Better by Design
A new book offers a survey of the U.S. Embassies built during the Cold War, designed by some of the world’s most celebrated architects, including Walter Gropius, Eero Saarinen, and Edward Durell Stone
Tom Wolfe’s Secret Weapon
On this week’s podcast, Peter Stevenson reveals how the writer’s wife secretly reported on New York’s social elite
Watts’s Stacks
The Rolling Stones drummer was a passionate collector of first editions and jazz ephemera
From North Korea with Love
Overheard snippets of conversation between Vladimir Putin and his guest, Kim Jong Un
Breaking the Bank
The victim of an international crypto-currency scam details how she was drawn into the OneCoin fraud, and why the woman behind the scheme landed on the F.B.I.’s 10 Most Wanted list
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss an Agatha Christie-inspired graphic-novel, a history of the AR-15, and a biography of the Austrian composer Franz Schubert
Open Secrets
A collection of Amy Winehouse’s teenage-diary entries and song lyrics sheds light on the artist 12 years after her untimely death
Poster Boy
A North Carolina–based illustrator reimagines contemporary films as vintage book covers
Spy Games
A new book pulls back the curtain on the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, a Gilded Age socialite turned intrepid spy
Assignment: Sinatra
Part III
Harold Hayes decides that Esquire will be proceeding with or without the cooperation of Sinatra—whom Talese trails to Las Vegas
Painting the White House Orange
In an interview, authors Peter Baker and Susan Glasser discuss Trump’s indictments, his similarities with Putin, and what a 2024 election could look like
Jimmy Buffett’s Life Lessons
On this week’s podcast, Tom Freston remembers his friend and the adventures they had together
Lunch with Matthew Broderick
On this week’s episode of Table for Two, the No Hard Feelings actor remembers his rough-and-tumble days growing up on Washington Square North, in New York City
A Tweed Apart
Featuring more than 200 looks, a sweeping retrospective of Coco Chanel’s life and career goes up at the Victoria and Albert Museum
Bigger than Life
Tragedy! Triumph! Tinsel! One hundred years of the Hollywood sign
The Weidenfeld Way
A new biography tells the story of the famed publisher George Weidenfeld, of London’s Weidenfeld & Nicolson, an uproarious character who stood at the meeting point of the literary and society worlds
Assisted Leading
White House aides worry that Biden is showing his age—or Methuselah’s
The Longest Day
In an exclusive excerpt from an upcoming history of The New York Times: how 9/11 tested the paper’s newsroom—and fueled a wildly successful transition online
Jocelyn Bioh
Ahead of the Broadway debut of her new play, Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, the actress and playwright discusses why she infuses her stories with humor
