Messing with Perfection
In the latest affront to musical history, Cat Power is covering Bob Dylan’s 1966 concert at the Royal Albert Hall
Liz Truss: Even Stranger Than We Thought
On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reports on the very revealing new book about the former P.M.
Bono Still Hasn’t Found What He’s Looking For
The U2 front man’s new memoir is romantic, sincere, and self-effacing. More than an inventory of rock ’n’ roll high jinks, it reveals how deep the trauma of losing his mother at just 14 sits, even today
A Seven-Decade Roman Holiday
The diaries of the American art critic, photographer, and Rome transplant Milton Gendel reveal a life spent mingling with artists, royals, and other notables
Second-Lead Syndrome
Dancing man Tommy Rall steals the screen in MGM’s Kiss Me, Kate
The Wilder West
Post–Civil War, while most white settlers were eager to push American Indians off their land, General William Sherman advocated for the tribes
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
Based on the best-selling book of the same name, and with unprecedented access to secret military archives, a new BBC drama tells how a group of maverick officers formed the S.A.S. in the darkest days of World War II
Ahoy for a Shipwreck
In Houston, Louisa Muller directs a long-neglected operatic masterpiece
Half Myth, Half Man
The author of a new biography of Bo Jackson, an elusive star of both the N.F.L. and M.L.B., didn’t obtain his subject’s participation, but he got the next best thing: 720 original interviews
Murder, They Wrote
This month, mystery books that take place in luxury getaways are perfect settings for murders. Plus: the latest from Michael Connelly, and fresh Scandi noir
Will Prince Harry Spare King Charles?
On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reveals why the royals dread Harry’s forthcoming book; and more
Handy Halloween Hacks
With a few minor tweaks, you can recycle an old costume into something more timely
Forces of Nature
The renowned photographer Karsh shot some of the 20th century’s most remarkable women
Danse Macabre
A wicked Rigoletto on the floating stage of Bregenz, Austria
One for the Booker
An interview with Shehan Karunatilaka, the Sri Lankan writer who won the Booker Prize for his novel The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida last week
