Life’s a Gas
Step back from this mad month and see things at a remove with music from Annie Lennox, Amen Dunes, Rose Royce, the Moody Blues, and more
The Flames of Corruption
A Romanian documentary might be the most explosive film of the year. And an Oscar front-runner
Locked Out. But Perhaps LinkedIn
Imagining how Ivanka, Eric, and Stephen Miller market themselves, post–White House
Lockdown with Larry David
Cazzie David talks about her hilarious new book. Plus: Mark Ellwood on diva drama at Moda Operandi
Dwight Garner
The New York Times book critic is out with a collection of his favorite quotations. Here, three recommendations to whet our appetite
Better by Design
Nearly 50 years after the publication of Louis Kahn’s monograph, a new edition presents the singular work of the architect in a fresh light
Life After Boris
Marina Wheeler on her new book, her broken marriage to Boris Johnson, and raising children who won’t speak to their father
Not Harry Potter, But It’ll Do
Available online for free, The Ickabog, accompanied by whimsical illustrations from children around the world, brings joy to lockdown
New This Week
Melanie Reid reviews playboy photographer David Bailey’s rollicking memoir, and new light is shed on the French Resistance in Patrick Marnham’s War in the Shadows, reviewed by Roger Boyes
A World Apart
Never-before-published photographs by Steve McCurry bring faraway places and cultures into radiant focus
Citizen Mank
David Fincher and Gary Oldman illuminate the tortured psyche of one of Hollywood’s greatest screenwriters
Pawn Star
It’s sexy. It’s smart. The Queen’s Gambit gets chess (and the game’s inherent sexism) just about right
Léna in Paris
With the publication of a self-help book that is outselling classics, millennial influencer Léna Mahfouf casts herself as a French girl next door
Walter Isaacson on Taking the Cure
Plus, Christopher Buckley on Trump’s parting words and part two of our conversation with David Sedaris
A Day in the Life
On the 50th anniversary of the Beatles’ breakup, early photographs capture the band on the cusp of fame
Two Lovers
Sylvia Plath’s biographer uncovers the poems her husband, Ted Hughes, wrote for her after her tragic death
