Still More Mitford-Mania
Mimi Pond has written and illustrated a graphic novel about her own lifelong fascination with the infamous sisters
Spark of Genius
Muriel Spark, one of the most admired British novelists of the 20th century, led a mystically charged life that uncannily melded fact and fiction
Mrs. Dalloway at 100
A century on, Virginia Woolf’s breakthrough novel remains modern
Darling, Death Becomes You!
On this week’s podcast, a look at how funerals have become a scene for the new social climbing
Runner-up
The 107 Days that shook Kamala Harris
A Lighter Shade of Darren Aronofsky
His movies—Black Swan, The Wrestler, Requiem for a Dream—are notoriously heavy. But the director’s latest, Caught Stealing, is a romp around the East Village of the 1990s
Ken Follett’s World Without End
The Welsh thriller author on producing such a vast archive—and the lure of Stonehenge, the subject of his latest book
Emily Adams Bode Aujla’s Guide to New York
The fashion designer shares her go-to spots in her adopted city
15 Reasons Pete Buttigieg Should Be President
With no clear Democratic front-runner, could the former secretary of transportation be the party’s next presidential nominee? We count the reasons why
That Time When Prince Andrew Went Full Curb Your Enthusiasm
On this week’s podcast, Susie Essman recounts her very strange conversation with Jeffrey Epstein’s royal pal
Four Boys. One Fed-Up Country
Now in its 27th season—an animated-series endurance record topped only by The Simpsons—South Park is a tonic for our Trump-ified times
The Bard of New England
Screenwriter Ben Shattuck’s old-school Massachusetts hometown inspired a new period romance starring Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor
Close Encounters
In London, the contemporary artist Mona Hatoum honors Alberto Giacometti with an exhibition exploring their mutual fascination with the psychological effects of violence
Madness! Mayhem! Megalopolis!
A new documentary about the filming of Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 million fiasco reveals an aloof Adam Driver, an enraged Shia LaBeouf—and a chaos-loving Coppola
London Confidential
Boodle’s, Blacks, Buck’s, Brooks’s … A new coffee-table book takes readers on a tour of the city’s private members’ clubs
Mick Herron’s Horse Sense
The Slow Horses author on the inspiration for Jackson Lamb, taking a page out of Stephen King’s book, and what his third act would look like
Kathryn Bigelow Goes Nuclear
The Oscar-winning director is back in her happy place with the nail-biting, anxiety-inducing, apocalyptic political thriller A House of Dynamite
The Pride and Prejudice That Almost Was
Duets on horseback, Philadelphia nightlife … Inside an unmade Hollywood-musical version of the Austen classic, starring Judy Garland and Peter Lawford
