The Island of Jared Kushner
On this week’s podcast, a look at the latest hustle from Trump’s son-in-law: a luxury resort with poisonous snakes
The Seven-Year Hitch
Director Billy Wilder wanted sex in Marilyn Monroe’s comedy about infidelity—but Hollywood’s prohibitive censorship rules wouldn’t allow it
Less Was More
A new documentary explores the complicated legacy of Jule Campbell, the woman behind the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
Tadao Ando’s Lessons in Light
From Paris to Osaka to St. Louis, a new coffee-table book collects the Japanese architect’s bright, delicate designs, photographed by Richard Pare
Atsuko Okatsuka
In her new special, Father, the Japanese-Taiwanese comedian finds the humor in her unorthodox upbringing
Fashion Forward
An exhibition in Paris celebrates Paul Poiret, the early-20th-century couturier who freed women from corsets and inspired designers from Christian Dior to John Galliano
A Match Made in Hell
Suicides, Nazi-esque orgies, and a classic P. G. Wodehouse character: the radioactive legacy of British Fascist Oswald Mosley and Diana Mitford
Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age
From Lillian Hellman to Montgomery Clift to Marlene Dietrich, a new book pulls back the curtain on the queer people behind many of history’s classic films
Shake It Off
Panic Shack, an obscure female punk band from Wales, has gone viral on TikTok, thanks to their girl-power dance moves
A Dutchman in Dublin
Gung-ho Wagner from the Irish National Opera
Shark Tales
In time for the 50th anniversary of Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, a new book reveals how Robert Shaw’s haunting monologue came to be
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a transfixing chronicle of the nuclear age, a look back at Cambridge’s queer history, and a portrait of everyday life in war-torn Ukraine
Alexandre de Betak’s Guide to Paris
The fashion show producer shares his favorite design shops in his hometown
Health Scare
Popular theories on why R.F.K. Jr. fired the entire C.D.C. vaccine advisory panel
Parade’s End
Trump’s birthday wish list has a lot more on it than just a Soviet-style military procession
Portrait of a Country on Fire
A new book of photographs by Mitch Epstein captures the devastating impact of industry on the American landscape—and the fragile pockets of nature that remain
My Best Friendship with Kate Spade
The designer’s co-founder reveals how a broke student from Kansas named Katy Brosnahan became handbag maven “Kate Spade”
Save Venice! Inside the Bezos-Sánchez Wedding
On this week’s podcast, Stuart Heritage reports on what to expect at the bridezilla-iest wedding ever
Summer of Cézanne
In Aix-en-Provence, a wave of exhibitions pays tribute to the French painter
A Photo Finish
Forty-five years after The Shining’s release, a reporter and an academic doggedly tracked down the original version of the eerie photograph that Kubrick chose to close the film with
