When Amusement Reigned
The pavilions and garden follies of pre-revolutionary France are collected in a charming new coffee-table book
Inside the Strategy to Free the Idaho-Murders Suspect
On this week’s episode, Howard Blum reveals the audacious plan to win an acquittal
Dutchman in Dry Dock
Asmik Grigorian redeems Bayreuth’s non-seaworthy Der Fliegende Holländer
Facing the Music
A look back at the early days of the recording industry, before the advent of microphones and volume control
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a sprawling anthology of the true-crime genre, a look at Teddy Roosevelt’s longest friendship, and a compact history of music
The Inside Story on the Prince Who Got Away with Murder
On this week’s podcast, the director of a new documentary reveals how she caught a killer
On the Road with Ron DeSantis
The presidential hopeful takes us with him on his campaign stops, from Las Vegas to Tallahassee
Best in Grow
In England, the village show presents a ripe opportunity to show off
The Cult Around the Corner
For nearly 30 years, a fringe psychologist exerted total control over the lives of his followers. His not-so-secret headquarters? A town house on Manhattan’s Upper West Side
Horse Sense
Little-known photos by Julian Lloyd hearken back to the Swinging 60s and the electric meeting point of British society, rock ’n’ roll, and, of course, horses
The Secret History
Jackie O spent the years after her husband’s assassination trying to keep out of the public eye. Years later, her job as a book editor encouraged her to see the value in revealing private people’s secrets
Go East, Young Man
The native New Yorker Jamie Bogyo is finding his theatrical niche in London’s classy West End
Trinity Rodman
At just 21, the record-breaking soccer star, who happens to be Dennis Rodman’s daughter, is taking the field in the FIFA Women’s World Cup
The Afterlife of Pablo
Paloma Picasso, who is taking control of her father’s estate, on defending the artist’s legacy from revisionists
Move Over, Samson
The long-neglected Henry VIII of Camille Saint-Saëns stages comebacks on two continents
Editor’s Picks
This week, don’t miss a memoir from a trial attorney for the rich and infamous, a novel about naughty aristocrats, and the history of Billionaires’ Row
Holding Court
A look at the glamorous and long-forgotten life of the 1930s tennis star Alice Marble
