Once More unto the Holidays
Reliably spirited tracks from David Bowie, Prince, Dire Straits, XTC, Talking Heads, Ice Cube, Buzzcocks, the Clash, and more
America’s Next Top Model
Now in its 23rd year, this American city is ready for its close-up—as is its surprise builder!
EPISODE IV: “The Clue Lay in the Outsider Art!”
Still more correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
B. J. Novak
So much more than a children’s book: on metafiction for kids
Wells of the World
The author of a new book on H. G. Wells’s writings on re-discovering his life and work
Melania Diaries,
Part II
An exclusive excerpt from Melania Trump’s (completely unverified) private journal
Bomb Cyclone
All systems go, weather and otherwise: tracks from Tom Petty, Beth Orton, James & Bobby Purify, Fiona Apple, the Staple Singers, ? & the Mysterians, et al.
It’s Murphy’s Law, Live!
Mischief Theatre, the comedy group that gave us The Play That Goes Wrong, gets a new series
Deborah Levy
Recommends the books whose authors were as fascinating as their work
EPISODE III: “Is It the Ganja Talking?”
More correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
Behind the Scenes
A new book pulls back the curtain on London’s
most beautiful theaters
The Nature Hater’s Guide to Safari
Rickety old airplanes, disease-carrying flies, manic wildlife—how will a city slicker survive in Africa’s toniest camps?