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William the Heir, Harry the Spare

Prince Andrew’s Vanity on Full Display

He’s got a new Range Rover and a personalized license plate. (No, it’s not WANKR)

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

All Joking Aside

In France, comic books tell serious stories. And, sometimes, they kill

Rupert Bear’s Royal Stamp

The 100th anniversary of a British comic strip that inspired Paul McCartney and Monty Python’s Terry Jones

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Don’t Murder Me

Songs are like people: some shine and some don’t. Here’s a collection of songs that definitely shine, from Benny Goodman, the Gipsy Kings, Bobby “Boris” Pickett, Eddie Noack, and more

Maria Bakalova

The 24-year-old whom Rudy Giuliani couldn’t keep his hands off of—and who almost stole the Borat sequel

Come Together

In lieu of an American tour, 21-year-old cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason records Saint-Saëns’s Carnival of the Animals at Abbey Road alongside his musical siblings

Hats Off!

This month, exhibitions on designers Philip Treacy and Halston pay extravagant tribute to headwear

Open Studio

Contemporary artists offer accessible, at-home art projects in a new book, out now

Music Man

With his nasty temper and squalid lifestyle, Beethoven was not an easy genius. Writing from the perspective of his lover, an author explores the appeal

The Dark Side of Lolita

Sue Lyon was 14 when she starred in the film. The producer slept with her anyway

A Study of Female Sexuality

Before her best-seller made her a global sexologist, Shere Hite was a goddess of pulp-fiction and movie-poster illustrations

Hilary Mantel

The author of the Cromwell trilogy recommends her favorite books on her favorite theme: royals

Don Bachardy’s Sketchbook

Live from Caserta

Bad Lighting

Alexandra Pelosi’s latest documentary, American Selfie, offers a chaotic, unsettling snapshot of the times we’re living in

Man of Letters

Danny DeVito, Edward Norton, and others pay tribute to Bruce Springsteen, whose new 12-track album, Letter to You, is out now

Huntsville Picture Show

Jonathan Becker’s glamorous portraits of Gloria Vanderbilt complement her paintings in a sprawling display at Alabama’s Huntsville Museum of Art

Your Morning Eye-Opener

In this week’s podcast, Ashley and Mike look at some bad behavior, from a Hollywood sex scandal to Vice problems

Lucky No. 9

Infidelity and Murder at a Private New York School

The director of The Night Manager focuses on Manhattan’s addled elite in HBO’s The Undoing

The Idiot Box Meets Its Match

Trump has threatened to start a TV network if he loses the election. So what would that look like?