitan Museum of Art security guard, and the story of a molecular biologist’s fight against sexism

Lunch with Kate Hudson

The good-natured actress talks about being a child of Hollywood, whether she wants a big wedding, and much more in the latest episode of Table for Two

Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Sketchbook

End of Empire

Who’s Afraid of J. K. Rowling?

Why the Harry Potter author participated in a podcast series hosted by a first-time interviewer and former Westboro Baptist Church member from “the most hated family in America”

All Quiet on the Western Front, Again

How does the graphic new adaptation of the classic book measure up against the earlier screen version?

Fosse Fever

The Real Karl Lagerfeld

Behind the tailored suits, powdered ponytail, and cutting quips was a warm, funny, and sensitive private persona

A Different Kind of Gold Digger

Up Close with a Serial Killer

Journalist Malika Browne on interviewing “the Serpent”

How to Not Commit Suicide in Russia

Even if you’re one of Vladimir Putin’s allies, you stand a good chance of catching a fatal case of the glums

Palm Beach Living

A new coffee-table book surveys the architects and interior designers behind some of the island’s most beautiful homes—and the people who lived in them, from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Lilly Pulitzer

Let Procreation Thrive

From Glyndebourne comes Poulenc’s first opera, a zany surrealist call for new babies

Know-It-All

Match Made in Helsinki

A former Moscow correspondent reveals how the Helsinki Accords of 1975 have shaped the world’s response to the war in Ukraine

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