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The Nuns’ Story

Live from San Francisco, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc’s gripping chronicle of the French Revolution

French Dispatch

Inside the life and work of Annie Ernaux, the French writer who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature

Warning Signs

After Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to escape Auschwitz, he detailed the horrors of the concentration camp in a chilling report. Why did the world ignore it?

Staff Picks

Don’t miss a coffee-table book devoted to big animals; a corrective to a Fox News conspiracy theory about WikiLeaks; and a chronicle of Vienna’s culture

A Guide to Frieze London and Frieze Masters

If there’s one person who knows the fairs backwards and forwards, it’s Andrés Perez. Here, he suggests what to see and do this week

Down and Out in Architecture

Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook

Misery Porn

Blonde is sexist, cruel, and degrading—so why is it currently the No. 1 film on Netflix?

Erling Haaland

The Premier League’s latest superstar is so talented he might spoil the sport for good

As Seen in Scandinavia

Wasn’t It a Long Way Down?

Geena Davis Didn’t Know Thelma & Louise Is Still a Thing

The movie star reflects on the film’s enduring popularity, and how Hollywood has changed in the years since it was made

It’s a Natural Fit: Trump and Victoria’s Secret

Just two of the subjects discussed on this week’s podcast. Plus, will Liz Truss survive?

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Lift Every Voice and Sing

From Heartbeat Opera, a Fidelio for our time

Lower the Tsar

Motherless Russia

Before Gwyneth Paltrow, There Was Lydia E. Pinkham

For a time, the face of a popular yet ineffective health tonic was the most recognizable woman in America. Her marketing set the stage for today’s $4.4 trillion wellness industry

How a Rollicking New Play Came to Be

John Lithgow and Douglas McGrath take us inside the making of their new Off Broadway show

The Anxiety of Assimilation

The powerful new play Leopoldstadt mirrors its author’s journey from Tomáš Sträussler to Tom Stoppard

Murder, They Wrote

Mystery books past and present honor Queen Elizabeth II and the kingdom she leaves behind

Back to the Future

Seriously Stevie

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook