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Brooke Shields’s Guide to Long Island

The actress, union leader, and C.E.O. shares her favorite summer spots around her Southampton home

A Gold-Medal Stunt

The Paris Olympics was one for the ages. Then, attention-seeking Tom Cruise jumped through the roof of the Stade de France

Anna Sawai

The star of Shōgun discusses her J-pop past and hopes for the second season of Pachinko

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

A Singular Man

Living in Technicolor

Stars at Work

A new book celebrates the golden age of American moviemaking, as seen in the pages of Life magazine

The Shots Heard Around the World

Fifty years after the Kent State shooting, an Ohio Army National Guardsman finally reveals why they shot at unarmed college protesters

Ennui au Soleil

Françoise Sagan’s debut novel, Bonjour Tristesse, caused a sensation, rocked the sleepy town of St. Tropez, and helped usher in an era of rebellious youth

How a Police Officer Landed an East Hampton Mansion

On this week’s podcast, Carrie Monahan takes us inside her story of a recluse and the man who befriended him

The Queen’s Next Move

In Salzburg’s The Tales of Hoffmann, Kathryn Lewek shows four faces of the Eternal Feminine

Conventional Madness

Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Buzz Bissinger is maddened by political conventions, sickened by the costumes, and apoplectic at the idiots on and off the stage

Eva Marie Saint

Hitchcock’s other blonde

It’s Lonely at the Top

Millions of adoring fans are no substitute for a single person who really gets it. Someone like me, for example

‘Til Death Do Us Part

From Ostrava with love, rarities by Smetana

Editor’s Picks

This week, don’t miss the story of how Victorians discovered dinosaur bones; a chronicle of conservative decay; and a collection of resignation letters from Brown University trustees

A Gentleman’s Touch

Thanks to his impeccable manners, Arthur Barry ingratiated himself with Jazz Age millionaires—then stole their jewels

Cy Schnabel’s Guide to San Sebastián

The Spanish-American curator and founder of the Villa Magdalena gallery shares his favorite spots in his adopted city

The Wife Behind Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Joe McKendry’s Sketchbook

Mein Gang

In an interview, British historian Richard J. Evans discusses the personalities drawn to Nazism, today’s authoritarian leaders, and his new book, Hitler’s People

Escaping the Fame Trap

Josh Hartnett gave up Hollywood stardom for small movies, family life, and a herd of pygmy goats in the British countryside

Black and White and Bond All Over

The James Bond comic strip closely foreshadowed the films—and helped Sean Connery get the title role

J. D. Vance Is the New Dwight Schrute

On this week’s podcast, Andy Borowitz explains why the would-be veep is so pathetic