An Afternoon with Thomas Mallon
The author and editor of Gore Vidal discusses the influence of Mary McCarthy, his latest book, and the upcoming TV adaptation of his 2007 novel, Fellow Travelers
The Torch Relit
Lise Davidsen’s 2019 Bayreuth debut in Tannhäuser gave Wagnerians something to cheer about
Harry’s Own King’s Speech
Read by Prince Harry, the audiobook version of Spare includes Ali G impressions and off-key renditions of Elton John
Fine Tuning
In an interview, the music producer Rick Rubin describes the thrill of his first No. 1 album and working with everyone from Jay-Z to Adele
Beyond the Grave
Ahead of his new solo show, the artist Scott Covert discusses his artistic breakthrough and sneaking into cemeteries to create his paintings
Re-Inventing Anna?
House arrest be damned! Notorious fraudster Anna Delvey joins the podcast to share her side of her incredible story
From “Mini-Documentaries” to Major Ones
Success, for Daniel Roher, is bittersweet. While he’s winning praise and awards for Navalny, the subject of his inspiring documentary is in a Siberian gulag
Lukas Dhont
In an interview, the young director discusses his film Close, Belgium’s submission to the Academy Awards, which has earned comparisons to François Truffaut’s The 400 Blows
Murder, They Wrote
This month, mystery books ranging from the combustible to the slow burn offer something for every type
Fifty Shades of Gropius
His great-uncle designed Berlin’s Gropius Bau, and he studied alongside Mies van der Rohe. Then he started Bauhaus. An illustrated biography tells the many-layered story of Walter Gropius
The Postmodernist and the Drowning Man
For Janet Malcolm, there was no ultimate truth—only endless interpretation. Except when her own credibility was on the line
What a Piece of Work
Sure, I can write you a tell-all full of objective facts
Bach Re-Boxed
Alisa Weilerstein, cellist in excelsis, premieres an immense new collage that incorporates, in their entirety, the master’s six suites for her instrument
The World According to Hockney
At 85, the acclaimed English artist is on trend, launching an immersive exhibition in London that uses virtual reality to show new, rarely seen, and much-lauded works
Irresistible Force, Immoveable Object
From Glyndebourne, Mozart’s Orientalist fantasy The Abduction from the Seraglio
Notes from Underground
James Fox, ghostwriter to Keith Richards and David Bailey, reveals the tricks of his trade—and why J. R. Moehringer shouldn’t be blamed for Harry’s memoir
Why Is Connecticut the Home of Neo-Noir Murders?
Rich Cohen takes us inside the “Fitbit murder” and reveals why this tiny patch of America feels like Blue Velvet’s back lot
Lucian Freud, Lady Caroline Blackwood—and Me
My mother’s marriage to the painter was brief, and the hours she spent sitting for him were long. But the resulting portraits are forever
