Songs with Atmosphere
A selection of 14 songs that defy description
The Good, the Bach, and the Ugly
Playwright Nina Raine unpicks the difficult personality of the 18th-century composer
Short List
Books to read this week, including a memoir from Rachel Johnson, sister of Boris; an inside look at the Secret Service; the true story of a Montauk shipwreck; and a colorful history of spas
Bret Easton Ellis’s Rules of Attraction
The shock jock of American letters is back with a serialized audiobook that eschews the culture wars for something closer to home
Love at First Letter
Inside the bizarre world of dating, sex, and marriage in America’s prisons
Building Castles in the Air
Photographs highlight the revolutionary work of today’s leading women architects
Digital Liberation
The Internet can be a dangerous place for women. But it has also powered a revolutionary global movement for women’s rights
Match Made in Hell, Part II
What would you do if the man you were sleeping with turned out to be a psychopath on the U.K.’s most-wanted list?
Did a Doomed Love Inspire the Eiffel Tower?
It’s a symbol of romance, but the designer was motivated by other emotions
Jamie Lee Curtis’s Notes on (Summer) Camp
She’s got a new Audible series … and thoughts on what is scary
The Wave of the Future Is Female
Tracing the male-dominated history of surfing to its women-wave-rider roots
Lisa Lloyd
The British artist making intricate birds, butterflies, and flowers out of just two materials: paper and card
O’Keeffe O’Clock
New York City street scenes meet oversize flowers and the American West in a sweeping survey of Georgia O’Keeffe’s epic work
