The Nuns’ Story
Live from San Francisco, Dialogues of the Carmelites, Poulenc’s gripping chronicle of the French Revolution
French Dispatch
Inside the life and work of Annie Ernaux, the French writer who won this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature
Warning Signs
After Rudolf Vrba became the first Jew to escape Auschwitz, he detailed the horrors of the concentration camp in a chilling report. Why did the world ignore it?
Staff Picks
Don’t miss a coffee-table book devoted to big animals; a corrective to a Fox News conspiracy theory about WikiLeaks; and a chronicle of Vienna’s culture
A Guide to Frieze London and Frieze Masters
If there’s one person who knows the fairs backwards and forwards, it’s Andrés Perez. Here, he suggests what to see and do this week
Geena Davis Didn’t Know Thelma & Louise Is Still a Thing
The movie star reflects on the film’s enduring popularity, and how Hollywood has changed in the years since it was made
It’s a Natural Fit: Trump and Victoria’s Secret
Just two of the subjects discussed on this week’s podcast. Plus, will Liz Truss survive?
Misery Porn
Blonde is sexist, cruel, and degrading—so why is it currently the No. 1 film on Netflix?
Erling Haaland
The Premier League’s latest superstar is so talented he might spoil the sport for good
Lift Every Voice and Sing
From Heartbeat Opera, a Fidelio for our time
Before Gwyneth Paltrow, There Was Lydia E. Pinkham
For a time, the face of a popular yet ineffective health tonic was the most recognizable woman in America. Her marketing set the stage for today’s $4.4 trillion wellness industry
Anthony Bourdain’s Last Days, Revisited
How the chef’s biographer got past the guardrails of France’s Le Chambard hotel and into the room where Bourdain took his last breath
The Anxiety of Assimilation
The powerful new play Leopoldstadt mirrors its author’s journey from Tomáš Sträussler to Tom Stoppard
Whine O’Clock
Just in time for next week’s return of Archetypes … What if Meghan Markle and First Lady Imelda Marcos reclaimed the word “diva” and didn’t kiss any frogs?
