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Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Prince Harry vs. Donald Trump

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

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

Deadly Pleasures to Read and Watch

This month’s best mystery books and TV shows

SallyRooney, Queen of Gambits

The Perfect Raid

Malcolm XYZ

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

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

David Downton’s Sketchbook

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

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

The Good Kind of Political Drama: The West Wing at 25

On this week’s podcast, Janel Moloney, who played idealistic assistant Donna Moss, takes us inside the landmark show

Southern Star

The National Gallery, in London, exhibits more than 50 paintings that narrate the story of Van Gogh’s most turbulent period

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

Ronnie, We Hardly Knew Ye

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Poster Child

The most comprehensive overview of film posters to date is published in a new coffee-table book from Tony Nourmand, the world’s foremost expert on the art form

Houdini of History

Robert Harris, the master of historical fiction, discusses his Ancient Rome Trilogy, U.K. politics, and the subject of his latest novel, Prime Minister H. H. Asquith’s scandalous affair

The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business

Eric Roberts was being groomed for stardom, until a cocaine habit derailed his career—and nearly cost him his life. Now his only addiction is to acting

Maddie Ziegler

The Dance Moms star turned actress reflects on her unusual path to Hollywood

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