The Literary Industrial Complex
Italy has more book festivals than it has books
Malcolm Mackay
On the crime fiction that never gets old
Joy Rider
Rowland Emett’s A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley heads to auction at Bonhams London
Museum-Going Etiquette
Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place
Candice Bergen, Star Reporter
A “very lucky” actor and the photojournalism career that got away
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
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
A Monster Among Angels
The Night of the Iguana, now in an eloquent production in London, is Tennessee Williams’s last great work
Olivia Laing
On the books that cure her writer’s block
Tangier Style
A new book, out in September, features photographs of the Moroccan coastal city’s picturesque homes and gardens