Gurinder Chadha
On the memoirs that altered her worldview
Beauvoir Revisited
A new book offers a second take on The Second Sex
A Home Called Raffles
One hotel for the ages
Electric Conductor
How Carlos Kleiber’s opera rehearsals influence the director of The French Connection
Brunello Cucinelli
Selects three books that ask the big questions
Boris-Ripper
Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights
Librarian Chic
In September, Prestel will publish a new edition of German photographer Candida Höfer’s Libraries, featuring striking images from literary spaces across the world
Will That Be All?
An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted
He Re-Shoots, He Scores
Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin
Thanks, but No Thanks
Rejection letters you might have missed