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Leading Ladies

Women used to be Hollywood’s stars. Today, even in the wake of #MeToo, the film industry is a man’s game. What happened?

Risko’s Sketchbook

Funny Valentines

Oh, the things we overlook for love. Herewith, honest tracks for faithful lovers, from Alvin Robinson, Ella Fitzgerald, Dorothy Lamour, and more

The Victorian John and Yoko

Sounds of Silence

A collection of photographs captures the calm that has given Venice room to breathe and its treasures a chance to shine during the coronavirus pandemic

Rupert Murdoch’s Rival—and His Mysterious Death

On this week’s podcast, a riveting look at Robert Maxwell, the father of Ghislaine; and much more

Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Unwrapped

Heart of Darkness

It was only after Robert Maxwell’s death that the world realized how far his criminality extended. Yet the riddle surrounding his final moments endures

Opera Pick of the Week

A new presentation of David T. Little’s Soldier Songs, starring baritone Johnathan McCullough and available for streaming by the Opera Philadelphia

All in the Family

Like his daughter Ghislaine, the notorious British media baron Robert Maxwell was a monster. How did it all start?

Heroes and Villains

Stan Lee’s final days were as tragic and conflict-filled as his career was momentous. The comic-book legend’s biographer reveals the roots of his undoing

Ere Erdogan

David Mamet

With theaters shut, read what the playwrights are reading. In Mamet’s case, this means William Bolitho (introduced to him by Shel Silverstein), Christopher Hollis, and Pierre Berton

Downton Drabby

In a new podcast, the Duchess of Rutland confirms there’s more to being aristocratic than shooting weekends and idle gossip

Monochrome Mania

Future Shock

Eight questions with Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction, whose new book contemplates the earth’s precarious future

What If … Your Dentist Was Marjorie Taylor Greene?

Mitchell Johnson’s Sketchbook

The Absurd, Redefined

Was Albert Camus offed by a K.G.B. kill squad? (Probably not)

Fran Lebowitz Has a Few Things to Say …

The inimitable New Yorker on lockdown, Trump, outdoor dining, and more

The Masculine Mystique

Everyone wants a piece of Harry Styles

Adam Hugill

The 23-year-old went from training camp in Yorkshire to acting in Sam Mendes’s 1917. Now Hugill stars in BBC America’s The Watch

The Good Earth

Stay grounded with songs from Tracy Chapman, John Denver, Bill Withers, and more