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Something in the Water

Growing Up Picasso

A new book focuses on the Spanish artist’s relationship with one of his greatest muses—his first daughter, Maya

Hear Them Roar

Susan Sontag, Germaine Greer, Norman Mailer, and others battle over “women’s lib” in a rarely seen documentary about the epic 1971 all-star debate

Lust in Translation

Bill Murray is back in the picture in Sofia Coppola’s new film about Gen X marriage, On the Rocks

A Different Draft of History

Oktoberfest 1900 gives the Bavarian beer festival an injection of Scorsese menace and mayhem

The Soul of Wit

“Table Top Shakespeare,” comprising brief adaptations of the bard’s works, launches an At Home edition

2020 Alibi

A coronavirus whodunit

Across the Universe

Fifty years after the Beatles parted, their enduring magic still lights up rock’s firmament

Flak Catchers

In an interview never before published in English, old friends Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe discuss American taboos, Trump, and his women

Kids These Days

Mary Ellen Mark’s gritty photographs evoke the resilience and spirit of youth

Bill, Barr the Door!

Free Spirit

Cold Dead Hand

A top N.R.A. leader explains what happened when he ratted out the gun lobbyist of tutti gun lobbyists, Wayne LaPierre

The Family Jewels

Spirited chat about this week’s top stories

Out of Africa

A selection of songs from the birthplace of humanity, by Fela Kuti, Swamp Dogg, Mahmoud Ahmed, Rihanna, and more

Walking the Walk

Her Royal Deepness

Can you tell the real Meghan Markle–isms from the fake? Test your Sussex Squad cred with this quiz!

A Stand-Up Duchess

Fearless, filthy, and brash, Katherine Ryan is a single mother—and Netflix star—seizing her moment

“I Know Those Guys”

Before he met Nora Ephron, Nick Pileggi learned everything he needed to know to write Goodfellas in Bensonhurst

Duncan Hannah’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Bake-Off Bakes On

Fans of The Great British Baking Show, as it’s known in the U.S., will be relieved to learn that the show will soon come back for its 11th season

Wax On, Wax Off

Cobra Kai, a TV-series sequel to The Karate Kid, pays worthy homage to the original while undoing it

You See, But You Do Not Observe …

He invented the world’s greatest detective, but Arthur Conan Doyle was also an intrepid traveler, his biographer reveals