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The First $100 Million and the First 100 Days

On this week’s podcast, Jacob Silverman details Trump’s epic grift

Nazi Loot In Limbo

Jake Heggie’s chamber opera Before It All Goes Dark

Churchill’s Angels

How a secret W.W. II–era British spy ring fought the Nazis from New York’s Rockefeller Center—and how a female agent almost lost her life in the process

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss 75 newly reissued editions of Georges Simenon’s detective novels, featuring the French inspector Jules Maigret

Stephanie Suberville’s Guide to San Miguel de Allende

The fashion designer and co-founder of Heirlome shares her go-to spots in the Mexican city

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Island of Tragedy

Hee-Haw, Taylor Swift!

It’s hard to recall a time when the singer wasn’t topping charts and bringing home Grammys. But her success was far from a sure bet

Terroir Terror

A former sommelier at a four-star New York City restaurant recalls a harrowing sexual assault she experienced behind the scenes of the fine-dining world

E. A. Hanks

Tom Hanks’s daughter makes her literary debut with a revelatory memoir

The Blood of an Englishman

One of the most sensational murders in recent British history becomes, in Robert Icke’s Manhunt, a moving disquisition on male rage, societal failure, and madness

Cocktails for the End of the World

Situated just outside of Brussels, the world’s only R.E.M.-themed bar acts as a modest, mellow shrine for the band’s devoted, graying fans

Requiem for a Continent

Ahead of Earth Day, photojournalist Guillaume Bonn’s haunting images expose the dark side of Africa’s wildlife havens, which are increasingly falling victim to unchecked industrialism

Taylor Swift, Harvard M.B.A.?

On this week’s podcast, Kevin Evers reveals the business insights we all can steal from Tay-Tay

Tintoretto’s Magnum Opus

An exhibition in Cincinnati unveils three newly restored works by the Italian Renaissance painter and rival of Titian

Paper Trails

A charming new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum, in Amherst, pays tribute to an often overlooked aspect of picture book–making: endpapers

False Prophets

How an investigation into a Mormon murder spree led one author to uncover the lurid world of America’s New Age movement—cult leaders, reincarnation, QAnon, and all

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a mountain climber’s account of sailing from Maine to Alaska, an examination of the air we breathe, and a look back at J.F.K. and Nikita Khrushchev’s Cold War–era diplomacy

Annabelle Selldorf’s Guide to Cologne

The German architect behind the Frick Collection’s new renovation shares her favorite restaurants, sights, and shops in her hometown

Private Predicaments and Natural Disasters

Meghan Daum wrote a book called The Catastrophe Hour. Three months before it was published, her house burned down.

Hailee Steinfeld

The True Grit child star returns to the big screen with Sinners, starring alongside Michael B. Jordan

Matthew Rhys Gets Personal

The Welsh actor discusses meeting his wife, Keri Russell, on The Americans—and his role in the new Agatha Christie adaptation, Towards Zero

The Trump Administration’s West Wing

A Forgotten Master of Pulp Fiction

The only thing more noir than the work of writer Cornell Woolrich may have been his own life