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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

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

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

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Book of Judith

The Saltwater King

When it comes to learning the art of fly-fishing for striped bass, New York’s editors, writers, and chefs all turn to the same puckish guide and former reality-TV star

Michael Lindsay-Hogg’s Sketchbook

Riding Solo

The AIR MAIL Survey

A quiz on the most important issues of the day …

The Oral History of a Summer Classic

Thirty years on, the cast and crew of Four Weddings and a Funeral, Britain’s most successful—and delightfully profane—romantic comedy ever, look back on the highs and lows

A Most Wanted Man

Was M.I.6 agent Dick Ellis one of the worst traitors of the 20th century—or an unsung hero who first sounded the alarm on Pearl Harbor?

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 …

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

In Basel, Anne Sofie von Otter dismantles Schubert’s Winterreise, to transformative effect

The Renegade’s Tale

In an interview, Margaret Atwood discusses everything from Donald Trump to her newest story, “Cut & Thirst”

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss the story of a family fight over inheritance, a history of the White House Situation Room, and a biography of the great sportswriter Grant Wahl

Dafydd Jones’s Guide to New York City

The British photographer who captured Manhattan’s high society in the 80s and 90s shares his favorite—and most nostalgic—New York spots

Honor Levy

With My First Book, the very online It Girl is defining Gen Z fiction

Soaringly Sozzled Onstage

Withnail and I is one of the most beloved—and bibulous—British films of all time. But can this bucolic Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas be properly adapted into a play?

Ruby Wright’s Sketchbook

Last House on the Trad Right

William F. Buckley Jr. learned his brand of conservative radicalism at his family’s sprawling Connecticut home, now up for sale

Oedipus Flex

Elizabeth Hurley’s erotic thriller—written and directed by her 22-year-old son—is one for the Freudians

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook