The Family Jewels
The Victoria and Albert Museum is paying tribute to Cartier with a glittering new show. Jacques Cartier’s great-granddaughter walks us through it
Reality Check
From the French Proverbe to the English Experiment, a new coffee-table book surveys the avant-garde journals that paved the way for the 1920s’ Surrealist movement
Nazi Loot In Limbo
Jake Heggie’s chamber opera Before It All Goes Dark
Churchill’s Angels
How a secret W.W. II–era British spy ring fought the Nazis from New York’s Rockefeller Center—and how a female agent almost lost her life in the process
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss 75 newly reissued editions of Georges Simenon’s detective novels, featuring the French inspector Jules Maigret
Stephanie Suberville’s Guide to San Miguel de Allende
The fashion designer and co-founder of Heirlome shares her go-to spots in the Mexican city
Hee-Haw, Taylor Swift!
It’s hard to recall a time when the singer wasn’t topping charts and bringing home Grammys. But her success was far from a sure bet
E. A. Hanks
Tom Hanks’s daughter makes her literary debut with a revelatory memoir
The Blood of an Englishman
One of the most sensational murders in recent British history becomes, in Robert Icke’s Manhunt, a moving disquisition on male rage, societal failure, and madness
Cocktails for the End of the World
Situated just outside of Brussels, the world’s only R.E.M.-themed bar acts as a modest, mellow shrine for the band’s devoted, graying fans
Terroir Terror
A former sommelier at a four-star New York City restaurant recalls a harrowing sexual assault she experienced behind the scenes of the fine-dining world
Requiem for a Continent
Ahead of Earth Day, photojournalist Guillaume Bonn’s haunting images expose the dark side of Africa’s wildlife havens, which are increasingly falling victim to unchecked industrialism
Taylor Swift, Harvard M.B.A.?
On this week’s podcast, Kevin Evers reveals the business insights we all can steal from Tay-Tay
Tintoretto’s Magnum Opus
An exhibition in Cincinnati unveils three newly restored works by the Italian Renaissance painter and rival of Titian
Paper Trails
A charming new exhibition at the Eric Carle Museum, in Amherst, pays tribute to an often overlooked aspect of picture book–making: endpapers
False Prophets
How an investigation into a Mormon murder spree led one author to uncover the lurid world of America’s New Age movement—cult leaders, reincarnation, QAnon, and all
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a mountain climber’s account of sailing from Maine to Alaska, an examination of the air we breathe, and a look back at J.F.K. and Nikita Khrushchev’s Cold War–era diplomacy
Annabelle Selldorf’s Guide to Cologne
The German architect behind the Frick Collection’s new renovation shares her favorite restaurants, sights, and shops in her hometown
Lunch with Graydon Carter
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, AIR MAIL’s Co-Editor embraces being compared to Buddy from Elf, explains how creativity could help you get into the Vanity Fair Oscar party, and more
“Brad Pitt’s” Kidney Transplant and the French Divorcée
On this week’s podcast, Mark Seal explains how amateur sleuths busted a multi-national cyber-scam
The Mother of Surrealism
How one woman born into a world on the brink of turmoil inspired Paul Éluard, Max Ernst, André Breton, and the love of her life, Salvador Dalí
