Keeping Mum
Maria Montessori is best known for her pioneering educational theory. Here, a look at her little-known, long-secret role as a mother
Isabel May
Ahead of Sunday’s 1883 finale, the Hollywood starlet looks onward
David Lynch Comes to Greenwich, Connecticut
A very twisted sex scandal, the invasion of Ukraine, and more in this week’s podcast
The Year That Changed Everything
The turn of the century saw a “stop the steal” election followed by a devastating terrorist attack. America was never the same
Brangelina for Gen Z?
Yup, Tom Holland and Zendaya have more than 189 million Instagram followers, and their films made upward of $2.4 billion last year
W Is for “Women”
A new book of essays and photos traces the fashion, life, and inspirations of Yves Saint Laurent from A to Z. Amy Fine Collins zeroes in on his muses
Medieval Chivalry for the Modern World
Director Joe Wright’s new anti-musical musical adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has shades of his own off-screen love triangle
The Queen’s Gambit
Immersive midsummer madness from the Bridge Theatre, London
Murder, They Wrote
New mystery books by Cara Black, Lucy Foley, and Nina de Gramont, paired with a Georges Simenon classic, take on Paris and Agatha Christie
A Fistful of Donald
For $75, you too can buy a gaudy, gold-accented coffee-table book featuring all things Trump. Proceeds go to MAGA and Mar-a-Lago
Winter of Soul
Warm tracks for cold days, from Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Bobby Womack, Syl Johnson, Millie Jackson, and more
Worlds Apart
Yes, people who believe the Earth is flat still exist. Here’s how this radical conspiracy movement got its start—and how to get its believers to see the light
