Smut and Vinegar
One company’s mission to restore vintage pornography and rare genre films gives new meaning to the word “artisan”
Isobel Waller-Bridge
The musician talks about scoring the film Emma; her sister, Phoebe; and what kind of sounds suit a hot priest
Essential Reading
On running a bookstore in lockdown
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?
Earthly Delights
Consider the fragility of your natural habitat with songs from Marvin Gaye, R.E.M., Childish Gambino, and others
Going Green
No, not that kind of green! A week in the life of an envious (and totally inadequate) social distancer*
The Leonardo Whisperer
Four decades spent studying Italian Renaissance art taught Carmen Bambach as much about navigating a field still dominated by men as it did about Leonardo da Vinci
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
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
Wellness Formula
The relaxation guru behind the cool-as-cucumbers personalities of Rudy Giuliani and Gordon Ramsay reveals her secrets for keeping loose and carrying on
Donald Trump’s Completely Unverified Coronavirus Diary*
Melania makes a run for an epicenter of the coronavirus, Boris reports in from his sickbed, and the president struggles to distinguish between “She” and “Xi”: a week in the life
Roxana Halls
How should women act? The British artist’s subversive feminist works are gleefully unapologetic
Can Normal People Make It on TV?
Fans worship Sally Rooney as the voice of a generation. But will her best-seller translate to TV?
“Hope You Are Well.”
(And Flush!)
A headshaking selection of “concerned” e-mails we’ve received
