The Family Jewels
Spirited chat about this week’s top stories
Cold Dead Hand
A top N.R.A. leader explains what happened when he ratted out the gun lobbyist of tutti gun lobbyists, Wayne LaPierre
Bake-Off Bakes On
Fans of The Great British Baking Show, as it’s known in the U.S., will be relieved to learn that the show will soon come back for its 11th season
Wax On, Wax Off
Cobra Kai, a TV-series sequel to The Karate Kid, pays worthy homage to the original while undoing it
You See, But You Do Not Observe …
He invented the world’s greatest detective, but Arthur Conan Doyle was also an intrepid traveler, his biographer reveals
Being There
There’s no substitute for seeing a concert in person, but these tracks will tide you over until that’s a possibility again
Alan Partridge Has Something to Say
“It’s the real, raw, be-cardiganed me.” Britain’s No. 1 raconteur is back with a podcast
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Black and White and Read All over the South
How a comic book about Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. rallied 1960s civil-rights fighters, including John Lewis
Soul-Searching
They are known as history’s most ruthless warriors, but the Vikings also believed in luck and guardian angels
Cloud Atlas
Dana Schutz, the artist behind the Emmett Till controversy, debuts her first solo show in London, “Shadow of a Cloud Moving Slowly”
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?