A Night Celebrating Jim McMullan
Louise Grunwald, Ed Sorel, and André Bishop gathered at the Waverly Inn to celebrate the illustrator’s new book
Anna Bottinelli
The president of the Monuments Men and Women Foundation hunts down invaluable works of art that went missing during World War II
It’s Complicated
A new film re-examines Tolstoy’s marriage—a subject that has inspired more than a century of commentary, from dueling novellas to literary mock trials
The Surreal World of Elsa Schiaparelli
A new book, accompanying an exhibition in Paris, explores the sensational creations of the Italian designer
A Man of Parts
John le Carré was always obsessed with controlling his narrative. Following the publication of a tell-all by one of his mistresses, the spy novelist is once again seeking to set the record straight—this time, from the grave
Cloudy Days
Sex, drugs, and sing-alongs: an oral history reveals the shady side of Sesame Street
Spies and Models!
In this week’s podcast, Pico Iyer discusses John le Carré, and Michael Gross reports on Kate Moss
Animal Instinct
A new film by the Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski offers a prescient look at mankind today, through the eyes of a sympathetic, non-human protagonist
Last Laugh
From the National Theatre, London, a rare revival of George Farquhar’s The Beaux’ Stratagem
Staff Picks
Don’t miss profiles of 31 little-known New Yorkers; the story of how Sesame Street was adapted for Russian TV; and a cookbook from the Via Carota chefs
A Feast for the Ears
This week’s podcast has grifters, N.B.A. stars, fancy restaurants, angry mobsters, Russian dissidents, and more!
Murder, They Wrote
As the holiday season approaches, gifts for mystery book–lovers of every type
Leave the Gun, Take the Cocktail
In an excerpt from his upcoming memoir, a maître d’hôtel for Brooklyn’s River Café recalls getting on the wrong side of a mobster from the Gotti crime family—and how he lived to tell the tale
Hot Topic
Ever since Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry the American divorcée Wallis Simpson, there has been speculation about their relationship. A new book attempts to set the record straight
A Mania for Egyptomania
Early next month, the “Magnificent Jewels” sale at Sotheby’s New York will include nearly a dozen superb pieces of Egyptian Revival jewelry
