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Candid Camera

Lawrence Osborne reveals the inspiration behind his novel The Forgiven, whose screen adaptation premieres at the Tribeca Film Festival next week

Crooked Teeth and Dodgy Leaders

Though it came as a shock to many, Brexit was nothing more than the latest round in an argument as old as the British Isles themselves

Will This Be the Perfect Italian Summer?

Mediterranean beaches unspoiled by oligarchs! (Well, almost … )

20th-Century Picture Show

A new coffee-table book collects some of the last century’s most enduring photographs, shot by Norman Parkinson, Sebastião Salgado, Weegee, and others

Genuine Fakes

Greenwich Village Sunburnt

Beyond Face Value

Women Beware Women

Gillian Anderson and Lily James chew the scenery in All About Eve

Creature of the Night

The former director of the 90s’ hottest nightclubs reveals the work behind the parties

The Empires Strike Back

The Shot Heard Round Russia

The little-known story of how Catherine the Great conquered her fear of doctors to inoculate herself and her country against smallpox

Jet Lag

Something About Them

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

A retired C.I.A. officer gets back into the game to solve a perplexing case

What Women Want

In an interview with Three Women’s Lisa Taddeo, the author discusses grief, vengeance, her new story collection, and, of course, women

A Cold War Spy Caper

Moviemaker Whit Stillman on the story behind his story. Plus, Errol Morris stops by

Political Clout

After a nine-year hiatus, the prescient Danish drama Borgen and its lead character, Birgitte Nyborg, have a lot to say

High-Wire Act

The Coaster Correspondence 2.0

Ned Coaster, brother of Ed, gives AIR MAIL’s editors some invaluable advice

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Paradise Found

Grandi Giardini Italiani, which works to protect and manage Italy’s best gardens, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a heavenly new book

Lauren Tamaki’s Sketchbook

Flight Songs

If you can’t get enough of our winged friends’ melodious music, you just might love these tunes that pay tribute to them, from Jimi Hendrix, Regina Spektor, Townes Van Zandt, and more

The Steep and Thorny Way to Heaven

Brecht and Weill’s swan song, The Seven Deadly Sins