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Fashionable Tracks

Danceable ones, too, from (among others) Beyoncé, Rihanna, Destiny’s Child, and, yes, Freezy

Short List

Smyth on Smith

Blonde Venus

The Swedish bombshell who blew up Italian movies

Trick of the Light

Anna Sui in Color

A Higher Power

A new biography offers a look into the diary of Israel’s founder

Jacqueline Woodson

Selects three of this year’s best novels

Long Story Short

Wondering Eye

François Halard’s photography gets inside the homes and studios—and aesthetic experiences—of artists

Should I Stay or Should I Go?

There are worthwhile podcasts for both Brexiteers and Remainiacs. One is recorded in a pub

Nasty Business

A Guide to the Venice Biennale

Cathy Graham’s Sketchbook

Top Shop

The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop

In the Picture

Joy Rider

Rowland Emett’s A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley heads to auction at Bonhams London

War Games

All Work and No Playlist? Hardly!

Here are Donna Summer, Howlin’ Wolf, Queen, Betty Everett, and more

Museum-Going Etiquette

Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place

Next in Line

In Season Two of HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook proves she’s worthy of the Roy throne

Inspectors About Town

A Better Billionaire

On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

Malcolm Mackay

On the crime fiction that never gets old