Birkin’s Baggage
On the occasion of her new album, Jane Birkin looks back on old love
Is The Rehearsal the Strangest Show Ever?
Errol Morris stops by this week’s podcast to share his view
Weird Science
Are the people in Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal knowing participants—or guinea pigs in a mad behavioral experiment?
Life on the Orient Express
She is remembered as the incarnation of her most beloved character, the elderly, provincial Miss Marple. In reality, the adventurous, globe-trotting Agatha Christie was the opposite
Crisis Control
Eight questions with Jonathan Darman, whose new book explores how polio prepared F.D.R. for the presidency—and saved his marriage
Smells Like Team Spirit
From Hollywood to Wales—a charming new documentary follows actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney on their quest to revive Britain’s unluckiest football club
London’s 34th Billy Elliot
Caught live at the Victoria Palace Theatre in 2014, Elliott Hanna makes a legendary part his own
Long Live the King
Ahead of his latest novel’s release, Stephen King divulges his writing routine and explains why social media is a “poison pill”
This Quiz Makes Wordle Look Like Child’s Play
Let’s just hope you’re not a sizar
Voice of a Generation
A one-woman spoken-word odyssey of Kurt Cobain’s life has captured the attention of critics, and Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge, at this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe
Fifty Shades of Britain
In England, Channel 4 has brought the dating show to uncharted territory by featuring naked contestants
Super Star Power
More than half a century after Edie Sedgwick and Andy Warhol hooked up, their mystique endures. Now Edie’s sister Alice is making sense of it all
Zola Ganzorigt
The business-school student turned manicurist has quickly become Hollywood’s favorite nail artist
Naked Dating and the Millionaire Misogynist
Plus: why Buzz Bissinger is preparing to leave America
