Downton Drabby
In a new podcast, the Duchess of Rutland confirms there’s more to being aristocratic than shooting weekends and idle gossip
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
Future Shock
Eight questions with Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Sixth Extinction, whose new book contemplates the earth’s precarious future
Opera Pick of the Week
The Metropolitan Opera’s 1983 production of Berlioz’s Les Troyens, starring Jessye Norman as Cassandra
Island in the Stream
Rapa Nui native Mahani Teave learned to play the piano on her island’s only instrument. Here, an interview with the classical pianist
Scaling Mount Whitman
Through years of research and introspection, an author asks, How did Walt Whitman write the poetry that we remember him by?
Good Grief
New exhibitions spotlight the work of Anselm Kiefer and Berlinde de Bruyckere, artists evoking the pain and mourning of today
Grand Illusions
Inside the world of social-media influencers, where likes are worth cash, followers can be bought, and anyone can be famous
The Truman Show
He both mingled with and shredded high society. A new documentary asks: Who was Truman Capote, really?
Great Dane
With a new leading role in The Investigation, Pilou Asbaek confirms he’s one of Scandinavia’s most versatile actors
Ralph Fiennes Unearths His Heart
In The Dig, a movie for these days, the actor creates the anti-Voldemort, a man of kindness and compassion
Ripley’s Match
Richard Bradford’s new biography of Patricia Highsmith evokes a flawed genius who bridged crime writing and high literature