Two-Track Mind
In the lifetime Carrie Fisher spent in the public eye, she became known for her fierce wit and unsentimentality. Three years on from her death, her biographer unveils her vulnerable, virtuous side
Joseph Altuzarra
Recommends three coming-of-age novels
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
Crown Jewels
A new book unites fashion and classical dance, from tulle to tutus
Eternity’s Gate
The love letter that made it out of Auschwitz intact
The Man of Mode
Tim Walker, one of fashion’s most talented eccentrics, reflects on his smashing new show at the V&A
Larger Than Life
This month, a number of exhibitions pay tribute to those artists that died too young
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!)
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
Lovable Geniuses, Preening Taskmasters?
Robbie Robertson, Levon Helm, and the complicated truth about band—and Band—dynamics
Ann Patchett
Recommends three of this year’s best books
Murder, They Wrote
Three new mysteries