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He Loves That You Love
“Love to Love You Baby”

As Giorgio Moroder turns 80, the Italian who produced some of the sexiest, most suggestive dance music in history finds he is hotter (and more in demand) than ever

Quentin Blake’s Sketchbook

Armchair Opera

Isobel Waller-Bridge

The musician talks about scoring the film Emma; her sister, Phoebe; and what kind of sounds suit a hot priest

Girlhood

A Cake and a Waltz

Earthly Delights

Consider the fragility of your natural habitat with songs from Marvin Gaye, R.E.M., Childish Gambino, and others

My Father, the S.S. Officer

Read Any Good TV Lately?

Even when shows are in English, more and more viewers choose to watch with captioning. So, what’s the story?

Essential Reading

On running a bookstore in lockdown

The Woman in the Window

The American photographer Ruth Orkin did her best work without ever leaving the house

A Bug’s Life

The author of Contagion delivers an open letter from a tiny invader who goes by the name Coronavirus

Quote of the Week

Murder, They Wrote

The Signal and the Noise

The author of a new book on concentration finds her own focus shattered under quarantine

Smut and Vinegar

One company’s mission to restore vintage pornography and rare genre films gives new meaning to the word “artisan”

Sacha Floch Poliakoff

Looking Ahead: A Post-Crisis Novel

Going Green

No, not that kind of green! A week in the life of an envious (and totally inadequate) social distancer*

A Vlog to Remember

Anne Frank’s diary is retold as a YouTube video about a teenager in hiding from the Nazis

Sonic Tonics

Lose (or find) yourself in tracks from Aphex Twin, John Coltrane, an Environments album, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and more

The Oracle of Austin

Identity Crisis

While the younger of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s two sons struck out on his own, the older struggled to break free from his father’s shadow

Where the Wild Things Were