The Signal and the Noise
The author of a new book on concentration finds her own focus shattered under quarantine
Essential Reading
On running a bookstore in lockdown
Isobel Waller-Bridge
The musician talks about scoring the film Emma; her sister, Phoebe; and what kind of sounds suit a hot priest
Earthly Delights
Consider the fragility of your natural habitat with songs from Marvin Gaye, R.E.M., Childish Gambino, and others
Smut and Vinegar
One company’s mission to restore vintage pornography and rare genre films gives new meaning to the word “artisan”
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?
The Woman in the Window
The American photographer Ruth Orkin did her best work without ever leaving the house
A Bug’s Life
The author of Contagion delivers an open letter from a tiny invader who goes by the name Coronavirus
Going Green
No, not that kind of green! A week in the life of an envious (and totally inadequate) social distancer*
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
A Vlog to Remember
Anne Frank’s diary is retold as a YouTube video about a teenager in hiding from the Nazis
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
