Pattie Boyd’s Life in Pictures
She married George Harrison and then Eric Clapton, was a muse for Mary Quant and David Hockney, and was photographed by David Bailey and Norman Parkinson, among others. Now the English model is publishing a book about it all
Murder, They Wrote
This month’s best mystery books contain a healthy dose of humor
Art That’s Out of This World
Meteorites are rare, expensive, and being snapped up by collectors
Jess Walter’s Rules for Writing
Eight Questions with the author, who discusses inspiration, his process, and the moment he realized Obama was a fan
A Different Kind of Holiday
How to enjoy Christmas alone in the big city
Vroom, Vroom!
What’s not to love about gas? Hint: almost everything
Diego Calva
For his first role in an American movie, the Mexican actor stars alongside Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie in the Hollywood epic Babylon
It’s a Very Merry Morning Meeting
James Wolcott joins the podcast this week to discuss the pleasures of the solo Christmas
Fighting Spirit
For World Opera Day, seven companies join forces to showcase Ukraine’s Golden Crown
AIR MAIL’s Best Coffee-Table Books of 2022
Dazzling volumes on Black cinema, Pattie Boyd’s Swinging London, and Elsa Schiaparelli’s surreal designs, plus photography collections from Janette Beckman, Saul Leiter, and Gordon Parks, and a cookbook or two
Life Imitates Bruce Wagner
The true oral history of a fake oral history—and an audiobook that would make Pirandello proud
Suzanne Vega Is Watching You
The singer-songwriter performs her folk-pop hits at City Winery in Greenwich Village
Vicky Krieps
The Phantom Thread actress stars as Empress Elisabeth “Sisi” of Austria, a role previously inhabited by Romy Schneider and that hints at Princess Diana’s struggles, in Corsage, out next week
An Artist of the Changing World
In an interview, the Nobel Prize–winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro discusses his new screenplay, for Living, a British spin on a Japanese classic
Where to Eat in Paris This Winter
Plus, what you need to know about the new AIR MAIL podcast
