Better by Design
From postwar European churches to post-revolution Cuba, two new books chart the rise of midcentury modernism
Ozempic Meets Its Match
From Emmeline Clein’s Dead Weight to Emma Specter’s More, Please, fat-phobia and eating disorders are getting the literary treatment in this year’s Zeitgeisty nonfiction releases
It’s Complicated
A former PBS producer who was sexually harassed by her then boss, Charlie Rose, reflects on what #MeToo got wrong about women in the workplace
Who’s to Blame for the Biden Mess?
On this week’s podcast, Todd S. Purdum discusses how we got here—and what’s next
FAMM Fatales
Europe’s first private museum dedicated solely to art made by women opens in Mougins, France, featuring works by Frida Kahlo, Lee Krasner, and Marina Abramović
Thomas Doherty
After playing cheeky bad boys in High Fidelity and Gossip Girl, the 29-year-old actor is taking on a much darker role in his first indie film, Dandelion
Lunch with David Duchovny
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the X-Files star shows host Bruce Bozzi his literary side and talks about getting into the podcast game
You’re Only as Old as You Look
A new Tom Hanks film uses groundbreaking A.I. technology to transform the actor into his fresh-faced, 1980s self
Rally the Troops
A Ukrainian journalist’s firsthand account of Russia’s invasion of his country
Dream Time Alfresco
Way above 96th Street, Shakespeare’s midsummer madness in classical Harlem Renaissance style
All You Need Is Loot
The market for Beatles memorabilia is valued in the billions and continues to climb. But will your kids care if you own John and Yoko’s Delft porcelain toilet?
Seaside Splendors
A new book spotlights the Amalfi Coast’s most picturesque homes
Graydon Carter on Joe Biden’s Future
On this week’s podcast, AIR MAIL’s co-editor talks about why the president needs to drop out
In Bed with Marvin Gaye
In an unpublished interview—given months before he was shot dead 40 years ago—the Prince of Soul talked police brutality, European decency, and his explicit new single
A Very Deadly Year
Agatha Christie, Josephine Tey, Dorothy L. Sayers, and Georges Simenon all published murderous masterpieces in the same year. Why?
The Patron Saint of Canoeing
The amiable adventurer Bill Mason was like a cross between David Attenborough and Bob Ross
Going Deep
A paleontology professor details the long history of great white sharks—and reveals what it feels like looking one in the eyes
Adolf Hitler and the Holy Grail
On this week’s podcast, Adam Hay-Nicholls shares the incredible story about Nazis, a postwoman, and M.I.6
