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War Games

The Longest Day

The Literary Industrial Complex

Italy has more book festivals than it has books

Next in Line

In Season Two of HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook proves she’s worthy of the Roy throne

Year of the Moon

Museums and stages across the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing

Hilary Knight’s Sketchbook

A Monster Among Angels

The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work

Queen of Muses

The always extraordinary Patricia Clarkson on Sharp Objects, portraying difficult characters, and the correct way to make jambalaya

Late-Night

Beck, Ray Charles, the Beastie Boys, Vans Morrison and McCoy, and more

The Story of L

A noted French author reimagines Nabokov’s novel from Lolita’s point of view

Open House

Dressing the Part

History on His Mind

Olivia Laing

On the books that cure her writer’s block

Fool’s Gold

All Modern Women Are Jealous

News from the Front

Tangier Style

A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens

Laura Carlin

The London artist whose illustrations and ceramics appeal to children and grown-ups alike

Class Act

Jim McMullan’s Sketchbook

The Polish Canon

A Portrait of the Surrealists

Jared Harris

Shares the standouts on his bookshelf