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Africa’s World War

Beethoven at 250

Dead Prime Ministers Society

A rare look inside Eton, Britain’s most respected (and reviled) boarding school

Looking Ahead

And maybe even up? Bright tunes from Ian Dury, the Pixies, Liz Phair, Frank Zappa, Wingy Manone, Elvis Costello, Mary Weiss … and more

Criminal Minds

The author of a new book on Dorothy L. Sayers reflects on the magic born of the novelist’s collaboration with her fellow Oxford women

Marie Kondo

On the titles worth keeping on your magically tidied-up bookshelf

Ross MacDonald’s Sketchbook

Wagner Takes Brisbane

Mother Superior

Looming Large

Several new exhibitions celebrate the art of textiles, from tapestries to sculpture

Prince Among Men

The photographer behind My Name Is Prince, the largest-ever collection of images of the star, recalls the extraordinary experience of being in his orbit

A Midwinter Night’s Dream

Around the World in a Decade

Think globally, act … well, globally. The best of the new from the last 10 years, including Avicii, Rihanna, Kanye, Luis Fonsi, Drake, Lorde, Jay-Z, PSY, and more

It’s Complicated

Canadian Kama Sutra

Happy New Year! Your long-awaited guide to romance north of the border is here

Test of Faith

Lee Child

On the unlikely books that offer a break from your routine reads

Bonjour Tristesse

Once again, the French novelist Michel Houellebecq is a step ahead of current events. But his themes are timeless

EPISODE VI: “Weekender Loonies and Sicko 212s!”

A final missive from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar

Wagner Takes Brisbane

The Bob Project

My 25-year quest to sneak Dylan references into absolutely everything

Donald Robertson’s Sketchbook

Little Woman

Florence Pugh is a kick playing the least likable March sister in Greta Gerwig’s film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel

Mother Superior