The Friend Zone
The author Sigrid Nunez on the film adaptation of her National Book Award–winning novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane
Signs of the Times
From giant Nazi monsters to Mussolini–loving children, a new coffee-table book collects 20th- and 21st-century propaganda used by regimes around the world
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an homage to Siena’s artistic golden age, a new collection of Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels, and a charming exploration of why we gossip
Gia Kuan’s Guide to Seoul
The New York publicist and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting shares her go-to spots in one of her favorite cities
Sucks to Sussex
From scathing reviews to memes, Netflix’s With Love, Meghan has only fueled more bullying toward Meghan Markle as viewers revel in hate-watching her show
Victor Hugo’s Secret Sketchbook
For the first time in 50 years, the French writer’s rarely seen works on paper—some echoing the ambient gloom of Les Misérables—go on view in London
Is Savannah, Georgia, the Next Chernobyl?
On this week’s podcast, John von Sothen reveals the bizarre story of Savannah and a missing nuclear bomb
Top of the Line
Algerian streets, Italian fountains, German tanks … The late New Yorker illustrator and cartoonist Saul Steinberg’s drawings are collected in a new edition of All in Line
Me and Tony Bourdain
At 35, I left my hard-won editor job to become Anthony Bourdain’s assistant. It was the best decision I’ve ever made
Tom Burke
Now starring alongside Cate Blanchett in both Black Bag and The Seagull, the British actor opens up about overcoming extreme shyness
Anarchy in the U.S.
Ahead of their reunion, British punk band the Sex Pistols recall the madness of their 1970s American tour—drugs, cowboys, and all
Harper Lee, Lost and Found
Eight short stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author, discovered after her death in 2016, are being published for the first time
Of Alps and an Apple
From La Scala, Riccardo Muti’s landmark revival of Rossini’s monumental farewell to opera
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a new history of the Irish famine, a survey of contemporary architecture, and a portrait of the Edwardian painter John Singer Sargent and his Jewish patrons
Hollywood Confidential
In order to evade racist Hollywood codes and immigration bans, Merle Oberon—the first Asian actress to receive an Oscar nomination—passed as white for almost 50 years
Sid Mashburn’s Guide to Atlanta
The menswear designer shares his favorite spots in his home city
King Charles’s Trump Card
“Sorry, chap, you’ve got to take one for the team”: the monarch announced that he is downgrading Trump’s state visit to a Pizza Express lunch with Prince Andrew
