The People’s Mother
From McDonald’s to Disneyland, mums’ races, and school drop-offs, no aspect of Princess Diana’s identity was more heavily scrutinized than her role as a mother to William and Harry
When a Billionaire Buys Your General Store
On this week’s podcast, Carrie Monahan looks at the latest oddity among the 0.1-percenters on Long Island’s East End
The Writer and the Spy
How a journalist and a god-fearing F.B.I. agent partnered up to tell the true story of going undercover in America’s most dangerous neo-Nazi group
Lolita Cros’s Guide to New York
The French curator and art dealer shares her favorite art galleries in her hometown
Deadly Pleasures to Watch and Read
A new book and high-profile TV series paying tribute to Agatha Christie, and more
Show and Tell
The artist Goshka Macuga is exploring the intersection of fashion and art as part of her long-term collaboration with Miu Miu
Save America—Deport Lorne Michaels!
On this week’s podcast, David Kamp discusses his modest proposal to return sanity to America
Brett Robinson
The 34-year-old Ralph Lauren alum turned furniture designer is taking a bold new direction with his upcoming collection
Frank Fournier’s New York
A portfolio of the French photographer’s 1970s Technicolor pictures hearkens back to a city steeped in danger, decay, and unbridled creative freedom
The Hills Are Alive with the Sound of Music
A summer-long Western road trip for Hunter Noack and his nine-foot Steinway grand, vintage 1912
Ireland’s Literary Femme Fatale
The James Bond producer remembers Edna O’Brien, the pioneering writer whose books were once banned for their depictions of female sexuality
Almine Rech’s Guide to Brussels
The French art dealer and gallery owner shares her favorite spots in the Belgian capital
Clarion Top Notes, Plus His Head on a Cake Stand
Elza van den Heever, the Met’s new Salome, delivers the whole package
Elephant Man
The secret history of the Asian elephants that Belgium’s Leopold II dispatched to Africa in service of his ruthless colonial vision
An Ode to the Humble Paperback
From Lady Chatterley’s Lover to Bright Lights, Big City to A Little Life, books that were better the next time around
Mimi Keene
The British actress wanted to become a veterinarian. Then roles alongside Gillian Anderson, in Sex Education, and Anjelica Huston, in Towards Zero, came calling
The First $100 Million and the First 100 Days
On this week’s podcast, Jacob Silverman details Trump’s epic grift
Reality Check
From the French Proverbe to the English Experiment, a new coffee-table book surveys the avant-garde journals that paved the way for the 1920s’ Surrealist movement
