EPISODE III: “Is It the Ganja Talking?”
More correspondence from Lansy Everett, formerly of the New York Herald Tribune, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Mademoiselle, Vogue, Worth, and Harper’s Bazaar
Behind the Scenes
A new book pulls back the curtain on London’s
most beautiful theaters
The Nature Hater’s Guide to Safari
Rickety old airplanes, disease-carrying flies, manic wildlife—how will a city slicker survive in Africa’s toniest camps?
It’s Murphy’s Law, Live!
Mischief Theatre, the comedy group that gave us The Play That Goes Wrong, gets a new series
Bomb Cyclone
All systems go, weather and otherwise: tracks from Tom Petty, Beth Orton, James & Bobby Purify, Fiona Apple, the Staple Singers, ? & the Mysterians, et al.
Melania Diaries,
Part II
An exclusive excerpt from Melania Trump’s (completely unverified) private journal
Deborah Levy
Recommends the books whose authors were as fascinating as their work
Wells of the World
The author of a new book on H. G. Wells’s writings on re-discovering his life and work
A Tree Grows Onstage
With Nutcracker season in full swing, an exploration of the meaning of the ballet, and the story behind it, intensifies the mystery of the Christmas tree
Do Not Open Before 2114
The author who shared everything in My Struggle keeps his new book under wraps for 94 years
London After Dark
There were many drinking clubs in Soho in the 50s. But the habitués of the Colony were of a more stellar quality, with a higher degree of loucheness
The Jewel in The Crown
Erin Doherty is pure ebullience, even if her Princess Anne is something else entirely
Anthony Doerr
Shares the essential titles on his bookshelf
Kane, Eve, and Cleopatra
The author of a new book on the Mankiewicz brothers reckons with an especially timely concern: Were her subjects predatory monsters?
Man of Letters
A new collection of Ralph Ellison’s correspondence sheds light on the life of the writer, including the
first books that influenced him
The Man Behind Daniel Craig’s Mississippi Drawl
Rian Johnson, the creator of Knives Out, reveals how he updated Hitchcock, Sleuth, and Christie
Thanks Again
Michael Kiwanuka, J. J. Cale, Marvin Gaye, Massive Attack, Nina Simone, and Sly & the Family Stone are among those who know just how to say it
