Bass Instincts
Ron Carter, the most recorded bassist in history, turns 85 at Carnegie Hall
Barbarians Inside the Gates
What happens when the junior staff at Goldman Sachs doesn’t want to go back to the office?
The Monroe Doctrine
Marilyn Monroe has been the subject of thousands of magazine articles, dozens of full-length biographies, an opera, an Elton John song, and more. Now a 1964 Andy Warhol painting of the actress is set to become the world’s most valuable work of modern art
Trump in Iambic Pentameter
Meet the British playwright who has turned modern-day American politics into a Shakespearean comedy
For the Love of Roses
Today’s rose fanatics—and there are a lot of them—join a fan club that stretches from Sappho to Shakespeare to Empress Joséphine
When Harry Met WeSpeak
Who spoke the woke salad first? Prince Harry, WeWork’s co-grifter Rebekah Neumann, or … ?
British Broadcasting
Disheartened by the incessant drumbeat of horrid news? These songs—by Jarvis Cocker, the Animals, and others—will evoke the bulldog spirit of the English and give you strength to carry on
A Knight Errant in Love
Boston Baroque makes a stellar case for Handel’s rarity Amadigi di Gaula
Staff Picks
Don’t miss the epic story of a search for a missing canoer; an insider’s look at Italian life; and a re-assessment of 20th-century classical music
Talking in Riddles
A collection of 95 medieval riddles has left scholars scratching their heads—and clutching their pearls
Diary of a Somebody
When Anne Frank’s father published her diaries, they inspired awe, criticism, and lawsuits. Seventy-five years later, they’re still the center of controversy
Once upon a Time in Hollywood
In the course of their brief, intense marriage, Dennis Hopper and Brooke Hayward lit the match for a cultural explosion in 1960s Los Angeles
Practice Makos Perfect
Christopher Makos showed Andy Warhol how to use his first camera. He also cemented Warhol’s existence as the personification of the “American brand”
Herbie Fully Loaded
In an excerpt from his new book, the author remembers unleashing his father, a well-known negotiator, on a professor he hated
Lydia Leonard
The actress reprises Camille Cottin’s role in Ten Percent, the British remake of the hit French show Call My Agent!
