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This Way to the Time Machine

La Scala, which opened in 1778, looks back to the 1600s

Face the East

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a journey into the S&M underworld, a look at the Chinese education system, and a chronicle of Scotland Yard’s deadliest cases

Camille Charrière’s Guide to Paris

From studded bomber jackets to 80s sportswear, the half-French, half-English writer and Internet personality shares her favorite vintage shops in her home city

Prince Harry vs. Donald Trump

How similar are the Prince of Wails and the Complainer in Chief? Let us count the ways

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch

This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

SallyRooney, Queen of Gambits

Malcolm XYZ

Malcolm Gladwell discusses his latest book, Revenge of the Tipping Point, misconceptions about his work, and his penchant for universal laws

Sweating the Details with Randy Andy

A Very Royal Scandal dramatizes the notorious interview Prince Andrew gave about his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein. But how much of it is true?

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

David Downton’s Sketchbook

The Perfect Raid

Dhruv

As an undergraduate at Yale, he pivoted from statistics to songwriting. With his debut album, Private Blizzard, the young pop star is testing a more ambitious sound

A New Look at the Life and Death of Dorothy Stratten

On this week’s podcast, Louise Stratten reveals why she’s finally speaking out about her sister’s tragic murder, Hollywood, Hefner, and more

The Garden of Heathens

Between the turmoil of the World Wars, a few Europeans settled on a desolate Galápagos island. The experiment quickly descended into chaos

Lunch with Christian Louboutin

On this week’s episode, the shoe designer explains how he went from being a young punk to having his red-bottom stilettos featured on Sex and the City

Jonathan Becker, In Focus

From garden strolls with Brassaï to nights out with Andy Warhol, a new book by the American photographer documents intimate moments with the 20th century’s high society

World Wide Weber

A Bruce Weber retrospective goes up at the Prague City Gallery, showcasing 300 images taken by the American photographer over five decades

Wild West

Karma, in New York, exhibits 22 vibrant, impasto landscape paintings by the Persian-American artist Manoucher Yektai

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss a riveting history of mathematics, a history of Afghanistan since 9/11, and a chronicle of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto fraud

Tangled Up in The West Wing

On the 25th anniversary of Aaron Sorkin’s beloved political drama, Janel Moloney—who played the idealistic Donna Moss—grapples with the show’s role in her life

Marcellus Hall’s Sketchbook

Long Live the Queen

A Dame-in-Waiting

Lesley Manville has gone toe-to-toe with Daniel Day-Lewis and been married to Gary Oldman. But with myriad new projects—and a fashion campaign for Loewe—she’s never been more front and center