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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Josh Gosfield’s Sketchbook

His Way

The cat-and-mouse game Frank Sinatra and Gay Talese played in 1965 produced arguably the greatest magazine feature ever. The story behind it is riveting

Zooming with the Cast of The Wire

Is America finally ready for David Simon’s HBO masterpiece?

Low Fidelity

Why the best screenplay adaptations pervert their novels of origin

David Byrne Burns Down the House

The once-in-a-lifetime experience of American Utopia

Did Frank Sinatra Do Yoga with Goats?

On this week’s edition of the AIR MAIL podcast, it seems anything is possible

Tuppence Middleton

In Mank, the vibrant British actress plays “Poor Sara,” the put-upon wife of Herman Mankiewicz

That Old Feeling

Dance into the New Year with Dua Lipa, the Ronettes, Yvonne Elliman, the Rolling Stones, and more

In Bloom

Flowers from ancient to modern times inhabit a festive book of photographs and works on paper

Play by Play

Ed Sorel

The longtime illustrator and satirist recommends his favorite books, spanning three centuries

About Time

The Pleasures of Phil Ochs

Crimes and Misdemeanors

A look back at the eight best mystery books of 2020

Fare-Thee-Well, 2020

Close out the year with Frank Ocean, the Avalanches, Brian Eno, Waxahatchee, and more

Andrea Ferolla’s Sketchbook

Alan Cumming Remembers Sean Connery

A Boxing Day treat; the prince of Scotland shares a memory of “the king of Scotland”; and more

An Empress in Code

She was known for her three-hour hairstyling sessions, but Elizabeth of Austria also provided key, secret support to her husband, the Habsburg emperor

Murder, They Wrote

Just British

Olivia Cooke

For the actress, who at 26 has already starred in Ready Player One, Modern Love, and Vanity Fair, the pandemic offered a much-needed re-start

All About Eve with Strippers?

A Q&A about T&A. How Showgirls, one of Hollywood’s raunchiest movies, came to be