The Patron Saint of Canoeing
The amiable adventurer Bill Mason was like a cross between David Attenborough and Bob Ross
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
Seaside Splendors
A new book spotlights the Amalfi Coast’s most picturesque homes
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?
Going Deep
A paleontology professor details the long history of great white sharks—and reveals what it feels like looking one in the eyes
Born and Broken in the U.S.A.
The glory days of the heartland Bruce Springsteen evoked on Born in the U.S.A. 40 years ago feel like a distant memory in today’s America
The No. 1 from Hell
Recorded for the soundtrack to Four Weddings and a Funeral, “Love Is All Around” was so popular that even the band who sang it grew tired of its success
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
The Rest Is Fiction
Phillip Toledano’s A.I.-generated photographs of 1940s and 1950s New York, collected in a new book, blur the line between truth and fantasy
Air Mail Environments: New York
Our latest creation will immerse you in New York’s glorious sounds, from the hallowed atrium of the Metropolitan Opera to the clank and churn of the Staten Island Ferry
Bad Connection
An open challenge to the puzzle editors at The New York Times
Flying into a Rage
Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is furious at airlines, mad at airports, and apoplectic about his fellow passengers not being as angry as he is
Lunch with Emma Roberts
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the actress tucks in with host Bruce Bozzi and discusses the importance of movies that feel nostalgic, the dangerous pull of social media, and more …
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mystery books, podcasts, and TV series
In Full Swing
In their only U.S. appearance this year, dancers from Britain’s Royal Ballet grace the venerable Jacob’s Pillow, in Massachusetts
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a murder mystery set in Maine; a history of colonial Britain told through walking routes; and a look at Paris’s Belle Époque
Posing a Challenger
In the lead-up to the 1986 Challenger explosion, an engineer raised the alarm about safety concerns. His inability to stop the disaster upended his life
The Lady Gangster of New York
Vivian Gordon made a name for herself as the sexual extortionist of Jazz Age New York. Then she disappeared
Lucian Freud’s “Slave”
David Dawson was the artist’s fixer, confidant, and gofer—and he still lives in his master’s house
