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Eisenhower’s War Years

Stephen Kroninger’s Sketchbook

Murder, They Wrote

This month’s best mystery books, podcasts, and TV series

The Daumier of La Dolce Vita

Ava Gardner kicked him in the groin, Peter O’Toole socked him in the ear, and this month Gérard Depardieu pounded him to a pulp. But 79-year-old Rino Barillari isn’t slowing down

Satch Is Back!

Five spectacular and previously unheard Louis Armstrong recordings from 1968 are finally being released by the BBC, showing him to be a great entertainer to the last

Lunch with Sam Taylor-Johnson

On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Fifty Shades of Grey director talks about making Paul Newman cry, the inspiration behind her new Amy Winehouse biopic, and more …

Infinity Times Four

From the Donmar Warehouse in London, Nick Payne’s Constellations

All Jazzed Up

How three great jazz musicians—Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington—created their own lexicons

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a beloved historian’s memoir; a look at early American life; and an author’s ode to his cat

Angelica Hicks’s Guide to Brooklyn

The British illustrator and Internet personality shares her go-to restaurants, shops, and bars near her home in Carroll Gardens

What You Don’t Know About Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy

On this week’s podcast, the author of a new biography of J.F.K. Jr.’s wife takes us inside the story

The Princess in the Tribeca Loft

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

House of the Spirits

The Way Things Were

Morris Engel’s 1980s telephone-booth photos—published for the first time in AIR MAIL—harken back to a bygone New York City

The Nanny Diaries

A solo show in New York honors Vivian Maier, the 20th-century nanny and amateur photographer whose richly nuanced work is only now getting its due

Portrait of the Artist as a Monster

A searing new memoir recounts a daughter’s toxic and chaotic relationship with her father, the artist Lucian Freud

Tom Lehrer Doesn’t Want to Talk to You

How did one of the world’s greatest satirists nearly fade into obscurity?

Owen Teague

The young star of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discusses acting with C.G.I. and making it in Hollywood

Klaus Kremmerz’s Sketchbook

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

As Virgin Atlantic celebrates its 40th anniversary, Richard Branson pauses from ruling his empire to reveal a few of his favorite things

The Bloomsbury Group’s Dark Horse

A new exhibition in London pays homage to Virginia Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell, a long-overlooked pioneer of modern art in Britain

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a look at Impressionist artists’ home lives; a biography of seven Egyptian queens; and a study of the explorer George Mallory

Jonny Johansson’s Guide to Stockholm

The creative director and co-founder of Acne Studios shares his favorite spots in the Swedish capital