Lunch with Bette Midler
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Bette Midler reveals to host Bruce Bozzi that, yes, even she gets nervous …
Photo Finish
More than 100 of Julia Margaret Cameron’s haunting portraits go on view for the first Parisian exhibition of her work in nearly 40 years
Terminal Hilarity
How three guys from the Milwaukee suburbs re-invented American comedy
Dinner Party From Hell
It’s time for a second look at Thomas Adès’s loopy dance of death The Exterminating Angel
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an audiobook murder mystery involving cellist prodigies, an intimate history of Manhattan’s Public Theater, and a globe-maker’s exploration of his craft
No Exit
A great female auteur makes a bold humanist statement in Green Border
Rope-a-Dope
Who is the champion in Washington’s swampy sleaze-and-corruption arena?
Lost and Found
Ahead of his West End role in A Voyage Round My Father, Rupert Everett reflects on losing focus, renouncing Botox, and the value of self-censorship
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mysteries feature aging sleuths, from the latest in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series to a new Agatha Christie Poirot book. Plus: the best TV shows to go with them
Heaven on Wheels
A new book offers a dazzling survey of the most exceptional cars ever designed, from a Corvette Sting Ray to an Aston Martin Valkyrie, to a BMW Isetta micro-car
A Piece of Paradise
A lost short story handwritten by the acclaimed author Truman Capote is published for the first time
Is This the Woman Who Could (Should?) Replace Biden?
On this week’s podcast, Peter Osnos discusses why a 52-year-old from Michigan just might have what it takes
Searching the Webb
A new book about the jeweler David Webb reveals the inspirations behind the master’s modern designs
Shanti Fiennes
The British actress is taking on the role of Princess Diana in a film that imagines post-divorce Di on a carefree road trip through California
An Elegy Wrapped in a Comedy
A new book chronicles the rise of Bruce Robinson’s Withnail & I from box-office failure to endlessly quotable classic
Funny Is His Business
Noam Dworman, owner of the Comedy Cellar in Greenwich Village, has worked with all the greats—including a few you haven’t heard of yet
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an account of Times Square’s evolution, a memoir from a viral comedian, and the harrowing story of a woman kidnapped by a drug cartel
Behind Enemy Lines
A look at the mysterious story of journalist Ernie Pyle’s death during the U.S. Army’s invasion of a Japanese island
