The Yin and Yang of Peter Thiel
The Silicon Valley venture capitalist has poured millions into far-right politicians with anti-big-tech agendas. He also happens to sit on Facebook’s board
Against the Grain
A collection of songs in the maverick vein of Karen Dalton, by Elizabeth Cotten, Odetta, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, and more
Elizabeth Neel
With a new show at Pilar Corrias, in London, Alice Neel’s granddaughter forges a path of her own
In Her Own Time
Bob Dylan said Karen Dalton had “a voice like Billie Holiday.” A new film looks at the enigmatic singer’s enormous influence
Once upon a Time in Wrexham
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a Welsh football club because … why not?
Little Gold Men, Big White Guilt
L.A.’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has little to say about movie history—but speaks volumes about Hollywood and our times
Does Anderson Cooper Have Money Issues?
The CNN anchor drops by to discuss his complicated relationship with his Vanderbilt family—and their cash
Cosmic Chaos
Isaac Asimov’s epic Foundation series comes to Apple TV+
A Spy Like No Other
A new film tells the unlikely story of Noor Inayat Khan, a young Indian pacifist turned Allied spy
Say Bonjour to France’s Most Elegant Castle
Photos of the Château de Haroué celebrate life chez Beauvau-Craon, the family who has called Haroué home for 300 years
Opera Pick of the Week
As the Metropolitan Opera returns to live performance, an easy fix for fans hooked on the company’s once-complimentary nightly streams
Great Minds …
Both Albert Einstein and Marie Curie visited America during the Roaring 20s. It left a lasting impression
Art Basel is Back!
The 50th edition of the famed art fair features work by artists as varied as Camille Pissarro and Kara Walker
Rumbled in the Jungle
The 1974 championship bout between George Foreman and Muhammad Ali, in Zaire, forever changed the lives of both fighters—and the writers who covered it
A Pre–Mean Girls Burn Book
The second in an unredacted three-part release of socialite Chips Channon’s diaries is as snobbish, spiteful, and addictive as the first
The Met Ball Hall of … Fame?
If you thought this year’s event looked like a cross between Halloween and the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards, you aren’t alone. They don’t call it the “Costume” Institute for nothing
Taking a Vaxxation
Here’s why so many Americans are unwilling to get a shot