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Going Dutch

Fifty Shades of “Grey”

Don’t Pass Him By

The ever cheerful Ringo Starr has a new album—improbably titled What’s My Name—and a lot to say about drumming, photography, and that band …

She Means (Show) Business

Genius Loves Company

The author of the first account of Einstein’s British entanglement unveils the physicist’s unlikely
English-countryside hosts

Under the Skin

Medieval Plastic

Robert Harris’s new novel is set after modern civilization collapses and the world reverts to the Dark Ages

Paris Picture Show

Halloween Charade

An All Saints’ party with Patti, Billie, Neko, Nico, Emmylou, Bruce, Lucinda, and more—some with full names!

Why Talk to a Pariah?

I’ve never met one I didn’t like and I just wanted to understand

Jim McMullan’s Sketchbook

For Old Times’ Sake

A slew of new exhibitions puts the spotlight on ancient times, from King Tut to Pompeii

Now You See It

Naval Gazing

On October 29, Bonhams, in London, will offer a major Marine Sale

John Le Carré is dead at 89. Here, a review of his last book

College Tour 2019

A road trip with R.E.M., Kanye, Django Reinhardt, Post Malone, Joe Turner, and more …

Screen Time

Working Women

Joni’s Blue Period

Anthony Horowitz

On the most intriguing—and enduring—fiction

Short List

Once upon a Time in China

First Light

There Is Nothin’ Like a Dame

Helen Mirren brings something special to every performance. But for HBO’s Catherine the Great, she also draws on her own White Russian roots