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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

Long Story Short

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

A Guide to the Venice Biennale

Cathy Graham’s Sketchbook

A Better Billionaire

On writing The Many Lives of Michael Bloomberg

Top Shop

The author, whose new book is out this fall, selects his favorite Scottish bookshop

Museum-Going Etiquette

Spoiler alert: you’re not the most fascinating thing in the place

Joy Rider

Rowland Emett’s A Quiet Afternoon in the Cloud Cuckoo Valley heads to auction at Bonhams London

Inspectors About Town

Malcolm Mackay

On the crime fiction that never gets old

War Games

All Work and No Playlist? Hardly!

Here are Donna Summer, Howlin’ Wolf, Queen, Betty Everett, and more

Candice Bergen, Star Reporter

A “very lucky” actor and the photojournalism career that got away

In the Picture

Next in Line

In Season Two of HBO’s Succession, Sarah Snook proves she’s worthy of the Roy throne

The Longest Day

Bauhaus Revival

Lara’s Song

Sean Penn Picks a Pickled Pepper

The Literary Industrial Complex

Italy has more book festivals than it has books

Year of the Moon

Museums and stages across the world celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing