Blonde Venus
The Swedish bombshell who blew up Italian movies
A Higher Power
A new biography offers a look into the diary of Israel’s founder
Jacqueline Woodson
Selects three of this year’s best novels
Wondering Eye
François Halard’s photography gets inside the homes and studios—and aesthetic experiences—of artists
Should I Stay or Should I Go?
There are worthwhile podcasts for both Brexiteers and Remainiacs. One is recorded in a pub
Fashionable Tracks
Danceable ones, too, from (among others) Beyoncé, Rihanna, Destiny’s Child, and, yes, Freezy
The Literary Industrial Complex
Italy has more book festivals than it has books
Malcolm Mackay
On the crime fiction that never gets old
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
Top Shop
The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop
