The Literary Industrial Complex
Italy has more book festivals than it has books
Malcolm Mackay
On the crime fiction that never gets old
Museum-Going Etiquette
Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place
A Better Billionaire
On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg
Year of the Moon
Museums and stages across the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing
Tangier Style
A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens
Late-Night
Beck, Ray Charles, the Beastie Boys, Vans Morrison and McCoy, and more
Queen of Muses
The always extraordinary Patricia Clarkson on Sharp Objects, portraying difficult characters, and the correct way to make jambalaya
Laura Carlin
The London artist whose illustrations and ceramics appeal to children and grown-ups alike
The Story of L
A noted French author reimagines Nabokov’s novel from Lolita’s point of view
A Monster Among Angels
The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work
Olivia Laing
On the books that cure her writer’s block
