Cultural Evolution
A young audience, an impressive schedule, and a woman president: the 140-year-old Shanghai Symphony Orchestra is very much of the moment
Larger Than Life
This month, a number of exhibitions pay tribute to those artists that died too young
The Man of Mode
Tim Walker, one of fashion’s most talented eccentrics, reflects on his smashing new show at the V&A
September Songs
Fontella Bass, King Curtis … Willie Bobo! And much more
I Used to Be Charming
A never-before-published essay on the burns that almost cost the L.A. icon her life
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries
Ann Patchett
Recommends three of this year’s best books
Myth Buster
Maaza Mengiste writes the alternate history of Mussolini’s invasion of Ethiopia
Bella Figura
For Italian actress Miriam Leone, it all started with a little black dress
Those Wonderful Acts that didn’t make it on to the Sullivan Show
(It’s why the Golden Age of television stayed Golden!)
Lovable Geniuses, Preening Taskmasters?
Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, and the complicated truth about band—and Band—dynamics
Spoiler Alert
Did the creator of The Crown tell the one who wears it what happens next on the series?
Mein Furor: Germans Not Laughing at ScarJo’s Hitler Comedy
“About as funny as Schindler’s List”
The Trump Mentor
A new documentary takes on the controversial attorney Roy Cohn
