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Crown of Thorns

A new book reveals the identity of the royal whom Meghan and Harry called out in their Oprah interview. Hint: he’s next in line to the throne

Virginie Efira

The Belgian actress gives a rattling performance as a manipulative nun in Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta

Opera Pick of the Week

Unseen at the Paris Opera since its premiere in 1936, Georges Enesco’s Œdipe returns in a heaven-sent staging by Wajdi Mouawad

Café Noir

Guitar Hero

B. B. King has been called “the world’s greatest blues singer.” A new book argues that his guitar riffs are just as influential

The Only Podcast You Need

The perfect way to spend a long holiday weekend—tune out the world and tune in to Morning Meeting

Goy Makes Good

Fifty years after he directed the movie adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, Norman Jewison looks at his storied career

Tom Ford Does Gucci

The former creative director of Gucci measures Ridley Scott’s movie about the Italian fashion dynasty that flamed out

The Gang’s All Here

The first collection of Bruce Weber’s golden-retriever shots celebrates the dogs who never leave the photographer’s side, otherwise known as “the gang”

Suspect Protection Program

History’s largest-ever counterterrorism investigation enlisted efforts from the U.S., the U.K., and Pakistan. Why was its main suspect allowed to run free?

De-sensitization Station

Songs you think you know, from Bruce Channel, Dion, the Staple Singers, and more

Murder, They Wrote

Dreaming Big

Flora Collins

The Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel combines Freud, Jordan Peele’s Us, and her own upbringing

Body Language

Miserly Musketeer

The co-creator of Tesla and founder of SpaceX shares his money-saving tips

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Crypto Cowboys

Cloud Atlas

A new book explores the 10 regions, from Australia to Ethiopia to outer space, that tell us where the world is headed next

Lit on the Rocks

Opera Pick of the Week

Der Zwerg (The Dwarf), Alexander von Zemlinsky’s decadent exploration of the female gaze, in rival productions from the transgressive hot spots of Amsterdam and Berlin

The Real Pulp Fiction

Hard Case Crime reissues the best in hard-boiled crime novels—and has turned Stephen King into a contributor

A Gentleman (Murderer) in Paris