The Mysteries Continue
The gift that even Scrooge can’t resist? A subscription to the best spy novels of all time, curated by the London bookseller Heywood Hill
Mekki Leeper
The Emmy-nominated Jury Duty and Sex Lives of College Girls actor stars in the new mockumentary sitcom St. Denis Medical
Paradise Found
Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania’s celebrated arboretum and a pioneer public garden, unveils its new, 17-acre expansion
Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch
Distract yourself from real-life nightmares with this month’s best mystery book and TV series
The Dorothy Parker Tapes
A biographer of the great 20th-century wit goes in search of 12 hours’ worth of lost recordings made by Gloria Vanderbilt’s husband Wyatt Cooper
High Noonan
The Pulitzer Prize–winning political columnist Peggy Noonan discusses her note from Trump, the surprising reason why he is not a Neanderthal, and writing in Edmund Burke for president
Teenage Wasteland
A new book of photographs by Beth Garrabrant—the artist behind Taylor Swift’s recent album covers—documents youth in the American suburbs
Let Them Drink Vodka
The statewide water shortage is driving New Yorkers to desperate measures
The High Priestess of Grind House
Stephanie Rothman was a rare female director in 1970s Hollywood. What kept her from following in the footsteps of Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese?
Inside the Mysterious Murder of Sean Combs’s Father
On this week’s podcast, Legs McNeil details how the death of the rapper’s father may have influenced him
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss the tale of Genghis Khan’s grandson, an examination of Queen Victoria’s relationships with her prime ministers, and a biography of the Brothers Grimm
The Never-Ending Allure of Heeeeathcliff!
For decades, directors have struggled to adapt Emily Brontë’s brooding magnum opus, Wuthering Heights. Saltburn’s Emerald Fennell is the latest to try her hand
Mafalda Muñoz and Gonzalo Machado’s Guide to Madrid
The design duo behind Casa Muñoz share their favorite spots in their home city
2024: A Space Odyssey
Stars, black holes, meteorites … An exhibition in New York pays tribute to the late Pop artists, friends, and cosmos enthusiasts Alain Jacquet and James Rosenquist, presenting their work together for the first time
Back to the Jackal
Frederick Forsyth’s The Day of the Jackal transformed the thriller genre—and inspired real-life assassins. Now it gets a 21st-century makeover with Eddie Redmayne in the title role
Weird Barbie Writes a Book
Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon is the latest actor to try her hand at writing a children’s book. Not surprisingly, it’s great!
The Master and the Mirror
The little-known friendship between Henri Matisse and Joan Miró was based on mutual admiration, and an urge to reach greater artistic heights
In Defense of Cruising
William Friedkin saw the film, which starred Al Pacino, as a breakthrough for gay representation in Hollywood. Gay activists disagreed
Is Dr. Strangelove a Bomb?
Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan transport Stanley Kubrick’s blackly comic Cold War satire to the theater
