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Pawn Star

It’s sexy. It’s smart. The Queen’s Gambit gets chess (and the game’s inherent sexism) just about right

A Tale of Two Britains

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

Lockdown Pick-Me-Up

The deputy books editor at The Times of London recommends the best humorous volumes to take the edge off, including classics from Nora Ephron, Bill Bryson, and P. G. Wodehouse

New This Week

Roger Lewis reviews Douglas Murray’s biography of Lord Alfred Douglas, Oscar Wilde’s lover, and Tom Burgis unravels a web of financial crime in Kleptopia, reviewed by Simon Nixon

Mean Streets

A documentary takes to the streets of Venezuela to chronicle the day-to-day life of a nation in crisis

You’re Fired!

Gold Rush

Photographs celebrate the epic car chase in Goldfinger, set in scenic Switzerland and starring the late Sean Connery

When the Sun Set on Billy Wilder

Despite Sunset Boulevard, Double Indemnity, and The Apartment, the director had become unbankable by the 1970s

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Reborn on the Bayou

Head way down South to find the source of modern jazz, with tracks from Snooks Eaglin, King James & the Special Men, the Meters, Eddie Bo, and more

David Sedaris Brings the Laughs

The humorist delivers some very welcome comic relief

Margaret Atwood

The author of The Handmaid’s Tale is best known for her fiction, but she’s been a poet all her life. Here, she shares her favorites in the genre

The Best of Sedaris

An interview with David Sedaris about his preferences and peeves, on the occasion of his visit to the U.S.—and his new book

Diana Enters the Firm

That wedding. Those rumors. The scandals. A sneak peek at the new season of The Crown

Books and Bombs

Frost, Nixon, et al.

In his son’s new podcast, David Frost, who interviewed Gloria Steinem, Robert Kennedy, and, famously, Richard Nixon, reflects on the art of the interview

Color Her World

Exhibitions in Oxfordshire and New York capture Cecily Brown, the British painter of bold, energetic works, at her finest

Rocket Science

Coronavirus Warning

A Mission from God

Five years in the making, a limited-edition three-volume collection zeroes in on the magic of the Sistine Chapel

Larger Than Life

The British explorer takes readers to Okavango Delta in Botswana, the majestic African elephant’s favorite watering hole

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