When Rome Stood Still
Pandemic-era photographs of deserted streets and empty monuments reveal a magical side to a city so often associated with the throngs of people it attracts
Making Trouble
In an interview, former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust discusses growing up in the American South, the ending of affirmative action, and her new memoir, Necessary Trouble
Little Mermaid in La La Land
From Amsterdam, a fey yet bleak revival of Dvořák’s Rusalka
Bears in Mind
While researching the last remaining bear species, a journalist homed in on studies about the animals’ impressive cognitive abilities
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a tale of losing big on a CBD scheme; a re-issued Jazz Age novel; and a comedy about a former debutante
Did Jeffrey Epstein Blackmail a Wall Street Titan?
On this week’s podcast, Johanna Berkman shares shocking details behind Leon Black’s deep financial ties to the convicted sex offender
Lessons in Controversy
During his years as publisher of The New Republic, Martin Peretz held sway over Washington. In a memoir, he attempts to make sense of the fall from grace that followed
In Their Heads
Set in an asylum, choreographer Matthew Bourne’s twist on Romeo and Juliet surprises audiences at Sadler’s Wells
The Indie Revolution
In the British book world, risk-averse legacy publishers are losing all the top literary prizes to small, experimental publishing houses
Swimming with Sharks
A tragicomedy about the making of Jaws, starring Robert Shaw’s son Ian, premieres on Broadway
Peer Pressure
How do lawyers pick “a jury of his peers” when the defendant is Donald Trump? Actually, the potential jury pool is pretty deep
Hit the Books
For the 2024 Summer Olympics, Parisian police have banned booksellers from setting up shop along the Seine River. The stall owners are fighting back
Murder, They Wrote
The best mystery books to read this month
Joel Meyerowitz’s Life in Photography
One of the pioneers of color photography looks back on his six-decade career in a new book
Logging On
To write about three troubled girls’ deaths, a journalist looked at their online lives. Through her research, she found the limits of digital sleuthing
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a look at a 1960s artistic epicenter, the saga of two men rowing across the Atlantic, and a fresh take on the 1968 presidential election
Highway to Nowhere
In an interview, the writers David Samuels and Walter Kirn discuss County Highway, a new, print-only broadsheet that bills itself as “a magazine about America in the form of a 19th century newspaper”
