Valley of the Books
Located inside a family’s Brooklyn home, High Valley Books offers the best collection of rare and vintage print media in the city
Infinity Times Four
From the Donmar Warehouse in London, Nick Payne’s Constellations
All Jazzed Up
How three great jazz musicians—Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington—created their own lexicons
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a beloved historian’s memoir; a look at early American life; and an author’s ode to his cat
Angelica Hicks’s Guide to Brooklyn
The British illustrator and Internet personality shares her go-to restaurants, shops, and bars near her home in Carroll Gardens
The Way Things Were
Morris Engel’s 1980s telephone-booth photos—published for the first time in AIR MAIL—harken back to a bygone New York City
The Nanny Diaries
A solo show in New York honors Vivian Maier, the 20th-century nanny and amateur photographer whose richly nuanced work is only now getting its due
What You Don’t Know About Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy
On this week’s podcast, the author of a new biography of J.F.K. Jr.’s wife takes us inside the story
Portrait of the Artist as a Monster
A searing new memoir recounts a daughter’s toxic and chaotic relationship with her father, the artist Lucian Freud
Owen Teague
The young star of Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes discusses acting with C.G.I. and making it in Hollywood
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
As Virgin Atlantic celebrates its 40th anniversary, Richard Branson pauses from ruling his empire to reveal a few of his favorite things
The Bloomsbury Group’s Dark Horse
A new exhibition in London pays homage to Virginia Woolf’s sister Vanessa Bell, a long-overlooked pioneer of modern art in Britain
Tom Lehrer Doesn’t Want to Talk to You
How did one of the world’s greatest satirists nearly fade into obscurity?
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a look at Impressionist artists’ home lives; a biography of seven Egyptian queens; and a study of the explorer George Mallory
Jonny Johansson’s Guide to Stockholm
The creative director and co-founder of Acne Studios shares his favorite spots in the Swedish capital
From Jet-Set Playboy to Secret Papa
On this week’s podcast, the incredible story of Mario D’Urso and his American love child
Lunch with Ellen Barkin
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the Bronx-born actress recounts an unfortunate on-set merkin incident, waiting tables for the likes of Terrence Malick, and other adventures in Hollywood …
One-Frame Films
Set photographer Alfonso Avincola captured some of the 20th century’s greatest actors, from the divas of Italian neo-realism to the Young Turks of New Hollywood
