Before Cable Was Cool
A new book tells the story of CNN, Ted Turner, and the birth of the 24-hour news cycle
Lina’s World
The radical architect and designer Lina Bo Bardi transformed Brazil with her ambitious creations
Dog Days Come Early
Those interminable summer days have arrived well in advance of the season itself: 24 hours in the life of, well, everyone
Deepening the Dye
From bird-watching to Warhol-watching, the lockdown is an exercise in patience and concentration
Call Him “Mr. President”
Behind the doors of the Élysée Palace
Stay in Touch
Send a message with the Band, Split Enz, Bonnie Raitt, T. Rex, and more
Haifaa Al Mansour
The Saudi filmmaker gives audiences a picture of life in her secretive, ultra-conservative home country
Walter, Walter, Everywhere
Walter Presents, the streaming service specializing in foreign content, moves into book publishing
Final Cut
Parisian cinephiles are in an uproar over the actions of an American real-estate investor
Is It Curtains for British Theater?
After the lockdown, fears of a “total collapse”
Good in Bed
Cinema’s dreamiest movie scenes are a lesson in lounging glamorously
Feat of Clay
Being Rodin’s muse and mistress was no easy thing. After her death, Camille Claudel finally got a museum of her own, now open to visitors again
Seeing Double
How a doppelgänger foiled a secret Nazi plot to shoot a plane carrying precious cargo out of the sky
