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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

Cloud Atlas

Dana Schutz, the artist behind the Emmett Till controversy, debuts her first solo show in London, “Shadow of a Cloud Moving Slowly”

Welcome to the Show

NEW: Spirited chat about this week’s top stories

Black and White and Read All over the South

How a comic book about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rallied 1960s civil-rights fighters, including John Lewis

Soul-Searching

They are known as history’s most ruthless warriors, but the Vikings also believed in luck and guardian angels

All the President’s Spies

“Ring” of Fire

Hoodoo Economics

Being There

There’s no substitute for seeing a concert in person, but these tracks will tide you over until that’s a possibility again

Alan Partridge Has Something to Say

“It’s the real, raw, be-cardiganed me.” Britain’s No. 1 raconteur is back with a podcast

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Cathy Graham’s Sketchbook

Go Time

The author of a new book on the future of business thought the coronavirus would upend it. Instead, the pandemic proved its central thesis: a move toward frictionlessness

Spy Wiz

Germany Works

Not All Roses

See both sides of love with these songs from Bryan Ferry, Bertrand Burgalat, Carly Simon, Krisma, and more

El Chapo Guzmán, Movie Star

The incarcerated Mexican drug lord isn’t giving up on his Hollywood dreams

Murder, They Wrote

Disconcerting

The BBC scraps the “Rule, Britannia!” lyrics from a beloved music program for fear of re-awakening the woke, then reverses its reverse

In Bloom

Farm to Screen

What if … Cher Were Postmaster General?

She’s been trying to volunteer at her Malibu post office. What might happen if she got the top job?

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Richard Haines’s Sketchbook