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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

France’s New Victor Hugo

The country’s Oscar entry takes on class and race in the streets of Paris

Murder, They Wrote

Flags Out

Michael Kiwanuka

With his new album, he’s being compared to Stevie Wonder and Solomon Burke—and moving beyond the shadow of Big Little Lies

Wanderers in the Woods

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

It’s Complicated

Wagner Takes Brisbane

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

A Midwinter Night’s Dream

Test of Faith

Lee Child

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

Canadian Kama Sutra

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