The Jewel in The Crown
Erin Doherty is pure ebullience, even if her Princess Anne is something else entirely
The Man Behind Daniel Craig’s Mississippi Drawl
Rian Johnson, the creator of Knives Out, reveals how he updated Hitchcock, Sleuth, and Christie
EPISODE II: “Dial ‘Facebook Messages’ for Murder”
More correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
Thanks Again
Michael Kiwanuka, J. J. Cale, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, and Sly & the Family Stone are among those who know just how to say it
Anthony Doerr
Shares the essential titles on his bookshelf
Man of Letters
A new collection of Ralph Ellison’s correspondence sheds light on the life of the writer, including the
first books that influenced him
Do Not Open Before 2114
The author who shared everything in My Struggle keeps his new book under wraps for 94 years
London After Dark
There were many drinking clubs in Soho in the 50s. But the habitués of the Colony were of a more stellar quality, with a higher degree of loucheness
Food for Thought
This Land is Their Land offers a true account of the First Thanksgiving. Its author illustrates the violent history behind today’s myth
Jesse Eisenberg
Recommends four contemporary plays
Horse Sense
A new book offers a playful antidote to uncertain times, from the British illustrator whose past collaborations with Richard Curtis and Nelson Mandela are a testament to the wide-ranging charm of his work
Cuban Revolution
Ana de Armas, the Knives Out actress and soon-to-be Bond girl, on working with Daniel Craig and Chris Evans
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
Dream Come True
An excerpt from a new book reveals how Disneyland came to be
EPISODE I: “Slattern-on-the-Hudson”
Recent correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
