My Adventures in Journalism
In an interview, AIR MAIL Co-Editor Graydon Carter discusses Trump’s short fingers, the enduring magic of New York, and his memoir on the golden age of magazines
Loos Woman
The novelist who beat F. Scott Fitzgerald at his own game
Mad About the Boy
In the Old Vic’s Present Laughter, Andrew Scott flips the script, sort of
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a novel from a former New Yorker fact-checker, a history of NPR, and a portrait of one of the grandes dames of Impressionism
Titans at War
A new book tells the inside story of an epic feud between Winston Churchill and U.S. Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon
Emilia Wickstead’s Guide to Auckland
The New Zealand fashion designer shares her favorite spots in her home city
Liz Caribel Sierra
The 27-year-old actress is bringing Dominican culture to the screen in Zoë Kravitz’s Blink Twice and Ridley Scott’s Dope Thief
Signs of the Times
From giant Nazi monsters to Mussolini–loving children, a new coffee-table book collects 20th- and 21st-century propaganda used by regimes around the world
All Aboard the Hogwarts Express!
A “very, very specifically British 1990s production”: here’s everything we know so far about HBO’s eagerly awaited Harry Potter adaptation
Jack of All Trades
The Museum of Modern Art, in New York, presents its first Jack Whitten retrospective, celebrating the late artist’s lasting mark on everything from abstraction to sculpture and drawings
The Kids Aren’t Alright
Adolescence—the harrowing British miniseries about a teenager charged with murder—is about every parent’s worst nightmare
The British Are Coming!
Operation Mincemeat—the Olivier Award–winning West End musical about a W.W. II–era deception operation that fooled the Nazis—is taking Broadway by storm
The Yin to John Lennon’s Yang
Half a century after co-writing “Imagine” with her Beatle husband, Yoko Ono is finally getting the recognition she deserves
The Mafia’s Dark Knights
With Robert De Niro playing both leading roles, Barry Levinson’s exhilarating The Alto Knights depicts the real-life clash of the Mafia titans Vito Genovese and Frank Costello
Mobbed Up: The Two Faces of Robert De Niro
On this week’s podcast, Michael Sragow takes us inside the new mobster movie from Nick Pileggi and Barry Levinson
The Friend Zone
The author Sigrid Nunez on the film adaptation of her National Book Award–winning novel, starring Naomi Watts, Bill Murray, and a Great Dane
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an homage to Siena’s artistic golden age, a new collection of Edward St. Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels, and a charming exploration of why we gossip
Gia Kuan’s Guide to Seoul
The New York publicist and founder of Gia Kuan Consulting shares her go-to spots in one of her favorite cities
Harper Lee, Lost and Found
Eight short stories by the To Kill a Mockingbird author, discovered after her death in 2016, are being published for the first time
Anarchy in the U.S.
Ahead of their reunion, British punk band the Sex Pistols recall the madness of their 1970s American tour—drugs, cowboys, and all
