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From Marty Scorsese’s Movies

What do Hoagy Carmichael, the Ronettes, Artie Shaw, the Rolling Stones, Dr. John, and Dropkick Murphys have in common?

Piece of Her Heart

Janis Joplin’s biographer reveals the staunch seriousness behind the singer’s free-spirited front

And the Band Played On

Fifty years later, Robbie Robertson talks about “The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down”

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

From the Baltics
with Love

Fantasy Jewels

No Half Measures

Neil deGrasse Tyson

The astrophysicist and author on the last books he picked up, and the one he couldn’t finish

Going Dutch

Fifty Shades of “Grey”

Power Dressing

The estate of the Queen’s dressmaker will be auctioned at Amersham Auction Rooms, in Buckinghamshire, on October 31

Tokini Peterside

“I have spent most of my career being a bridge between artists and the business world,” says the founder of Art X Lagos

Halloween Charade

An All Saints’ party with Patti, Billie, Neko, Nico, Emmylou, Bruce, Lucinda, and more—some with full names!

Genius Loves Company

The author of the first account of Einstein’s British entanglement unveils the physicist’s unlikely
English-countryside hosts

She Means (Show) Business

Don’t Pass Him By

The ever cheerful Ringo Starr has a new album—improbably titled What’s My Name—and a lot to say about drumming, photography, and that band …

Medieval Plastic

Robert Harris’s new novel is set after modern civilization collapses and the world reverts to the Dark Ages

How to Write a Business Memoir

The world would be a better place imparted with your vital insights and uncanny corporate acumen. Wouldn’t it?

Short List

Under the Skin

Paris Picture Show

Why Talk to a Pariah?

I’ve never met one I didn’t like and I just wanted to understand

Jim McMullan’s Sketchbook

For Old Times’ Sake

A slew of new exhibitions puts the spotlight on ancient times, from King Tut to Pompeii