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Barry Blitt’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

Not All Roses

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

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?

Farm to Screen

In Bloom

Murder, They Wrote

Spy Wiz

Disconcerting

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

Germany Works

El Chapo Guzmán, Movie Star

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

Richard Haines’s Sketchbook

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

As Maine Goes

Good Wood

This fall, artists take inspiration from the nature around them

Your Bird Can Play

The Owl Has Landed

Jack Mulhern

At 26, the actor has acted in series for Netflix, Hulu, and HBO. This week sees the premiere of his first movie, a coming-of-age hockey story that hits close to home

Mean Girl

Ellen DeGeneres faces accusations of, well, you name it

Ann Goldstein

Elena Ferrante has a new novel. Here, its translator recommends her favorite books about Italy

Last Night I Dreamt I Saw Rebecca Again

Armie Hammer and Lily James revisit Daphne du Maurier’s gothic romance

The Long Fall

Magnum Force

A new book collects images of great artists shot by great photographers. Here, photos of Matisse by Robert Capa, Dalí by Philippe Halsman, Frida Kahlo by Werner Bischof, and more

Mixed Up

A collection of day-altering songs from Rodriguez, Françoise Hardy, Iggy Pop, Minnie Riperton, and more