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Ed Sorel’s Sketchbook

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

Thanks, but No Thanks

Rejection letters you might have missed

Matilda the Musical

He Re-Shoots, He Scores

Russian filmmakers splice sports history to play along with Putin

A Home Called Raffles

One hotel for the ages

Will That Be All?

An exhibition re-creates the atmosphere of a Pompeiian banquet—just before the volcano erupted

The Internet of Things

The Kids Are Alright

La Vie en Rose

Randall Poster’s Midsummer Playlist: Nino Rota, Irma Thomas, and More …

Boris-Ripper

Britain’s new prime minister wrote a comic novel with racy language and racial slights

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

In the Nue

Green is the New Picasso

A slew of new exhibitions add urgency to the plight of the planet

Hilary Knight’s Sketchbook

Podcast-a-Go-Go

So many goodies, so little time. Which shows should
I be listening to, where to start, and how many chortling introductions can I take?

Cush Jumbo

The actress bringing Shakespeare to life, both in and out of television courtrooms

The Magnificent Seven

Isata Kanneh-Mason, the next musical star in Britain’s most gifted family

Sex and Death in Stuttgart

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Rejection letters you may have missed

Gang’s Back

Beast of Burden