Does It Be Best?
Melania Trump’s book is the red Christmas tree of First Lady memoirs
This Little Light of Mine
How the secret “cabin songs” of the enslaved took over the world
Luke Edward Hall’s Guide to London
The British artist and designer shares his favorite spots in his adopted city
Lunch with Lee Daniels
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, Lee Daniels reveals how Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor inspired him to become a director
The Breakfast Clubs
America’s morning television brightens the day but deadens the soul. Not the case in the U.K., where the shows are so bizarre, they can’t help but delight
James Carville on What Kamala Needs to Do to Win
On this week’s podcast, the brains behind Bill Clinton’s upset victory looks at the current race
Dirty Beast
Roald Dahl’s sadistic brilliance and disturbing anti-Semitism are the centerpiece of a dazzling new play at London’s Royal Court Theatre
The Invisible Man
Accompanying a retrospective in Barcelona, a new book collects more than 150 photographs by Louis Stettner, who captured the trials and triumphs of the 20th century’s working class while remaining virtually unknown
We Are Family (for Now … )
Elliot Grainge is about to join his father, Sir Lucian Grainge, atop the global music industry. Is he a nepo baby? Or a patricide in the making?
Dream Machines
Jean Tinguely’s kinetic sculptures come alive at Pirelli HangarBicocca, a contemporary-art space in Milan
Ariella Glaser
The 19-year-old actress discusses her first starring role, in White Bird, alongside Helen Mirren
Theft on the Nile
How a pair of intrepid, 19th-century British women smuggled an ancient coffin right out from under the noses of Egyptian site guards
Not So “Easy Peasy”
Although commonplace in American and British jargon today, the origins of this popular phrase remain nebulous
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a window into the inner workings of Fleetwood Mac, a compelling history of the C.I.A., and a chronicle of the first pilots to circle the globe
Refik Anadol’s Guide to Istanbul
The Turkish-American new media artist shares his favorite spots in his home city
Irene Maiorino
The Italian actress, who stars as Lila in the fourth and final season of My Brilliant Friend, describes her serendipitous connections with Elena Ferrante’s characters
Design Within Reach
Lamps, teacups, ashtrays … A new coffee-table book traces the life and work of the Italian designer Piero Fornasetti
