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New Woman, Old Baggage

He’s More than Logan Roy

In his new memoir, Brian Cox recounts his journey from growing up poor in Scotland to ruling Succession

The Podcast You Need to Hear

From scheming patriarchs to the world’s best pizza, we’ve got it all this week

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

We’ll Always Have Fabio

How does a certain bronzed male model with free-flowing golden hair stay relevant? By remaining every bit himself … and sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber

In London, Love (and Much More) Is in the Air

Frieze returns to town and gets the city hopping

Chic Korea

Squid Game, Parasite, BTS—there’s a “K-” revolution afoot, and for once that prefix isn’t followed by “ardashian”

Underneath the Velvet Underground

Todd Haynes turns to documentary to get at the heart of Lou Reed’s 1960s New York City band

Monica Ahanonu’s Sketchbook

Space Cadet

William Shatner goes where no actor has gone before

Guilty Treasures

Allow yourself to indulge in these songs from Carly Rae Jepsen, the Guess Who, Stephen Bishop, Cher, and more

Around the World with Oscar Wilde

Following in Wilde’s footsteps, from his birthplace of Dublin to the Peloponnese, the American Midwest, and the prison he spent the better part of two years in

Hidden Gems

Opera Pick of the Week

If you liked The Bride of Frankenstein, you’ll love Charles Gounod’s Gothic thriller La Nonne Sanglante

Amor Towles

The A Gentleman in Moscow author shares the American classics he read while preparing to write his latest novel, The Lincoln Highway

Palace Intrigue

Petty Clash

The left-leaning Paul Samuelson and right-leaning Milton Friedman went to their graves disagreeing with each other over economics

Cosmic Yuri

A new biography details the life of Yuri Soloviev, the best ballet dancer you’ve never heard of

La Dolce Marina

A documentary on the Italian film producer Marina Cicogna, who worked with everyone from Sergio Leone to Franco Zeffirelli, premieres in Rome

Survival Instinct

The creator of the dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game explains the origins of the most streamed show on Netflix

A Walk on the Wild Side

Eight questions with Susan Orlean, the writer portrayed by Meryl Streep in Adaptation, whose new book explores our interactions with animals

Josh Gosfield’s Sketchbook

Country Comfort

Country songs for aficionados and newcomers alike, from Gary Stewart, Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Glen Campbell, and more

Swans Along Fifth Avenue

A new book feeds our continuing fascination with Truman Capote—and the society beauties he loved and hated