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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

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

Drew Friedman’s Sketchbook

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

Spy Games

A new book pulls back the curtain on the mysterious life of Marguerite Harrison, a Gilded Age socialite turned intrepid spy

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Poster Boy

A North Carolina–based illustrator reimagines contemporary films as vintage book covers

Special Relationships

The Marvel Method

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

Assisted Leading

White House aides worry that Biden is showing his age—or Methuselah’s

Cast to the Rescue

Salzburg’s latest crack at The Marriage of Figaro

Back to Basics

Sixty years on, Lincoln Chase and Shirley Ellis’s hit song “The Nitty Gritty” remains a lesson in style

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss the story of a couple’s quest to visit every Costco, a retelling of Roman history through its Popes, and a look at life in East Germany

Making History

Assignment: Sinatra
Part II

While he waits for an opening into the singer’s inner circle, Gay Talese acquaints himself with “the unhappy ones”

The Enforcer and the Maestro

In an excerpt from his new book, Rich Cohen reveals the closer-than-blood relationship forged between Michael Jordan and Charles Oakley

The Value of Tolkien

Having spent the majority of his life as a struggling academic, J. R. R. Tolkien, who died 50 years ago, would never have dreamed of the influence of The Lord of the Rings

The Oligarch, a Broken Heart, and a London Bank Scandal

On this week’s podcast, Joseph Bullmore takes us inside his report on Putin’s banker and a London socialite

“A World in Convulsion”

Jean-Pierre Villafañe

The Puerto Rican artist’s bacchanalian paintings of New Yorkers go on view at the Armory Show

Estates of Confusion

A new book celebrates the madcap magic of artist Hunt Slonem’s homes

Pop Goes the Lichtenstein

The actor, writer, musician, director, and comedian (running out of space!) Steve Martin remembers his friend Roy Lichtenstein, the Pop-art master whose centenary is being honored with an exhibition curated by Irving Blum